Welcome to the ianVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London Today
£17.30
The main hall will have over 500 tables across the weekend with the mainstream Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sports and Formula 1 to the niche UFC, Disney, and Marvel cards.
9am to 4pm
Esher
Normally you need to pay to visit the gardens, but on a few weekends a year, the gardens are free to visit.
10am to 4pm
East Molesey
Upminster Windmill has been extensively restored and is now open one weekend per month from Spring to Autumn.
10am to 4pm
Upminster
£15.00
Get down onto the river bed, explore the ecology and wade into the natural and social histories of the Deptford Creek
10:30am to 12:30pm
Deptford
The event features kite flying by experts flying kites of all shapes and sizes from a postage stamp through to a life size blue whale over 30 meters long.
11am to 5pm
Streatham
Punch & Judy Professors and Puppeteers gather to perform in the Garden of St Paul’s Church near the spot where Samuel Pepys first recorded sighting Mr Punch in May 1662.
11am to 5:30pm
Covent Garden
Free
An annual march past by former and serving members of many cavalry regiments, followed by a short service to commemorate those who were killed on active service.
11am to 12pm
Mayfair
A tour inside the newly restored Chapel.
11am to 2pm
Stoke Newington
Free
It is a free outdoor, family friendly, event that includes Vauxhall City Farm, Punch and Judy, the Magician, a Maypole, interactive performances and a dog show.
12pm to 5pm
Dulwich
Visitors to the mill are given a full guided tour covering the history, operation and principal features of Shirley Windmill.
12pm to 5pm
Croydon
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
How do you develop a vaccine quickly and effectively to combat a global pandemic?
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 12th May
Free
Marriner 100
This exhibition about Sir Neville Marriner features record sleeves and boxes, photographs, awards, tributes from friends and colleagues and memorabilia from a life of great achievement and personal enjoyment.
11am to 5pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Sun, 12th May
Critically acclaimed, the collection features works by artist Nathan Sawaya which are made from millions of LEGO bricks.
10am to 7pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 12th May
This exhibition showcases the difference between refillable, returnable (prefill) and repurposed product packaging of the past, present, and future.
10am to 6pm
Notting Hill
Closing soon Wed, 15th May
On display in the chapel will be a special new quilt dedicated to Terry Higgins, commissioned by the trust to mark their 40th Anniversary year.
11am to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Closing soon Wed, 15th May
A small display of documents about Billingsgate Market in the Guildhall Art Gallery's Heritage room (lower basement).
10:30am to 4pm
City of London
Closing soon Thu, 16th May
Hissing snakes look on as men holding flaming torches set about burning numerous different human heads, masks, and shields.
11am to 6pm
Islington
Closing soon Sat, 18th May
A major study of the Black figure – and its representation in contemporary art.
10:30am to 6pm
Soho
Closing soon Sun, 19th May
Through photographs, possessions, interviews, maps and more, this exhibition explores the lives and stories of generations of UCL students.
9am to 7pm
Euston
Closing soon Mon, 20th May
A display exploring the body of literature about London by European writers from across the centuries.
9am to 7pm
Euston
Closing soon Mon, 20th May
Walking tours of London - today
£26.36
River Thames Foreshore Walk
Find out more about the history of the River Thames with one of our foreshore walks led by community archaeologist Mike Webber
10:45am to 1:15pm
Southwark
