SEND family sensory tours
Join our interactive storytelling tour exploring plants and nature at Kew.
Dates and times
Saturday 23 November 2024
10.30am
Location
Meet our sensory tour guide at Victoria Gate, Kew Gardens (grid reference J9 on our RBG Kew map)
Price
£5 per family (child with SEND ticket)
FREE for families on universal credit (proof of benefits required)
Be immersed in plants and nature during our interactive storytelling family sensory tour with a seasonal focus in The Temperate House and surrounding area.
Our tours are designed for children age 0 to 7 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or children aged up to 12 years with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties.
Tours are led by trained volunteer guides and accompanied by supplementary resources to support sensory engagement.
Community groups
For more information and to book one of our SEND Family Sensory Tours tailored to your group, please email us at familylearning@kew.org
- Entry to the Gardens is included.
- The tours last approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour and are designed for up to 15 people, with no more than 5 children with SEND. Siblings are welcome but must have a ticket.
- Each child with SEND must be accompanied by atleast one parent or carer.
- These tours are very popular, in the event that you need to cancel for any reason please email familylearning@kew.org as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else.
- SEND Family Sensory Tours meet at Victoria Gate (grid reference J9 on our RBG Kew map).
- For more info on travelling to the gardens, please visit getting to Kew.
- If you book onto a tour, please allow enough time to walk to Victoria Gate (roughly 15 minutes from Lion and Elizabeth Gate and 20 minutes from Brentford Gate).
- Find out more about accessibility at Kew Gardens
- If you have any queries, please email us at familylearning@kew.org.