Kew - Definition and Overview

This article is about the suburb of London. For the suburb of Melbourne, see Kew, Victoria.

Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest London.

It is famous for being the home of the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Public Record Office and the Kew Palace. Nearest places:

• Brentford
• Gunnersbury
• Chiswick
• Mortlake
• Barnes

Nearest tube station:

• Kew Gardens station

Quote

I am His Majesty's dog at Kew.

Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

Engraved on the Collar of a Dog, Which I Gave to His Royal Highness -- Alexander Pope

There are other Kews scattered around the former British Empire which were named after the original in London.

• Kew is one of Melbourne's wealthier "green and leafy" suburbs
• There is a Kew in New South Wales
• There is a Kew Gardens in New York
• There is a Kew in the Turks and Caicos Islands