What's on in London on Sunday 9th June 2024

Top events happening London

London Open Gardens 2024

Nearly 120 normally private gardens and squares will be open over the weekend for people to visit. This London Open Gardens event marks 25 years of access to secret squares and gardens for all, raising funds to help protect these …

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Start time to be confirmed
£23.80

Route 406 Heritage Day

Open-platform green buses with real conductors will run between Kingston and Epsom (route 406) on Sunday 9th June 2024. Buses being used will mostly be the iconic Routemaster, dating from the late 1950s and 1960s, and their predecessor the RT-type, …

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9:00am to 5:00pm
Free

Open day: Wandsworth Prison Museum

The prison history is presented in over 450 photos and objects, including stories of staff, prisoners, escapes, and hangings. Featuring Oscar Wilde, acid bath murderer John Haigh, traitor William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw), and great train robber Ronnie Biggs. • …

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10:00am to 5:00pm
Free
Wandsworth

'The Big Help Out': Planting in The Royal Parks

The Royal Parks are taking part in the Big Help Out by planting thousands of wildflowers. Planting wildflowers is a fantastic and easy way to help nature thrive no matter how much space you have – wildflowers grow well in …

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11:00am to 3:00pm
Free

St John's Wood High Street Festival

The inaugural St John’s Wood High Street Festival will celebrate the neighbourhood’s remodelled High Street with shops, cafes and restaurants offering discounts, special tastings, demonstrations and special offers. The event includes live music by talented musicians and a jazz trio …

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12:00pm to 6:00pm
Free

Lambeth Country Show

One of the biggest free family festivals in the UK and boasts a unique line-up that celebrates the very best of the city and countryside. Starting back in 1974, the show is widely regarded as the highlight in south London’s …

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1:00pm to 9:00pm
Free
Herne Hill

Monthly open day at Cobham Mill

This picturesque early 19th century mill, is situated in delightful surroundings on the banks of the River Mole. It is Grade II listed and is the only surviving fully working watermill in Surrey. It was originally part of a much …

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2:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Cobham

Cruise ship to pass through Tower Bridge

A note that a cruise ship, the World Voyager will be visiting London for a few days and will pass through Tower Bridge. The cruise ship will arrive at 4:15pm on 9th June, and will leave at 3:45pm on 11th …

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4:15pm to 4:30pm
Free
Tower Bridge, Southwark

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Monster Mayhem at The Mall

Watch in wonder as The Mall Wood Green comes alive with a series of giant inflatable sculptures. With exotic flowers sprouting from entrances, mysterious tentacles emerging from the car park, and strange colourful creatures watching your every move, you’re encouraged …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Wood Green

Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest

Photography has long been associated with acts of resistance. It is used to document action, share ideas, inspire change, tell stories, gather evidence and fight against injustice. This group exhibition at the SLG, organised in collaboration with the V&A, spans the Main Gallery and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Ceramics Summer Show in Peckham

Showcasing around 100 up-and-coming artists and designers working with ceramics, it is an opportunity to see a range of handmade work, meet the makers and see the studios where the work itself is made. All work on display is for …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Fanciful Figures

anciful Figures turns visitors’ attention to ‘staffage’, the small human and animal figures in architectural drawings, which became increasingly popular during the eighteenth century. Drawing on the drafting practices of past and present, the exhibition illustrates staffage’s ability to animate …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

M&S Marble Arch Reimagined

An exhibition of Middlesex University MA Interiors work that reimagines the opportunities of existing buildings for sustainable redevelopment. Marks and Spencer Marble Arch flagship store, on Oxford Street, has become central to the debate around adaptive reuse and retrofitting our …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 13th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hendon

Greening the Campus: Towards a more biodiverse Marylebone

Explore and be part of an ideas exhibition, for the redesign of the public realm outside the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus. The street frontage of University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus is heavily used by 7500 students, as well as …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Camden

At Home in Hackney: A community photographed 1970-today

From 1970s activism to the current party scene, the exhibition displays five decades of Hackney life through a camera lens. Featuring work from established and emerging photographers connected with Hackney, including Tom Hunter, Hackney Flashers, Neil Martinson, Dennis Morris, Rachel …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Rediscovering gems

Gems were the picture book of the ancient Mediterranean world. Depicting deities, famous individuals, animals, objects, and scenes from myth or daily life, these small artworks have made a significant impression throughout history. Classical gems have been highly prized by …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron Portraits to Dream In

Photographers Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron are two of the most influential women in the history of photography. They lived a century apart – Cameron working in the UK and Sri Lanka from the 1860s, and Woodman in America …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
£8.50
National Portrait Gallery, Soho

Christopher Hope-Fitch: Brutalism in Colour

Brutalism sheds its grey reputation and is given a polychromatic reimagining at Gareth Gardner Gallery during London Festival of Architecture. Photographer Christopher Hope-Fitch presents his long-term project ‘Brutalism in Colour’, revealing the multitude of textures, geometries and hidden colours within …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Deptford

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