London offers free, mostly unbooked activities for children during the school holiday. The Horniman Museum in Forest Hill is adding a nature-themed play area, a cafe, an interactive trail, and a community garden, following recent upgrade works. The British Museum provides a free courtyard installation called Tapestry of Trees, designed to recreate the medieval wood shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, serving as a bonus alongside a visit to the museum itself. Paddington Station hosts free events to celebrate Marmalade Day, linked to the Paddington musical running in the West End. These options help keep children entertained without major spending.
"The family-friendly Horniman Museum in Forest Hill has been going through some changes of late, with most of them thus far fairly inconvenient, eg the gallery with its iconic overstuffed walrus is closed until next year. But the upgrade works are finally yielding fruit, which comes this term in the form of its new nature-themed play area, cafe, interactive trail and community garden."
"As a lil' warm up this half term, there's an installation by garden designer Andy Sturgeon in the courtyard outside called Tapestry of Trees that's designed to recreate the medieval wood depicted in the tapestry itself. Is it a thing to visit in and of itself? No! But it's a nice little bonus if you're visiting the BM, which is of course itself free."
"As you have presumably noticed, there's a massive great Paddington musical currently tearing up the West End. It has a cast recording soundtrack album out this week and to celebrate there will be a special programme of free events at the Paddingto"
Read at Time Out London
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