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Kew Constabulary

The Kew Constabulary (formerly the Royal Botanic Gardens Constabulary) is a very small, specialised constabulary responsible for policing the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in Richmond-upon-Thames, England. The Kew Constables are attested under section 3 of the Parks Regulation Act 1872. Such constables have "in addition to any powers and immunities specially conferred on him by this Act, shall, within the limits of the park of which he is park constable, have all such powers, privileges, and immunities, and be liable to all such duties and responsibilities, as any police constable has within the police area in which such park is situated". As a result, constables of this very small constabulary have the powers of constables of the Metropolitan Police within the land belonging to the Royal Botanic Gardens in addition to those powers possessed as a Kew Constable but without being sworn as constables under the legislation applicable to the Metropolitan Police. These constables rarely use their police powers and generally perform a patrol and ranger service. Any substantial, serious or major police requirements in the gardens are provided by the Metropolitan Police. The Kew Constabulary have no power to instigate proceedings for an offence committed within their jurisdiction under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, indicating that the Metropolitan Police retain primary responsibility for the policing of Kew Gardens. This contrasts with the responsibilities of the Royal Parks Constabulary (now abolished in England and Wales with their staff and functions transferred to the Metropolitan Police), which had responsibility for the instigation of proceedings within their jurisdiction and were attested under the same legislation as the Kew Constabulary. The Kew Constabulary are attested under the Parks Regulations 1872, which was amended by the Parks Regulations (Amendment) Act 1974. This amendment included the provision to allow for the appointment of Parks Constables for the parks included within the original legislation. The Parks Regulations 1872 included the provision for appointing Park Keepers, who had the full powers of a police constable of the local police force within the relevant park. However, the Park Keepers were faced with increased hostility and it was felt necessary to give them the full status of a constable, even though they would not have any increased powers. A working party was formed by the Department of Environment and they visited the Liverpool Parks Police in 1972 to examine their model of policing parks. Although the policing model of the Liverpool Parks Police helped inform the legislative changes, it is an unfortunate irony that they were disbanded during the same year. The amended Parks Regulations 1872 gives Kew Constabulary police powers within all the parks to which the legislation applies. Whilst there is nothing to suggest that Kew Constabulary Police Officers would ever find themselves exercising their police powers in another park, this legislative quirk remains nonetheless. Many parks listed within the legislation have been transferred from the control of the Crown and government departments to local authorities, whereby the legislation is believed to no longer apply. This includes, for example, Battersea Park and Victoria Park. Nonetheless, during more recent years the Kew Constabulary have theoretically possessed police powers in Parliament Square until it was transferred to the control of the Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Although the Kew Constabulary was a separate organisation from the Royal Parks Constabulary, it had police powers in the Royal Parks until the original Parks Regulations 1872 were amended by Section 162 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Kew Gardens station

Kew Gardens station is a Grade II listed London Underground and National Rail station in Kew in south west London. It is the nearest station to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and The National Archives and is managed by London Underground. The station is served by both the District line on the London Underground and the North London Line on the London Overground, and is situated midway between Gunnersbury and Richmond stations.The station is in Travelcard Zones 3 and 4. The main entrance to the station is located at the junction of Station Parade, Station Avenue and Station Approach about 100 yards from Sandycombe Road and is about 500 yards from the entrance to the Botanic Gardens and 600 yards from The National Archives. The station can also be accessed from North Road, on the other side of the railway line; the two entrances are connected by a pedestrian subway. Kew Gardens Station Footbridge, also a Grade II-listed structure, is next to the station, on the southern side.

Kew Bridge railway station

Kew Bridge railway station is a railway station in Brentford and Gunnersbury, in the London Borough of Hounslow, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. The station was named after the nearby Kew Bridge. The station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is on the southern & eastern curves of the Kew Bridge railway triangle, although the eastern curve platforms are abandoned. It was opened in 1849 by the London and South Western Railway . The North & South Western Junction Railway in a spirit of affording LSWR access to Fenchurch Street operated its admittedly rival 'Kew' station on the western curve. From 1862 the companies cooperated: the junction railway company building additional Kew Bridge platforms , the LSWR having constructed the eastern curve itself. The station has 2 active platforms & 2 abandoned platforms: Platform 2: Trains to Brentford, Hounslow & Weybridge Platform 1: Trains to Chiswick, Barnes, Clapham Junction & London Waterloo Platform 3: Currently abandoned, served trains via South Acton Platform 4: Currently abandoned, served trains from South Acton continuing via Chiswick. There are currently no passenger services on the eastern and western curves, but both have been proposed by the London Borough of Hounslow for Crossrail and also for Zone 3 Overground Orbirail. The football stadium redevelopment plan includes space for additional platforms on the other curves. Britain's largest cycle manufacturer, Brompton Bicycle, is based behind the station, along the northeast edge of the railway triangle. Nearby attractions include the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the London Museum of Water & Steam and the Musical Museum, Brentford.
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