The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Sunday 7th August.


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Top events in London on Sun 7th Aug 2016

Open day at a museum devoted to industrial testing machines, based around the original massive girder testing machine built by Kirkaldy.
2016-08-07
10am to 4pm
 
Step back in history and visit the terminus building of London's original international airport - in Croydon.
2016-08-07
11am to 4pm
 
Croydon
Croydon
A guided tour around Somerset House looking at how it has been used for film sets.
2016-08-07
Starts at 1pm
 
£5.00
Occasional opening of a private garden inside Regents Park
2016-08-07
2:30pm to 5:30pm
 
Camden
Camden

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

See the work that resulted from artist Sue Partridge’s art sessions at Good Chance Calais.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 7th August
2016-07-30
2016-08-07
£0  
This hands-on, fully interactive gaming event features the very best video games and consoles from the past 40 years.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 7th August
2016-07-22
2016-08-07
Revealing portraits from an era when ordinary people at work on the canals were seldom photographed.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 7th August
2016-07-10
2016-08-07
Visit the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet in London at the finish of its 40,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe.
11am to 5:30pm
Wapping
Closing soon Sun, 7th August
2016-08-01
2016-08-07
Two revolving arms narrowly evade each other in a huge mobile of light and sound in constant motion.
All Day
Wapping
Closing soon Wed, 10th August
2016-07-01
2016-08-10
This exhibition tells Sicily’s fascinating stories – from the arrival of the Greeks to the extraordinary period of enlightenment under Norman rule.
All Day
Wapping
Closing soon Sun, 14th August
2016-04-21
2016-08-14
Come and experience 18th-century Rome through an astonishing series of watercolours not displayed together since 1805.
All Day
Wapping
Closing soon Sun, 14th August
2016-01-21
2016-08-14
Discover a little-known chapter of Indian history through the largest surviving example of an Assamese devotional textile.
All Day
Wapping
Closing soon Mon, 15th August
2016-01-21
2016-08-15
Print Club London invited artists and illustrators to create alternative, screen-printed posters for the films shown at Film4 Summer Screen.
All Day
Wapping
Closing soon Wed, 17th August
2016-07-28
2016-08-17
The inaugural exhibition of House of Illustration’s permanent Quentin Blake Gallery.
All Day
Kings Cross
Closing soon Wed, 24th August
2016-04-29
2016-08-24

Exhibitions opening soon


Regular Events - Sunday 7th August 2016

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore a hidden tropical oasis in the heart of the city.
 12pm to 5pm
 
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
A opportunity to explore the Chapel in its entirety, including some rarely seen spaces such as the Committee Room and Minister’s Vestry.
 12:15pm to 3pm
 
 Islington
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
Regular guided tours around Rotherhithe including a climb down into the Brunel shaft above a railway tunnel..
 10:45am to :
 
 Rotherhithe
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
A guided walking tour in and around Wapping, taking in the history & sites of the old London Docks with readings from both of Paul's books.
 Starts at 11:45am
 
 Wapping
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
Visit Carshalton Water Tower to see for yourself this impressive building with the 18th century sunken bath.
 2:30pm to 5pm
 
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
Guided tours of one of London's great Victorian cemeteries.
 2pm to 4pm
 
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
The guided tour of the Albert Memorial gives you exclusive access inside the memorial railings,
 2pm to :
 
 South Kensington
2016-08-07
2016-08-07
Weekend openings of one of London's largest visible Roman ruins, currently in the basement of an otherwise unremarkable office block.
 All Day
 
 City of London
2016-08-07
2016-08-07

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