Barnes

Worth seeing in and around Barnes

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Kew Gardens

   Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London founded in 1759 that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". 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.

   3.2 km · botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Craven Cottage

   Craven Cottage is a football stadium in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896. The ground's capacity is 28,107; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against Millwall in 1938.

   1.9 km · football stadium in Fulham, London · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Richmond Park

   Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation. It was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park.

   3.8 km · Royal Park in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Brentford Community Stadium

   The Brentford Community Stadium, currently known as the Gtech Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Brentford, West London that is the home of Premier League football club Brentford. The stadium has a capacity of 17,250 and is suitable for use for both association football and rugby union matches.

   3.4 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

   Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff.

   3.3 km · government botanical research institute in the UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hammersmith Bridge

   Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames in west London. It links the southern part of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side of the river, with Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, on the south side of the river.

   2.1 km · suspension bridge in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kew Palace

   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.

   3.4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kew Bridge

   Kew Bridge is a wide-span bridge over the Tideway linking the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow. The present bridge, which was opened in 1903 as King Edward VII Bridge by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was designed by John Wolfe-Barry and Cuthbert Arthur Brereton.

   3.1 km · bridge in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Chiswick Bridge

   Chiswick Bridge is a reinforced concrete deck arch bridge over the River Thames in West London. It is one of three bridges opened in 1933 as part of an ambitious scheme to relieve traffic congestion west of London.

   1.5 km · bridge in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The London Mosque

    The Fazl Mosque also known as The London Mosque, is the first purpose-built mosque in London, England. It was opened on 3 October 1926 in Southfields, Wandsworth.

    3.8 km · the first purpose-built mosque in London, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Barnes

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 15 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 36 km · London Luton (LTN), 45 km

Stations

Acton Town tube station, 3.9 km · Barons Court tube station, 3.1 km · Turnham Green tube station, 2.5 km · Goldhawk Road tube station, 3.5 km · Shepherd's Bush Market tube station, 3.9 km

• Luton, Luton → Barnes

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £5–7
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• London, Essex → Barnes

  9 km · quickest by road, 50 min · £1–1.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Barnes

  159 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £18–24
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