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Tickets Alert: Tours of Alexandra Palace’s old railway station and basement

To mark its 150th anniversary, Alexandra Palace is hosting tours of its building, including the old BBC studios, theatre -- and the old railway station and basement.

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 is offering early morning visits.

See the Coronation stage inside Westminster Abbey

For one week after the King's Coronation, the stage set up for the event will remain on view in Westminster Abbey for people who want to get within sniffing distance of the regal location.

Tickets Alert: Demonstrations and workshops during London Craft Week

Next month sees London Craft Week return, with a mix of exhibitions, displays and workshops for anyone to attend.

Tickets Alert: London Zoo’s late nights return in June

This summer, London Zoo will be open late on Friday evenings for adults only visits to the zoo.

How to get tickets for the Last Night of the Proms 2023

Prom season is starting again and it’s time to enter the ballot to get tickets to attend the Last Night of the Proms. Due to the intense popularity of the evening, the tickets are allocated in ballots only.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Spencer House and garden

Spencer House, a rather grand house overlooking Green Park which offers regular tours of the building will also include tours of the garden from the end of this month.

The Art Deco heritage tube train returns to the London Underground

A tube train built in 1938 and restored to its art-deco original interior will be returning to the London Underground for the May bank holiday.

Last chance to go on a tour of the historic St Barts Hospital

This year marks the 900th anniversary of the founding of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and while public tours of a hospital may sound like an odd thing to go on, these tours focus on the historic buildings in the estate.

Monthly tours of the City of London’s Guildhall

Once a month, it's possible to go on a guided tour of the City of London's ancient and impressive Guildhall building.

Tickets Alert: 175th anniversary tours of Waterloo Station

To mark the 175th anniversary of the opening of Waterloo station, there will be a series of historical tours of the building, organised by Network Rail.

Tours of a Roman London bathhouse resume in April

A Roman bathhouse hidden underneath a London office block will reopen for tours on Saturdays from April onwards.

The restored “Bovril Castle” in south London is opening to the public

A "castle" built over 200 years ago in South Dulwich has been under conservation work for the past few years, and will open to the public next weekend with free tours of the building.

Tickets Alert: Boat trip through a tunnel under Islington town centre

Regular trips through a long dark canal tunnel under Islington will resume next month and tickets are on sale now.

Rare chance to stand on Westminster Abbey’s 13th-century Cosmati Pavement

This summer, Westminster Abbey will let people stand on top of a protected 13th-century pavement that people are not usually allowed to walk on.

Kew Garden’s Great Pagoda reopens in April

One of south London's tallest buildings that the public can ascend to the top of reopens next month.

Tickets Alert: Tours of 10 Downing Street’s back garden

There's a chance to visit the private garden behind 10 Downing Street in June, as it will be open as part of Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Watch Doctor Who and Quatermass on the big screen

The Riverside Studios in Hammersmith are hosting a series of Doctor Who TV and a special Quatermass film screening with Julian Glover in attendance over the next few weeks.

Parliament to offer public tours of Big Ben next month

It's now possible to climb to the top of the Elizabeth Tower and stand in ear-banging distance of Big Ben as it bongs the hours.

Tickets Alert: Free tours of the Chatley Heath semaphore tower

A unique remnant from the Napoleonic era, the only surviving semaphore tower in Britain can be found next to the M25 and is having a free open weekend in June.

Tickets Alert: Annual Open Day at the National Physical Laboratory

In southwest London is a former royal residence that's today the home of the government's national measurement standards laboratory -- and will be open to the public for one day.

Tickets Alert: Visit the Post-Modernist “Cosmic House” in Holland Park

A slightly unassuming house in Holland Park conceals a remarkable interior — a house packed full of early Post-Modernist designs — and is now, very occasionally open to the public.

Tickets Alert: The Household Division Beating Retreat

Fancy an evening in Horseguards Parade watching a military precision drill, with cannons, and finished off with fireworks?

Cheap entry to the London Wetland Centre

If you've never been to the London Wetland Centre in southwest London, there's an offer on tickets for one day in May, so a date for your diary to plan ahead.