Horniman, a hidden wood and Dulwich's gallery

The plan

1. 10:001
   

   Museum · 10:00–13:00 (3h)

   Horniman Museum and Gardens

   Free museum and hilltop gardens with an animal walk. Lunch at the cafe before leaving.

   A free museum and hilltop gardens in Forest Hill, known for its huge stuffed walrus, musical instruments you can play, and a small aquarium and butterfly house (both ticketed). The gardens have an animal walk, a bandstand with views to the City and plenty of picnic space.

   Free / PaidIndoors & out

   • Baby changing
   • Café on site
   • Toilets
   • Accessibility
   • Parking
   • Good on a rainy day

   From the day-trip listing

   Opening times, prices & map

   Photo: OrdinaryTomatoes

2. 13:152
   

   Nature & gardens · 13:15–14:30 (1h15m)

   Sydenham Hill Wood

   Fragment of the old Great North Wood with a hidden folly and a bricked-up railway tunnel used by bats.

   A surviving fragment of the old Great North Wood, managed by London Wildlife Trust, with a hidden Victorian folly and a bricked-up railway tunnel now used by bats. Kids treat it like a proper woodland adventure; paths are steep and stepped in places.

   FreeOutdoors

   • Accessibility
   • Parking

   From the day-trip listing

   Opening times, prices & map

   Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor

3. 14:503
   

   Art & crafts · 14:50–16:15 (1h25m)

   Dulwich Picture Gallery

   Calm galleries in gardens; lawns for little ones to run between rooms.

   The world's first purpose-built public art gallery, set in gardens in Dulwich Village, with old master paintings and changing exhibitions. Under-18s go free, and the lawns are a calm place to let little ones run between rooms.

   PaidIndoors & out

   • Good on a rainy day

   From the day-trip listing

   Opening times, prices & map

   Photo: Poliphilo