5 Free Places to go to With Kids in London
Author: Rheanna
00:00, 03 April 2013
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Buckingham Palace Victoria, London
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality.
The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public each year for most of August and September, as part of the Palace's Summer Opening.
While you are there don't forget to check out
Changing the Queen's Life Guard.
Changing the Guard is the mini-ceremony that takes place when new guards change places with the current guards at Buckingham Palace. The handover is accompanied by a Guards band playing music from traditional military marches to songs from musicals.
The new guards arrive at the forecourt of the Palace at 11:30 from Wellington Barracks. The journey takes about 5 minutes. The ceremony is conducted on the Palace forecourt and takes approximately forty minutes to complete.
Dulwich Park Southwark, London
One of our favourite parks in South London: attractive settings, an extensive playground for all ages, outdoor table tennis, pretty flat for bike riding (and all manner of 2 and 3 wheeled peddle-powered vehicles for hire), plus a great cafe.
Peckham Rye Adventure Playground Peckham, London
Peckham Rye Adventure is a newly refurbished facility, with new structures and a MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) and a new building, the playground is a very popular facility attracting parents and young people borough wide. The staff team are very experienced with dealing with children and young people, all staff are qualified first aiders.
This Adventure Playground is designed for children aged between 8 - 15 year old.
Geffrye Museum Shoreditch, London
The Museum explores the changing style of English domestic interiors in eleven period rooms from 1600 to the present, showcasing the furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts of each age. (And also hosts lots of kids activities).
Grant Museum of Zoology Euston, London
The Grant Museum is packed full of skeletons, mounted animals and specimens preserved in fluid. In fact, it has 67,000 specimens in total! Many of the species are now endangered or extinct including the Tasmanian Tiger, the Quagga and the Dodo.
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