RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show from Maidstone
The Chelsea Flower Show from Maidstone. Collection is from any address in Maidstone. Maidstone is a place of roughly 113,000 people. By rail, the closest stop is Maidstone East, 3 minutes' drive. Expect about an hour and 12 minutes on the road via the M20, A20 and A202, a distance of 40.0 miles. That is 61 minutes longer than the same trip from Mayfair. The 2027 dates are 18–22 May. The first show at Chelsea, then called the Great Spring Show, was held on 20 May 1913 in a single marquee.
How the day runs
Collection is from your front door in Maidstone. You travel in a luxury people-carrier for families and groups. Leaving Maidstone, the car picks up the M20 and keeps to the main roads. Drop-off follows the published arrangements. Public parking is at Battersea Park (pre-booked with tickets, about 20 minutes' walk), with shuttle buses dropping at Bull Ring Gate. Coaches need a permit to set down on the Embankment; there is no coach parking at the show. All day the car stays on hand; a message brings it round. After the last of the day, it is about an hour and 11 minutes back to Maidstone.
- Maidstone to Royal Hospital Chelsea1 hr 12 min, 40 miles, in clear traffic
- Royal Hospital Chelsea to Maidstone1 hr 11 min, 38.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The first show at Chelsea, then called the Great Spring Show, was held on 20 May 1913 in a single marquee.
Source: rhs.org.ukPublic parking is at Battersea Park (pre-booked with tickets, about 20 minutes' walk), with shuttle buses dropping at Bull Ring Gate. Coaches need a permit to set down on the Embankment; there is no coach parking at the show.
Source: rhs.org.ukOpenStreetMap records a population of about 113,137.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Maidstone by road is Maidstone East (MDE), about 3 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgRoyal Hospital Chelsea lies in Greater London.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest station named by the organisers is Sloane Square (District and Circle lines) (10-minute walk; London Victoria is the closest mainline station).
Source: rhs.org.ukBy road, the closest National Rail station is Battersea Park (BAK), about 8 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How long is the drive from Maidstone to the Chelsea Flower Show?
About an hour and 12 minutes and 40.0 miles in clear traffic, via the M20, A20 and A202; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
London Heathrow is about 34 minutes from Royal Hospital Chelsea by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 46 minutes from Maidstone; the car is positioned before your collection time.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.