| Re: Free things to see and do - day trip to London Posted by Clan Line at 11:11, 28th October 2025 |     |
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
| Re: Free things to see and do - day trip to London Posted by Phil at 09:17, 9th October 2025 | |
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
| Re: Free things to see and do - day trip to London Posted by grahame at 09:07, 9th October 2025 | |
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.
| Re: Free things to see and do - day trip to London Posted by chuffed at 08:44, 9th October 2025 | |
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
| Re: Free things to see and do - day trip to London Posted by JayMac at 14:54, 8th October 2025 | |
Science Museum
| Free things to see and do - day trip to London Posted by grahame at 10:12, 8th October 2025 | |
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.
