The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Sunday 1st January.


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Top events in London on Sun 1st Jan 2023

Come and enjoy these beautiful model trains in full steam on a purpose built track in the Steam Hall.
2023-01-01
10am to 4pm
 
Brentford
Brentford
More than 8,000 performers, representing 20 nations, will fill the West End with culture, colour, entertainment, and music.
2023-01-01
Starts at 11am
 
New Year's Day parade

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

Sorting Britain: The Power of Postcodes
Discover the ground-breaking technology that changed the post forever in a new exhibition.
Sorting Britain: The Power of Postcodes
10:30am to 5pm
Farringdon
Closing soon Sun, 1st January
2022-03-30
2023-01-01
The Gingerbread City
This year’s exhibition presents not just one edible city but five miniature cities across five different climate zones: Polar, Continental, Temperate, Dry and Tropical.
The Gingerbread City
9am to 6pm
Belgravia
Closing soon Mon, 2nd January
2022-12-03
2023-01-02
Charles Jennens: Patron & Polymath
This display brings together items reflecting the varied interests and achievements of the polymath Charles Jennens.
Charles Jennens: Patron & Polymath
10am to 5pm
Clerkenwell
Closing soon Tue, 3rd January
2022-05-13
2023-01-03
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
Celebrating the life and work of one of the best loved children's authors of the 20th century.
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
10am to 5pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-02-12
2023-01-08
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at IWM London
New research into IWM’s photography archive demonstrates just how keenly The Queen’s role as monarch has been shaped by her wartime experiences.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at IWM London
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-05-27
2023-01-08
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
The first large-scale group exhibition in the UK exploring how contemporary artists have used clay in unexpected ways.
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-10-26
2023-01-08
Carolee Schneemann - Body Politics
The first major survey of Carolee Schneemann’s work in the UK, tracing her diverse, transgressive and interdisciplinary expression over six decades.
Carolee Schneemann - Body Politics
10am to 5pm
Barbican
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-09-08
2023-01-08
 Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
One of the most original and eccentric artists of the 18th century, Henry Fuseli, is the subject of a new exhibition at The Courtauld.
 Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
10am to 6pm
Strand
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-10-14
2023-01-08
Jakob Kvist: Dichroic Sphere
A geodesic dome with a single energy-efficient light bulb at its centre casts multicoloured light in every direction.
Jakob Kvist: Dichroic Sphere
All Day
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-11-07
2023-01-08
Winter Past
The museum's Rooms Through Time, restyled to reveal how winter has changed London homes through the last 400 years
Winter Past
10am to 5pm
Bethnal Green
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-11-22
2023-01-08

Exhibitions opening soon


What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Sunday 1st January 2023

We take you to the places in and around Soho where Marx lived and worked, show you traces of the London he knew, and tell the extraordinary tale of this man who would change the world.
 11am to 1pm
 
 Picadilly
2023-01-01
2023-01-01