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WHERE
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The Chelsea Flower Show is held in the grounds of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea SW1, from Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 May. |
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OPENING HOURS
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Tuesday 23-24 May 8am to 8pm
RHS members only
Thursday 25 May 8am to 8pm
RHS members and the public
Friday 26 May 8am to 5.30pm
RHS members and the public
Sell-off takes place at 4.30pm
Once you leave the showground you will not be allowed back in unless you're an RHS member and leave before 10.30am. No babes-in-arms or children under five are admitted. No dogs, except guide dogs.
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PRICES
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Tuesday 23 - Wednesday 24 May: 8am-8pm £20; 3.30-8pm £11; 5.30-8pm £7 Thursday 25 May: 8am-8pm, members and affiliated societies £16; 8am-8pm public £27; 3.30pm-8pm public £15; 5.30-8pm public £12.
Friday 26 May: 8am-5.30pm £14; 8am-5.30 £25. |
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HOW TO BOOK
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Public tickets for the 25-26 May must be booked in advance call the 24-hour hotline on 0870 906 3781.
Members can book by calling 0870 906 3780. For group bookings call 0870 8422200. |
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HOW TO GET THERE
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Walking from Sloane Square tube station is the usual route, but it can be crowded. The bus stops nearer but the traffic can be bad and taxis get held up too. Take your choice, these are the options. |
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CAR
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Car parking is available in Battersea Park, use the Queenstown Road entrance, at £8 per day (£4 after 3pm). A free bus service takes you to the Show and back starting half an hour before the opening of the show each day. |
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TUBE
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Sloane Square, on the District and Circle lines, is the nearest tube station, ten minutes walk from the Royal Hospital Road entrance. |
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BUS
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There is a special bus service from Victoria station to and from the Showground every ten minutes. Buses 11, 137 and 21 all stop near the Showground. |
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TAXI
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Taxis will drop you at either the Royal Hospital Road entrance, or the Embankment entrance which is usually less busy. |
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AND GETTING AWAY...
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The best plan is to get to the Show for when it opens at 8am and to leave either in mid afternoon when people are still arriving or at the very end of the day when most other people have left. If you're leaving just after lunch and need a taxi, you'll probably pick one up at the Bull-Ring Gate on Chelsea Embankment as someone else arrives.
Otherwise leave by the Ambulance Gate (exit only), at the bottom end of the Rock Garden Bank, then walk along the embankment to Chelsea Bridge. The best exit for the tube station is the Infirmary Gate exit to Chelsea Bridge Road, from the top of Eastern Avenue. |
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There are still tickets left for the Show!
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You must buy your tickets for Chelsea in advance, they're not available at the gate. You can order over the phone by ringing the Chelsea Ticket Hotline 0870 906 378. It will remain open until all the tickets are sold. |
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The Chelsea Flower Show catalogue is available at the show for £4 and contains full details of all the exhibits.
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