Museum · 09:30–12:30 (3h)
Tower of London
Crown Jewels, ravens and a Yeoman Warder tour.
An indoor and outdoor museum in London.
PaidIndoors & out
- Café on site
- Toilets
Photo: [Duncan] from Nottingham, UK
Day one goes east: the Tower in the morning, lunch by the boats at St Katharine Docks, then a river bus down to Greenwich for the Queen's House and the park. Day two stays west with free museums and a boat on the Serpentine. Two separate, walkable clusters joined only by public transport.
WeekendAll agesCost £££9 stops
Day 109:30–16:45
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12:40–13:30 (50m)
St Katharine Docks
Lunch overlooking the marina.
A marina just east of Tower Bridge surrounded by cafes and restaurants, where kids can look at the boats moored in the old dock basins. It's a calmer place to eat than the Tower Hill crowds.
FreeOutdoors- Café on site
Photo: Panhard
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Water Activities · 13:45–14:15 (30m)
Uber Boat by Thames Clipper
River bus from Tower Pier to Greenwich Pier, passing under Tower Bridge.
An outdoor boat trip in London.
PaidOutdoors- Pushchair friendly
- Baby changing
- Café on site
- Toilets
- Accessibility
Photo: uber.com
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Museum · 14:25–15:15 (50m)
Queen's House
Free gallery with the spiral Tulip Stairs.
A white 17th-century royal villa between the National Maritime Museum and Greenwich Park, now a free art gallery. Children like the spiral Tulip Stairs and the costumed characters who appear on Sundays.
FreeIndoors- Baby changing
- Toilets
- Accessibility
- Parking
- Good on a rainy day
Photo: Bill Bertram
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Park · 15:25–16:45 (1h20m)
Greenwich Park
Climb the hill for the view back up the river.
An indoor and outdoor park in Greenwich.
Check pricesIndoors & out- Café on site
Photo: Mx. Granger
Day 210:00–15:45
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Museum · 10:00–12:15 (2h15m)
The Natural History Museum
Dinosaurs and the blue whale; book a free timed ticket.
An indoor museum in London.
PaidIndoors- Café on site
- Toilets
- Good on a rainy day
Photo: Ryan Hodnett
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Museum · 12:20–13:45 (1h25m)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Packed lunch in the John Madejski Garden, then a family trail.
An indoor museum in Kensington, aimed at ages 0–12.
Check pricesIndoors- Baby changing
- Toilets
- Accessibility
- Good on a rainy day
Photo: Lobster1
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Water Activities · 14:00–15:00 (1h)
Hyde Park Boating on the Serpentine
Rowing boat or pedalo on the Serpentine.
Rowing boats and pedalos for hire on the Serpentine lake in the middle of Hyde Park, with a winter service on Wednesdays to Sundays. Under-3s go free and there are accessible boats with a hoist. A good way to break up a walk between the Diana Memorial Playground and the museums of South Kensington.
PaidOutdoors- Café on site
- Accessibility
Photo: sportsandleisure.royalparks.org.uk
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Food stop · 15:00–15:45 (45m)
Serpentine Bar & Kitchen
Late lunch or snack by the lake before heading home.
A lakeside cafe-restaurant on the Serpentine next to the Hyde Park boathouse, serving breakfast, wood-fired pizzas, fish and chips and grab-and-go food for picnics. It has baby changing and accessible toilets, so it works as the lunch base for a boating-and-playground day in Hyde Park.
Photo: Oxyman
More days out in London
LondonThree days in London: Greenwich, the river and South Kensington
Greenwich (Day 1); South Bank/Trafalgar (Day 2); South Kensington (Day 3)
Three compact days, each in its own walkable patch: maritime Greenwich, the South Bank and Trafalgar Square with a London Eye ride, and the Exhibition Road museums. Indoor options on every day mean it survives a wet spell.
Cutty Sark Clipper Ship → Greenwich Market → Queen's House → Greenwich Park + 8 more
Three daysAll agesCost £££- London
Three free museums on Exhibition Road
South 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
One dayAll agesFree - London
Greenwich: tea clipper, market and the hilltop
Greenwich
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
One dayAll agesCost ££