Top 10 FREE things to do in London that not everyone knows about
Strawberry tours offers a number of FREE walking tours around London, including our favourite, the Jack the Ripper tour.
You’ll visit the locations of the Whitechapel murders and learn details about the victims and the gruesome ways they died.
The guides also elaborate on a number of intriguing conspiracy theories surrounding the identity of the killer ... who could it have been?
For more information visit:
www.strawberrytours.com/.../free-jack-the-ripper-tour
That’s right, there’s an ENTIRE museum dedicated to chocolate!
Head to Brixton to learn how the cacao bean is transformed into the chocolate we all love, with Brits estimated to go through 660,900 tonnes of the stuff a year!
You’ll learn everything from the price slaves had to pay to bring chocolate to the masses to the evolution of the packaging of chocolate.
For more information visit:
www.thechocolatemuseum.co.uk
This spectacular Indian temple is breathtaking and one of the best kept secrets in London.
Standing 70 feet high and carved out of stone, this is a masterpiece of exquisite Indian design and workmanship.
Marvel at the intricate carvings, experience a traditional Hindu prayer ceremony and learn about the world’s oldest living religion.
For more information visit:
www.londonmandir.baps.org
When looking for free things to do in London, we’re all invariably recommended to go and see the changing of the guards but have you ever heard of the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London?
Every night this 700-year-old ritual involves the locking of the doors of the Tower of London.
Visitors will witness the Chief Yeoman Warder, escorted by guards, pass the sentries who will challenge his passage.
Once he is allowed to pass he takes the keys to the Queen's House for safekeeping overnight.
Tickets must be booked online and they are sold out months in advance so make sure you pre-plan and pre-book!
For more information visit:
www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/ceremony-of-the-keys
Up for a laugh?
A couple of top London comedy clubs offer comedy nights for FREE! Both the Top Secret Comedy Club and Angel Comedy Club are worth checking out.
The free nights include both up-and-coming comedians and if you’re lucky, big-name acts too but you’ll have to get there early to nab your place.
Fo more information visit:
If you love music then there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy free lunchtime concerts in the capital.
St Martin-in-the-Fields church, next to Trafalgar Square, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Opera House all host regular free 45-minute lunchtime concerts you can attend.
For more infomation visit any of the following links:
London Symphony Orchestra programme of events
St Martin-in-the Fields prgramme of events
Royal Opera House live at lunch details
Fancy petting a pig? Or feeding some goats?
Then why not visit one of the capitals many city farms.
Although it might not seem like it, London isn’t all about urban life … throughout our city, there are rural hidden gems dotted about.
Some of our favourite farms include Mudchute Park and Farm, Hackney City Farm, Spitalfields City Farm, Deen City Farm and Kentish Town City Farm.
London School of Economics (LSE) is one of the UK’s top universities and it hosts a number of free public lectures.
Pick a topic that interests you and hear some of the best minds discuss the issues at hand.
Fore more information visit:
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/Search-Events
God’s Own Junkyard is a bit bonkers and we love it!
A family-run business, this warehouse space come art store and gallery houses Europe’s largest vintage neon signs collection which you can spend hours looking at.
But be aware, the place is only open to the public on weekends.
For more information visit:
www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk
Everyone knows about Kew Garden’s tropical greenhouses but have you ever heard of the hidden tropical oasis at the Barbican conservatory?
Completely free and with no booking required, head on over and spend a lazy day amongst the 2,000+ species of tropical plants and trees.
For more information visit:
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/conservatory
