FIND YOUR LONDON FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 18 - 28 March 2016 london.gov.uk/findyourlondon EVENT MOOD TRANSPORT To help you make the most INFORMATION of the festival, we’ve come For detailed information on up with five different moods. local transport and directions So whatever your mood to each event please you’ll be sure to find a great visit: www.london.gov.uk/ day out. findyourlondon Active IMPORTANT: Festival Curious details can change. For the Inspire most up to date information Play on all Find Your London Relax events please check www. london.gov.uk/findyourlondon before you go. 60% 20% discount discount on entry with this on entry with this Find Your London Find Your London programme programme *Valid from 21-24 March 2 FIND YOUR LONDON FESTIVAL Come outside and explore your city this spring with the Find Your London Festival. From 18-28 March, we invite you to celebrate London’s great outdoor spaces from gardens to parks, high streets to marketplaces. This 11-day festival features over 100 events in each and every corner of London. That means it’s a fantastic opportunity to discover new places, join in fun outdoor activities and put a spring back in your step. There’ll be everything from mind up and make the most yoga in the park, cycle of the festival, we’ve come trails and treasure hunts, up with five different moods. to beekeeping, an Alice in So whether you’re looking to Wonderland Tea Party and be Active, Curious, Playful, much more besides. There Relaxed or Inspired, you’ll are also activities for every find your perfect day out age, from eight to 80 and at Find Your London. Step lots for families to enjoy too. inside these pages and see As with all the best things for yourself. in life, many of the events are free. If all this sounds a To find out more, visit: little overwhelming, help is at london.gov.uk/findyourlondon hand. So you can make your #findyourLDN 3 FRIDAY 18 MARCH THE CAPITAL RING Castle. This outdoor activity PHOTOGRAPHY class is for all ages. Wear EXPEDITION comfortable clothes. No The Capital Ring booking required. Free • 9am-5pm Daniel Raven-Ellison leads DISCOVER LONDON’S this unique expedition to SPRINGTIME BIRDS walk London’s 126km Capital AND FLOWERS – Ring footpath in only four GUIDED WALK days. Bring a camera and Meet at play area entrance your best walking boots. at the junction of Windsor Booking required*. and Richmond Avenues, UB10 9AT LAMLASH GARDEN Free • 11am-2pm SPRING WEEKEND - Explore Hillingdon’s ACTIVITY CLASS Gutteridge Wood and Ten Lamlash Garden, Lamlash Acre Wood nature reserves Street, Elephant and Castle, with a London Wildlife Trust SE11 4TG expert. Discover ancient Free • 11am-12 noon woodlands, listen to birdsong Celebrate spring in this and try birdspotting. new community garden Booking required: in the heart of Elephant & [email protected] & 020 7261 0447. DISCOVER CROSSBONES Crossbones Garden, Union Street, SE1 1TA FreeCANCELLED • 11am-3pm Discover the secret history 4 *Book & find out more at www.london.gov.uk/findyourlondon Friday 18 March of Crossbones, the outcasts’ ACTIVATE AND INSPIRE burial ground. Learn about CRICKLEWOOD the ‘Winchester Geese’, Cricklewood Town Square, Victorian paupers and the Cricklewood Lane by B&Q, body snatchers. Free guided NW2 1ES tours. No booking required. Free Entry (activities £1) • 11am-6pm PAINT YOUR LONDON Three days of family events 127 Winchester Rd, kicks off with the World Highams Park, E4 9LJ Village Market on Friday. Free • 11am-4pm Come along for delicious For two weeks walls and street food, gorgeous gifts buildings in Waltham and stylish clothing. No Forest will come to life booking required. through street art. Try a walking or cycling tour of the area. For further info: www.paintyourlondon. co.uk. No booking required. SEEDBOMB MAKING MASTERCLASS The Bridge Café, 81 Southwark Bridge Rd, SE1 0NQ Free • 12.30-2pm Seedbombs are a quick and easy way to bring dull Active Curious Inspire Play Relax 5 Friday 18 March spaces back to life with a NEW MALDEN URBAN blast of colour. All materials FOX WALK are provided for free. No Meet at New Malden Train booking required. Station, Coombe Rd, New Malden, KT3 4PX £9.63 per person • 5.30-7.30pm Fox expert Marina Pacheco leads this walk around areas used by foxes like back alleys and green spaces. Plus a special film projection of foxes. Booking required*. COB OVEN: MAKE YOUR OWN PIZZA The Hive, Kennington Park, St Agnes Place, SE11 4BE Free • 5.30-9pm Join BeeUrban and cook your own pizza in a cob oven in the great outdoors. You can also learn about everything from gardening to beekeeping. No booking required. 6 *Book & find out more at www.london.gov.uk/findyourlondon SATURDAY 19 MARCH Share storytime in children’s LONDON AT DAWN corner, join an interactive PHOTOGRAPHY trail to explore the garden’s WORKSHOP hidden treasures or get Meet at Middle of active with a spot of planting Westminster Bridge, SE1 and painting. No booking £20 • 5.30am-9am required. Join photographer Anthony Epes on a photo walk around the sleepy streets of Westminster. It’s a chance to create stunning images of the waking city. Booking required*. BOWL OF CHALK - FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE TO ST PAUL’S Meeting point provided on booking Pay what you want • 10.30am This morning walk weaves through Covent Garden and Fleet Street before finishing SPRING CELEBRATION at St Paul’s Cathedral. Forest Gate Community Learn about Blackfriars, Garden, 136 Earlham Grove, Whitefriars, lost rivers and Forest Gate, E7 9AR more. Booking required*. Free • 10am-1pm Active Curious Inspire Play Relax 7 Saturday 19 March Discover Croham Hurst BLOOMING MAPS woods, with a London The Rickyard, Walpole Wildlife Trust expert. You Park, Ealing Green, may spot woodland birds like W5 5BS finches and woodpeckers on £2 per child • 11am-1pm this steep hill. No dogs. No and 2-4pm booking required. Test your family’s orienteering skills using maps of Walpole Park. GO WILD AND DISCOVER Find the flags and EAST HAM NATURE complete the springtime RESERVE! activity. Later, create East Ham Nature Reserve, seasonal maps of the Norman Rd, E6 6HN park. Booking required: Free • 11am-3pm [email protected] This family open day & 07711 391184. features crafts, trails, green gym activities and games. Come and explore one of Newham’s hidden gems, relax outdoors and meet local wildlife. No booking required. CELEBRATE SPRING AT CAMLEY STREET NATURAL PARK Camley Street Natural Park, SPRING WALK EXPLORING 12 Camley St, N1C 4PW THE WILDLIFE WONDERS Free • 11am-3pm OF CROHAM HURST, Explore this urban oasis near CROYDON King’s Cross station with Croham Hurst, Croham Rd, London Wildlife Trust. Kids South Croydon, CR2 7HJ will love pond dipping, adults Free • 11am-1pm 8 *Book & find out more at www.london.gov.uk/findyourlondon Saturday 19 March will enjoy the natural space. trees, flowering shrubs No dogs. Booking required*. and perennials and sow wildflower seeds in the grounds. Plus afternoon tea BIG BARKINGSIDE at 3pm. No booking required. DAY OUT! Ken Aston Square, 140 CYCLE CONFIDENT ‘DR High Street, Barkingside, BIKE’ MAINTENANCE IG6 2EA AND CYCLE TRAINING Free • 11am-3pm SESSIONS Celebrate Barkingside’s Design Museum, 28 Shad newest outdoor cultural Thames, SE1 2YD space, Ken Aston Square. Free • 11am-4pm Come, get creative and Cycle Confident will be make a huge modern hosting free Dr Bike art masterpiece with the sessions. Book a slot or help of Urban Canvas. No just drop in to get your bike booking required. checked over by the experts. Booking required*. FIND YOUR OWN SHAD THAMES TRAIL Le Pont de la Tour Bar, 36D Shad Thames, SE1 2YE Free • 11am-4pm Come and explore this TREES & TREATS much-loved riverside Community Centre and destination. Pick up a free Community Food Garden, copy of the self-guided Shad Cranbrook Estate, Mace Thames Trail and discover Street, E2 0QT the area’s highlights and Free • 11am-4pm secrets. No booking required. Visit this stunning garden and help plant small Active Curious Inspire Play Relax 9 Saturday 19 March PAINT YOUR LONDON taster sessions plus crafts, 127 Winchester Rd, jewellery making and seed Highams Park, E4 9LJ planting. There’s also a Free • 11am-4pm bouncy castle and soft play See previous listing on page area. No booking required. 5. No booking required. ROMAN ROAD YARD DISCOVER MARKET - LAUNCH PARTY CROSSBONES Roman Rd car park, Crossbones Garden, Ford Rd, E3 5LX Union Street, SE1 1TA Free • 11am-5pm Free • 11am-4.30pm Come for hot food, street See previous listing on page music and market stalls 4. No booking required. selling handcrafted goods. You can also take a guided OVEN DAY AT THE HIVE walk to learn more about the The Hive, Kennington Park, area. No booking required. St Agnes Place, SE11 4BE Free • 11am-5pm ACTIVATE AND INSPIRE Come and join BeeUrban and CRICKLEWOOD experience how to create Cricklewood Town Square, wildlife habitats, roll candles, Cricklewood Lane by B&Q, bake bread in the cob oven NW2 1ES and sample delicious honey Free Entry (activities £1) • straight from the beehive. 11am-6pm No booking required. See previous listing on page 5. No booking required. FIND YOURSELF IN MITCHAM FESTIVAL PEDAL-POWERED MINI- Mitcham Fair Green, CINEMA WITH ELECTRIC Mitcham Town Centre, PEDALS Mitcham, CR3 3AA Design Museum, 28 Shad Free • 11am-5pm Thames, SE1 2YD A family day out with Tai Chi Free • 12 noon-4pm 10 *Book & find out more at www.london.gov.uk/findyourlondon Saturday 19 March Use pedal power to run a KENLEY RAF AIRFIELD cinema and watch fun films HERITAGE FESTIVAL like Peckham BMX Bike Club Kenley Airfield, Victor and Inside the Brompton Beamish Avenue, Kenley, Factory.