Crane Park Island Nature Reserve is a haven for all kinds of rare and common wildlife in meadows, scrubland and reedbeds. There are marked paths round [more...]

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...]

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...]

This city farm has everything you'd expect in the way of animals, but also runs healthy cooking and dairying workshops, has three themed gardens and is participating in a project about endangered antelopes from Russia. You can help to [more...]

Stepney is home to Stepping Stones Farm, where you'll find a wonderful mixture of animals - everything from pigs and sheep to ducks, geese and chickens, [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...]

The puppeteers of the Little Angel Theatre opened up shop over forty years ago. They've been entertaining London's children - and adults - ever since. Join [more...]

This must be London's most poignant museum - it tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, the first place in London where women could leave babies they were unable to care for, and the philanthropists who began it.
The Foundling Museum.

All about the natural world, in one of the most beautiful buildings in London. Loads and loads for kids to do - the dinos are a must, from the replica diplodocus in the main hall to the animatronics that are generally close by. Great [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...]

The science museum might seem an odd place for a date, but it has plenty in it to get you talking! There's an actual Lunar Landing Module and a lot more about astronomy, if space is your thing. You can catch up on the latest debates [more...]