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Family
Practical London guides tagged Family.
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Day trips
Chessington World of Adventures from London: Tickets, Trains and Rides
Chessington tickets are from £32 online and £68 at the gate, with the zoo and SEA LIFE included and under-90cm children free. It is in Zone 6, 36 minutes from Waterloo on Oyster. Every ride's height limit, Fastrack prices, and the days it is shut.
Day trips
LEGOLAND Windsor from London: Tickets, Trains, Height Limits and Queues
LEGOLAND Windsor costs from £32 booked online at least a day ahead and £68 on the day. The train-and-bus route from Paddington or Waterloo, the 702 bus from Victoria, every height limit, Fastrack prices and the 2026–27 closed dates.
Day trips
Paultons Park from London: Peppa Pig World, Tickets, Trains and Height Limits
Paultons Park, home of Peppa Pig World, is £46.75 a person booked ahead in October 2026 and £61.50 on the day, with under-1m children free and parking free. The train and bus from Waterloo, every height limit, the new Valgard coasters and the closed dates.
Day trips
Theme Parks Near London: Every Day Trip Compared
Thorpe Park, Chessington, LEGOLAND Windsor, Paultons Park and four smaller parks compared: the train from London, the cheapest ticket, who each one suits, and the dates each is shut in autumn and winter 2026.
Day trips
Thorpe Park from London: Tickets, the Train and Height Limits
Thorpe Park tickets are from £32 online and £68 on the day, and anyone under 1.2m goes free. The train from Waterloo to Staines and the 950 bus, every ride's height limit, Fastrack prices, and the dates the park is shut.
London areas
A Harry Potter Filming Locations Walk: Leadenhall Market to Lambeth Bridge in Nine Stops
A numbered walking route through the London locations used in the Harry Potter films, from Leadenhall Market and the Leaky Cauldron door to Gringotts, Westminster station and the Knight Bus bridge, in two halves. With the days each stop opens.
Things to do
Christmas Shows and Pantomimes in London 2026
Every Christmas show in London for 2026: the pantomimes from the Palladium to Stratford East, both Nutcrackers, three Christmas Carols, The Snowman, and the shows for under-fives, with dates, prices, running times and age guidance.
Things to do
The Harry Potter Studio Tour: Tickets, Extras and How to Get There
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London costs £58.50 and cannot be bought on the door. Every optional extra with its price, the cheapest ways to get there from London, and what is included.
Stay
The Best Family Hotels in London, Cross-Referenced Across Every Major List
The family hotels London's parents, bloggers and the travel press actually agree on: which room sleeps two adults and two children, what it costs to add a cot, and whether there's a pool. Prices are for one room for two adults and two children on a November weekday.
Things to do
Harry Potter in London: Everything a Fan Can Actually Do
Studio Tour tickets are £58.50 and cannot be bought on the door. Cursed Child becomes one play. The Cauldron has closed. Verified prices, real addresses and what to skip.
Food and drink
Kids Eat Free in London: Every Restaurant Deal, Checked
Every kids-eat-free and kids-eat-for-£1 offer with a London branch, read off the operator's own website — the exact terms, the adult spend you have to make, the age limits, and the ten central London branches that are excluded by name.
Day trips
Windsor from London: The Castle, the Trains and the Rest of the Day
Windsor Castle is £32 in advance and shut every Tuesday and Wednesday. Contactless works to both Windsor stations — £7.90 off-peak from Paddington — and St George's Chapel is closed to visitors on Sundays.
Things to do
London With Children: Free Farms, Zoos and Days Out
Eight free city farms, a zoo scaled for under-tens, an indoor rollercoaster in Camden and the museum built entirely around children — most of it costs nothing.
Stay
London Hotels With a Pool You Can Actually Use: Rooftop, Family and Spa Pools
London hotels with a swimming pool, checked against each hotel's own rules: the length, indoor or rooftop, whether guests swim free, the children's hours and the adults-only limits. Plus the famous 'pools' that are only vitality pools.