45 Incredible Things To Do In London With The Kids My Baba 4 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Living London is the absolute best place for children and families. With dozens of attractions and museums, we guarantee you’ll never be bored exploring the city. Here are our top family-friendly activities to keep you entertained this weekend, next weekend and at least 45 weekends after that. Museums Harry Potter studios It’s often fully booked, but check daily for tickets. Just outside London so will need to hop on a train. Where: Studio Tour Dr, Watford WD25 7LR Book tickets on WBStudioTour.co.uk Natural History Museum During the summer they have a great butterfly house. Where: Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD Find out more on NHM.ac.uk The Science Museum Where: Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD Visit ScienceMuseum.org.uk Museum of London Don’t miss the Beasts of London exhibition Location: 150 London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5HN Visit MuseumofLondon.org.uk The V&A Museum Where: Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Visit VAM.ac.uk Gardens and Parks Kew Gardens The children’s garden just opened at Kew and is definitely worth a look Where: Kew Gardens, Richmond, London TW9 3AE Visit Kew.org Boating in Hyde Park Where: London Find out more on RoyalParks.org.uk Regent’s Park It has Gorilla Circus Trapeze which is fantastic. Also an open air theatre. Where: Chester Rd, London NW1 4NR Find out more on RoyalParks.org.uk The Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park Find out what’s on OpenAirTheatre.com Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium Find out more on QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk Where: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 2ST Go Ape in Battersea Park Where Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ Book now on GoApe.co.uk Shopping & Boroughs Central: Covent Garden See what’s on: CoventGarden.London Marylebone High Street This is really central and has great shops and cafes. Carnaby Street Just by Oxford Street and great fun Find out what’s on Carnaby.co.uk South West: Pavillion Road There’s a lovely Bill Grainger restaurant there. It’s best to start on Pavillion Road and then pop on to Sloane Square and up the Kings Road. Where: Pavilion Road, London, SW1X 0BP East: Borough Market Where: 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 8EL Find out more on BoroughMarket.org.uk Spitalfields Market (close to Soft Serve Society) Visit OldSpitalfieldsMarket.com Where: Old Spitalfields Market 16 Horner Square London, E1 6EW West: Westborne Grove We love shopping on Westborne Grove. It has great shopping adults and kids, and great restaurants. Where: Westbourne Grove, w2 North: Primrose Hill This is a lovely spot (and where Paddington was filmed!). Where: Primrose Hill, NW1 8XL Food Soft Serve Society Where: Unit 35 BOXPARK,, 2-10 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, E1 6GY Visit SoftServeSociety.com Milk Train Café Go for the candy floss ice creams Visit MilkTrainCafe.com Where: 12 Tavistock St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PH Cereal Killer Café Where: Stables Market, Mezz 2, Chalk Farm Rd, Camden Town, London NW1 8AH Visit CerealKillerCafe.co.uk Peggy Porschen for cakes Where: 116 Ebury St, Belgravia, London SW1W 9QQ and 116 Ebury St, Belgravia, London SW1W 9QQ Visit PeggyPorschen.com Ice cream parlour at Fortnum and Mason Where: 1st floor, Fortnum & Mason, 181 Piccadilly, St. James’s, London W1A 1ER Visit FortnumandMason.com Hamleys for toys Where: 188-196 Regent St, Soho, London W1B 5BT Visit Hamleys.com Theatre Matilda Where: The Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden, WC2 Book tickets on MatildaTheMusical.com School of Rock Where: Gillian Lynne Theatre, 166 Drury Lane, WC2B 5PW Book now on SchoolofRockTheMusical.com Royal Albert Hall Where: Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP See what’s on RoyalAlbertHall.com Royal Opera House If you have children that enjoy ballet, this is perfect. Where: Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD Visit ROH.org.uk The O2 This place is great for shows in Greenwich Where: Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0DX Visit The02.co.uk Afternoon Tea Sketch Where:9 Conduit Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2XG Visit Sketch.London Claridges Where: Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1K 4HR Visit Claridges.co.uk Tourist Attractions London bus tour Madame Tussauds Where: 8 Marylebone Road, London W1 Visit: MadameTussauds.com Coca Cola London Eye Where: Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SRE1 7PB Book tickets on LondonEye.com Shrek’s Adventure Where: Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SRE1 7PB Visit: ShreksAdventure.com Body World London This place is fantastic but better for over 7 year olds. Where: 1 Piccadilly Circus, London W1 Visit BodyWorlds.co.uk ZSL London Zoo It’s London’s Regents Park and is close to Primrose Hill, so would be nice to combine the two. Where: Outer Cir, London NW1 Find out more on ZSL.org Zip Now It looks amazing but terrifying! Where: Zip Now London, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 Visit Zip-Now.co Emirates Cable Cars Where: 27 Western Gateway, Royal Docks, London E16 1FA Visit EmiratesAirline.co.uk Speed boat down the Thames Go Boat is a self-drive boating experience, ideal if it’s a nice day Visit GoBoat.co.uk Tower of London Where: St Katharine’s & Wapping, London EC3N 4AB Visit HRP.org.uk Hampton Court Palace Where: East Molesley, Surrey KT8 9AU Visit HRP.org.uk Buckingham Palace If you go to Hyde Park corner, go the little arch, there is a museum there and if you go up to the top floor you can peek into the Queen’s gardens Where: Westminster, London SW1A 1AA Changing of the Guards @ Buckingham Palace Where: Westminster, London SW1A 1AA Find out more on Changing-Guard.com Houses of Parliament Where: Westminster, London SW1A 0AA
