Botanic gardens · South East England
Wakehurst
Also known as: Wakehurst Place
Kew's 535-acre Sussex sister garden — home of the Millennium Seed Bank.
Richard Rogerson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Wakehurst in West Sussex is Kew Gardens' wild botanic garden — 535 acres of woodland, ornamental ponds and Iron Age earthworks, plus the Millennium Seed Bank, the largest wild-plant seed conservation project in the world (2.4 billion seeds from 40,000 species). Owned by the NT, leased to Kew.
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Place summary
Wakehurst, located in South-East England, is a Victorian botanic garden owned by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is also known as Wakehurst Place and features a diverse collection of plant species in its expansive grounds.
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- Coordinates
- 51.0578, -0.0911
- County
- West Sussex
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Parish
- Ardingly
- Postcode
- RH17 6TL
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
Sources
- manual: wakehurst-place (manual)
- wikipedia: Wakehurst Place (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wakehurst?
- Wakehurst is in West Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RH17 6TL), in the parish of Ardingly.
- When was Wakehurst built?
- Dates from the Victorian period.
- Who owns Wakehurst?
- Wakehurst is owned by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- How do I get to Wakehurst?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode RH17 6TL. It sits within the East Grinstead and Uckfield parliamentary constituency.