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What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
Access & inclusion
- Changing Places toilet
Car park just off Abbotsbury Road (pay by phone), which is on a steep incline; disabled parking is available there. Parking in the wider area is limited, and the council recommends public transport.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Kyoto Garden sits in the middle of Holland Park, the largest park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It was a gift from the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and was built for the Japan Festival in London, so it reads as a small, carefully arranged Japanese landscape rather than a conventional play space. Children tend to enjoy watching the koi carp in the pond, looking at the tiered waterfall and stone lanterns, and spotting the peacocks that wander the surrounding planting. The maple trees turn strong colours in autumn and the cherry trees blossom in spring. The garden is compact, so a visit is short and easy with younger children, and it works well as a stop alongside the playgrounds, woodland paths and café elsewhere in the park. Dogs are not allowed inside the garden. Entry is free.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Wristband for lost childrenWrite your number on it before you go in.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Hair bobbles
- Travel sickness bands
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Plasters
- Tissues
- Ice packs
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