TOP 50 LONDON KIDS' EVENTS THIS FEBRUARY AND HALF-TERM
The Capital's Best Family Experiences in or near London this February 2025
We're taking the argh out of half-term with our guide to the best things to do with kids this February and half-term - the only pickle is they might not want to go back to school, afterwards.
From children’s festivals, a robot zoo, Egyptian adventures, immersive cardboard quests, the UK's longest toboggan run, free Chinese New Year celebrations, drag queen aerobics, witches, magic, slime, wizards, monsters and space adventures.
Our top picks include a gaggle of free events and there’s something to entertain (and wear out) every flavour of child.
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Imagine Festival
One of our favourite children’s festivals turns 23 in February, but it has no intention of growing up and will be entertaining children during half-term with a gaggle of events, many of which are FREE.
From 18-23 February, Southbank Centre’s annual arts festival for children aged 0-11 will explode with events, spanning theatre, dance, music, poetry, literature, art and trails.
Highlights include REPLAY, an imagination-fuelling playground made from recycled materials; the 10th birthday party for much-loved supermarket superhero Supertato; beloved book There’s a Bear on My Chair being brought to life for the first time; the first opportunity in a decade to spend a magical morning with Dog Man creator, Dave Pilkey; CBeebies Wildlife Jamboree featuring hit characters like Duggee and the Squirrels with the BBC Concert Orchestra and “pop-punk juggling” in Rollercoaster.
Imagine Festival. 18-23 February. Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Mixture of FREE and paid events.
Wicked - Extra Matinees for Feb Half-term
If Defying Gravity has been on an endless loop from your child’s bedroom, you’ll be turbo-chuffed to learn that the hit West End musical will be adding extra matinee trips to Oz on 19, 20 and 22 February.
The show tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz and is celebrating its legacy as the 10th longest-running production in West End history.
With its 18th anniversary celebrated last September and the conclusion of its 10-city UK and Ireland tour just last week, Wicked has also captured global attention through a blockbuster film, with Wicked Film Part Two set to hit cinemas later this year.
Wicked, The Apollo Victoria Theatre, 7 Wilton Rd, Pimlico, London SW1V 1LG. From £25pp. Extra matinee dates on 19, 20, 22 February half-term.
The Robot Zoo
How do chameleons change colour? What makes grasshoppers leap so high? How do bats see at night? Enter the fascinating world of The Robot Zoo and discover the mechanisms that give animals their amazing abilities.
This family-friendly exhibition features larger-than-life animals that have been cleverly recreated using a variety of familiar machine parts and gadgets to reveal how their real life counterparts see, eat, hunt and hide.
Interactive exhibits also give you the chance to try jet-propelled squid racing, and shoot a chameleon’s ‘tongue-gun’.
Horniman Museum, Lower Ground Floor, 100 London Rd, London SE23 3PQ. 14 February-2 November. Child ticket £6.50. Adult ticket £9.75
YOUNG V&A - Making Egypt
Following the success of its first exhibition, Japan: Myth to Manga, Young V&A invites you on a fascinating journey through the ancient past to modern day, exploring ancient Egypt's creativity and how it continues to influence art, design and popular culture today, via more than 200 fascinating pieces - the oldest is a stonking 5,500 years old.
Young V&A, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA. Tickets £10pp. The Exhibition Pass gives unlimited visits to Making Egypt.
Kedi Studio Our review
This unique, splatter paint experience is the perfect way to entertain and inspire Jackson Pollock Jrs.
The innovative art studio welcomes all ages and skill levels to enjoy the thrill and freedom of creative expression in their colourful Splat Room.
They provide the protective smock and shoes, stretched canvas and paints and kids provide the creativity - splashing, splattering, spraying, and throwing paint - in exactly the way they’re not allowed at home - to create their masterpiece, ready to take home in a custom box.
Kedi Studio, Arch 91 Tiverton St, London SE1 6FX. Every Thursday-Monday. From £45.
Ride the UK’s Longest Toboggan Run Our review
Take on the country’s epic, 740 metre toboggan run through pretty scenery for under a tenner.
Chatham Snowboard Centre’s toboggan run invites everybody aged four up to whizz around its metal course, for an adrenaline-packed experience with low skills and big thrills.
And the cheeky bonus is that if your child is under 7, you get two rides together for £9.
Chatham Snowsports Centre, John Nike Leisuresport Alpine Park, Capstone Rd, Chatham ME7 3JH. £9 for two toboggan rides (adults ride free with kids under 7) £17.50 for five rides.
NEW Science Museum Afternoon Tea
The Science Museum is launching its first ever afternoon tea, just in time for half-term.
Mixing science, art and food, the experience is curated by Benugo chefs, featuring fun treats like petri dish jelly, their signature pink lemonade which invites kids to use chemistry to create their own fizzy drink, cupcakes with ‘blood’ syringes and test tubes filled with popping candy, moon rocks and edible soil.
Science Museum, Gallery Café, Level 2, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD. Kids’ Afternoon Tea, £22. Every Wed-Sun from 24 January.
Boxville Theatre Adventure
Take your kids (6-10) on an adventure exploring Boxville, a land and puppet inhabitants made entirely from sustainable cardboard.
Work with the engineers to craft-a-long with the story and build your way through the tasks and trials of Boxville, earning everything you need to become a fully fledged cardboard engineer.
You will meet paper dragons, corrugated crabs and cardboard space robots in this STEM skilled, hands on, interactive adventure. Afterwards, all cardboard creations can be taken home.
Polka Theatre, 240 The Broadway, London, SW19 1SB. 19-23 February. Tickets from £14.
BeWell Family Dance Festival
For one day only, artsdepot will be taken over by Dare2Dance Company’s family dance festival for all ages and abilities.
including dance showcases and workshops covering everything from hip-hop to Bollywood.
artsdepot. 5 Nether St, London N12 0GA. £3 per child. £5 to £8 per adult. 22 February
Out at Sea - FREE LGBTQ+ Kids' Events
Visit Cutty Sark, the National Maritime Museum and Queen's House this February half term for a week-long series of FREE events celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month.
Enjoy storytelling and talks as well as a host of creative workshops, from Drag Queen, Merfolk making, Queer Pier crafts Story Time, to Drag Aerobics, singing workshops and pride peg dolls.
National Maritime Museum, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF. FREE, 15-23 February
Bella the Tower Bridge Cat Trail
Two and four legged guests can go on a feline trail at the London landmark, meeting character from the popular Bella the Tower Bridge Cat books and tottering across its astonishing glass walkways, 42 metres above the Thames.
The cat trail is open all year, for people (as well as pets) and is a fabulous adventure for little ones, filled with fascinating history, as they get their Apprenticeship Records stamped by characters along the way.
And keep your eyes peeled for the famous feline's birthday celebrations on 9 March, when they turn up the meowsic and get the pawty started.
Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 2UP. Daily, 9.30am - 6pm. Included with your ticket - £6.70 kids, £13.40 adults.
A Squash and a Squeeze
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s hit book goes from page to stage in this funny and heartwarming musical puppet adventure, adapted by Oliver-nominated duo Barb Jungr and Samantha Lane.
The world premiere adaptation of this popular book tells the story of an old lady who is unhappy with the size of her cost cottage, so follows a wise old man’s advice, and fills it with a gaggle of noisy, smelly farmyard animals, and begins its nationwide tour at our favourite puppet theatre, Little Angel.
Little Angel Studios, Sebbon St, London N1 2EH. 1 February-27 April. Kids £13pp. Adults £15pp. Ages 3-8
West End - London’s Chinese New Year Festival
Hundreds of thousands of people will head to the West End on 2 February for the largest gathering of Chinese lions and dragons in Europe, and more than 50 colourful New Year Parade floats.
There are also free stage shows in Trafalgar Square - featuring martial arts and dances to Chinese pop. The family zone in Leicester Square will host craft, arts and dress-up sessions.
The celebrations close with a show-stopping fireworks and lion dance display, lighting up Trafalgar Square.
Chinese New Year Festival. Through Charing Cross Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, Chinatown, Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square.1 - 2 February. FREE
Year of the Snake at Greenwich Peninsula
Greenwich Peninsula will welcome the Year of the Snake with a vibrant celebration of East and Southeast Asian culture and traditions.
Expect acrobatic Lion and Dragon dances in Peninsula Square from 1.30pm, Firepit Art Gallery exhibitions celebrating Lunar New Year; hands-on workshops like woodblock printing, bamboo weaving and Chinese knot-making; live music from Eastern Margins DJs, and the Eternal Market - a vibrant Pan Asian showcase featuring contemporary and traditional fare, brimming with delicious food, unique crafts, and community traders.
Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10. 1 February. FREE - £10. 12-4pm
Chinese New Year in Camden Town
Camden Town will celebrate Chinese New Year with an explosion of music, parades, workshops, and dance events.
The colourful Lion Dance Parade will take over Camden Market and Hawley Wharf alongside live music and costumes.
There are also hands-on workshops, from Calligraphy and Woodblock Printing to Fan Making, plus traders, creatives, and Chinese market stalls.
Camden Market, 54-57 Camden Lock Place, London, NW1 8AF. 1 February. FREE.
Lunar New Year Festival at London Museum Docklands
Celebrate the Lunar New Year at London’s original Chinatown, in Limehouse.
The London Museum Docklands is running a free family festival with dragon dances, enchanting folktales, vibrant crafts and lively community-led events.
London Museum Docklands, No 1, West India Quay, Hertsmere Rd, London E14 4AL. 1-2 February. FREE
FREE Battersea Power Station Light Festival
The Power Station’s FREE annual light show returns, bigger, better and more interactive than ever, to shine some light into the January gloom.
This year's eight installations feature a tornado of light, the Northern Lights and a giant ball of yarn.
It also includes family-friendly workshops, and live performances, like LED drummers, roaming LED stilt walkers, a glowing Cyr Wheel Show, combining dance, acrobatics, and mesmerising spins enhanced by vivid lights, while the LED Optioscopes dancers bring the night to life with their magnificent costumes and stunning routines.
Battersea Power Station, Circus Rd W, Nine Elms, London SW11 8DD. 23 January - 23 February. FREE.
FREE Winter Lights, Canary Wharf
This gorgeous, free light trail returns for its ninth year, with 12 installations, including a towering stack of bath tubs, pulsating with light and music, portals, mirages, a 20m wide black hole. There are also sweet treats and hot drinks to fuel you on the adventure.
Winter Lights. Throughout Canary Wharf. 21 January - 1 February 2025. FREE.
Neon Brush For Kids
This brilliantly original event invites kids to experience the magic of neon painting, using fluorescent paints which glow in UV light. Stencils, brushes, paints and tools for snazzy effects are all provided for the family event, enjoyed to a soundtrack of kid-pleasing tunes. And they can leave with their finished masterpiece.
Neon Brush Kids Edition, Glazier’s Hall SE1 22 Feb - 22 March From £21
Replay: A Limitless Recycled Playground
Part installation, part adventure playground, REPLAY is a space built entirely out of waste materials repurposed for fun by The Herd Theatre, which children can transform in any way their imaginations lead them.
Everything here can be moved, changed, combined, worn and reimagined, for kids to build their own worlds, invent games and leave ideas for players to come. It’s designed for all ages, with designated sessions grouped by age.
Replay. The Royal Festival Hall. 21 Jan – 1 June Tickets from £7.50
Magic of Afternoon Tea at Vintry & Mercer
Five star boutique hotel, Vintry & Mercer launched a brand new candlelit Magic of Afternoon Tea, for little (and big) wizards, which is full of delicious surprises.
Our menu comes to life with a UV torch, there are chocolate soil-filled coffins to excavate, magical elixirs to mix, dramatic smoking tiers brimming with edible spell books, chocolate wands, owls and a chocolate and mango Excalibur dessert stabbed with a chocolate sword.
And that's before we discuss the savouries and other surprises, which you can read about in our review. Hint: It's one of our favourite new family afternoon tea experiences.
Vintry & Mercer, 19-20 Garlick Hill, London EC4V 2AU. Adult's Magic of Afternoon Tea - from £49.50 pp. Kid's Wizard's Afternoon Tea - £37.50
Ice Rink Canary Wharf
London’s longest running seasonal ice rink, Ice Rink Canary Wharf offers visitors a magical skate session in the heart of Canary Wharf. This year’s ice rink will be putting on themed skating sessions, including 80’s, 90’s and Soul Classics nights to get skaters in the festive spirit. There’s a transparent roof, to thwart Blighty’s pesky weather, plus an apres-skate alpine bar serving winter warmers for skaters and spectators. And the centre piece this year is a glorious Christmas tree, beneath a suspended giant mirrored ball, casting disco reflections across the rink.
Ice Rink Canary Wharf. Canada Square, London E14 5AB. 26 Oct - 23 February
F1 Driving, Skywalks and Tours at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Little adrenaline junkies can get their kicks at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with a hat trick of high octane tours, from The Dare Skywalk - climbing to the top of the stadium, 46.8m above the pitch - to the UK’s first controlled descent from a stadium, once at the top. Plus a Stadium Tour for those who want to keep their feet on the ground. They can also experience a high tech Formula 1 driving experience, with an exciting track layout and LED steering wheels.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 782 High Rd, London N17 0BX
The Paddington Bear Immersive Experience
Everybody’s favourite, Peruvian bear has had the immersive treatment, with The Paddington Bear™ Experience.
The marmalade-addled, interactive adventure across more than 26,000 square feet of Southbank’s London County Hall invites guests into a series of themed rooms, inspired by iconic locations from the Paddington stories.
Fittingly, it kicks off at Paddington Station, where guests will be greeted by a friendly Station Master and taken on a colourful train journey through London’s most famous landmarks, to the Browns’ charming, No. 32 Windsor Gardens home.
Once inside the famous, tree-adorned hallway, guests will embark on a multi-sensory adventure to help the Brown family and Paddington prepare for the all-important Marmalade Day Festival.
The Paddington Bear™ Experience, London County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7PB. Adult tickets £34pp. Children (2-15) £24. Under 2s go FREE
Mrs Doubtfire Dining Experience
Hellooo poppets! Hit West End musical Mrs Doubtfire has put the eat into theatre for a delicious new partnership with luxury London restaurant, Colonel Saab.
The award-winning Indian dining concept gives fans a multi-sensory, pre-theatre dining experience, featuring cocktails and dishes inspired by famous scenes, which transform before your eyes and are not what they seem - just like the title character of Shaftesbury Theatre’s comedy show.
Expect a "Run-By Fruiting" and a grand finale involving liquid nitrogen, in a cheeky nod to the famous kitchen fire scene, before heading around the corner to watch the show itself at Shaftesbury Theatre.
Colonel Saab, 193-197 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BD. £60 course five course meal and cocktail or £35 Mrs Doubtfire Set Lunch plus theatre tickets.
Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8DP
Barbie: The Exhibition
The wonder doll (and society’s) evolution is charted in this luminous exhibition, which opened this month, to coincide with Barbie’s 65th birthday.
Exploring her story through a design lens including fashion, architecture, furniture and vehicle design, her plastic-fantastic universe has engulfed the Design Museum, showing changing attitudes to women’s careers - Barbie has had more than 250 jobs - race, sexuality, fashion and body image.
Highlights include a rare first edition of the very first doll released by Mattel in 1959, the first Black, Hispanic and Asian dolls to bear the Barbie name, as well as dolls that reflect today’s diverse, multicultural society, including the first Barbie with Down Syndrome, the first to use a wheelchair, and the first to be designed with a curvy body shape.
Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High St, London W8 6AG. Until 23 February 2025. Adult from £14.38. Children from £7.19
Science Museum Astronights Sleepover
Budding scientists (aged 7-11) can spend the night at The Science Museum, exploring the museum out-of-hours, sleeping among space rockets, a Moon rock or in the world’s largest medical galleries. Young campers will experience the ultimate sleepover, with an evening full of activities, including science shows and interactive workshops.
This year’s Astronights programme is supported by official sponsor TEMPUR®, who will gift all campers a travel pillow to help budding scientists get some rest during this exciting night.The following morning, campers can refuel at breakfast, before exploring Wonderlab, their interactive gallery, with hands-on exhibits and immersive experiences, and catch a 3D documentary on their giant IMAX screen.
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD. Dates vary, £70pp standard, £100 VIP.
Monster Funfair at Discover Children's Story Centre
Stratford's immersive, sprog-storytelling Mecca has launched its new family adventure, taking visitors through a fantastical circus tent and into the woods. In amongst the trees you’ll find an amazing, marvellous, EXTRAORDINARY… Monster Funfair!
Created with the award-winning Nadia Shireen, this magical world also has a fairground mystery to solve – just who has stolen ALL the candyfloss?
Discover Children's Story Centre is brimming with entertainment across three floors, plus a wonderfully imaginative Story Garden. Creep through caves, find fairy worlds within magical trees, explore hidden ships, perform in a puppet castle, leap over alligators and man your own spaceships and rockets across two floors.
Discover Children's Story Centre 383-387 High St, London E15 4QZ. Ages 0-8
Art in the Docks - FREE
There are FREE art classes every Saturday morning at Art in the Docks, which can be booked online, with 30 spots for each class. Children are encouraged to use their imagination and gain confidence in a nurturing environment, hosted by ceramic artist Mariana Alemany. The classes are suitable for all ages, and all materials and equipment will be provided.
Art in the Docks, 25 Shackleton Way, London, E16 2XJ. Every Saturday. 10am-12pm. FREE.
Navrtar VR Arctic Expedition
Take the family on an Arctic expedition, without leaving London. They’ll learn about global warming in a whole, new way during the 60-minute experience, exploring the abyss of the Arctic; its icy tundras, hidden caverns and unique wildlife hidden in an extraordinary, underwater world. Guests in teams of six can teleport 100 years into the future to compare the effects of global warming. The sessions begin with a range of multi-player mini games to enhance the senses and test skills, before embarking on the Arctic expedition, exploring marine life and shipwrecks.
Navrtar, Dickens Yard, Longfield Ave W5 2UQ. Prices from £32pp.
iFly Childrens’ Skydive
Anybody from the age of 3 to 103 can experience the superpower of flight at iFly, as long as they can comfortably wear a helmet.
The instructors allow children to safely feel the sensation of an exhilarating, 12,000 ft free-fall and flight, without jumping out of a plane.
Along with watching the instructor perform a mesmerising dance on air inside the vertical wind tunnel, your family can enjoy the extraordinary sensation of weightlessness, soaring around the glass tube and unlocking a core memory of their newfound super powers.
iFLY London at The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX. Tickets and vouchers to fly can be purchased by clicking here and are available from £69.99 per person
Wizard Exploratorium
Soho's magic-themed Wizard Exploratorium is a five-storey, geek wonderland, offering a 4D wand-making workshop, immersive trick shop and suitably magical afternoon tea encompassing tea brewing, molecular gastronomy, and technology.
Wizard Exploratorium, 26 Greek St, London W1D 5DE
Slimy Gootopia Sessions
Slime is a gloopy rite of passage for every child - parents quickly learn the art of removing it from hair and unwitting pets and it’s up there with ice cream in the kiddie delight department. Enter stage left: Gootopia, which brings its gloopy joy to Brixton and Lewisham. The venues have shelves of ready-made slime, slime ingredients, activator, and their ‘goo-to-go’ slime vending machine. They also offer a range of activities and experiences for kids of all ages, including slime workshops, birthday parties, school science workshops, drop-in slime-making sessions and live slime-making demonstrations by goo alchemists
Gootopia. Brixton and Lewisham locations.
Pampering for all the family at Pan Pacific London
Family activities that involve lying down and being pampered? Count us massively IN.Pan Pacific London has partnered with luxury children’s brand Bonpoint, to create a unique offering for the hotel’s dedicated Wellbeing Floor. The first partnership of its kind in the UK, the duo have created a range of unisex skincare treatments and packages for children aged 6 – 16 years old, that provide an opportunity for parents to spend quality time with their children and teens and enjoy a spot of pampering. Pan Pacific Family Pampering, 80 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AB. Treatments start from £100.
Power Up at the Science Museum
Following five successful runs, Power Up will make its permanent home at the Science Museum from July, allowing visitors to try over 160 consoles and hundreds of the very best video games, all year long. With the new Power Up annual passes, visitors can return whenever they fancy, to journey through the world of gaming. Experience the evolution of gaming – from classics such as Pong and Street Fighter to the latest PlayStation and Xbox – while discovering the science and history behind gaming’s most iconic developments.
Power Up Ticketed, daily passes: £10, annual passes: £15 . Age: 5+. Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
Get the Kids Climbing the Walls
Get the kids climbing the walls at London’s Parthian Climbing centre in Wandsworth.
The 25,000 square foot beast combines climbing with lifestyle, thanks to its café, bar, gym, retail and co-working space. And it is the first indoor climbing facility in the UK to feature an exact replica of The Titan Olympic bouldering wall, which will be used at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
They offer a range of kids’ sessions and courses for ages 3 and up. There are instructors for little ones taking on their first climbing experience, as well as the National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) for a progressive syllabus. They also host kids’ parties, for 1.5 hours of climbing activities and games which are the perfect antidote to ‘Fun Freddie’ wrestling a balloon into a drooping sausage dog.
Parthian Climbing Centre, 52 - 58 Garratt Ln, Wandsworth, London SW18 4TF
Avora Family Experience
Up an unassuming, Shoreditch street is a secret portal to another planet. And on school holidays and Sundays, you can take your kids for a well-deserved break from Earth, on planet Avora.
This otherworldly adventure will see you encounter scientists, mocktails, aliens, army villains and closes with a child-pleasing, farty finale.
Avora: Family Immersive Adventure 5C, 127 Hackney Road, London, E2 8GY. Sundays, 12pm – 3:30pm. School Holiday weekdays. £24.50 per child (6-13) £29.50 per adult.
The Gunpowder Plot at Tower of London Vaults
Older children (12+) will be catapulted into the most exciting history lesson of their lives, in this explosive new, immersive experience, starring Harry Potter’s Tom Felton. Your mission is to go undercover and unmask the mysterious figures behind history’s most infamous plot. But when you’re surrounded by traitors, who can you trust? With surprises around every turn, descend into the vaults and experience a combination of live and digital actors, virtual reality and fancy pants technology like motion simulators and special effects, transporting you back to London 1605 in the heart of the Gunpowder plot.
The Gunpowder Plot, 8-12 Tower Hill Vaults, London, EC3N 4EE
Play Captain on a GoBoat River Picnic
If you’re looking for somewhere to spend a genuinely relaxing few hours for parents and children (plus dogs, if you have one) we recommend a GoBoat trip.
You can enjoy a picnic as captain of your own, electric boat through Canary Wharf, Paddington, Kingston, Thames Ditton or Birmingham.
GoBoat UK, Open 7 days a week from 9am - dusk. Prices start from £85 for 1 hour and £125 for two hours on the 8-person boats. GoBoat Canary Wharf, 22 Churchill Place, London, E14 5RE
Paddington Afternoon Tea Bus Tour
Brigit's Bakery launched the first, official Paddington Bear afternoon tea bus tour, celebrating the capital.The double-decker has built-in screens, so that Paddington and Mrs Bird can provide an animated guide to the tour, which includes some of Paddington's favourite landmarks, like Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Nelson’s Column, Downing Street, St. Paul's Cathedral, Borough Market, Green Park and Piccadilly Circus. The tour takes just under two hours, while you scoff treats including glittering shortbreads, designed to look like nibbled marmalade sandwiches, mini pizzas, smoked salmon and cucumber pretzels, turkey ham and cheddar or cream cheese and cucumber finger sandwiches and naturally, marmalade sandwiches. And for those who share the bear’s sweet tooth, the homemade sweet treats included a rice pudding studded with chocolate honeycomb, chocolate cupcakes crowned with Paddington’s chocolate paws, lemon meringue tarts, chocolate macarons and freshly baked scones with cream and jam. Brigit’s Bakery also provide vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal afternoon teas.
Paddington Afternoon Tea Bus tour Departs from Trafalgar Square, Wednesdays to Sundays. Prices from £45 adult, £35 child.
Whizz Down The ArcelorMittal Orbit
How about hurling your children down the world’s tallest slide? The 178m long ArcelorMittal Orbit was the iconic landmark of the 2012 London Olympics and is now an attraction with three adventure experiences. Families can speed down the winding slide, abseil, or walk around the glass orbit at the top. You can also pretend it's a high-brow, cultural experience, because the orbit is also a sculpture by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond. And it beats the usual views of grubby swings and bins, because here you can check out the stunning views of Queen Elizabeth Park. To ride the slide, children must be at least eight years old and over 1.3m.
ArcelorMittal Orbit, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 5 Thornton St, London E20 2AD. From £10.75.
Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience
Originally climbed when the ship first arrived to Greenwich in 1954, visitors can now recreate this, by clambering up the famous masts of the Cutty Sark.The Rig Climb Experience invites kids and brave parents to step up from the main deck onto the ship’s ratlines and climb up its top mast, as hundreds of sailors did during the Cutty Sark’s heyday. Once at the top, climbers will experience a controlled descent from the rigging. Participants will be rewarded with some of the best views in London, overlooking St Paul’s Cathedral, The Shard and Tower Bridge.
Cutty Sark King William Walk, London SE10 9H
Snot, Sick and Scabs at the Centre of the Cell
Deliciously disgusting and sneakily educational centre in a futuristic, light-studded pod suspended above the laboratories of the Blizard Institute in Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Children can learn about the heart, teeth or senses, see scientists at work and enjoy their delightfully vile ‘Snot, Sick and Scabs’ session.
Centre of the Cell, 4 Newark St, London E1 2AT
Out-of-Hours at the British Museum
Your little ones can walk in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks, Pharoahs or journey through the cultures of China at The British Museum's family-friendly, out-of-hours tours. Taking place between 8.50 – 10am, before the galleries are open to the public, you can beat the unsavoury crowds. And from 4 - 25 March, children can explore Roman history through Minecraft, create a Japan-themed family photo (11 March) and make mosaic masks inspired by the Aztec gods on 18 March.
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG. Under fives go free. £16.50 for 5-15 year olds. £33 Adults
Monopoly Lifesized
Go big or go home… or straight to jail at Monopoly Lifesized, an immersive, on-your-feet version of the classic, family game, played on a 15m x 15m lifesized Monopoly board. Enter the 4D experience and compete in challenges for your chance to buy properties. Stage a heist in Mayfair, compete against a clock to build some of London’s iconic buildings, solve a baffling murder mystery or step into the world of codebreakers. The 80-minute experience is suitable for kids from 9 and older and is open every day except Mondays.
Monopoly Lifesized, 213-215 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7PS. Tickets £49 pp
Crystal Maze LIVE Experience
Older children (from 8 onwards) can take on this immersive adventure, which brings the hit 90s TV show to life.Run around like mentalists, yell, complete a host of difficult challenges and end the game in a fetching, satin bomber jacket.
Crystal Maze Live Experience, 22 - 32 Shaftesbury Avenue W1D 7EU
Holiday to Space at Royal Observatory Greenwich
Join Ted and Plant as they explore the Solar System in search of the best place to take a holiday in an intergalactic morning adventure, including a planetarium show and interactive workshop. Recommended Age: 3 - 6 yrs. Open 10am-5pm daily
Royal Observatory Greenwich Park, Blackheath Avenue SE10 8XJ
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