Treetop walkway at Kew Gardens

Tomorrow sees the start of the summer festival of trees at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the unveiling of a new £3 million treetop walkway
  
  


Treetop walkway
The 200m-long walkway was designed by the architects of the London Eye Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
The structure is 18 metres high and constructed from 'weathering steel' which turns the colour of redwood Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
Visitors will wander above the canopy of limes, oaks and sweet chestnuts planted by Capability Brown in the 1770s Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
Tony Kirkham, head of Royal Botanical Garden (RBG) Kew's arboreteum and project manager for the walkway, said it will offer visitors the opportunity of 'experiencing trees at height and birds and other wildlife from a completely different perspective' Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
There are 108 steps leading up from the woodland floor, and a lift for wheelchairs will be installed in the next couple of weeks Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
The chance to see birds such as nuthatches and woodpeckers at close quarters Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
The walkway's engineers argue that it is strong enough to last for 500 years Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
It also offers a birds-eye view of the vast 300 acres of Kew and further beyond to the London skyline Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
Treetop walkway
The RGB are billing it as a 'thrilling, innovative and educational journey' Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance
 

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