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Tickets Alert: Charterhouse tours by Candlelight

A chance to step into a medieval monastery near the Barbican on a Friday evening for a guided tour by flickering candlelight.

Booking opens for London Craft Week events

In October loads of crafty sorts of people and places will open their doors to show off their crafting works to the general public.

Last ever ice rink at the Natural History Museum this winter

For the very last time, the grounds in front of the Natural History Museum will host a large ice-rink this winter.

Tours of buildings sites taking place in October

The semi-annual event that shows off the construction industry by letting people go behind the hoardings onto building sites returns this October, and booking is open now.

Royal Opera House offering guided tours and gins

Covent Garden's Royal Opera House has resumed its tours of the building, and added a new tour, focusing on its gay heritage. And is also offering gin cocktails.

Go swimming in Hyde Park’s Serpentine lake

Next month there is to be a mass swimming event in the open chilly waters of Hyde Park's Serpentine lake.

Free film screenings in Trafalgar Square

Six blockbuster movies filmed or set in London will be shown on a big screen in Trafalgar Square later this month - for free.

An enchanted woodland coming to Syon Park

This November when it gets dark again, Syon Park in West London will be filled with a display of lights and music.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Billingsgate’s Roman bath house

Hidden underneath a mundane office block can be found one of London’s largest Roman remains, and it’s open for tours for two days later this month.

Tickets Alert: 40th anniversary of An American Werewolf in London

This month marks 40-years since one of the more famous London films was released, all about an American tourist who terrorises London as a werewolf.

Winter Wonderland returning to Hyde Park

It's a sign that times are returning to normality in the Summer that it's confirmed that a gigantic fairground event will fill a large chunk of Hyde Park once again this winter.

Tickets Alert: Reigate Caves tickets now available

Underneath Reigate town centre is a series of large caves that are usually open to the public for a few days during the summer.

Tickets Alert: Doctor Who on the big screen

There's going to be a chance to see a long-lost story from the Doctor Who archive on the big screen before it goes on sale in the shops to view on the small screen.

Tickets Alert: Take a walk though the Mail Rail tunnels

The Postal Museum has announced fresh dates for the chance to walk through the tunnels under Mount Pleasent where the Mail Rail used to carry the post.

Tickets Alert: Tours of St Paul’s Cathedral’s triforium

St Paul's Cathedral has restarted tours of its triforium, the space high up above the nave that's not normally open to the public.

Tickets Alert: British Museum offering pre-opening tours at weekends

The British Museum has started running tours of its Egyptian galleries before the museum opens to the public at weekends.

Tickets Alert: Hidden highlights of Westminster Abbey tours

This summer there's a chance to explore behind the scenes of Westminster Abbey on a guided tour of some areas not usually open to the public.

St Paul’s Cathedral’s reopens its Dome to visitors

The Golden Gallery at the very top of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is now open on Saturdays and later this month, school holidays, for people with a good head for heights to visit.

More tickets released for Buckingham Palace picnics this summer

More tickets are being released to the public to have picnics in Buckingham Palace's back garden this summer.

Tickets Alert: 1950s British Transport films with live music

Next month, the Barbican will be screening a series of British Transport Films featuring a range of views of 1950s Britain, accompanied by hybrid electronic and orchestral music.

Tickets Alert: Cocktails in a garden square

There will be a series of outdoor cocktail drinks events in Bedford Square Gardens in central London in July and August.

A chance to abseil off the Cheesegrater skyscraper

For charity of course, but later this month there's a chance to climb over the top of the Cheesegrater skyscraper in the City of London and abseil down the side.

Dennis Severs’ House reopens this month

A remarkable time capsule in Spitalfields, Dennis Severs' House reopens its doors to visitors at the end of the month.

Tickets Alert: Nocturnal Creatures festival

Next month there will be a one-night arts festival taking place in East London, with free tickets available from tomorrow (Thur 1st July).