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Tickets Alert: Guided tours of the Old Bailey

It's not that well known, but earlier this year, regular tours of the exceptionally famous Old Bailey courthouse in the City of London started.

Tickets Alert: The Sims 4 For Rent pop-up in central London

For a couple of days next month, Electronic Arts is bringing the magic of The Sims 4 to life to celebrate the launch of the expansion pack, The Sims 4 For Rent.

Crossing ecclesiastical borders: Westminster Abbey is to host Notre Dame de Paris exhibition

A touring exhibition about the fire-ravaged cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris, will be in London next year and hosted in Westminster Abbey.

Tickets Alert: An afternoon with the 1960s world of ITC

Cult TV production company ITC, producers of everything from Thunderbirds to The Prisoner and The Saint, will be the subject of an afternoon of screenings and talks at the BFI Southbank.

Tickets Alert: Cinema poster pop-up inside a 1920s future cinema

A former Polytechnic assembly hall in Kentish Town that's been empty for about a decade is going to open its doors to the public for a few days.

Tickets Alert: Walk through the Thames railway tunnel

Later this month, for one weekend only, there's a chance to walk through a railway tunnel under the River Thames.

Hampstead Observatory is reopening to the public

The Hampstead Observatory is one of the few observatories in London open to the public for viewing the night sky, and is reopening to the public following repairs to the building.

Tickets Alert: Steam engines back in action at the London Museum of Water and Steam

For the first time in nearly two years, the steam engines at the London Museum of Water & Steam will be turned on again.

Horizon 22 viewing gallery tickets are now being released daily

Tickets to visit London's highest viewing gallery were snapped up as soon as they were released, but some are now being released each morning for booking in advance.

Tickets Alert: A chance to climb up inside the Old Royal Naval College Dome

Seen by millions from the outside, but hardly ever from the inside, tickets to climb up inside one of the tall domes at the Old Royal Naval College are now on sale.

Tickets Alert: Out of hours Titanosaur tours at the Natural History Museum

If you want to get up close and personal with the largest dinosaur on display but prefer to avoid the crowds, then the Natural History Museum offers early morning visits.

Tickets Alert: Visit the Fan Museum when it’s lit by candles

A small museum in Greenwich that you've probably never visited will be a bit more interesting to visit in December when candles illuminate it.

London’s outdoor ice skating rinks for winter 2023-2024

Winter is coming, and so are the pop-up ice rinks that populate the city each winter offering people opportunities to repeatedly fall over and go home with sore bums and dented pride.

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks tickets go on sale next week

The annual New Year's Eve fireworks at the London Eye will take place this year, and tickets will go on sale on Friday 3rd November at noon.

Tours of Feliks Topolski’s railway arch artist studio and archive

For over 30 years, one of the railway arches in Waterloo was used as a studio by one of the country's leading artists, Feliks Topolski, and now it's opening up for public tours.

Tickets Alert: Handel Hendrix House to open late on Fridays

Handel Hendrix House, the museum once home to both Handel and Jimi Hendrix, is to start opening late on Fridays for candlelit, music-filled evenings.

Tickets Alert: Underground (1928 film) with live music

Next month, there's a chance to watch a 1928 film set on the London Underground that examines the lives of Londoners and the romance between them.

Tickets Alert: Spend Halloween inside a Mausoleum

What could be more appropriate for Halloween than spending time inside a house of the dead -- inside a Mausoleum?

Dennis Severs House offers cheap entry to young people

As it puts on a display created by a young man, Spitalfield's atmospheric Dennis Severs House is also offering cheap tickets to young people.

Tickets Alert: Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon comes to Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral will have a huge floating moon filling the nave for a few weeks, as Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon takes up residence.

London’s 2023 bonfire night firework displays

It’s time to start plotting how we shall remember the downfall of a papist plot, and watch the skies over London explode with fireworks.

Tickets Alert: Late opening at Westminster Abbey

Later this month, Westminster Abbey will host one of its occasional late openings, which, apart from seeing the Abbey in a very different light from daytime visits, are also half-price compared to a daytime visit.

The Wimbledon 2024 ticket ballot has opened

The public ballot for tickets to attend Wimbledon 2024 has opened, so you can apply for tickets to attend next year's tennis championships.

Free entry to National Trust properties this autumn

This autumn, the National Trust is offering free tickets to visit most of its properties across the UK.