RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show from Reading
The Chelsea Flower Show from Reading. For households in and around Reading, the pick-up is at home. Its population is put at about 163,000. Reading station is 2 minutes away by car. Expect about 54 minutes on the road via the A4, A3290 and M4, a distance of 40.1 miles. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 43 minutes more in the car. In 2027 it runs 18–22 May. Royal Hospital Chelsea has a Grade II listed park and garden.
How the day runs
The car comes to your home in Reading. You travel in a luxury people-carrier for families and groups. Leaving Reading, the car picks up the A4 and keeps to the main roads. You are set down at the permitted drop-off for your enclosure or ticket. All day the car stays on hand; a message brings it round. The return to Reading takes about 55 minutes, plus whatever the car parks need to empty.
- Reading to Royal Hospital Chelsea54 min, 40.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Royal Hospital Chelsea to Reading55 min, 40.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Royal Hospital Chelsea has a Grade II listed park and garden.
Source: historicengland.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 162,666.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Reading by road is Reading (RDG), about 2 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgBy road, the closest National Rail station is Battersea Park (BAK), about 8 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgLondon Heathrow is about 34 minutes away by road (16.5 miles).
Source: wikidata.orgLondon City Airport is about 44 minutes away by road (11.4 miles).
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How long is the drive from Reading to the Chelsea Flower Show?
About 54 minutes and 40.1 miles in clear traffic, via the A4, A3290 and M4; allow longer on the day.
Would the train be quicker?
The station for the Chelsea Flower Show is Sloane Square (District and Circle lines). From Reading, a car goes door to door in about 54 minutes.
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.
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.