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Every guide we publish, newest first. London restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels, afternoon tea, spas and nightlife, each one checked against the venue's own published information rather than against other guides.
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We take no bookings, sell nothing, and accept no payment for inclusion. Where a price or a rule appears here, it came from the venue.
The Best Things to Do in London When You Have Three Nights, Not Five Days
Where to drink, eat and spend an evening in London, written for visitors with limited time and no interest in the tourist trail. Updated every month.
You Can Walk Into Christie’s for Nothing
Selling exhibitions are open to the public, free, Monday to Friday. The weekend hours that need a call, and the lift that is out.
The Shangri-La Sky Pool Is Free, but You Cannot Just Turn Up
A slot is required for the highest pool in Western Europe, adults swim until 6pm only, and children get two short windows.
Six Senses London: The Gym Is Open All Night, Supervised Until Eight
A 2,300 square metre spa with cryotherapy and a flotation pod, and a members club the hotel says is not for the public.
The Peninsula Gives You the Room From 6am, Free
Peninsula Time runs 6am to 10pm at no charge, when budget hotels charge for both. The pool four floors down, and what the hotel does not publish.
Every Way to Book Fairgame Has Gone Dark
Three parked domains, and the company that bought it does not list it among its 124 locations. What we could and could not verify.
The Beach That Bans Your Dog in August Welcomes It in November
Thanet and Brighton both restrict dogs from 1 May to 30 September. The full beach by beach list, and the eleven that never restrict them.
The Minecraft Experience No Longer Lists London
Six cities on the operator's site and none of them is here, with no closure notice. What it was, what it cost, and the buggy rule.
Trampoline Parks Have a Weight Limit Nobody Mentions
125kg, the compulsory grip socks you cannot substitute, the 30 minute arrival rule and the term-time days it is shut.
London’s Planetarium Is Closed, and the Observatory Shuts on 2 November
Where to see a planetarium show instead, what you can still visit before it closes, and why the 2028 reopening is not confirmed.
Whitehall Opens at 8am on Remembrance Sunday
Three hours before the silence, and entry closes once it fills. The 2026 timings, the screens, and the wheelchair enclosure you cannot book.
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Questions we get asked
How often is the guide updated?
Continuously, and each page records the month it was last checked rather than only the date it was first written. Opening hours and prices in London change often enough that an unchecked guide is worse than none.
How do you decide what goes in?
Every entry is verified against the venue's own published information, not against other guides. Nothing is included in exchange for payment, and nothing is excluded for refusing it.