Free things to see and do - day trip to London

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[grahame]

Posting in "The West - but not trains in The West" even though London is not The West ... these are 18 places taken - without personal verification from a Facebook Reel of free things to do in London - and I would see to be suitable for day trips to the capital that our members take from the South West

Budhapadipa Temple (%)
Coaldrops Yard
Eden Art Gallery
Forty Hall
Horizon 22 (%)
Horniman Museum
House of MinaLima (%)
Natioanal Portait Gallery
Natural History Museum
Outernet (%)
Regents Park
Richmond Hill
Rickmond Riverside
Sheldon Square Amphitheatre
Sky Garden (%)
St Bartholemews Gatehouse
The Garden at 120
V&A East Storehouse (%)

Some of these I know or have known in the past ... others are new to me.  And this list is just that author's 18.  I might add (but what is free these days and what is not - at best I would be educated-guessing) so much else - so long since I went to the British Museum, I enjoy walking the Regents Canal, and taking in the sights and sounds of Greenwich riverside and the buildings and parks around.  [edit to add - Tower and St Catherine's Dock]

Have you any experieinces / thoughts on the above?  Been to any of them? Addiitions to the list?

I have marked - (%) - those which are added to the top of my list to explore.   Every day is a learning experience and I learned as I watched that reel.  Now for "verify" checks that they really are free and top notch.

[JayMac]

Science Museum

[chuffed]

The Science museum has been ruined for me. On a previous visit 10 years ago I was absolutely stunned by the Power Hall with all those static steam engines as far as the eye could see. On my last visit there was a line of ticket offices stretching across the width of the hall that completely takes away the 'wow' moment that I experienced before. Talk about an own goal/shooting yourself in the foot! If it is free..why do they need ticket offices

[grahame]

If it is free..why do they need ticket offices

Things have changed (and, I agree, sad).  Whilst you can go in to many things for free, you are encouraged to make a donation, and made to feel [mean / pretty rotten] if you don't.

[Phil]

Postman's park. Not just a haven of peace and beauty, but it also houses the humbling, beautiful G.F. Watts Memorial to heroic deeds of ordinary men, women and children which is worth a visit in it’s own right

https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/postmans-park/introduction.htm

[Clan Line]

Science Museum

A bit closer to home is the Science Museum at Wroughton. Well, well worth a visit - long wait for tickets I'm afraid, but again well worth it.

The building is as gob-smacking as the exhibits stored there !

https://www.scienceinnovationpark.org.uk