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Opening Hours
Sunday: 11:00 – 16:30
Monday: 11:00 – 16:30
Tuesday: 11:00 – 16:30
Wednesday: 11:00 – 16:30
Thursday: 11:00 – 16:30
Friday: 11:00 – 16:30
Saturday: 11:00 – 16:30
What's not to miss inside?
Georgian Family Rooms
Recreates the intimate domestic sphere of George III and Queen Charlotte at Kew.Spot personal objects that reveal scientific hobbies and music-making among the princesses.
📍 Main house, upper floors
The Royal Kitchens (1770s)
Complete ranges, preparation rooms and equipment survive, showing large-scale royal provisioning.Trace a single menu from kitchen to table via scullery, pastry and boiling rooms.
📍 Separate building near the palace
The Dutch House Fabric
Flemish-bond brickwork and compact plan reflect 17th-century mercantile taste later adapted for royalty.Compare the palace's modest scale to grander Georgian residences and ask why Kew appealed.
📍 Exterior & stair halls
Queen Charlotte's Story
Documents her life at Kew and final illness—she died here in 1818—through letters and portraits.Read a diary extract, then find the room it describes.
📍 Interpretation rooms
🤓 Fun Facts
Built c.1631 as the 'Dutch House' for merchant Samuel Fortrey, the building only became a royal residence in the 18th century.
Kew Palace is the smallest of Britain's royal palaces—its intimacy suited George III's family life and periods of seclusion.
The Royal Kitchens at Kew survive with fittings from the 1770s, making them among the best-preserved 18th-century royal kitchens in Britain.
Queen Charlotte died at Kew in 1818; mourning rituals recorded at the house illustrate Georgian court ceremony in a modest setting.
