East London for Free Fun Activities, Free of Charge

EAST LONDON FOR FREE FUN ACTIVITIES, FREE OF CHARGE

Uncover the area’s long history as a port through stories of trade, migration and commerce. Museum of London Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands | 020 7001 9844

Take advantage of free swimming at leisure centres in Tower Hamlets. www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/601-650/tower_hamlets_ leisure_centres/swimming.aspx

Roam around 32 acres of countryside in the middle of the Isle of Dogs and meet an array of farm animals! Mudchute Park & Farm, Pier Street, Isle of Dogs, London E14 3HP www.mudchute.org | 020 7515 5901

Enjoy a family picnic in the beautiful Victoria Park, one of London’s most important historic parks. Victoria Park, Grove Road, Bow, London E3

Take a walk and discover the colourful past of Limehouse Wapping and Limehouse walk leaflets can be downloaded from... www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/601-650/623_walks/wapping_and_limehouse

See an East End street transformed into an oasis of flowers and foliage. Columbia Road Market, Columbia Road, London E2 www.londonmarkets.co.uk | every Sunday

So much to see and do, for free...

Bring back memories for both young and old at a world-class collection of toys. V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA www.vam.ac.uk/moc | 020 8983 5200

Visit a working farm with a menagerie of livestock ranging from traditional cattle to a boa constrictor! Stepney City Farm, Stepney Way, London E1 3DG www.stepneycityfarm.org | 020 7790 8204

Travel back in time, via the British interior, at one of London's best-loved museums. Geffreye Museum, Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA www.geffrye-museum.org.uk | 020 7739 9893

Pick up a bar of gold...for free! Bank of England Museum, Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/museum | 020 7601 5545

Release your inner artist at an Ideas Store arts club near you. See www.ideastore.co.uk for your local branch and details of free activities for children.

Experience life as a Victorian school pupil. Ragged School Museum, 46-50 Copperfield Road, London E3 4RR www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk | 020 8980 6405

A little further afield...

Come face-to-face with a life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex! The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD www.nhm.ac.uk | 020 7942 5511

Great Greeks! African Adventure! Marvellous Mexico! Free children’s activities and object handling. The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG www.britishmuseum.org | 020 7323 8299

London street entertainers - be amazed by the weird and wonderful… Covent Garden or the South Bank

See explosions or take part in Science Experiments. The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD www.sciencemuseum.org.uk | 020 7942 4000

Marvel at some of the greatest pictures ever painted. The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN www.nationalgallery.org.uk | 020 7747 2885

Enjoy one of London’s finest landscapes, covering 350 acres. Hyde Park, London www.royalparks.gov.uk/Hyde-Park