Chiswick House and Gardens
Lord Burlington's compact Palladian villa, built 1726-29 and set in free-to-enter gardens with a cascade, classical statues and an 1813 conservatory used for camellias.
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Did you know
Lord Hervey joked that the villa was too small to live in and too big to hang from a watch chain.
Local tip
The gardens are free daily from 7am until dusk, while the house is open Thursday to Sunday 10.30am-3.30pm in season, with adult tickets at £13.50 including an audio guide. Check winter hours and planned closures before you go.
Finding it
- Address
- Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London W4 2RP
- Nearest station
- Chiswick (National Rail), 712 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Hogarth's HouseWilliam Hogarth's country retreat from 1749 to 1764, on Hogarth Lane by the Great West Road in Chiswick, now a free museum of his prints with a small mulberry garden.
- Chief CoffeeA Chiswick specialty coffee shop in a former Victorian bottling factory, with a pinball lounge downstairs and a floor of Japanese arcade machines. It is an unusual mix of proper coffee and playtime.
- The Bull's HeadA riverside Young's pub beside Barnes Bridge with a dedicated jazz room, where modern jazz has been staged since 1959. It earned the nickname 'suburban Ronnie Scott's'.
- Emery Walker's HouseA modest terrace house whose interiors were kept almost unchanged since Emery Walker, friend of William Morris, lived there, making it one of the last intact Arts and Crafts interiors. Visits are by guided tour only.