Quite possibly the places you'd least expect to find in London, city farms are still great fun for all the family. City kids get to meet big animals and find out where food comes from - they may even be allowed to help out with simple [more...]

Kensington Roof Gardens is an acre and a half of gorgeous garden - a Spanish garden, a woodland garden and a Tudor garden - a hundred feet above Kensington High street.

The place is home to Sir Richard Branson's swanky restaurant [more...]

A lovely park with lots to see, including the Whippersnappers Club for kids, a miniature railway, a lovely walled garden and a delightful tea room in a restored Georgian mansion.

Tiptoe through the tulips... or the tulip trees. The 300 acres of Kew Gardens are divided into many areas covering different interests, and there are also some stunning buildings - the Orangery is famous but check out Kew Palace and the [more...]

These two woods lie on either side of Muswell Hill Road. Both are great for walking in (lots of leaves to kick through in autumn!) Highgate Wood opens out into a large grassed area - great for kicking around a football or playing [more...]

It's big, it's green and it's a great place to forget the stresses of big-city life. Take a frisbee, take a kite, or just go walking.

Roses. Lots of them - and all different kinds, too. The perfect place for a picnic, as long as you don't get hayfever!

A beautiful garden with a fascinating purpose - the gardens were started as a place to train apothecaries in the seventeenth century. Now it's a haven for all kinds of plants (and bees - you can buy their honey in the shop.) It's also a [more...]

Not as famous as London zoo, but still a great day out especially if you've got kids in tow. Don't miss Monkey Mayhem (feeding time for our closest rellies), although watching the otters and meerkats get fed is fun too.
http://www.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk/

London got a lot greener in the nineties, when this park was reclaimed from some pretty horrible wasteland. Now it's a haven for wildlife - flowers, insects, and animals - and place to relax, regenerate and appreciate the more serene [more...]

At the London Wetland Centre you can watch an astonishing range of birds and animals. You can do it the hard way, by walking the paths through the centre and by waiting in one of the specially designed hides - or the easy way, by [more...]

Go animal crackers at London Zoo. You'll find all the old favourites like the big cats, giraffes, chimps and penguins, but why not spend some time looking at the invertebrates - anything from spiders to jellyfish - turtles or [more...]

Wander through the London Aquarium looking at some of the most gorgeous creatures nature has to offer. If it's quiet, you can just chill out watching them - [more...]

Wild deer! In the middle of London! Well, okay, west London. But they’re still one of the most beautiful sights the city has to offer. You might even want to take a pair of binoculars to get a good look at them. Make a day of it - [more...]