What's on in London on Saturday 22nd March 2025

Top events happening London

Free entry to Hampton Court Palace gardens

Free entry to Hampton Court Palace gardensThe world-famous gardens of Hampton Court Palace include 60 acres of spectacular formal gardens and 750 acres (304 hectares) of parkland, all set within a loop of the River Thames. The gardens are home to a record-breaking grape vine, three …

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10:00am to 4:00pm
Free
Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey

Monthly design icons tours

Monthly design icons toursDiscover the stories – and the people – behind some of London’s most enduring designs at London Transport Museum’s Depot in Acton, west London.

Starts at 11:00am
£14
Transport Museum Acton Depot, Acton

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire

Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s photographs are a spirited exploration of culture, intimacy, desire and pain. From 1983 until his death in 1989, the artist lived and worked in Brixton, where his studio transcended into a sanctuary visualising black queer self-expression. A prominent …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free
Shoreditch

Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos

Spirit of Lagos unearths the story of Abi Morocco Photos, one of the most vibrant photographic studios operating in Lagos. The studio’s remarkable black-and-white portraits celebrate the rich style and joyous spirit of a generation of Lagosians during a transformative …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free
Shoreditch

The Windsor Tapestry

A very Royal new exhibition looking back at the life of King Charles III, as told through the sharp pen of Steve Bell. For the past forty years, legendary British political cartoonist Steve Bell has been caricaturing Charles and the …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
£9.50
Cartoon Museum, New Oxford Street

Derrick Adams - Situation Comedy

Derrick Adams - Situation ComedyComposed with brightly hued, faceted planes of acrylic paint and fabric collage, Adams’s paintings present visions of Black Americana through figures engaged in everyday leisure and enlivened by individual daydreams and fantasies.

Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free

Stories of Migration

Stories of MigrationStories of Migration celebrates 12 years of innovative storytelling from SOAS-based, not-for-profit organisation, PositiveNegatives.

Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Euston

Batul

Batul is a powerful photography exhibition and documentary following the journey of Sambhav, a Sikh man from Old Delhi, as he transitions to Batul, a Muslim woman in Kashmir.

Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Euston

Helios

HeliosLooking for some winter sun? Be the first to see Luke Jerram’s newest and most ambitious design, Helios, at the London premiere at the Old Royal Naval College.

Exhibition ends on Tuesday 25th Mar
£16.50
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

City of London, a city of science

A small two-case display celebrating the City’s history of scientific innovation and invention. The City was a place where scientific methods and specialist instruments were developed, and as a publishing centre offered a place where these ideas could be disseminated …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 27th Mar
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

In the Grip of Change: the Caribbean and its British Diaspora

Britain’s Caribbean colonies had been exploited for centuries, but increasing demands for self-determination emerging from riots and strikes during the 1930s forced Britain to introduce political reform. Progress towards self-government unfolded in stages between the 1960s and 1980s. Today Britain …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 28th Mar
Free
Euston

What It Felt Like

What It Felt LikeThis exhibition is devoted to the work of artist Charlotte Johnson-Wahl (1942-2021), and specifically the art that she produced whilst a patient at the Maudsley Hospital in 1974.

Exhibition ends on Saturday 29th Mar
Free
Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham

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