The Time Out London blog team

Walking is one of the best ways to get to know a city. If you spend all your time hopping on and off public transport, you’ll miss so many treasures and hidden gems that a place has to offer. Stroll down a random street in London (such as the coolest of them all, Blackstock Road), and you’ll likely come across a parade of beloved institutions, trendsetting restaurants and pioneering cultural centres. Often, those streets are landmarks in themselves.  With all of that in mind, travel writers at the Telegraph put together a list of 20 streets around the world that ‘you must walk in your lifetime’. The list isn’t in any particular order, but right at the top is Strand, here in London.  The Telegraph’s destination expert (and former Time Out staffer) Chris Moss said: ‘This classy Monopoly mid-price street (£220 to Park Lane’s £350) invites pedestrians to dance through old London history.’ As it happens, the central London street was also among Time Out’s top places in the UK to visit this year. Photograph: Shutterstock The Strand is one of the capital’s most ancient and historic streets, connecting Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street. Along its 1.3 kilometres, walkers will find leading West End theatres, historical landmarks, major art institutions and a slew of fantastic pubs, cafes and restaurants. Its most historic monuments include one of the city’s oldest shops, Twinings, which has been around since 1696; the church of St Clement Danes, thought to date back to...

London is jam packed with fantastic attractions – from its world-leading cuisine to its spectacular museums and endless activities for kids. It’s hardly surprising that more people lineup for its venues that any other city in the UK. But which of those London venues welcomed in the most visitors last year? In 2025, London’s Natural History Museum was Britain’s most popular attraction. More than 7.1 million people explored the iconic landmark last year – knocking The British Museum, the long-reigning winner, down to second. According to the Associate of Leading Visitor Attractions (AVLA), this makes it England’s most visited museum or gallery ever.  Only a five minute walk from South Kensington tube station, the crown jewel of British museums holds everything from fossils and gemstones to a VR experience. In the build up to its 150th birthday in 2031, the museum is opening (and reopening) a new permanent gallery every year. Later this year, it’s reopening a gallery which has been closed for almost 80 years, while Fixing Our Broken Planet – which opened in April 2025 – has been visited by more than two million people.  Beyond its main collection, the museum regularly puts on impressive (and sometimes quirky) exhibitions. Currently, you can catch David Attenborough's immersive documentary and wander through the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025. There’s even a sold-out Pokémon pop-up shop. Not so long ago, it hosted an intergalactic exhibition for the first time in its...

As commitment to New Year's Resolutions start to dwindle, why not kick yourself back into gear and swap a dingy nightclub for a runner’s high sprinting through Battersea Park? With lasers, thumping bass and a sweaty crowd, at a brand new event happening next month, you’ll hardly be able to tell the difference.  This year, TCS London Marathon is teaming up with Friday Night Lights for the first time to offer an evening 5k run and get people hyped for the main event. And unlike the London Marathon, there’s no ballot.  Kicking off the marathon weekend, the event will take place in Battersea Park on Friday April 24 from 7.45pm. The party will be buzzing with sick lighting, pumping music and even a laser tunnel leading runners to the finish line.  Blending running and music, Friday Night Lights is an events company which promises ‘the UK’s healthiest night out’ – without cramping your style. Since 2023 it’s been organising runs in Brighton, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Southsea in Portsmouth. It isn’t the only new event for London runners launching this year. Soon, South London will also be getting a new half marathon, weaving through Wimbledon Village and some of the best parks the capital has to offer and there’ll be a new half mara through Shoreditch from the same people behind the Hackney Half. In the meanwhile, the Big Smoke already has some great (and free) runs across its boroughs – in fact, we got some pros to walk us through them.  In response to the recent boom...