London guide
Not a list of everything. The exhibitions, rooftops, free museums and markets we actually send guests to, with the practical detail that makes them work — and what to skip.
Digital art, hands-on galleries and the odd underground railway — the ones worth the ticket, and the free ones.
Guide · Interactive and immersive
Three places where the art is the whole room, walls and floor included. One is free and you walk in off the street; the other two sell timed slots and are worth booking a few days ahead.
Free sky gardens, hills with the skyline laid out, and the terraces that do not need a membership.
Guide · Rooftops and views
Sky Garden, Horizon 22 and The Lookout are all free, all inside City office towers, and all release their tickets on a Monday. How each one works, and which to pick for sunset.
The house museums, university collections and recent openings locals send friends to, beyond the big six.
Guide · Free museums worth the detour
A Regency architect's house on Lincoln's Inn Fields, a university zoology room that only opens in the afternoon, a health museum opposite Euston and a private art collection behind Oxford Street. All free, all walk-in, all a couple of tube stops apart.
Camden and the ones worth the trip: which day, which hour, which stall.
Guide · Markets
Camden, Borough, Portobello and Greenwich: the days to go, the hours that catch people out, and what to skip.
Something missing? Ask us — the guide grows from the questions guests send.
