The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Sunday 30th May.
Top events in London on Sun 30th May 2021
Learn how to mix clay dug from the borough with local industrial materials to create a unique clay body for brickmaking.
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Victoria Dock
The heritage railway at the end of the Central line reopens with steam train services.
10am to 4:30pm
North Weald
Presentations, exhibition, demonstrations of work by contemporary and traditional crafts created or inspired by Japanese craft techniques
10:30am to 5:30pm
Poplar
Learn about the truly Terrible Tudors at Hampton Court Palace
Starts at 12pm
East Molesey
Guided tours of one of London's few remaining windmills.
1pm to 4:30pm
Brixton
Developed over 14yrs, this large garden has a formal layout, with wide mixed herbaceous borders full of colour, surrounded by mature trees, framing sunny lawns, a central box parterre and an Indian pergola.
2pm to 5:30pm
Lee
An extensive garden with mature trees, shrubs and perennials divided into areas.
2pm to 6pm
Finchley
Twilight performances set around a live fired kiln in an industrial courtyard
8pm to 10pm
Victoria Dock
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
For the exhibition, the gallery will be transformed into an overgrown, supernaturally lit terrain inspired by the scene depicted in the painting the exhibition takes its name from.
10am to 6pm
Islington
Closing soon Thu, 7th October
The work in this exhibition is painted mostly on objects that the artist has
salvaged from the streets and buildings of London.
11am to 5pm
Stoke Newington
Closes today
An exhibition examining the industry’s innovative nature, presenting the unique depth of rush weaving’s aesthetics and its historical value to Taiwan.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
Closes today
Bentleys, the vintage luggage specialist, hosts a week-long residency with arguably Britain’s finest traditional leather craftspeople: Tetbury’s Neil MacGregor and Valerie Michael.
11am to 5pm
Sloane Square
Closes today
An exhibition that celebrates the breadth, diversity and qualities of craft, and includes numerous craft objects made in the UK over the course of the last 50 years.
All Day
Islington
Closes today
Visitors can see the entire process of creating handwoven textiles, from setting up the warp, weaving both tapestries and rugs, and finally taking the finished piece off the loom.
2pm to 6pm
Bethnal Green
Closes tomorrow
Five leading contemporary craft galleries on display in the historic, 19th-century official residence of the Argentine ambassador.
12pm to 5pm
Belgravia
Closes tomorrow
20 designers have been invited to think about their experiences of a pandemic world.
10am to 6pm
Kensington
Closes tomorrow
Free
Falling Birds
A series of X-ray photographs and poetic texts highlighting extinction and the alarming decline in bird species around the world.
10am to 5:30pm
Forest Hill
Closes tomorrow
Embroiderers to the British Royal Family, Savile Row and top European designers, Hand & Lock opens its doors for one week to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house.
10am to 4:30pm
Belgravia
Closes tomorrow
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Sunday 30th May 2021
£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 SquareThe original Art Deco tour of Bloomsbury.
2pm to 4pm Russell SquareA guided walk around the City looking for old London.
2:45pm to 4:45pm Barbican
