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Kensington Roof Garden

  3.7/5 (3 ratings)
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London's oldest and best roof garden, still known to many as 'Derry and Toms Roof Garden', recalling the name of the department store which commissioned the garden. The garden covers 1.5 acres and are 100ft above street level. It has ponds, bridges, walks, trees, shrubs and sitting areas, with a pronounced Arts and Crafts character. There is an English Woodland Garden with nearly 100 species of tree, Spanish Garden with fountains and Walled Tudor Garden. The Roof Garden has been owned by Sir Richard Branson since 1981.
Address 99 High Street, Kensington, London, Greater London, England, W8 5SA
Opening times Open to the public unless there is a private event., Telephone before making a visit. Call 020 7937 7994 Monday to Friday, or 020 7368 3993 on Weekends.
Admission Entrance free
Website Visit the Kensington Roof Garden website

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Recent Reviews

  • 5 months ago William003 said

    Kensington Roof Garden us good and its old - it was Biba's Roof Garden when I first saw it in the 1970s. But why hasn't London got more roof gardens like this? In fact why don't all the new buildings in London have roof gardens?

    (4.0/5)
  • 5 months ago Leah said

    I forgot to mention that I would also recommend the restaurant (Babylon)- nice place, good food, good views (certainly over London, but possibly over part of the garden as well - I forget). I wondered if I had been a bit stingy with 3 stars in my review of couple of minutes ago so this time I give 4 to we average at 3.5, which I think is about right!

    (4.0/5)
  • 5 months ago Leah said

    I got the feeling that this garden may have suffered in the interests of commercialism. It is attached to a restaurant and night club owned by Virgin and is hired out for events so has been kitted out with seating areas etc... Still - well worth a visit - it is extraordinary that the whole garden is on a roof above Kensington High Street. I have never seen a roof garden on anything like this scale before! And what a good use of what would be otherwise dead space in central London.

    (3.0/5)

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