FROM RICHMOND TO KEW.
Kew lies to the north of Richmondied The Lion Gate, or south entrance to Kew Gardens, is + mile from Richmond station. For the purpose, however, of following the route given in the guide, it is best to take the omnibus (Nos. 27, 65, or 127) to Kew Green, for the main entrance.
Kew.
RAILWAY STATIONS. Kew Bridge (North London Railway; London & South West Railway) is the nearest station to the main entrance of the gardens; this also is the nearest point on the tramway. From Kew Gardens (North London Railway; District Railway) Lichfield Road leads to the Victoria Gate (+ mile).
Numerous RESTAURANTS and TEA GARDENS on Kew Green.
Kew is a pleasant village, famous for its botanical gardens and for its associations with the Hanoverian dynasty. King Edward VII. Bridge, a handsome stone structure opened in 1903, crosses the river to the picturesque Kew Green, bordered with 18th century houses. St. Ann's Church, built in 1714, contains memorials of several royal personages and a tablet to Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911). The organ is said to have belonged to Handel. In the churchyard are buried the artists Gainsborough (died 1788), by the south wall, and Johann Zoffany (died 1810), at the east end. Sir Peter Lely had a house on the north side of the Green, adjoining the Herbarium.
On the Middlesex bank, below Kew Bridge, is Strand-on-the-Green, a picturesque and almost unspoiled riverside street, 'the early 18th century in its homeliest and pleasantest dress' (Lloyd Sanders). Zoffany House here was the residence of Zoffany the painter.
