Kensington Roof Gardens Open To Public
Check back for more news on the potential reopening of kensington roof gardens as we get further details.
Kensington roof gardens open to public. The site at 99 kensington high street consists of the sixth and seventh floors of the former derry toms store. Just show up and get shown up. Originally opened in 1938 the gardens were open to the public until january 2018 when the leaseholder virgin limited edition was unable. The plan is for the roof gardens to reopen in late 2019 or early 2020 mr rose said.
The roof garden was owned by sir richard branson from 1981 to 2018 and was open to the public for this period. 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 crossrail place roof gardens is a haven of greenery providing some respite to the suited and booted residents of canary wharf. How to visit kensington roof gardens the roof gardens is located at 99 kensington high street london w8 5sa.
Information is pretty slim on the ground but we re excited to hear that one of london s most notorious rooftop spots could soon be back within reach of the public. Fen court is london s newest public space and these gardens are notable for being very much not at ground level. Set on top of 120 fenchurch street the new development 15 floors above the street and the 2 800 square metre roof garden is fully open to the public. Kensington palace garden 0 6 km away kensington palace gardens street 0 7 km away albert.
W8 5sa opening times no longer open to the public website visit the kensington roof garden website. Although not completely open to the elements this garden is more. The terraced gardens are easily one of the best secret spots in central london and well worth a visit on any trip to the city. Virgin uses the roof gardens for private luxury entertaining but the good news is that the gardens are open to the public unless pre booked by a private party.