Out with kids in London, updated in January 2024

I will keep updating this blog as I hear or experience new activities in London that can please the whole family. All pink texts are clickable.

This is not a list for camps or drop off, but for family experiences. 

CLASSIC SIGHTSEEING

Kids bus tour

Cablecar in Greenwich

Boat trip from Westminster to Kew Gardens

Tower of London and visit of the crown jewel 

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES

The Balloon Museum: EmotionAir  Available in London until 18th February, and other cities

Frameless

Van Gogh

A new world immersive experience at AVORA

BBC earth experience (also in Melbourne!)

 Optical illusions at Twist museum

PLAYTIME:

Cute story telling playground at Story World

Arcade 2.0 for kids at Babylon Park, Camden

Bubble planet experience

OLDER KIDS / THRILLING EXPERIENCES:

Indoor skydiving

The London Dungeon

Stranger things on stage

F1 Go Karting experience

MUSEUMS:

The transport Museum

Royal Air Force Museum

SHOWS:

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria, until 3rd March

The Neighbour Totoro, until March 24

The Lion King

Matilda

See all on time out

DINNING

Inamo in Soho and Covent Garden (tactile tables with games)

Le Petit Chef

Hard Rock Cafe Picadilly Circus

Benihana (you sit around your own cook). In Chelsea and Covent Garden

AROUND LONDON

(less than 1 hour from central London by train)

Legoland Park in Windsor

To couple with a visit of the Windsor Castle (over 2 days)

Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio

Indoor skiing at the Snow Centre

I also recommend Margate for a Beach day