EASTER: TOP THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS THIS MARCH
- Feb 27
- 16 min read
London's Best Family Experiences in or near London this March 2026
Finally, SPRING - longer days, fewer thermals, and fizzier children.
We have dispatched our crack team of boredom-banishers to find the most egg-cellent things to do with kids this March and Easter Holidays in (or near) London.
From new Disney experiences, Pixar adventures, Mr Men, & Little Miss events, to the best egg hunts, Peppa Pig Easter bus fun, bunny hunts, fairytale expeditions, and cuddles with the cutest Spring animals.
Our top picks include a gaggle of free events and there’s something to entertain (and wear out) every flavour of child.
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Disney on Ice – Into the Magic
Your favourite Disney stories are brought to life on the ice in this lavish ice skating production.
Sing along with Miguel from Coco, watch Moana’s ocean adventure on her boat, and celebrate the magic of courage, love and adventure with Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen stars and, of course, Minnie and Mickey.
OVO Arena Wembley, Arena Square, Engineers Way, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 0AA. 25 – 29 March. From £25.50
Mundo Pixar Experience
Set in a purpose-built venue in Wembley Park, this exhibition spans more than 3,500 square metres, and features 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 has arrived 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
Mr. Men & Little Miss at Battersea Power Station
The iconic Power Station is transforming into a Station of Stories for a year-long programme of literary events, creative workshops and immersive experiences in celebration of The National Year of Reading.
It kicks off on World Book Day (5 March) when Mr. Men & Little Miss take over the station with a live draw-along, treasure hunt featuring eight hidden characters and prizes, as well as a weekend of free family activities encouraging kids to engage with books through play.
Battersea Power Station, 44 Electric Boulevard, Battersea Power Station, London SW11 8BJ. 5-8 March
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 29 March
Peppa Pig’s Egg-stra Special Afternoon Tea Bus
Every day over Easter, Brigit’s Bakery will take hungry piglets on a bus tour of London, brimming with themed treats, including Suzy Sheep’s Chocolate Truffle Sprinkled with confetti, and Mummy Pig’s Strawberry Macaron. There are built in tablets on every table, to bring the tour to life with an animated, Peppa Pig guided tour as you pass the landmarks.
Departing from Temple Embankment (Bus stop N). 28 March - 26 April. From £50/adult, £42/child
Audley End Easter Special
Hop onto the miniature train - outside Saffron Walden, Essex - and ride deep into the enchanted Audley End woods to visit the Easter bunny in his farmyard home. Along the route through the magical forest, kids can use I Spy sheets to spot bunnies burrowing in the undergrowth, colourful eggs and spring chicks.The train stops at the Easter bunny’s burrow, where children will meet the full-sized rabbit and his furry friends, who will give each child a special gift. The next stop is the Easter Trail, where families can wander through pathways to spot springtime animals, nests and eggs. You can check out a village of tiny fairy homes and plant flowers with a life-sized fairy. The Easter entertainment continues in the picnic field, where children can explore the adventure play area and watch Violet the Fairy on the stage.
Eggsellent food and drink will be available at the Woodland Cafe all day with seasonal treats.
Audley End Miniature Railway, Audley End Road, Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4JB. 28 March - 12 April. Adults and children over 92cm from £19. Children under 92cm from £9.50. Under ones go free.
The Lindt Gold Bunny Hunt at Hampton Court Palace
Seek out the Lindt Gold Bunny and discover the stories of fascinating people who visited, lived and worked at Hampton Court Palace on this 90 minute trail.
Run free in the 60 acres of Henry VIII's gardens to find the hidden Lindt statues. Match the name of the trail's palace characters to the red ribbon on the bunny statue at each location and uncover a fascinating story.
Your rabbit rummaging will be rewarded with a 10g Lindy Gold Bunny, with non-choc rewards available on request.
Families can also encounter historical characters from the trail, brought to life by costumed performers. Tickets include entry to the palace, maze, magic gardens, and courtyards.
Hampton Court Palace, Hampton Ct Way, Molesey, East Molesey KT8 9AU. 21 March - 12 April. Adults from £28. Kids from £14. Under 5s go FREE
Spring into Easter at Kent Life Heritage Park
Turn the cute dial up to eleven with a visit to Cuddle Corner to find lambs and goat kids gulping bottles of milk and fluffles of bunnies. Then track down the Easter Bunny at the Maidstone farm, jump aboard its gloriously bumpy tractor, watch 'fun farmers’ performing in the Big Top, make Easter bonnets for a parade and create Easter pots in the Paint-a-Pot Studio.As well as the bunny, you can also discover an entire, Vintage Village from World War II, complete with 1930s and 1950s decor and an Anderson shelter.
Kent Life Heritage Park. Lock Ln, Maidstone ME14 3AU 5 - 20 April. 10am - 5pm. £11.70 pp. Family £43, Members Free
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)
Vintry & Mercer - Circus Afternoon Tea
Roll up, Roll up and experience this 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
British Library – Fairy Tales
Pack your magic beans for a magical adventure in this new interactive exhibition.
Explore enchanted lands, magical creatures, iconic characters and timeless tales, brought to life through books, theatre costumes, puppets, pop-ups, artwork and illustrations.
From the deep dark forest to the royal palace, set off on a journey through a fairy tale world. Sit down at the Three Bears' breakfast table, tell the genie your wish, and smell the wicked witch’s potions
British Library, 96 Euston Rd., London NW1 2DB. 27 March – 23 August. £13.50 (peak) and £11.50 (off-peak)
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
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
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
Phantom Peak
The world's first, fully immersive open-world adventure has 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 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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