Nurse Ratched
8:02 Mon Jun 14
Re: Question re visiting March 2022
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Welcome to Westhamonline!
A lovely thing to do in London is to get an unlimited day family ticket for the river boat services on the Thames. I would even do it over 2-3 days, because you can't squeeze everything in on one day. Head to Westminster Pier and buy a ticket from one of the vendors in the huts. They'll give you a timetable and you can hop on and off the boats according to what you want to see (London Eye, Tower of London, FANTASTIC Greenwich, etc). The guys who run the boats give an amusing and very interesting commentary on the history of the river and the buildings you're going past over the PA system.
I don't know how old your children are, but the Horniman museum is great for kids.
If they're older and curious, the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons (The Huntarian Museum) is beautifully designed and houses interesting exhibits of body parts in belljars, all that kind of stuff kids would goggle at.
Across the square is Sir John Soanes House (Roman and Greek antiquities) but I wouldn't recommend that for smaller kids, who are unlikely to appreciate it.
The Regents Park Open Air Theatre is lovely, especially when lit up by fairy lights in the evening. They usually have a kids' production on as well as the adult programme. Much nicer in summer than sweltering along to Les sodding Mis. Actually, scrap that, because I don't think the theatre is open in March. Someone else might appreciate the recommendation, though.
Borough International Food Market on Fridays and Saturdays. A wonderful place for browsing, buying treats and having lunch (I assume it's open).
Covent Garden is fun for kids, with the street entertainment.
You probably already are planning to go to the British Museum and National Gallery. Avoid the Tate Modern gallery, because modern 'art' is risible and life is far too short to look at shit when you could look at beauty instead.
Nothing I can say to you will deter you from visiting the usual London tourist traps, because it's a right of passage, I suppose, but if you have time, I urge you to venture outside London into the countryside. It's a gorgeous country.
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