Top events in London on Sun 1st Oct 2023
An opportunity to hold history in your hands and hear the stories behind these ancient artefacts.
2023-10-01
10am to 5pm
Poplar
Back for the first time since 2019, a Japanese food and culture festival in Trafalgar Square.
2023-10-01
10am to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Annual barge race along the Thames by three to five teams of lightermen apprentices.
Visitors to the mill are given a full guided tour covering the history, operation and principal features of Shirley Windmill.
2023-10-01
11am to 4pm
Croydon
Celebrating the orchard harvest within the historic walled garden, join Fulham Palace for creative crafts, food, garden games and much more in this community celebration.
2023-10-01
11am to 4pm
Fulham
This summer London's fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London.
2023-10-01
12pm to 6pm
Islington
Join mudlark Jason Sandy for a lecture on Docklands history and get up close and personal with artefacts that reveal maritime history.
2023-10-01
2pm to 3:30pm
Poplar
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon An unprecedented exhibition, revealing – for the first time – extraordinary photographs taken by Paul McCartney.
10:30am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 1st October
2023-06-28
2023-10-01
Featuring angels, saints, biblical figures and mythological deities, these drawings celebrate those who are in some way superhuman, or close to godly.
10am to 5:30pm
Closing soon Sun, 1st October
2023-03-11
2023-10-01
Ahead of a sale of Sir Roger Moore's collection of James Bond memorabilia, many of the objects from the auction will be on public display.
11am to 3pm
Closing soon Tue, 3rd October
2023-10-01
2023-10-03
This exhibition explores what the Georgians wore, from the practical dress of laundry maids to the glittering gowns worn at court.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 8th October
2023-04-21
2023-10-08
In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is revealed in a major new exhibition.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 8th October
2023-05-18
2023-10-08
This display showcases drawings, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts that are not what they seem.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 8th October
2023-06-17
2023-10-08
An exhibition of 20 newly commissioned artworks celebrating diversity of creatives in opera: “both a celebration of and a manifesto for the future.”
11am to 7pm
Closing soon Sun, 8th October
2023-09-15
2023-10-08
This exhibition hosts Levi’s products from the Levi Strauss archives displayed together for the first time outside of the USA.
12pm to 6pm
Closing soon Fri, 13th October
2023-09-29
2023-10-13
Curated in close collaboration with the architects, this exhibition is a rare opportunity to see the inner workings of what The New York Times dubbed “one of the most admired architecture firms in the world.”
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 15th October
2023-07-14
2023-10-15
This exhibition explores our devotion to four-legged friends across the centuries.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 15th October
2023-03-29
2023-10-15
Exhibitions opening soon
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Sunday 1st October 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
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Join a group of fellow muggles for a walking tour and see the real-life locations that inspired sets such as Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, and the Ministry of Magic.
Starts at 11am
City of London
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On this 90-minute walk, historian Sarah Wise tells the story of the creation of the estate, and reveals why the Old Nichol had to die.
12pm to 1:30pm
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Walk in the footsteps of London’s most infamous serial killer on this exhilarating walking tour to real-life murder locations.
7pm to 10pm
Pimlico South
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2023-10-01
Dare to discover the legend of London’s notorious Jack the Ripper on a tour like no other.
7:30pm to 9:15pm
Whitechapel
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2023-10-01
11am to 1pm
Picadilly
