Welcome to the ianVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Coronavirus: Events may be cancelled and venues closed at short notice, you are advised to check on their websites before making a trip.
Top events in London Today
Over 100 vehicles on display, alongside a village fete.
9am to 7pm
Enfield
On a day where the past comes alive, learn about the local connections of past Kings and Queens, and get an insight into the medieval period as part of events marking the Queen’s Jubilee.
9:30am to 5pm
Epsom
Visitors will have a chance to learn about 87 Hackford Road and its most famous tenant through a guided tour which includes a short walk to set the context and a longer tour of the house itself
Starts at 10am
Stockwell
£26.49
Europe's biggest independent annual motorcycle show celebrates the creativity of the new-wave and cafe-racer custom motorcycle culture.
10am to 8pm
Wapping
Many surprises, unusual trees and shrubs are hidden behind the railings of this large London square.
10am to 4pm
Belgravia
Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific learning and discussion, as some of London’s leading scientists take to their soapboxes to showcase their science to the general public.
2pm to 5pm
Southwark
Watch the sight of a large crowd of people walking out of the flower show laden with big ornate plants, squashing onto buses and tube trains.
5pm to :
Chelsea
Watch the 1958 Hammer Horror classic starring Christopher Lee in a graveyard chapel
8pm to 9:30pm
Ham
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Sweet Harmony looks at a significant five-year period in UK dance music history and the previously undocumented contribution that young people living and working in the London Borough of Waltham Forest made to it.
10am to 5pm
Walthamstow
Closing soon Wed, 25th May
This exhibition celebrates The Prince’s Foundation’s history, principles, aims, projects and education programmes, with a particular focus on the work being done by the charity to champion and preserve heritage craft skills.
11am to 4pm
Sloane Square
Closing soon Fri, 27th May
Areas around Chelsea are transformed into London’s largest free flower festival with this year’s theme, 'British Icons'.
All Day
Hanover Square
Closes today
An exhibition of the most beautiful private press books ever published, illustrating Walker’s revolutionary book printing techniques and legacy in his former home in Hammersmith.
11am to 4pm
Hammersmith
Closes today
10am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Closes today
An exhibition of paintings, watercolours and sculptures by the multi-talented Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves).
10am to 6pm
Hammersmith
Closes today
Free
Light and Shadow
An exhibition by Yoon Hyup, known for his vibrant use of lines and dots to create minimalistic and abstract city scape paintings.
11am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Closes tomorrow
Free
Radio Ballads
Radio Ballads presents new film commissions alongside paintings, drawings and contextual materials that share the stories learned in social care work.
10am to 6pm
Paddington
Closes tomorrow
Free
Victor Seaward
Touching on histories of medicine, trade and industrialisation through digitally rendered objects, Seaward weaves narrative through commonplace objects and organic forms.
12pm to 6pm
Kentish Town
Closes tomorrow
An outdoor exhibition of 138 award-winning images selected from 20,000 submissions by photographers in 151 countries.
All Day
Kings Cross
Closing soon Tue, 31st May
Regular Events - today
Get a fascinating glimpse of everyday Roman life in Londinium at the Billingsgate Roman House and Baths – advance booking required. Saturdays between April to November only.
11am to 2pm
City of London
Walking tours of London - today
£15.00
Old Westminster Walking Tour
A guided walk around Westminster and get to see the hidden and ever so picturesque Georgian back streets where all the political salons are
10am to 12pm Whitehall£15.00
Old Camden Town
A regular guided walk around the canals and heritage of Camden town.
11am to 1pm Camden£15.00
The Beatles Walks
A guided walk around the heart of Abbey Road looking out for Beatles memorabilia.
11am to 1pm CamdenThe London of a life steeped in equal measures of pleasure, controversy and disdain...
11am to 1pm Picadilly£15.00
Disastrous London
Bloody, Flaming, Poxy London. Plague, Fire & Revolution. The Black Death. Churchyards brimming with bodies. The harvest of Death. The zombie apocalypse – but for real.
2pm to 4pm Barbican£15.00
London Magic Tour
A unique walking tour through London’s magical history with a magical guide — discover the magic side of London beyond Harry Potter.
Starts at 2pm Whitehall£15.00
Ghosts of the Old City
At night the ancient City is deserted. And eerie. Explore its shadowy back streets and dimly lit alleys.
7:30pm to 9:30pm Barbican
