How To Visit The Roof Gardens Kensington High Street

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.

How to visit the roof gardens kensington high street.

Above the noise and above the hustle and bustle of everyday london life. Kensington roof gardens the roof garden formerly known as derry and toms roof gardens and kensington roof gardens is a roof garden covering 6000 m2 1 5 acres on top of the former derry toms building on kensington high street in central london in the royal borough of kensington and chelsea. Get in the elevator and you ll head up and up. The tripartite gardens spanish english and tudor form part of the design concept of the building.

Select an option below to see step by step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rio s travel planner. The site at 99 kensington high street consists of the sixth and seventh floors of the former derry toms store. Access to the building is via derry street which branches off kensington high street. Head into the lobby on a little side street off kensington high street and ask at the reception for visiting the roof gardens.

There are 5 ways to get from emirates stadium to kensington roof gardens by subway bus taxi car or towncar. The roof gardens private members club is as glamorous as it comes. A roof garden constructed 1936 1938 by ralph hancock occupying 0 6 hectares on the roof of the former derry and toms department store in kensington high street. If they re open you ll be directed to an elevator covered with flamingos and ferns.

Originally opened in 1938 the gardens were open to the public until january 2018 when the leaseholder virgin limited edition was unable.