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
£17.95
Every conceivable vehicle and pieces of apparatus used in the emergency services will grace the Museum site in a line-up of display and serving vehicles.
9:30am to 5pm
Weybridge
Watch Freemen/women exercise their right to drive sheep across a London Bridge - and lots of stalls from the livery companies.
10am to 4pm
Southwark
A street party to celebrate the opening of the Northern line extension to Battersea.
11am to 6pm
South Lambeth
£15.00
Occasional open days at the overflow depot where the London Transport Museum stores its trains and most of its unseen collection.
11am to 5pm
Acton
Free
A vibrant celebration of Bengali arts, culture and heritage in Aldgate Square.
12pm to 5pm
Tower Hill
Hackney’s oldest building will be open to the public.
2pm to 4:30pm
Hackney
Be outside and watch the most unusual sight of a large crowd of people walking down the road laden with big ornate plants, squashing onto buses and tube trains.
4pm to 5:30pm
Hackney
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Free
On Tenterhooks
Inspired by artist Anna Ray’s Huguenot ancestors who settled in Spitalfields as textile makers in the 18th century, the exhibition, On Tenterhooks explores the past and present of textile making.
8am to 6pm
City of London
Closing soon Thu, 1st October
Free
CorporateQueer
A photography exhibition representing and recognising the LGBT+ community and their contribution to the world of work, in The City of London and beyond.
10am to 6pm
City of London
Closing soon Fri, 24th September
7:30am to 4pm
City of London
Closing soon Fri, 24th September
Around 70 shops, restaurants and hotels will be decorated with floral displays for the week.
All Day
City of London
Closing soon Sat, 25th September
The exhibition showcases the people and places in Harrow who have contributed to preserving Harrow’s natural spaces.
10am to 4pm
Rayners Lane
Closes today
11am to 4pm
Hampstead
Closes today
This exhibition looks at the Cold War and its effect on cultural practices in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region, which generated one of the most fertile periods in the history of Arab culture and publishing.
11am to 6pm
Earls Court
Closes today
An exhibition about the 20th century’s most influential floral decorator, Constance Spry.
10:30am to 4pm
Southwark
Closes today
Made in the spring of 2020, during a period of intense activity at his home in Normandy, this exhibition charts the unfolding of spring, from beginning to end, and is a joyous celebration of the seasons.
10am to 6pm
Picadilly
Closes today
£17.50
Naturally Brilliant Colour
Experience colour like never before in an exhibition that celebrates the spectacular shades of the natural world.
10am to 5pm
Richmond
Closes today
Regular Events - today
Weekly guided tours run by the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery of London's first great garden cemetery which has more notable monuments and residents than any other.
Starts at 2pm
North Kensington
Walking tours of London - today
£15.00
The Famous Square Mile
A walk that explores the very heart of the City – the most historic part of the capital.
10:30am to 12:30pm City of LondonWe’re just a few stops up the Northern Line, but we’re in a country village nestling round what was once an old pond.
10:45am to 12:45pm HighgateVolunteer-led walks through a 21 acre memorial landscape steeped in social history from the Victorian Jewish community through to the present day.
11am to 12:15pm Willesden
£13.52
City Highlights Guided Walk
Enjoy an insider's tour of the City, including Guildhall, Mansion House, the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange.
11am to 12:30pm City of London
£15.00
The Street Art Tour
A guided walk around Shoreditch looking at the ever-changing street art.
11am to 4pm City of London
£15.00
Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
This Magical Mystery Tour is a chance to “Imagine” Beatlemania and the Swinging 60s.
11am to 1pm Bloomsbury
£15.00
Westminster at War
A guided walk around Westminster ending at the Cabinet War rooms looking at the area's WW2 history.
1:45pm to 3:45pm Trafalgar SquareA guided walk around the City looking for old London.
2:45pm to 4:45pm Barbican
