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London experiences

Practical London guides tagged London experiences.

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A bartender pouring a measure into a cocktail shaker behind a bar lit pink and teal

Things to do

Hen Do in London (2026): Activities, Prices, Where to Stay and How to Plan It

Three London cocktail bars refuse hen parties outright, Flight Club will not take fewer than six on a Saturday, and a speedboat for twelve costs less per head than a public sailing. Priced from the operators' own sites.

  • Hen do
  • Hen party
  • Groups
  • Nights out
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A group of men around a wooden pub table with glasses of beer, bottles, crisps and a dish of nuts between them

Things to do

Stag Do in London (2026): Activities, Prices, Where to Stay and How to Plan It

Cirque le Soir turns away all-male groups, Swift refuses stag parties outright, Capital Karts no longer lists a London track and Bodean's has closed. Every price checked against the operator's own site.

  • Stag do
  • Stag party
  • Groups
  • Nights out
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The Graham Norton Show studio seen from an audience seat, the lighting rig hung with hundreds of numbered lamps above the orange set and the red sofa

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Free TV and Radio Tickets in London: How to Actually Get In

Studio audience tickets are free, and they are deliberately over-issued — so a ticket is not a seat. How the five agencies work, when to arrive, and what gets you turned away at the door.

  • Free London
  • TV
  • Things to do
  • London experiences
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An aerial night view over Hyde Park Winter Wonderland showing the illuminated fairground, the green ice rink, the big top and the Euro Coaster

Things to do

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland: Every Price, Ride and Show for 2026

A complete guide to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2026-27: every attraction price, the £1 tickets, the new K-Pop circus, free live music, and the quietest times to go.

  • Christmas
  • Things to do
  • London experiences
  • Winter Wonderland
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A large red firework bursting over the crowd at the Alexandra Palace fireworks, with the lights of London visible below

Things to do

Bonfire Night in London: Every Display, and Where to Watch for Free

Every London fireworks display for Bonfire Night 2026 with dates, prices and booking links, which famous ones no longer run, and the free viewpoints that are actually open after dark.

  • Bonfire Night
  • Fireworks
  • Things to do
  • Free things to do
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Covent Garden's illuminated Christmas tree at night in the Piazza, decorated with white and red lights

Things to do

Christmas in London: Markets, Lights and Winter Wonderland

Every Christmas market worth knowing about, the best streets for lights, the ice rinks and light trails still running - and the ones that have quietly stopped.

  • Christmas
  • Things to do
  • London experiences
  • Winter Wonderland
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The cast of Beetlejuice taking their curtain call at the Prince Edward Theatre, lit in green and blue, with the Maitland house tilting above them and the sandworm reared up at the side of the stage

Things to do

Halloween in London: Events, Parties and Where to Get a Costume

What to do in London for Halloween 2026, from scare attractions and light trails to club nights and ghost tours — plus where you can still hire a proper costume.

  • Halloween
  • Things to do
  • London experiences
  • Nightlife
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The riverfront entrance to BFI Southbank under Waterloo Bridge, with people outside the bar and the secondhand book market to one side

Things to do

BFI London Film Festival 2026: Dates, Tickets and How to Get Them

When LFF 2026 tickets go on sale, what they cost, the £6 rate for under-25s, and the practical routes into a sold-out screening — returns, standby and face-value resale.

  • Film
  • Cinema
  • Festivals
  • Tickets
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A runner in a full rhino costume on the London Marathon course, with spectators packed along the barriers on both sides

Things to do

London Marathon: How to Get a Place, and How to Watch It

Every route into the TCS London Marathon — the ballot, charity places, Good For Age, club and overseas entry — plus what is still open for the two-day 2027 race, and where to watch.

  • London Marathon
  • Running
  • Tickets
  • Things to do
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A ladies' doubles match on an outside court at Wimbledon, with the ivy-clad Centre Court building behind

Things to do

How to Get Wimbledon Tickets: The Ballot, The Queue and Every Other Way In

Every legitimate route into Wimbledon: the public ballot and when it opens, exactly how The Queue works and when to arrive, the in-grounds Ticket Resale, and what to do if you are coming from abroad.

  • Wimbledon
  • Tennis
  • Tickets
  • Things to do
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The curved black frontage of the Genesis Cinema in Mile End, its listings board showing the week's films

Things to do

London's Best Independent Cinemas: 20 Screens

Where the Lumière brothers first showed film in Britain, a 1913 cinema Clapton crowdfunded back, and a Peckham screen where seats are £6.99.

  • Cinema
  • Film
  • Things to do
  • Cheap eats
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A bartender measuring spirits into a jigger behind a dimly lit bar

Food and drink

The Best Cocktail Bars in London: 21 Compared

Where the Savoy Cocktail Book was written, a martini mixed at your table from a trolley, and a two-drink limit enforced because the martinis are poured neat — London's best bars.

  • Cocktail bars
  • Bars
  • Nightlife
  • Drinks
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A stand-up comedian holding a microphone in front of a neon-lit wall

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The Best Comedy Clubs in London: 17 Nights, 8 Venues and 4 Festivals

Where alternative comedy started in 1979, a pub running free stand-up seven nights a week, the theatres that book the touring names, and why every London comedy festival lands in the same six weeks.

  • Comedy
  • Nightlife
  • Things to do
  • Cheap eats
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The Jazz Cafe in Camden, its white stucco frontage lettered London's Famous Jazz Venue

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The Best Live Music Venues in London: 25 Rooms

A Victorian railway turning shed, a veterans' club with a gold tinsel curtain, and the sloping floor at Brixton that bands talk about — London's music rooms.

  • Live music
  • Music venues
  • Nightlife
  • Things to do
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Neon-lit alien-themed rides and arcade machines inside Babylon Park in Camden

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Competitive Socialising in London: Darts, Golf and Immersive Games

An escape room inside a disused Tube station, twenty-one glass cubes from the television show, and a 1990s video rental shop rebuilt in full.

  • Things to do
  • Activities
  • Groups
  • Nightlife
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The Feng Shang Princess, a red three-tiered Chinese pagoda restaurant moored on the Regent's Canal

Food and drink

London's Most Unusual Restaurants: 22 Strange Rooms

A Mongolian yurt, a floating pagoda, a Victorian lavatory, a prison-roasted coffee shop and a former school bike shed — London restaurants where the room is the story.

  • Restaurants
  • Unusual
  • Quirky London
  • Dining
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