Tickets Alert: Pokemon Pop-Up coming to London
The 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships will be coming to ExCeL in east London next month, and there's an associated pop-up store that will be open to the general public.
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Tickets Alert: Pokemon Pop-Up coming to London
The 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships will be coming to ExCeL in east London next month, and there's an associated pop-up store that will be open to the general public.
Tickets Alert: Chevening House gardens open day
The date of the annual open day of Chevening House’s gardens has been announced, and it’s a chance to wander around an impressive garden normally reserved for government ministers and their staff.
Tickets Alert: The Household Division’s Beating Retreat
Fancy an evening in Horseguards Parade watching a military precision drill, with cannons, and finished off with fireworks?
Tickets Alert: Boat trip through a canal tunnel under Islington
Regular trips through a long dark canal tunnel under Islington will resume later this month, and tickets are on sale now.
Tickets Alert: Perivale Wood’s 2024 bluebells open days
A normally closed nature reserve in west London will be open for two days in April when the woods are filled with bluebells at their best.
Tickets Alert: Behind the scenes tours of the National Archives
Not far from Kew in southwest London is the government's repository for its historic records, where people spend hours studying old documents for interesting nuggets that you may later read in a book, or a website article.
Early hours visits to see the Natural History Museum’s dinosaurs
The Natural History Museum's dinosaur's gallery can feel as crowded as a tube train at times, but you can visit the room when it's empty, with early morning tours.
Friday and Saturday lates at the Barbican Conservatory
In the heart of the City of London is a large heated conservatory that’s occasionally open to the public, and at the moment, also home to an art exhibition.
A helicopter and boats to perform a rare ceremony at the Tower of London
Next week, a fairly rare ceremony will take place in and around the Tower of London, and it's even more special than usual this time.
London Zoo’s new reptiles house is about to open
London Zoo is about to open a new building, focused on reptiles and amphibians, and will offer a glimpse into the Zoo’s breeding and animal care areas, with the ‘behind-the-scenes’ bought to the fore in the new space.
Cheaper entry to Dennis Severs House for locals and young people
If you live in Tower Hamlets or are aged under 30, and haven't visited or fancy a cheaper repeat visit, then Dennis Severs House has started offering half-price tickets.
Tickets Alert: Ballot opens to attend the Trooping the Colour 2024
Trooping the Colour is a big military parade that marks the King's official birthday in June, and the ballot for tickets to be in the audience is now open.
More dates announced to walk through the Mail Rail tunnels
The Postal Museum has announced fresh dates for the chance to walk through old Mail Rail tunnels and is, for the first time, offering tunnel walks on Saturday evenings as well.
The Royal Mews collection of horse-drawn carriages has reopened today
Around the back of Buckingham Palace is the Royal Mews, where the King’s horses and carriages are kept, and they've reopened to the public today after their winter slumber.
Tickets Alert: Tours of the Beckton gasworks
There's a chance to go through locked gates into the Beckton gas works next month, as there will be some tours of the former industrial site.
Tickets Alert: Tweed Run is back for genteel cycling around London
Fancy a charming jaunt around the sights of London in a decorous style becoming of the Edwardian upper middle classes?
Catch a Routemaster bus to the Crossness pumping station
The Victorian pumping station at Crossness in southeast London will be easier to visit for the next few months, as they're laying on a Routemaster bus shuttle service.
Tickets Alert: Visit the Chatley Heath semaphore tower
Peeking just above the trees by the M25 on the edge of southwest London is a tall octagonal building built as part of the defence of Britain, and it will be open to the public for a weekend in June.
Tickets Alert: Climb up inside the Old Royal Naval College’s 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: Tours of the Banqueting House in Whitehall
Banqueting House, a grand hall in the centre of London that used to be open to the public most days, is now only open on occasional dates for guided tours.
Tickets Alert: Zippos Circus is back in town
The travelling circus is coming to town and will be popping up around London throughout 2024, and there's a way of getting half-price tickets to the show.
Tickets Alert: Evening tours of the Houses of Parliament
For one evening only, you will be able to visit the Houses of Parliament to look around the inside of the Palace of Westminster at night.
Antiques Roadshow filming in west London
The BBC's Antiques Roadshow will be filming an episode in west London in May, and tickets to have your curios assessed are now available.
Hidden parts of Holborn tube station to open to the public
Sealed-off parts of Holborn tube station will be opened to the public later this year, as part of the London Transport Museum's Hidden London tours.