Be a Nature Explorer
WWT London Wetland Centre
This summer your children can become official Nature Explorers at the WWT London Wetland Centre. They can try pond dipping, learn how to track creatures or identify animal poo and see insects that can fly better than a helicopter.
Kids Week
Venues across London
Theatrical fun for kids aged 16 or under. Selected London theatre shows are free for children and they can also take part in a fantastic range of free activities and events from dance workshops on stage, to behind the scenes tours and meet and greets with the stars.
Red Bull Air Race 2015
Ascot Racecourse
This fantastic day out will keep the kids (and the adults) entertained. Watch the world’s best pilots put to the test in a pure motorsport competition, combining speed, precision and skill.
Watch the otters eat
London Wetland Centre
Feeding times are 11am and 2pm every single day and visitors are welcome to enter the wetlands for free and watch the majestic animals chow down.
Gorilla Circus Flying Trapeze School
Regent's Park
Who wouldn't want to fly? Your kids can learn flying trapeze skills at these fun drop in classes.
Get some putting practice
Hyde Park
Head to the Tennis and Sports Centre in Hyde Park for a spot of miniature golf.
Go wall climbing
Westway Sports Centre
Here's everyone's chance to feel like Spiderman or Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2! Head to the UK’s biggest climbing centre to take on one of the 150 climbing routes under the watchful eye of instructors.
BeachEast
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
BeachEast is the UK’s largest urban beach and has plenty to keep the little ones entertained this summer. With an enormous area of fine, deep sand, a huge kid’s paddling pool and funfair rides BeachEast will be Britain’s Copacabana this summer.
Step into a world of pure science fiction
Forbidden Planet
Indulge in film memorabilia, comics, figurines, posters and sometimes even film stars themselves at the packed Shaftesbury Avenue store.
Star Wars
Madame Tussauds
Kids of all ages will enjoy this immersive experience starring extraordinarily life-like wax figures of the favourite heroes and villains of Star Wars Episodes I-VI.
Sky Sports Fan Zone
Sky Studios, The O2
If your family is football crazy head down to Sky Studios at the O2 where you can look back at the best moments in football, shoot and score in the iconic Soccer AM car park game and test your dribbling speed, ball skills and agility with physical and interactive challenges.
Gladiator Games
Guildhall Yard
In this live action summer spectacular, you are taken back to Roman Londinium with an epic re-enactment of London’s gladiatorial games. Performers take to the stage for battle, an Emperor presides and the crowd picks its side. The kids will love it.
Want more?
Check out these other resources:
- Shops for keeping the kids entertained
- All London family and children's events