Let the sounds of city life fade away as you visit Freightliners Farm in the heart of Islington. This is the UK's only urban farm with a completely [more...]

At Deen City Farm you'll find many rare breeds of familiar farm animals like cows, goats, pigs and sheep - but you'll also find more unusual animals, such as [more...]

Brooks Farm is inside Skeltons Lane Park in Leyton. It's a semi-working farm, so what's going on changes with the time of year - but with traditional breeds of [more...]

Mudchute Park & Farm is not just the biggest city farm in London - it's the biggest in the whole of Europe. Here, you'll find 31 acres of open space. In addition [more...]

...and a moo moo there - in this case, the moo moo is Jessie the Jersey cow and the 'there' is Wellgate Community Farm where she lives with Jasmine [more...]

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...]

Two acres of wild green space where you'd least expect it - the very centre of London - make Camley Street Natural Park very special indeed. A pond, meadow and [more...]

A nice little park doing its bit to keep London green. There are tennis courts, a cafe, a children's playground and a rose garden. More unusual delights include pond dipping, an animal enclosure, a butterfly tunnel and an organic nature [more...]

Everything you'd expect from a country fair - homemade jam, animals, fruit, flowers - in the middle of London. But there's more - mediaeval jousting, a parachute display, and a great reggae soundsystem. Find it all at Brockwell Park in [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/

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...]