Green & Pleasant LAND
Kew Green is one of those corners of London that make you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time. Fringed by mature trees, with a pretty parish church at one end, the green has been used since the 1730s for cricket matches. At busy times, you’ll see an orderly queue of people waiting to get into the Royal Botanic Gardens: the Elizabeth Gate, one of Kew’s two main entrances, lies at the far end of the green.
Along the north-west side of the green stands a row of five delightfully pretty 18th-century houses. At one time they served as tea houses and restaurants for visitors to Kew Gardens, who would arrive by tram or travel by pleasure boat along the River Thames for a day out.
Today the houses
