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A good reason to go out

Art, gardens and places to browse at your own pace.

Art, gardens and places to browse at your own pace. Explore our growing London selection, with checked practical details and official sources.

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National Gallery

A free collection on Trafalgar Square. Choose a handful of paintings and give them the time a whole museum sometimes steals.

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V&A South Kensington

Design, objects and small details worth a second look. The permanent collection is free; ticketed exhibitions have their own admission.

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Hayward Gallery

Contemporary art in a building that asks to be looked at too. Make a current exhibition the centre of a South Bank afternoon.

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Borough Market

A place to browse, buy ingredients or build lunch one decision at a time. Entry is free; the food is a separate budget.

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Regent’s Park

An unhurried patch of London: gardens, open space and a walk that does not need a destination. Ordinary park entry is free.

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Tate Modern

Modern and contemporary art on Bankside. The collection is free; choose a paid exhibition only if it is the reason you want to go.

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Spirit Moves Us with Seyi Adelekun

Movement, sound and herbal rituals turn the Barbican Conservatory into a space for exploring Black ecology and collective wellbeing.

Thu 29 Oct£6
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Pick & Mix: Signal Decay

A programme of unusual urban short films moves between London, Dhaka, Brooklyn and Sheffield at Barbican Cinema 3.

Thu 10 DecCheck price
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Pam Tanowitz Dance: Pastoral

Pam Tanowitz, Caroline Shaw and Sarah Crowner revisit Beethoven’s pastoral world through choreography, new music and painted landscapes.

Thu 1 Oct£18
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Hamlet Hail to the Thief

Shakespeare’s tragedy meets a reworked Radiohead score in a theatrical production with actors and live musicians.

Sat 31 Oct£30
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Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda)

A visit to a boyfriend’s funeral becomes a confrontation with secrecy, desire and violence in this Portuguese-language stage production.

Tue 13 Oct£25
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Black British Book Festival 2026

Books meet music and spoken word in a day featuring Candice Carty-Williams, Corinne Bailey Rae, Wretch 32 and the Black Poetry Shutdown.

Sun 4 OctFrom £20
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An Evening with Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz brings her observations on cities, culture and everyday behaviour to a conversation at the Barbican Hall.

Tue 27 OctCheck price
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Why Is There Music? with Milton Mermikides

Professor Milton Mermikides brings neuroscience, philosophy, psychology and anthropology to a public lecture on why humans make music.

Wed 21 OctFree
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Tim Key: Loganberry

Tim Key brings poems and comedy to Wilton’s in a new show with six evening performances.

Mon 28 SeptFrom £12
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LuAnna: The Big Party at Troxy

LuAnna brings The Big Party to Troxy with a daytime performance and a separate evening session.

Sat 3 OctCheck price
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Abney Park

Wooded paths and memorials turn this Stoke Newington cemetery into a place for local history and a quieter walk, with nature and heritage intertwined.

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Highgate Cemetery

Highgate’s wooded cemetery paths, memorial architecture and notable graves offer a reflective north London visit rather than an ordinary park stroll.

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