Chester County Visitors Center

300 Greenwood Road, Kennett Square, PA  19348

(800) 228-9933, (610)-388-2900

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Adjacent to Longwood Gardens, just off of U.S. Route 1

Chester County Visitors Center, 2006

Make your first stop the Chester County Visitors Center! Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this Quaker meetinghouse was built circa 1865. Located in front of the main driving entrance into Longwood Gardens, the Chester County Visitors Center offers personal assistance to help you find something to do, get something to eat or set-up a place to stay for the night.

Inquire about current events, area attractions, shops, restaurants, lodging and more. The Visitors Center has hundreds of complimentary brochures. We sell area memorabilia, related merchandise, and offer complimentary water and lemonade during the warmer months. The Visitors Center also includes a free exhibit documenting the building's involvement in the "Underground Railroad".

Chester County is accessible by air, train, bus or car. All major airlines fly into Philadelphia International Airport, and taxi, limousine, shuttle service and rental cars are available. Amtrak provides rail service to 30 th Street Station in Philadelphia, as well as to Wilmington, DE. SEPTA is the regional local carrier providing bus routes into West Chester, and limited regional rail lines into Chester County. For more information on SEPTA visit Septa's web site. The Brandywine Valley is easily accessible by car via major routes I-95, I-76, I-276, US Routes 30, 202 and 322 and the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Turnpikes.

Our Visitors Center staff can provide you with brochures, maps, general information and much more about Chester County and the surrounding Brandywine Valley area.

The Visitors Center is open 363 days a year (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas )from 10am -5pm daily.

Also, see our Discount Coupon section on our web site for offers on souvenirs. The Visitors Center also sells books and other Brandywine Valley memorabilia.

The Chester County Visitors Center was built in 1865 as the Longwood Progressive Meeting House, and was known as an important stop on the "Underground Railroad". For many years, the building served as a local house of worship for Quakers.

There is a small exhibit in the back of the building, today, consisting of a collection of memorabilia, celebrating the rich history of the Longwood Progressive Meeting House,

now the Chester County Visitors Center.

This picture below was taken circa 1865.