Kensington Roof Gardens Entrance Fee

Once part of hyde park kensington gardens offers a mix of old and new park pastimes and green space.

Kensington roof gardens entrance fee.

The site at 99 kensington high street consists of the sixth and seventh floors of the former derry toms store. Get your fix of contemporary art and architecture at the serpentine galleries marvel at the history and heritage of kensington palace or admire the victorian splendour of the albert memorial over in the diana memorial playground kids will enjoy the huge wooden pirate ship sensory trail. The rest of the roof has a variety of gardens colonnades some with seating and a variety of architectural styles. You enter on derry street just off kensington high street.

Kensington roof gardens is one of london s best kept secrets. The plan is for the roof gardens to reopen in late 2019 or early 2020 mr rose said. One has to visit the roof gardens at least once. Kensington roof gardens formerly known as derry and toms roof gardens and later the roof gardens is a private roof garden covering 6 000 square metres 65 000 sq ft on top of the former derry toms building on kensington high street in central london.

The southeast corner of the roof affords a beautiful view out over kensington toward chelsea. It even has a little pond containing flamingos and ducks. Originally opened in 1938 the gardens were open to the public until january 2018 when the leaseholder virgin limited edition was unable.