Hampton Court / East Molesey
Hampton Court Palace · Photo: Tilman2007
Henry VIII's riverside palace as a full family day: the hedge maze, the Tudor kitchens and state apartments, and the Magic Garden, a large themed play garden for under-12s with towers and a dragon that comes with a palace ticket.
Castle · 10:00–12:30 (2h30m)
Tudor kitchens and the maze while it is quieter.
An indoor and outdoor castle in East Molesey, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Tilman2007
Castle · 12:30–13:30 (1h)
Lunch on site (food available).
An indoor and outdoor castle in East Molesey, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Tilman2007
Castle · 13:30–16:00 (2h30m)
Afternoon in the Magic Garden, then the formal gardens by the river.
An indoor and outdoor castle in East Molesey, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Tilman2007
LondonSouth Kensington
Dinosaurs in the morning, a garden picnic at lunchtime and hands-on science in the afternoon, all within a five-minute walk of each other and all free to enter. Because everything is indoors except the V&A garden, it holds up in any weather.
The Natural History Museum → Victoria and Albert Museum → Science Museum
LondonGreenwich
Walk beneath the copper hull of a Victorian tea clipper, graze the street-food stalls at the covered market, peek up the spiral stairs of the Queen's House and finish by climbing Greenwich Park for the view across to Canary Wharf. Everything is in one compact riverside town centre.
Cutty Sark Clipper Ship → Greenwich Market → Queen's House → Greenwich Park
LondonGreenwich / Canary Wharf
A morning on the slopes of Greenwich Park and lunch at the market, then a hop across the Thames to Canary Wharf for the free London Museum Docklands and its Mudlarks play gallery. Ends with a short wander in the covered roof garden above the Elizabeth line station.
Greenwich Park → Greenwich Market → Uber Boat by Thames Clipper → Museum of London Docklands + 1 more
