The Time Out London blog team

The double Easter bank holiday is upon us! You’ve checked the weather (in short: it’s not great but not bad either), you’re ready for an Easter egg hunt, maybe you’re eyeing up some free stuff to see and do. So, how’re the trains looking? Due to the lack of commuters, the four-day stretch from Good Friday to Easter Monday is often a prime target for engineering works on London’s trains and tubes. This Easter weekend is no different: several major TfL services will be severely disrupted over the coming days. Notably, Euston will shut for six whole days. Worried about getting around the capital over the Easter bank holiday weekend? Here’s what you need to know about planned transport disruption. London Easter Bank Holiday 2025 tube and train closures, April 3-6 2026 Hammersmith & City line On Good Friday (April 3), Saturday April 4, Easter Sunday (April 5) and Easter Monday (April 6), no service on the entire line. District line On Fri Apr 3, Sat Apr 4, Sun Apr 5 and Mon Apr 6, no service between Earls Court and Kensington (Olympia) and no trains between Whitechapel and Upminster. Eastbound trains will not call at Barons Court until June. When travelling east, go one stop west (to Hammersmith) and bounce back east. Bakerloo line On Fri Apr 3 no trains between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. On Sat Apr 4 and Sun Apr 5, no service between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. On Mon Apr 6, no trains between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. ...

It’s been a huge few months for Pokémon fans in London. October’s official pop-up immersive experience at Outernet was followed by the rare merch drop at the Natural History Museum from January, which was in turn followed by the Pokémon Europe International Championships at the ExCeL in Feb.   Now the Pokémon Company International has unveiled another attraction in the Big Smoke. This time it’s a Pokémon-themed green space called a ‘Pokopia Garden’, which opened this week and will be welcoming visitors until September.   Photograph: The Pokémon Company International So, what exactly is a Pokopia Garden? Well, it’s linked to spin-off video game Pokémon Pokopia, which was released in March and combines Pokémon with elements of life simulator-style games like Animal Crossing and Minecraft. The IRL gardens feature a selection of flora and elements inspired by the game, from terrariums and living walls to planters. Photograph: The Pokémon Company International Better yet, the garden also contains virtual treasures for Pokémon fans. Players of Pokémon GO will be able to find new PokéStops and Gyms at Pokopia Gardens. London isn’t the only city with one of the gardens, with others popping up in Berlin and Paris. London’s Pokopia Garden can be found at Acton Mount in west London. It opened on March 31 and will be open to the public (and free to visit) until September 30 2026. The nearest train station is Acton Town. Pokopia Garden London. The Mount, Acton, W3 9NW. Get the...

World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants has unveiled its latest prestigious list, and several London steakhouses make the cut. Meat lovers, your time is now, as eight London steakhouses have been named in the new and appropriately blood-thirsty list of the 101 Best Steak Restaurants in the World for 2026. This list of the finest steakhouses known to humanity includes top rated London location; Ibai in Farringdon.  Ranking at number seven overall, the list singled out Ibai for being one of the most ‘distinctive grill-led restaurants in London, not because it tries to reinvent Basque tradition, but because it takes it seriously and applies it with judgement.’ High praise indeed. ‘Ibai knows exactly what it’s doing – if you take your meat seriously (and have the cash to spare), you’ll be booking a table now,’ said our own review.  The second highest ranking London steak restaurant was the brand new branch of Hawksmoor in St Pancras, which opened at the end of 2025, and we reviewed here. The new Hawksmoor can be found in the grand dining room at what is now the St Pancras Hotel, designed in 1873 by the daddy of gothic revival architects, Sir George Gilbert Scott. ‘The room is dramatic, but the cooking is not trying to match it with theatre. Classic cuts are treated seriously and served with the kind of accuracy that separates a good steak restaurant from a great one,’ said the 101 steak restaurants folk. Photograph: Zoilo Other London restaurants in the 101 ranking included Brat...