Wakehurst

This article is about the historic house in West Sussex, England. For other uses, see Wakehurst (disambiguation).

Wakehurst
The mansion at Wakehurst
Location within West Sussex
51°04′02″N 0°05′20″W
Type	Country house estate
OS grid reference	TQ 33950 31418
History
Built	1590
Site notes
Area	West Sussex
Governing body	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Owner	National Trust
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Wakehurst Place
Designated	28 October 1957
Reference no.	1025764
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Official name	Wakehurst Place
Designated	1 June 1984
Reference no.	1000189

Trees at Wakehurst

Wakehurst in June

Kew Wakehurst, previously known as Wakehurst and Wakehurst Place, is a house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, owned by the National Trust but used and managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew). It is near Ardingly, West Sussex in the High Weald (grid reference TQ340315), and comprises a late 16th-century mansion, a mainly 20th-century garden and, in a modern building, Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. Visitors are able to see the gardens and mansion, and also visit the seed bank. The garden today covers some 2 km² (490 acres) and includes walled and water gardens, woodland and wetland conservation areas.

RBG Kew has leased the land from the National Trust since 1965 and much has been achieved in this time, from the Millennium Seed Bank project and the creation of the Loder Valley and Francis Rose Nature Reserves to the introduction of the visitor centre, the Seed café and Stables restaurant, along with the development of the gardens.

Wakehurst is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, and its gardens are listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

The stables are listed Grade II* and the South Lodge and gateway is listed Grade II.