Low Cost/No Cost Family Fun in London Lord Mayor’s Show & Firework Display FREE (All ages) www.lordmayorsshow.org Sat 12th Nov, 9am-2.30pm (Firework display at 5.15pm) This year’s show welcomes the New Mayor of the City of London into office with a flotilla of boats along the Thames. It will be followed by a three mile long parade, involving carriages marching bands and floats through the streets of the square mile. At the end of the day, a firework display is set off over the Thames but for the best view head down to the riverside between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges. Lord Mayor’s Show Celebration - Bank of England Museum FREE (All Ages) Threadneedle St (entrance in Bartholomew Lane), EC2R 8AH / 020 7601 5545/ www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum Nearest Tube: Bank Sat 12th Nov, 11am-5pm The Bank of England Museum will join in the celebrations with special family events including face painting, presentations on banknotes and info sessions about gold. You can even test your strength by trying to lift a genuine gold bar, which has a current market value of over £300,000! Creative Writing - Somerset House FREE (Accompanied children aged 6-12) Somerset House, The Strand, WC2R 1LA / 020 7845 4600 / www.somersethouse.org.uk Nearest tube: Charing Cross Sat 12th Nov, noon – 4pm Take part in an Afrobeat poet workshop! Joanna Brown of Africa Writes leads a creative writing workshop in response to photographic imagery. Picture Postcards - National Gallery FREE (Ages 5-11) National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN / 020 7747 2885 / www.nationalgallery.org.uk Nearest tube: Charing Cross Sun 13th Nov, 2.00pm-3.30pm Take part in a workshop to explore identity and migration through art, participate in a collaborative art project and make a picture Postcard to take home. AHOY! Children’s Gallery - National Maritime Museum FREE (All Ages) National Maritime Museum, King Romney Road, London SE10 9HT / 020 8858 4422/www.rmg.co.uk Nearest Station: Greenwich/Maze Hill Sat 12th & 13th Nov, 11am-4pm Celebrate an exciting performance and journey bringing maritime history to life in this playful and immersive gallery. Messy Church (St Paul’s with St Saviour’s) FREE (All ages) Sun 13th Nov 3.30 – 5.30pm St Paul’s with St Saviour’s Community Centre, 24 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ www.stpaulsbrixton.org/messy-church / 020 7788 7259 Arts, crafts, games, stories, songs and food; messy fun for the whole family, all welcome! Angela Nelson, Extended Services & Community Manager Tel: 020 8696 5600/Email: [email protected] .