Travel & Accommodations
We are so grateful that you are willing to travel so far to celebrate with us! Here you will find our reccomendations for hotel options, transportation, and a local guide to activities and day trips for any spare time you might have in London!
Airports
London Heathrow (LHR)
20 minute drive or 45 minutes via public transportation to the hotels
London Gatwick (LGW)
1 hour drive or 1 hour and 10 minutes via public transportation to the hotels
Hotels
The Petersham Hotel
Ideal if you’ll be spending the whole weekend with us! This is where the welcome party and day after activities will be held, and we have arranged for transportation to and from this hotel on the wedding day.
Coach and Horses
Ideal for a shorter stay, this hotel is only a 5 minute walk from Kew Gardens and a 10 minute drive to the welcome party and most other activities.
Additional Hotel Options:
Richmond Harbour Hotel
Approx. 10 minute drive. Walking distance to The Petersham and wedding day shuttle.
Richmond Hill Hotel
Approx. 10 minute drive. Walking distance to The Petersham and wedding day shuttle.
Rose of York
Approx. 10 minute drive. Walking distance to The Petersham and wedding day shuttle.
Kew Gardens Hotel
5 minutes drive Approx. 15 minutes walk
Transportation
There are rideshare options like Uber, in addition to taxis that can be used for airport transportation or just getting around the city.
London also has a Metro system known as The Tube. It is very easy to use! You can buy tickets or a travel card at the stations, or just tap any tap-to-pay card you already have in your wallet.
If you’re planning on venturing a little further, there are also several train options that can take you outside London and beyond!
Things to Do
Around the Hotels
Syon Park - 20 minutes
The London home of the Duke of Northumberland. The house was built in the sixteenth century on the site of the Medieval Syon Abbey. You can tour the house and take a walk in the surrounding gardens.
Windsor Castle - 30 minutes
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it has since been the home of 40 monarchs.
Chiswick House & Gardens - 10 minutes
Designed by architect and designer William Kent and Richard Boyle, the third Earl of Burlington, Chiswick House & Gardens was built between 1725 and about 1738. You can tour the house and explore the 65-acre grounds.
Central London
Classic Sights:
Wetminster Abbey
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
Trafalgar Square
The Tower Bridge
The London Eye
Food & Shopping:
Borough Market
Covent Garden
Harrods
Notting Hill
The Great Outdoors:
Hyde Park & Kensington Palace
St. James’s Park
Richmond Park
Art & History:
The Tower of London
Churchill War Rooms
The British Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Day Trips
Stonehenge - 1 hour and 30 minutes
The famous prehistoric megalithic monument built in stages between 3000 and 1500 BC. Visit the Stone Circle and discover how the Stonehenge builders lived and worked in the associated exhibition
The Roman Baths - 2 hours
A UNESCO World Heritage Site a containing one of the great spas of the ancient world. You can explore the Roman Baths complex, walk on the original Roman pavements and see the ruins of the Temple of Sulis Minerva.
Seven Sisters - 2 hours
Visit Seven Sisters Country Park, comprised of 280 hectares of chalk cliffs, a meandering river valley, and and open chalk grassland. Here you can see grazing livestock, rare flora and fauna and is a corridor for a large number of migrating birds.
The Cotswolds - 2 hours
One of England’s designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The region is celebrated for its "chocolate-box" villages, iconic honey-coloured Jurassic limestone architecture, rolling green hills, and deep-rooted history in the medieval wool trade.