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Wakehurst

Ardingly, West Sussex, South East, GB

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Managed By

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Access Status

public

Last Reviewed

28 March 2026

What This Page Proves

RedwoodFinder uses this page to show that redwoods are documented at this location, alongside the current confidence level and the best available map precision. It is the public-facing output of the project's AI-native evidence and linking workflow.

How To Read The Badges

This record currently has strong accepted evidence behind it and is treated as a well-supported public entry. The mapped point is intended to represent the documented location itself, not just the wider estate or park.

About

Wild botanic garden of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, covering over 500 acres in the Sussex Weald. Home to the Millennium Seed Bank and extensive temperate woodlands including Horsebridge Wood, which features North American species with a notable collection of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), and dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). Site of a UCL/Kew research study mapping nearly 5,000 UK giant sequoias using terrestrial laser scanning. Houses at least 21 individually measured redwood specimens across the grounds.

Access

Open daily with admission charge. Managed by RBG Kew; land leased from the National Trust. Visitor facilities include cafe, shop, and the Millennium Seed Bank exhibition.

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