A National Trust site affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. As with most National Trust sites, there is a café with plenty of coffee and cake for hungry cyclists.

The Yawning Kea

December 2, 2020

Cycling

Wild botanic garden, including the Millenium Seed Bank. Perhaps most importantly, at least to some cyclists, it has a National Trust café, with the necessary supplies of coffee and cake.

Sarah

April 29, 2022

Road cycling

Wakehurst is the country cousin to Kew gardens - with the bonus that National Trust members get in for free. Of all the public gardens this is surely the jewel in the crown.

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Location: Ardingly, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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