Temperate House, Kew Gardens

The Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens in southwest London was built in 1761 by Sir William Chambers as a present for Princess Augusta, the founder of the gardens. Constructed of grey brick, the pagoda comprises 10 storeys, totalling 163 ft (50 m) in height, with 253 steps to the viewing gallery. Closed for repairs in 2006, the pagoda was reopened in 2018 following a major programme of restoration. It is a Grade I listed building.The ground floor roof is supported on wooden pillars. The storeys above this have arcaded balconies with Chinese Chippendale railings and curved roofs. The roofs are now of lead although they were originally covered in alternating bands of green and white tiles. The 80 restored dragons surmount each roof. Bridget Cherry, in her London 2: South volume of the Buildings of England series, describes the pagoda as "this supreme example of chinoiserie". A study of 2019, written after the restoration, ranked it as "the most important surviving chinoiserie building in Europe".

The Kew Constabulary (formerly the Royal Botanic Gardens Constabulary) is a small, specialised constabulary responsible for policing the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in Richmond-upon-Thames, England. The constabulary consists of a sworn security manager/chief officer, two section leaders/sergeants, eight constables and four non-sworn operations team members (responsible for CCTV / Control Room / Pass Office). As of 2017, the force had 20 members of staff.

Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections include some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, one of the largest in the world, has over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens. The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants. It is one of London's top tourist attractions and is a World Heritage Site.Kew Gardens, together with the botanic gardens at Wakehurst in Sussex, are managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, an internationally important botanical research and education institution that employs over 1,100 staff and is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.The Kew site, which has been dated as formally starting in 1759, although it can be traced back to the exotic garden at Kew Park, formed by Henry, Lord Capell of Tewkesbury, consists of 132 hectares (330 acres) of gardens and botanical glasshouses, four Grade I listed buildings, and 36 Grade II listed structures, all set in an internationally significant landscape. It is listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.Kew Gardens has its own police force, Kew Constabulary, which has been in operation since 1845.

The Palm House is a large palm house in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, that specialises in growing palms and other tropical and subtropical plants. It was completed in 1848. Many of its plants are endangered or extinct in the wild. Features include an upper walkway, taking the visitor into the branches of the larger plants. Kew also has the even larger "Temperate House", kept at lower temperatures. Initially built as status symbols in Victorian Britain, several examples of ornate glass and iron greenhouses, often but not always called "the Palm House", can still be found in botanical gardens and parks such as Liverpool's Sefton Park and Stanley Park, and in other countries. The Palm House was the first greenhouse to be built on this scale. It was also the first large-scale structural use of wrought iron.

Old Deer Park cricket ground is part of the Old Deer Park in Richmond, London. The park has been used as a venue for cricket since the 1860s and is home to Richmond Cricket Club. Old Deer Park has hosted occasional Middlesex county matches since the 1990s. In 1867, Richmond played a United South of England Eleven at the ground. The Australian Aboriginal tour in 1868 included a two-day match there against Richmond – a 1988 tour commemorated this with a replay of the fixture. Other overseas teams that played at Old Deer Park included New Zealand in 1927, the South American XI in 1932, and Nigeria from 1955 to 1959. Despite historically being within Surrey, Old Deer Park has played host to List A matches involving Middlesex. The first of these was the visit of Nottinghamshire in the 2000 Norwich Union National League. In 2001 Middlesex Cricket Board played a home List A match at the ground in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Berkshire. From 2000 to 2004 a total of five List A matches were played on the ground, the last of which saw Middlesex play Scotland in the 2004 Totesport League. Middlesex Women played a List A game against Essex at Old Deer Park in the 2009 Women's County Championship. Previously, Middlesex met Surrey Women in a friendly there in 1999. Middlesex have also played 15 men's Twenty20 matches at Old Deer Park. The first T20 match there was a 2003 Twenty20 Cup fixture against Kent. The club used the ground in the Twenty20 Cup/T20 Blast until the 2019 season. The ground has hosted a number of Second XI matches. Surrey Second XI played Norfolk in the 1923 Minor Counties Championship, and since 1990 Middlesex Second XI have played some of their matches there. In club cricket, the ground has been the home venue of Richmond Cricket Club since 1864. Richmond have competed in the Middlesex County Cricket League since it began in 1972. Australian Adam Gilchrist played for Richmond at Old Deer Park in 1989 before he became an international star. Late in his career, he returned to Old Deer Park as a Middlesex player in the 2010 Twenty20 Cup, in their match against Glamorgan.

St Luke's Church, Kew, is a parish church in Kew, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is part of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion and, locally, is a member of Churches Together in Kew. Together with St Philip and All Saints (the Barn Church), it is one of two parishes within the united benefice of Kew, St Philip & All Saints with St Luke. Its vicar, Rev Dr Melanie Harrington, took up the role in June 2021. The church, built in the Gothic Revival style by architects Goldie, Child and Goldie, is also host to the Kew Community Trust and acts as a community centre.

Christ Church is a former Church of England church on Kew Road in Richmond, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its architect was Arthur Blomfield who, thirty years earlier, had designed another Anglican church of the same name in neighbouring East Sheen.The church building opened in 1894, the congregation's founding members being 1,300 Anglican members of St John the Divine, Richmond who objected to St John's moving away from an Evangelical style of worship and towards a more Catholic direction. They had left St John's in the 1870s and started worshipping at an iron church on Park Lane, Richmond that had previously been used by the Baptist congregation of Duke Street Church prior to the opening of its own church building in 1870.The foundation stone of the new building was laid by HRH Mary, Duchess of Teck. The church's first vicar, from 1893 to 1908, was the Rev. Alfred Ernest Foster, who had been priest-in-charge at the temporary iron church since 1891.A large hall was built at the back of the church in 1895–96.The church closed in 1986, the congregation having merged with that of Holy Trinity Church, Sheen Park, Richmond, in 1977. The building has been converted into 15 residential flats.

Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel is a place of worship, dating from 1897, on Jocelyn Road in Richmond, London. Sunday services are held at 10:30 am and 6 pm.

Raleigh Road United Church, at the corner of Raleigh Road and Stanmore Gardens in Richmond, London, is a joint congregation of a Methodist Church and a United Reformed Church. The churches, formerly known as Kew Road Methodist Church and St. Paul's Congregational Church, have been united since September 1995.

Queen Charlotte's Cottage is an 18th-century cottage orné within the grounds of Kew Gardens on the banks of the River Thames in London. It is named after Queen Charlotte, who was responsible for its construction. Dating from 1772, the cottage is Grade II* listed. The cottage is maintained by Historic Royal Palaces, and is open to visitors.

Kew Baptist Church was an independent evangelical fellowship affiliated to the Association of Grace Baptist Churches (South East). The church met, until its closure in 2020, in Windsor Road in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London. The church was founded in 1861 in Richmond, as Salem Baptist Church. It met at 5 Parkshot, a Grade II listed building near Richmond Green. The church moved to Windsor Road, Kew in 1973 and changed its name to Kew Baptist Church in 1990.The church members unanimously affirmed a motion to dissolve the church as of 31 December 2020.

Kew Palace is a British royal palace within the grounds of Kew Gardens on the banks of the River Thames. Originally a large complex, few elements of it survive. Dating to 1631 but built atop the undercroft of an earlier building, the main survivor is known as the Dutch House. Its royal occupation lasted from around 1728 until 1818, with a final short-lived occupation in 1844. The Dutch House is Grade I listed, and open to visitors. It is cared for by an independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces, which receives no funding from the government or the Crown. Alongside the Dutch House is a part of its 18th-century service wing, whilst nearby are a former housekeeper's cottage, brewhouse and kitchen block – most of these buildings are private, though the kitchens are open to the public. These kitchens and Queen Charlotte's Cottage are also run by Historic Royal Palaces.