Some families are made up of two children and two adults, but many are not. But which London venues that charge entry have adapted to the modern family size?
Based on a trawl, below is a list of the top venues I remembered to check and how they define what a family consists of. Some are quite flexible, with multiple children options, and quite a few understanding that single parents exist. Unsurprisingly, the two religious venues still expect parents to come in twos.
It’s worth noting that a number of places don’t charge for children at all, so there the family size is not an issue. I was going to check for the paid exhibitions at the big free museums, but they change so often that the list will be out of date so soon as to render it useless.
In summary, the following London venues that charge for children, but have options that understand that some families have more than 2 kiddies.
- Apsley House
- Bentley Priory Museum
- Brooklands Museum
- Canal Museum
- Churchill War Rooms
- Down House
- Eltham Palace
- Florence Nightingale Museum
- Hampton Court Palace
- Harry Potter World
- Heath Robinson Museum
- HMS Belfast
- House of Illustration
- Household Cavalry Museum
- Houses of Parliament (tour)
- Jewel Tower
- Jewish Museum
- London Zoo
- Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
- Royal Mews
- The Queen’s Gallery
- Tower Bridge
- Tower of London
- Wellington Arch
The full list
Venue | Adult | Children | Families | |||
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Free | Paid | Cost | Adults | Children | ||
Apsley House | £9.30 | Under 5 | £5.60 | £24.20 | 2 | 3 |
Banqueting House | £5.50 | Under 16 | ||||
Benjamin Franklin House | £8.00 | Under 16 | ||||
Bentley Priory Museum | £8.80 | Under 6 | £4.40 | £13.20 | 1 | 2 |
£17.60 | 1 | 3 | ||||
£22.00 | 2 | 2 | ||||
£24.20 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Brooklands Museum | £15.00 | Under 5 | £7.70 | £38.50 | 2 | 3 |
Brunel Museum | £6.00 | Under 16 | ||||
Canal Museum | £5.00 | Under 5 | £2.50 | £12.50 | 1 | 4 |
£12.50 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Cartoon Museum | £7.00 | Under 18 | ||||
Charles Dickens Museum | £9.00 | Under 6 | £4.00 | |||
Churchill War Rooms | £19.00 | Under 5 | £9.50 | £32.30 | 1 | 2 |
£48.45 | 2 | 2 | ||||
£56.55 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Cutty Sark | £11.50 | Under 4 | £5.95 | |||
Dorich House Museum | £5.00 | Under 16 | ||||
Down House | £11.80 | Under 5 | £7.10 | £30.70 | 2 | 3 |
Dr Johnson’s House | £6.00 | Under 5 | £2.50 | £12.50 | 2 | 2 |
Dr Who Museum | £3.00 | £2.00 | ||||
Dulwich Picture Gallery | £8.00 | Under 18 | ||||
Eltham Palace | £14.40 | Under 5 | £8.60 | £37.40 | 2 | 3 |
Fan Museum | £4.00 | Under 7 | £3.00 | |||
Fashion and Textile Museum | £9.00 | Under 12 | £9.00 | |||
Florence Nightingale Museum | £7.50 | Under 5 | £3.80 | £15.00 | 2 | 2 |
£16.00 | 2 | 3 | ||||
£17.00 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Foundling Museum | £11.00 | Under 16 | ||||
Freud Museum | £8.00 | Under 12 | £4.00 | |||
Guards Museum | £6.00 | Under 17 | ||||
Hampton Court Palace | £9.00 | Under 5 | £4.50 | £16.75 | 1 | 3 |
£23.40 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Handel House Museum | £10.00 | £5.00 | ||||
Harry Potter World | £39.00 | Under 5 | £31.00 | £124.00 | 1 | 3 |
£124.00 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Heath Robinson Museum | £6.00 | Under 5 | £4.00 | £18.00 | 2 | 4 |
HMS Belfast | £16.00 | Under 5 | £8.00 | £27.20 | 1 | 2 |
£40.80 | 2 | 2 | ||||
£47.60 | 2 | 3 | ||||
House of Illustration | £8.25 | Under 5 | £4.40 | £19.80 | 2 | 3 |
Household Cavalry Museum | £7.00 | Under 5 | £5.00 | £18.00 | 2 | 3 |
Houses of Parliament (tour) | £18.50 | Under 5 | £7.50 | £26.00 | 1 | 2 |
£37.00 | 2 | 2 | ||||
£44.50 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Jewel Tower | £5.00 | Under 5 | £3.00 | £13.00 | 2 | 3 |
Jewish Museum | £8.50 | Under 5 | £3.50 | £18.00 | 2 | 4 |
Keats House | £6.50 | Under 18 | ||||
Kensington Palace | £15.50 | Under 16 | ||||
Kew Gardens | £18.00 | Under 4 | £4.00 | |||
Leighton House Museum | £9.00 | Under 12 | £7.00 | |||
London Dungeon | £21.00 | Under 3 | £16.80 | £91.80 | 2 | 2 |
London Eye | £32.45 | Under 3 | £27.95 | |||
London Museum of Water and Steam | £12.50 | Under 5 | £5.50 | £18.00 | 1 | 2 |
£30.50 | 2 | 2 | ||||
London Transport Museum | £17.50 | Under 18 | ||||
London Zoo | £20.45 | Under 3 | £15.95 | £66.00 | 2 | 2 |
£66.00 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Motorcycle Museum | £12.00 | Under 5 | £5.00 | |||
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising | £9.00 | Under 7 | £5.00 | £24.00 | 2 | 2 |
Musical Museum | £11.00 | Under 5 | £5.00 | £25.00 | 2 | 3 |
Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret | £6.50 | £3.50 | £15.00 | 2 | 2 | |
£16.00 | 2 | 3 | ||||
£17.00 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Osterly House | £12.00 | Under 5 | £6.00 | £30.00 | 2 | 2 |
Pollock’s Toy Museum | £6.00 | £3.00 | ||||
Rainham Hall | £6.60 | Under 5 | £3.30 | £16.50 | 2 | 2 |
Red House | £8.50 | Under 5 | £4.20 | £21.00 | 2 | 2 |
Royal Mews | £11.00 | Under 5 | £6.40 | £28.40 | 2 | 3 |
Royal Observatory | £10.00 | Under 4 | £6.50 | |||
St Paul’s Cathedral | £18.00 | Under 6 | £8.00 | £44.00 | 2 | 2 |
The Queen’s Gallery | £11.00 | Under 5 | £5.50 | £27.50 | 2 | 3 |
The Shard | £25.95 | Under 4 | £21.95 | |||
Tower Bridge | £9.80 | Under 5 | £4.20 | £15.30 | 1 | 2 |
£20.00 | 2 | 1 | ||||
£22.00 | 2 | 2 | ||||
£24.50 | 2 | 3 | ||||
£27.00 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Tower of London | £21.50 | Under 5 | £9.70 | £38.30 | 1 | 3 |
Tower of London | £21.50 | Under 5 | £9.70 | £53.20 | 2 | 3 |
Wellington Arch | £5.00 | Under 5 | £3.00 | £13.00 | 2 | 3 |
Westminster Abbey | £20.00 | Under 6 | £9.00 | £40.00 | 2 | 1 |
£45.00 | 2 | 2 |