The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Sunday 8th December.


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Top events in London on Sun 8th Dec 2019

A fleet of old buses will be plying the routes around Bromley and Crystal Palace.
2019-12-08
All Day
 
Free
Look out for large numbers of people dressed up as Santa and generally behaving as though they are on a pub crawl.
2019-12-08
All Day
 
A tour of Charles Dickens house as it's decorated for Christmas
2019-12-08
Starts at 10am
 
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
£23.50
Eat, drink and be merry as the Hampton Court Palace courtyards are transformed into a food-lover's Christmas wonderland at the Festive Fayre 2019.
2019-12-08
10am to 4:30pm
 
East Molesey
East Molesey
Rummage through a selection of salvaged treasures from over 30 handpicked vintage traders.
2019-12-08
11am to 6pm
 
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
Monthly opening of the organ collection, with many playing music through the day.
2019-12-08
11am to 5pm
 
Amersham
Amersham
Occasional open day at the restored St Stephen's Church, Rosslyn Hill.
2019-12-08
2pm to 5pm
 
Hampstead
Hampstead
As innovations in military technologies race toward ever-greater levels of automation and autonomy, debates over the ethics of violent technologies tread water.
2019-12-08
3pm to 5pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
British composer, journalist, and lecturer Robert Hugill, returns to Conway Hall for a free Pre-Concert Talk, exploring the invention and evolution of the saxophone.
2019-12-08
5:30pm to 6:30pm
 
Holborn
Holborn

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

Emerging artist Hugo Brazão presents a new immersive installation at the Embassy of Brazil in November exploring themes of misdirection and disorientation.
10am to 6pm
St James
Closing soon Wed, 11th December
2019-11-13
2019-12-11
The LSE Library is marking the centenary of the appointment of William Beveridge as one of LSE’s most influential and widely known Directors.
11am to 6pm
Holborn
Closing soon Fri, 20th December
2019-09-23
2019-12-20
Highlights include self-driving cars, autonomous flying drones and smart underwater vehicles like the Autosub Long Range Boaty McBoatface.
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sat, 21st December
2019-06-12
2019-12-21
The exhibition looks at Pope’s early life in Twickenham and the creation of his villa, garden and grotto.
2pm to 4pm
Twickenham
Closing soon Sun, 22nd December
2019-06-08
2019-12-22
An enchanting experience of light, colour and sound as our grounds are transformed into an illuminated world.
4:30pm to 9pm
Eltham
Closing soon Sun, 22nd December
2019-12-05
2019-12-22
Grosvenor Square is set to grow and glow this festive season, as the Ever After Garden; an installation of symbolic, illuminated roses.
12pm to 8pm
Mayfair
Closing soon Sun, 22nd December
2019-11-30
2019-12-22
£9  
To celebrate 50 years since NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon, the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to Earth’s nearest celestial neighbour.
10am to 5pm
Greenwich
Closing soon Sun, 5th January
2019-07-19
2020-01-05
This winter, more twinkling and fantastical than ever before, Christmas at Kew returns.
Starts at 12am
Richmond
Closing soon Sun, 5th January
2019-11-20
2020-01-05
A huge floating "Moon" will fill a darkened room and it's oddly exciting to see
10am to 5:50pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 5th January
2019-05-17
2020-01-05
A series of striking photographs of science in action will soon go on display at the Science Museum as part of the Royal Photographic Society’s inaugural Science Photographer of the Year competition.
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 5th January
2019-10-07
2020-01-05

Exhibitions opening soon


Regular Events - Sunday 8th December 2019

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London
 12pm to 5pm
 
 Barbican
2019-12-08
2019-12-08
A 90-minute walking tour as you explore the Barbican and discover the fascinating history behind the building of the Centre and the surrounding estate.
 Starts at 1pm
 
 Barbican
2019-12-08
2019-12-08

Architecture Tours - Brutal or beautiful?

What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Sunday 8th December 2019

Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting kings, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace (and how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!")
 10:30am to 12:30pm
 
 Barbican
2019-12-08
2019-12-08
Explore London with one of our fantastic Doctor Who guides on this 2 ½ hour walking tour.
 10:30am to 1pm
 
 Southwark
2019-12-08
2019-12-08
Enjoy an insider's tour of the City, including Guildhall, Mansion House, the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange - grand buildings in the heart of a city where big money and history are still being made.
 2pm to 3:45pm
 
 City of London
2019-12-08
2019-12-08