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Tickets Alert: Tours of Goldsmiths Hall

One of the grandest of the City’s livery halls, the Goldsmiths is open a few days a year for public tours and the dates for… next year have been announced.

Open House London bookings open next week

An important date for your diaries, as the annual festival of letting people inside normally private buildings, will open for ticket bookings next week.

Halloween trail coming to Chiswick Park and Gardens

We're in a heatwave, so the best time to start talking about Halloween - mainly as tickets for a nighttime woodland trail are now on sale.

The King’s Observatory in Richmond is opening for tours

A grand building in Richmond that was built for King George III to observe a rare astronomical event will be open later this month for tours.

There will be a South Park pop-up store in Soho for three days

Twenty-five years after its first episode was broadcast, there's a 25th-anniversary pop-up store opening in Soho for a few days to mark the event.

Go for a swim in Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake

You can't usually swim in Hyde Park's Serpentine Lake, but for one day next month you can, as around 5,000 people are invited for a swim.

Free tours of Thames Water’s grand pumping stations

Next month, four of London's magnificent sewage and water pumping stations will be opened to the public for free tours, and tickets to go to three of them will be released this coming Monday (8th August).

The Iron Throne comes to the Tower of London

Ahead of a Game of Thrones prequel, a new-look Iron Throne will be touring the UK, arriving first at the Tower of London, and you can take a seat on the throne.

Square Mile to be filled with fairs, theatre and subterranean adventures

The City of London has announced plans for a one-day spectacular of theatre, games, and performance to fill the Square Mile with art and events this autumn.

More tour dates to see inside the 230 year old Trinity House

Next to the Tower of London is 230(ish) year old building that is the headquarters of the people who look after the lighthouses.

Hear a WW2 Rolls-Royce Merlin engine powered up this weekend

One of the most famous allied sounds of WW2, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine was used in the Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes and the Lancaster bomber, and this weekend you can hear one up close.

Tickets Alert: Take a trip in a vintage tube train

After a lengthy wait, the London Transport Museum's 1938 art-deco style tube train will be back on the tracks for a couple of days in September.

Visit the Götheborg – a Swedish tall sailing ship

Next week, the world's largest, active, ocean-going, wooden sailing ship will visit London, will fire her canons next to Tower Bridge, and then open for the public to go on board for a look around.

Tickets Alert: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen on a big screen

Towards the end of 1967, Doctor Who battled the Abominable Snowmen, but almost the entire story was lost, until now.

Tours of a derelict building in Islington

For a few days in September, it will be possible to go inside a 300-year-old former waterworks building to see how it looks before major restoration work gets underway.

Behind the scenes tours of Shepherd’s Bush tube station

Concealed parts of Shepherd’s Bush tube station dating from its original construction in 1900 will be visible again, as the London Transport Museum adds the station to its itinerary of Hidden London tours.

Silent London Underground and Metropolis with live music

Wilton's, an atmospheric Victorian Music Hall is putting on a series of silent films with live music accompaniment.

Tickets Alert: State apartment tours of Parliament’s Speaker’s House

Earlier this year, the first-ever public tours of the opulent Speakers House inside Parliament took place, and they're running more from the end of September.

Late summer openings at Greenwich’s Painted Hall

The Painted Hall in Greenwich -- often called the UK's own Sistine Chapel -- will be open late on a number of evenings through July and August.

St Paul’s Cathedral to stay open on four evenings this summer

On four Thursday evenings this summer, St Paul's Cathedral will stay open late into the evening so people can watch the setting sun from the Cathedral's roof.

Cart Marking ceremony returns to London next month

Next month, over 40 historic and interesting road vehicles will roll into Guildhall Yard to take part in an ancient ceremony.

The historic Hall Place house reopens for tours

A stately house in southeast London is reopening to the public, for occasional guided tours.

Summer tours of the Aga Khan Centre in King’s Cross

An unassuming white building behind King’s Cross conceals a wonderful interior and rooftop garden.

Tickets Alert: See a steam train on the DLR

This weekend there will be a chance to see a steam locomotive on the DLR -- as a 150-year old engine will be on display at Poplar DLR depot.