TOP 50 LONDON KID'S EVENTS THIS FEBRUARY AND HALF-TERM
- Jan 28
- 19 min read
Updated: Feb 23
The Capital's BEST Family Experiences this February 2026
We're taking the argh out of half-term with our guide to AMAZING things to do with kids this February and half-term - the only pickle is they might not want to go back to school, afterwards.
From children’s festivals, a brand NEW Pixar experience, free Chinese New Year celebrations, Beano mischief, Machu Picchu adventures, Horrible Histories, amazing new family theatre shows, draw-alongs, and circus afternoon teas, to free LGBTQ festivals, Wallace & Gromit, Samurais, mud, and deep sea adventures.
It might be our best February guide, yet...
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Imagine Festival
One of our favourite children’s festivals turns 24 in February, but it has no intention of growing up and will be entertaining children during half-term with a gaggle of events, many of which are FREE.
From 11-21 February, Southbank Centre’s annual arts festival for children aged 0-11 will explode with events, spanning theatre, dance, music, poetry, literature, art and trails.
Highlights include the world premiere of Mrs Armitage on Wheels, the musical adaptation of the hit Quentin Blake CBBC animated show; Horrible Histories: The Concert, a draw-along with Tom Gates creator Liz Pichon, and the only UK date of CBBC superstars, Andy and the Odd Socks' tour.
Imagine Festival. 11-21 February. Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Mixture of FREE and paid events
Mundo Pixar Experience
The London premiere of the world’s largest immersive exhibition celebrating the beloved Pixar Animation Studio, will launch on Feb 13, just in time for half-term.
Set in a purpose-built venue in Wembley Park, the exhibition will span more than 3,500 square metres, and will feature 14 Pixar universes including over 25 sculptures, inviting guests to explore meticulously recreated environments from “Toy Story”, “Monsters, Inc.”, “Cars”, “Finding Nemo”, “Inside Out”, “Coco”, “Up”, and many more fan favourites. Each space combines detailed set design, ambient music, and specially crafted scents to immerse visitors in Pixar’s most beloved stories.
It arrives in London, following record-breaking success in Brazil, Mexico, Belgium and Spain, where it welcomed over 3.2 million visitors.
Mundo Pixar Experience, Wembley Park, London. 13 February - June. Open daily except Tuesdays. Tickets from £19
Mrs Armitage on Wheels
The musical adaptation of the hit, Quentin Blake CBBC show makes its world premiere at The Southbank this February, as part of Imagine Festival.
Directed and adapted by Samantha Lane - artistic director of our favourite puppet wizards, Little Angel Theatre - it tells the tale of Mrs Armitage, a brilliant and eccentric inventor whose wild and wonderful creations are always remarkably useful.
When she and her faithful dog Breakspear set off on a quiet bike ride to visit cousin Angela, she can’t stop thinking of ways to improve her bike. But after adding horns, snack trays, umbrellas, a dog bed and even a sail, will she ever get there?
Featuring puppetry and live music, this brand-new musical celebrates the power of imagination and the importance of community.
Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX. 18 - 21 February. For ages 3-8. Tickets from £22 + £3.50 booking fee
Beano Mischief at the Tower of London
Calling all Minxes and Menances, Dennis and his Beano chums are coming to The Tower of London this half-term, for a time-traveling adventure.
When Dennis, Minnie, Harsha, Rubi and Gnasher are late for a school trip to the Tower, they turn their go-kart into a time machine. It doesn’t quite go to plan and the pals find themselves flying through time and crash landing at the Tower - warping time and space in the process.
Vital pieces of the go-kart have fallen off and they need your help locating them around the Tower so they can repair the tangled timeline and get back home to Beanotown. Kids also receive a special Beano comic strip with clues for finding the pieces, meeting characters along the way.
The Tower of London, 14 - 22 February. Tickets £35.80/adult, £17.90/child
Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City
Step into the world's first free-roam VR expedition to explore the Seventh Wonder, Machu Picchu— travelling back 450 years to the golden age of the Incan Empire.
Explore sacred temples, vibrant plazas, and mythical landscapes brought to life through cinematic storytelling and cutting-edge technology.
Following its success in countries like America, Germany, and Singapore, the exhibition welcomes visitors on a stunning adventure to the Peruvian Andes, unlocking access to a world long lost to time.
Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City. First Floor - W12 Shopping Centre, Shepherd's Bush Grn, W12 8PP. Tickets from Until 28 February.
Horrible Histories: The Concert
For the very first time, your favourite songs and actors from the BAFTA Award-winning CBBC TV series appear live (and dead) on stage in this brilliantly horrible show.
When William Shakespeare is asked to create the greatest show on earth, he’s no idea how much trouble he’ll get from monstrous monarchs like King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria.
Things hot up when Death appears – and now Boudica and Cleopatra want to take over. Can things get any worse? Of course they can.
As part of Imagine Festival, sing along with the show’s stars to its hit songs, like Stupid Deaths, Charles II, Dick Turpin, and The Monarch's Song. We’re royally excited.
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX. 17 February. Tickets from £18 plus £3.50 booking fee
The Jolly Postman at the Postal Museum
Celebrate 40 years of much loved children’s book, The Jolly Postman in this interactive exhibition, at the Postal Museum.
Join the Jolly Postman on his rounds with letters for some very familiar faces, from Goldilocks to the Big Bad Wolf.
Wander through the woods to the Three Bears’ cottage, deliver ‘royal mail’ to Cinderella at the palace, or dare to peek inside the Wicked Witch’s gingerbread bungalow – there are magical surprises to discover at every stop.
The Postal Museum, 15-20 Phoenix Place, London, WC1X 0DA. From £18.50/adult, £11/child (2-15)
An Afternoon with Liz Pichon
Fans of Liz Pichon’s multi-million bestselling Tom Gates series can join the author and illustrator for a live draw-along.
As part of Imagine Festival, Pichon will celebrate 15 years of Tom Gates and The Mubbles graphic novels, with stories and doodles, to share how she brings her characters to life.
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX. Tickets from £14 plus £3.50 booking fee, as part of Imagine Festival
Vintry & Mercer - Circus Afternoon Tea
Roll up, Roll up and experience the new Circus Afternoon Tea, bringing the colour and magic of the big top to the heart of the City.
The theatrical kid’s afternoon tea includes Big Top, Carousel and Bobo the Clown pastries; popping candy cherry apples, scones, ringmaster’s chocolate drinks and savouries.
Grown ups enjoy the sweet treats above, plus dreamy roast beef in Yorkshire pudding, truffled egg mayonnaise brioche, coronation chicken with mango chutney, and smoked salmon blinis.
Step right up for this delicious adventure.
Vintry & Mercer, 19-20 Garlick Hill, London EC4V 2AU. £54.50/adult; £39.50/child
Mudfest
Stomp, splash and squelch with this mud-tastic February half-term event.
Kids can embrace the mess and enjoy the marvellous side of mud, with hands on activities, from mud kitchens, mud art, meeting the muddy wetland birds, nest building, mud tree guardian and seed bomb making.
WWT London Wetland Centre, Queen Elizabeth Walk, London SW13 9WT. 14-22 February. From 10.58/child, £16.29/adult
Out at Sea FREE LGBTQ+ Festival
National Maritime Museum’s brilliant, family celebration of LGBTQ+ history month returns on 7 February.
Children can enjoy drag queen story time with Mama G, make flags of belonging, mini pocket portraits, watch live performances and film screenings for all ages with a fabulous line-up of queer historians, artists and performers.
For half-term, from 15-20 February, the queer fun continues with a gaggle of fun family events and hands on activities.
National Maritime Museum, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF. FREE, Out at Sea on 7 February and half-term events 15-20 February
Elizabeth I’s Great Gift-Off
Queen Elizabeth I has demanded a gift and the whole palace is desperate to obey.
Discover live performances across the palace in this royal quest, meeting courtiers with an intriguing mix of ideas, from dancing and poetry to, erm, toilets.
Gather information about the queen and her world, then meet her yourself to see if you win with a fabulous gift idea of your own.
Hampton Court Palace, Hampton Ct Way, Molesey, East Molesey KT8 9AU. 14 - 22 February. Included in palace admission (Members go free)
Crystal Maze - NEW Ocean Zone
Following years of fan requests to bring the iconic TV show’s underwater world to life, The Crystal Maze has launched the NEW Ocean Zone.
Complete with working periscopes, maritime charts and a dramatic descent through a submarine hatch, the new zone is brimming with challenges.
This half-term, there’s 50% off all family ticket packages, who can work together through the adventure maze, before the eventual victory in the legendary Crystal Dome.
The Crystal Maze Live Experience, 22 - 32 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 7EU. From £79pp or £71pp family tickets, with 50% off over half-term
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends
To celebrate Aardman’s 50th anniversary, peek behind the scenes of stop-motion animation and explore how iconic characters ar brought to life - from Wallace & Gromit to Shaun the Sheep and Morph.
Young V&A Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PA. From 12 February. From £11/pp
Voyage to the Deep - Underwater Adventures
Inspired by Jules Verne’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Seas’, board the legendary ‘Nautilus’ submarine and embark on an extraordinary underwater adventure.
Crawl through shipwrecks, decode ancient secrets in Atlantis, and weave through towering kelp forests.
Meet a giant squid and spot camouflaged reef creatures as you explore vibrant underwater worlds.
Then dive into interactive challenges, collecting deep-sea specimens, and testing your skills as a submariner, exploring the unknown.
Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Rd, London SE23 3PQ. £19.80/adult, £7/child. 13 February - 1 November
FREE Half-Term Hands on History Events
Dig into the past this February half term with a week of hands-on history.
Shape your own clay Roman pot, craft shiny Viking brooches and dive into captivating tales from the past in these fun, free family events exploring what mudlarking has taught us about our history.
London Museum Docklands, No 1, West India Quay, Hertsmere Rd, London E14 4AL. 14 - 20 February. FREE.
Shakespeare’s Globe Family Workshops
This half-term, children can bring a gaggle of Shakespeare’s iconic plays to life, from Hamlet and Twelfth Night to Macbeth, at the Globe.
Using a range of activities and games to draw out the play’s language, characters and themes, the session will bring you together with other families, led by the Globe’s actors and directors, to dive inside these enduring tales.
Shakespeare’s Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, London SE1 9DT. £10
RAF Museum: STEM Week
The Bubbly Maths Show and Laser Tag come to this year’s STEM Week at Royal Air Force Museum.
Curious kids and grown ups can enjoy aviation magic, along with giant bubbles and a laser tag mission, throughout February half term.
RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5LL. 14 - 22 February. £6.50/ticket
Meet The Gruffalo & The Gruffalo’s Child
Take a trip through the deep, erm, Garden of England on a steam train adventure to meet The Gruffalo and his hairy sproglet.
Board the Kent & East Sussex Railway at Tenterden, where children receive a complimentary activity sheet, storybook, crayon, biscuit and juice to enjoy during the journey.
Back at the station, the mouse-bothering duo will be waiting to meet families and pose for photos
Kent & East Sussex Railway, Tenterden Town Station, Station Rd, Tenterden TN30 6HE. From £15/child, £25/adult. 18 & 19 February.
Samurai
Discover the reality behind a millennium of myth about the legendary Japanese warriors, in this major new exhibition.
It explores the real men and women whom we know as samurai, from the battlefields of medieval Japan to the global pop culture of today.
The British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG. 3 February - 4 March. £23/adult, under 16s FREE
West End - London’s Chinese New Year Festival - FREE
Hundreds of thousands of people will head to the West End for the largest gathering of Chinese lions and dragons in Europe, and more than 50 colourful New Year Parade floats.
There are also free stage shows in Trafalgar Square - featuring martial arts and dances to Chinese pop. The family zone in Leicester Square will host craft, arts and dress-up sessions.
The celebrations close with a show-stopping fireworks and lion dance display, lighting up Trafalgar Square.
Chinese New Year Festival. Through Charing Cross Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, Chinatown, Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square.21 - 22 February. FREE
Year of the Horse at Greenwich Peninsula
Greenwich Peninsula will welcome the Year of the Horse with a vibrant celebration of East and Southeast Asian culture and traditions.
Expect acrobatic Lion and Dragon dances in Peninsula Square, The Splendours of Henan exhibition at Firepit Art Gallery; hands-on workshops like woodblock printing, calligraphy and Chinese knot-braiding; live music and the Eternal Market - a vibrant Pan Asian showcase featuring contemporary and traditional fare, brimming with delicious food, unique crafts, and community traders.
Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10. 21 February. FREE - £10. 12-5pm
Chinese New Year in Camden Town
Camden Town will celebrate Chinese New Year with a FREE day-long festival, brimming with live music, dance, Kung Fu, Beijing Opera, and family-friendly workshops.
Global food stalls, artistic installations, and traditional decor complete this spectacular celebration of Chinese culture.
Camden Market, 54-57 Camden Lock Place, London, NW1 8AF. 21 February. FREE.
Replay: A Limitless Recycled Playground
Part installation, part adventure playground, REPLAY is a space built entirely out of waste materials repurposed for fun by The Herd Theatre, which children can transform in any way their imaginations lead them.
Everything here can be moved, changed, combined, worn and reimagined, for kids to build their own worlds, invent games and leave ideas for players to come. It’s designed for all ages, with designated sessions grouped by age.
Replay. The Royal Festival Hall. 14 Jan – 12 April Tickets from £7.50
LAST CHANCE Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue
The European premiere of the new Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue invites fans of all ages to team up and become heroes, rescuing a village under siege from zombies, in an interactive adventure through seven Minecraft zones.
Adventurers are given glowing, vibrating and colour-changing orbs to gather vital ingredients for a life saving potion to save villagers; battle blocky Creepers, and craft buildings.
The high octane quest has made quite the impression on our readers, with a highlight being a real-life “the floor is lava” game, leaping across molten magma to reach the fort.
Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue. Corner Corner, Maritime Street, London, SE16 7LL. Until 1 February
Phantom Peak
The world's first, fully immersive open-world adventure has adventure and fun for kids and grown-ups, who can explore a fully realised, 30,000 square foot Steampunk town inhabited by quirky characters and brimming with mysteries and stories.
Over four plus hours, they can go on adventure of their choosing, perhaps strolling along the canal getting the gossip from locals, or even launching a career as the town’s resident criminal? Then enjoy food and drink in the Wild-West themed Thirsty Frontier Saloon, interact with immersive sets, technology, and live actors.
Phantom Peak, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 7PJ
Thames Rockets Rocket Rebel
Take the family aboard the Rocket Rebel, Thames Rockets’ biggest, fastest and most eco-friendly new sightseeing speedboat to tear up the Thames.
The capital’s first ever 26-seater speedboat is half rollercoaster, half tour and features a medley of singalong anthems during the 60-minute adventure, and fun facts.
The big sell for kids is when the 880 horsepower engines rev up to catapult them up to speeds of 35 miles per hour.
Thames Rockets, Rocket Rebel, The London Eye Pier, Boarding Gate 1, SE1 7PB. Adults £69.95 pp. Kids £59.95 pp
Kedi Studio
This unique, splatter paint experience is the perfect way to entertain and inspire Jackson Pollock Jrs.
The innovative art studio welcomes all ages and skill levels to enjoy the thrill and freedom of creative expression in their colourful Splat Room.
They provide the protective smock and shoes, stretched canvas and paints and kids provide the creativity - splashing, splattering, spraying, and throwing paint - in exactly the way they’re not allowed at home - to create their masterpiece, ready to take home in a custom box.
Kedi Studio, Arch 91 Tiverton St, London SE1 6FX. Every Thursday-Monday. From £45.
Ride the UK’s Longest Toboggan Run
Take on the country’s epic, 740 metre toboggan run through pretty scenery for under a tenner.
Chatham Snowboard Centre’s toboggan run invites everybody aged four up to whizz around its metal course, for an adrenaline-packed experience with low skills and big thrills.
And the cheeky bonus is that if your child is under 7, you get two rides together for £9.
Chatham Snowsports Centre, John Nike Leisuresport Alpine Park, Capstone Rd, Chatham ME7 3JH. £9 for two toboggan rides (adults ride free with kids under 7) £17.50 for five rides.
Bella the Tower Bridge Cat Trail
Two and four legged guests can go on a feline trail at the London landmark, meeting character from the popular Bella the Tower Bridge Cat books and tottering across its astonishing glass walkways, 42 metres above the Thames.
The cat trail is open all year, for people (as well as pets) and is a fabulous adventure for little ones, filled with fascinating history, as they get their Apprenticeship Records stamped by characters along the way.
And keep your eyes peeled for the famous feline's birthday celebrations, when they turn up the meowsic and get the pawty started.
Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 2UP. Daily, 9.30am - 6pm. Included with your ticket - £6.70 kids, £13.40 adults.
Young Driver
Kids from just 4 to 17 can get behind the wheel of a car and drive themselves around the bend, instead of their parents.
Under 9s drive specially created (and impossibly cute) mini electric sports cars, and over 9s drive real dual-controlled cars with fully qualified instructors.
Lessons are fun, safe and help develop road skills that last a lifetime. The emphasis is on creating a safer next generation of drivers, and reducing the number of accidents newly qualified drivers have - for those taking part it's just lots of fun and a great confidence boost.
Young Driver. 70 Venues across the country, including Kent and the South East, like Bluewater and the South of England Showground
F1 Driving, Skywalks and Tours at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Little adrenaline junkies can get their kicks at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with a hat trick of high octane tours, from The Dare Skywalk - climbing to the top of the stadium, 46.8m above the pitch - to the UK’s first controlled descent from a stadium, once at the top. Plus a Stadium Tour for those who want to keep their feet on the ground. They can also experience a high tech Formula 1 driving experience, with an exciting track layout and LED steering wheels.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 782 High Rd, London N17 0BX
The Paddington Bear Immersive Experience
Everybody’s favourite, Peruvian bear has had the immersive treatment, with The Paddington Bear™ Experience.
The marmalade-addled, interactive adventure across more than 26,000 square feet of Southbank’s London County Hall invites guests into a series of themed rooms, inspired by iconic locations from the Paddington stories.
Fittingly, it kicks off at Paddington Station, where guests will be greeted by a friendly Station Master and taken on a colourful train journey through London’s most famous landmarks, to the Browns’ charming, No. 32 Windsor Gardens home.
Once inside the famous, tree-adorned hallway, guests will embark on a multi-sensory adventure to help the Brown family and Paddington prepare for the all-important Marmalade Day Festival.
The Paddington Bear™ Experience, London County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7PB. Adult tickets £34pp. Children (2-15) £24. Under 2s go FREE
Science Museum Astronights Sleepover
Budding scientists (aged 7-11) can spend the night at The Science Museum, exploring the museum out-of-hours, sleeping among space rockets, a Moon rock or in the world’s largest medical galleries. Young campers will experience the ultimate sleepover, with an evening full of activities, including science shows and interactive workshops.
This year’s Astronights programme is supported by official sponsor TEMPUR®, who will gift all campers a travel pillow to help budding scientists get some rest during this exciting night.The following morning, campers can refuel at breakfast, before exploring Wonderlab, their interactive gallery, with hands-on exhibits and immersive experiences, and catch a 3D documentary on their giant IMAX screen.
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD. Dates vary, £70pp standard, £100 VIP.
Monster Funfair at Discover Children's Story Centre
Stratford's immersive, sprog-storytelling Mecca has launched its new family adventure, taking visitors through a fantastical circus tent and into the woods. In amongst the trees you’ll find an amazing, marvellous, EXTRAORDINARY… Monster Funfair!
Created with the award-winning Nadia Shireen, this magical world also has a fairground mystery to solve – just who has stolen ALL the candyfloss?
Discover Children's Story Centre is brimming with entertainment across three floors, plus a wonderfully imaginative Story Garden. Creep through caves, find fairy worlds within magical trees, explore hidden ships, perform in a puppet castle, leap over alligators and man your own spaceships and rockets across two floors.
Discover Children's Story Centre 383-387 High St, London E15 4QZ. Ages 0-8
Art in the Docks - FREE
There are FREE art classes every Saturday morning at Art in the Docks, which can be booked online, with 30 spots for each class. Children are encouraged to use their imagination and gain confidence in a nurturing environment, hosted by ceramic artist Mariana Alemany. The classes are suitable for all ages, and all materials and equipment will be provided.
Art in the Docks, 25 Shackleton Way, London, E16 2XJ. Every Saturday. 10am-12pm. FREE.
iFly Childrens’ Skydive
Anybody from the age of 3 to 103 can experience the superpower of flight at iFly, as long as they can comfortably wear a helmet.
The instructors allow children to safely feel the sensation of an exhilarating, 12,000 ft free-fall and flight, without jumping out of a plane.
Along with watching the instructor perform a mesmerising dance on air inside the vertical wind tunnel, your family can enjoy the extraordinary sensation of weightlessness, soaring around the glass tube and unlocking a core memory of their newfound super powers.
iFLY London at The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX. Tickets and vouchers to fly can be purchased by clicking here and are available from £69.99 per person
Slimy Gootopia Sessions
Slime is a gloopy rite of passage for every child - parents quickly learn the art of removing it from hair and unwitting pets and it’s up there with ice cream in the kiddie delight department. Enter stage left: Gootopia, which brings its gloopy joy to Brixton and Lewisham. The venues have shelves of ready-made slime, slime ingredients, activator, and their ‘goo-to-go’ slime vending machine. They also offer a range of activities and experiences for kids of all ages, including slime workshops, birthday parties, school science workshops, drop-in slime-making sessions and live slime-making demonstrations by goo alchemists
Gootopia. Brixton and Lewisham locations.
Power Up at the Science Museum
Following five successful runs, Power Up will make its permanent home at the Science Museum from July, allowing visitors to try over 160 consoles and hundreds of the very best video games, all year long. With the new Power Up annual passes, visitors can return whenever they fancy, to journey through the world of gaming. Experience the evolution of gaming – from classics such as Pong and Street Fighter to the latest PlayStation and Xbox – while discovering the science and history behind gaming’s most iconic developments.
Power Up Ticketed, daily passes: £10, annual passes: £15 . Age: 5+. Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
Avora Family Experience
Up an unassuming, Shoreditch street is a secret portal to another planet. And on school holidays and Sundays, you can take your kids for a well-deserved break from Earth, on planet Avora.
This otherworldly adventure will see you encounter scientists, mocktails, aliens, army villains and closes with a child-pleasing, farty finale.
Avora: Family Immersive Adventure 5C, 127 Hackney Road, London, E2 8GY. Sundays, 12pm – 3:30pm. School Holiday weekdays. £24.50 per child (6-13) £29.50 per adult.
Play Captain on a GoBoat River Picnic
If you’re looking for somewhere to spend a genuinely relaxing few hours for parents and children (plus dogs, if you have one) we recommend a GoBoat trip.
You can enjoy a picnic as captain of your own, electric boat through Canary Wharf, Paddington, Kingston, Thames Ditton or Birmingham.
GoBoat UK, Open 7 days a week from 9am - dusk. Prices start from £85 for 1 hour and £125 for two hours on the 8-person boats. GoBoat Canary Wharf, 22 Churchill Place, London, E14 5RE
Paddington Afternoon Tea Bus Tour
Brigit's Bakery official Paddington Bear afternoon tea bus tour has built-in screens, so that Paddington and Mrs Bird can provide an animated guide to the tour, which includes some of Paddington's favourite landmarks, like Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Nelson’s Column, Downing Street, St. Paul's Cathedral, Borough Market, Green Park and Piccadilly Circus. The tour takes just under two hours, while you scoff treats including glittering shortbreads, designed to look like nibbled marmalade sandwiches, mini pizzas, smoked salmon and cucumber pretzels, turkey ham and cheddar or cream cheese and cucumber finger sandwiches and naturally, marmalade sandwiches. And for those who share the bear’s sweet tooth, the homemade sweet treats included a rice pudding studded with chocolate honeycomb, chocolate cupcakes crowned with Paddington’s chocolate paws, lemon meringue tarts, chocolate macarons and freshly baked scones with cream and jam. Brigit’s Bakery also provide vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal afternoon teas.
Paddington Afternoon Tea Bus tour Departs from Trafalgar Square, Wednesdays to Sundays. Prices from £45 adult, £35 child.
Whizz Down Zip World London's ArcelorMittal Orbit
How about hurling your children down the world’s tallest slide? The 178m long ArcelorMittal Orbit was the iconic landmark of the 2012 London Olympics and is now an attraction with three adventure experiences. Families can speed down the winding slide, abseil, or walk around the glass orbit at the top. You can also pretend it's a high-brow, cultural experience, because the orbit is also a sculpture by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond. And it beats the usual views of grubby swings and bins, because here you can check out the stunning views of Queen Elizabeth Park. To ride the slide, children must be at least eight years old and over 1.3m.
Zip World London, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 5 Thornton St, London E20 2AD. From £10.75.
Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience
Originally climbed when the ship first arrived to Greenwich in 1954, visitors can now recreate this, by clambering up the famous masts of the Cutty Sark.The Rig Climb Experience invites kids and brave parents to step up from the main deck onto the ship’s ratlines and climb up its top mast, as hundreds of sailors did during the Cutty Sark’s heyday. Once at the top, climbers will experience a controlled descent from the rigging. Participants will be rewarded with some of the best views in London, overlooking St Paul’s Cathedral, The Shard and Tower Bridge.
Cutty Sark King William Walk, London SE10 9H
Snot, Sick and Scabs at the Centre of the Cell
Deliciously disgusting and sneakily educational centre in a futuristic, light-studded pod suspended above the laboratories of the Blizard Institute in Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Children can learn about the heart, teeth or senses, see scientists at work and enjoy their delightfully vile ‘Snot, Sick and Scabs’ session.
Centre of the Cell, 4 Newark St, London E1 2AT
Out-of-Hours at the British Museum
Your little ones can walk in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks, Pharoahs or journey through the cultures of China at The British Museum's family-friendly, out-of-hours tours. Taking place between 8.50 – 10am, before the galleries are open to the public, you can beat the unsavoury crowds. And from 4 - 25 March, children can explore Roman history through Minecraft, create a Japan-themed family photo (11 March) and make mosaic masks inspired by the Aztec gods on 18 March.
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG. Under fives go free. £16.50 for 5-15 year olds. £33 Adults
Monopoly Lifesized
Go big or go home… or straight to jail at Monopoly Lifesized, an immersive, on-your-feet version of the classic, family game, played on a 15m x 15m lifesized Monopoly board. Enter the 4D experience and compete in challenges for your chance to buy properties. Stage a heist in Mayfair, compete against a clock to build some of London’s iconic buildings, solve a baffling murder mystery or step into the world of codebreakers. The 80-minute experience is suitable for kids from 9 and older and is open every day except Mondays.
Monopoly Lifesized, 213-215 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7PS. Tickets £49 pp
Holiday to Space at Royal Observatory Greenwich
Join Ted and Plant as they explore the Solar System in search of the best place to take a holiday in an intergalactic morning adventure, including a planetarium show and interactive workshop. Recommended Age: 3 - 6 yrs. Open 10am-5pm daily
Royal Observatory Greenwich Park, Blackheath Avenue SE10 8XJ
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