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4th April 2026 in Community, News

Garden Court, Kew

Serious concerns are being voiced by Kew residents about the fate of the residents of Garden Court, opposite Kew Gardens.

18th January 2026 in Community

The work and life of Marianne North

An account of the Kew Society Lecture by Jack Andrews about Marianne North. We were honoured to be part of this event, Jack’s final public speaking engagement after a decades long career.

30th October 2025 in Community

Message of condolence for Diana Ormond

It is with great sadness that we want to let you know about the sudden loss of a much loved member of our team, Diana Ormond, our Honorary Secretary.

19th June 2025 in Community

TfL introduces level access announcement at Kew Gardens Station

Kew Society's perseverance results in the introduction of a new "level access" announcement on tube trains arriving from the east at Kew Gardens Station.

Image shows a teen aged girl bending over a table of art things. She is drawing on a pebble. she is wearing a grey sweatshirt and her hair is in a long pony tail. There are lots of different colours of paint in bottles on the table and some paint is poured out on a palette. The table is in an outside area with gravel underfoot. There are plants in the background on a wooden trestle table. It appears to be a garden centre and there are picnic blankets on the ground

8th June 2025 in Environment, Community

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme student completes volunteering role with Kew Society

Student completes 6 months volunteering with Kew Society as part of the Silver Level of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme .

Image shows a black directional sign post showing the 3 twinned towns - fontainebleau 250 miles, Konstanz 500 miles and Richmond VA 3745 miles

6th April 2025 in Community, News

Celebrating 65 Years of Twinning!

Richmond upon Thames is set to celebrate a 65 years of twinning with Fontainebleau, France, and Konstanz, Germany, during a reaffirmation weekend from 6 to 8 June 2025.

8 smiling Kew Society Trustees at a long table in the Tap on the Line Pub. Empty plates and wine glasses, bottles, half eaten mince pies and screwed up napkins litter the table top, suggesting a good evening was had.

7th November 2024 in Community, News

Kew Sparkle fundraising gets off to a dazzling start

80 paying guests, including Kew Society Trustees, attend a dinner to raise money for this year's Kew Sparkle event.

Gudrun Edwards smiling whilst taking applause at a Kew Sinfonia concert in 2010

27th October 2024 in Community, News

Tributes paid to the musician and well known resident Gudrun Edwards

The Kew Society among the many to pay tribute to the local musician and patron, Gudrun Edwards who's died aged 86.

Image of a defibrillator in a glass fronted yellow box in a pubic space

17th October 2024 in Community, News

Tide Times and Defibrillator Locations – now on the Kew Soc site

See the tide times at the bottom of our home page or go to our new "Kew Info" section for Defibrillators

Exterior of the Castle Pub showing pawnbroker sign

11th October 2024 in Community, News

Why a London inn with links to Kew is the the UK’s only licenced pawnbroker pub

Why on earth does the Castle Pub in Farringdon have pawnbroker balls on its sign, all because a resident of Kew was unwell?

Banksy stencil of a goat on a shallow ledge - close up

5th August 2024 in Community, News

Banksy’s Kew Goat: A New Addition to London’s Street Art Scene

Renowned street artist Banksy has struck again, this time leaving his mark in the leafy streets of Kew.

15th July 2023 in Community

Step-Free Access at Kew Gardens Station

The aim of the project is to provide a step-free crossing between the eastbound and westbound platforms at Kew Gardens Station. Currently, crossing between platforms requires negotiating the steep steps of the pedestrian footbridge over the line, or the steep steps into and out of a tunnel under it.

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