July 2025: As any Londoner worth their salt will attest, summer in the capital is one of the best times to be in the city, and July is when the season finally gets into full swing. Festival season is going strong, the beer gardens are buzzing, balmy evenings in the park or by the canal are back on the agenda, and the lidos and magical wild swimming spots are beckoning.
This month, look out for some of the totem events of the Great British Summer, including the London Pride parade, Wimbledon Tennis Championships and British Summer Time Festival, plus the Women’s Euros 2025 and Wireless festival and Junction 2. It’s also open-air theatre season and time for eating alfresco at some of London’s best restaurants.
No matter what your vibe, tastes or interests, there is always something to do in London. Whether you want to see cutting-edge art exhibitions, iconic attractions, secret spots, world-beating theatre, stunning green spaces, it’s all here and you can probably fit all this in and more still barely feel like you’ve scratched the surface of the city. And that’s before you factor in all those historic London pubs, the latest must-visit restaurants and vibrant LGBTQ+ venues. And if you need somewhere to stay? Check out London’s best hotels or Airbnbs.
This London bucket list (curated by our editors and always hotly debated in the Time Out office) is a good place to start because exploring this city can be a little daunting. There truly is something for everyone here.
And if you want to know what’s happening in London, like, right now, check out things to do in London this week and things to do in London this weekend. After a few days pottering about in the capital, you’ll be more than ready to reel off Dr Samuel Johnson’s famous quote: ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’
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