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  • Things to do in London for under a tenner

  • Compiled by Time Out editors

    Updated: Thu Jan 21 2010

  • There's no doubt London can be on the pricey side, but with a bit of imagination and our suggestions for capital things to do for next to nothing, you'll never be stumped if you're strapped

    Things to do in London for under a tenner



  • Museums and activities     | Nights out | Sport and fitness
    Museums and activities under £10

    • Permanent collections

      FREE

      Our capital leads the world when it comes to top museums with free entry. Among the finest: British Museum, Natural History Museum, Imperial War Museum, Museum of London, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, National Portrait Gallery, V&A, Wallace Collection and Museum of Garden History. Read more

    • Gresham College lectures

      FREE

      Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

      This independent educational establishment offers free lectures (first come, first served) delivered by its eight professors representing fields as diverse as music, law and divinity. Read more

    • The Old Bailey

      FREE

      Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, EC4M 7HS

      Trials are open to the public unless the witness is protected or the public gallery is full. Read more

    • Pearly Kings and Queens

      FREE

      Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD

      Meet them on the third weekend of every month when they collect for charity at Covent Garden Piazza. Saturday and Sunday from 10am until around 2.30pm. Read more

    • Covent Garden Piazza

      FREE

      Piazza, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD

      The Piazza attracts a whole range of street artists. Take your pick from the human statues, string quartets or magicians. Read more

    • British Library

      FREE

      96 Euston Rd, NW1 2DB

      It’s free to join and access the coin, stamp, science, map and newspaper collections. Read more

    • Nunhead Cemetery

      FREE

      Linden Rd, SE15 3LP

      Creep through 52 acres of Victorian gothic watched over by 1,000 ivy-draped angels, rare butterflies, jays and woodpeckers. Read more

    • Greenwich

      FREE

      Plenty of no-cost nautical fun, including the meridian line, National Maritime Museum, Queen’s House and Royal Observatory. Read more

    • Southwark Cathedral audio tour

      £2.50, Montague Close, SE1 9DA

      This £2.50 tour is voiced by actors, appropriate, given that this 1,000-year-old cathedral has a register full of the original Shakespearian players. Read more

    • Tate to Tate Boat

      £5, Tate to Tate boat, Millbank and Bankside piers, SW1 and SE1

      A scenic way to waft down the Thames from one free art HQ to the other. Read more

    • Foundling Museum

      £5, 40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ

      Foundling Museum London’s first public art gallery, complete with works by Hogarth and Handel, was set up to raise money for the Foundling Hospital. Read more

    • World Rugby Museum

      £6, Rugby Football Union, Rugby Rd, Surrey, TW1 1DZ

      £6 gets you into the museum, though a Twickenham stadium tour is £14. Toff-heavy, but fun. Read more

    • Royal Albert Hall tour

      £8, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP

      You’ll get a brief history of the building named by Queen Victoria for her much-missed consort, plus a peek inside the Queen’s box. Bargain. Read more

    • Design Museum

      £8.50, 28 Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, SE1 2YD

      For £8.50, you get graphics, fashion, architecture and engineering. And change for a postcard. Read more



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8 comments

  1. Posted by Sarah on 01 Feb 2010 19:55

    If you look it was written and published in June 2008!!

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  2. Posted by Marsha Travers on 29 Jan 2010 22:10

    Wow, some seriously negative reactions. I found it interesting. For more ideas check out http://www.threefreethings.com/in/united-kingdom/london

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  3. Posted by JennyT on 24 Jan 2010 15:06

    Very disapointing and not exactly relevant to the winter - boating, outdoor theatre (only on in the summer) and lido-swimming. Hmm, typical January activities. Time-out re-hash of summer article methinks.

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  4. Posted by Peter on 23 Jan 2010 12:00

    I'm with Jim on this

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  5. Posted by Jim on 21 Jan 2010 15:48

    This is an inadequate article and you know it.. I've had better tips from foreign visitors. Someone gets paid for this???

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  6. Posted by Matt on 21 Jan 2010 10:42

    A peek inside the Queen's box? Who could refuse!

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  7. Posted by Sara on 13 Oct 2008 23:54

    A lot of this stuff seems a bit out of date - i.e. aimed at the summer or happened in June. Why is this on the homepage? I wonder.

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  8. Posted by regina ferlangie on 14 Jul 2008 16:48

    i love london!

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