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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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Ivy growing over the walls of a ruined church
Things to Do

St Dunstan in the East: Free, and It Shuts at Dusk

The published hours say 7pm. The rule is 7pm or dusk, whichever is earlier, so in December the garden closes around four. The ruin, the history and the photography rule.

5 min read
A period dining room laid out as a museum exhibit
Things to Do

Museum of the Home: Free, and the Gardens Open on Mondays

The museum closes on Mondays but its Kingsland Road Gardens open seven days. Free entry opposite Hoxton station, with Columbia Road Flower Market seven minutes away.

5 min read
Cut flowers in metal buckets on a street market stall
Things to Do

Columbia Road Flower Market: Sundays, 8am to Three-ish

The nearest station is Hoxton, seven minutes away, not the twenty minute walk from Old Street that most guides send you on. Hours, the best time to arrive, and what it costs.

6 min read
Glowing laser tag vests in a darkened arena
Things to Do

Laser Tag in London: What Is Left, and What It Costs

Bunker 51's domain no longer resolves, Laser Quest Greenwich publishes no price, and the one central arena runs six players a session. The short list, checked at source.

7 min read
An axe embedded in the bullseye of a wooden throwing target
Things to Do

Axe Throwing in London: Where the Real Axes Are

Boom Battle Bar's Oxford Street site offers augmented reality axe throwing, not real axes. Where the four bookable lanes are, from 9 pounds a head, and the rule about drinking.

8 min read
A desk of clues with a typewriter and magnifying glass, the puzzle of an escape room
Things to Do

Escape Rooms in London: Why Two People Pay More Than Three

clueQuest charges a team of two 10 pounds more per person at weekends, Escape Hunt publishes no price at all, and HintHunt, the first in the country, has closed.

8 min read
Go karts lined up on the grid before a race
Things to Do

Go Karting in London: Prices, Minimums and Height Rules

TeamSport publishes no price on any of its six London track pages, its Docklands track is in Charlton, and every private event at Revolution Karting needs eight drivers.

9 min read
Pins standing at the end of a dimly lit ten pin bowling lane
Things to Do

Bowling in London: What a Game Costs at Four Venues

A game runs from 7.95 to 25 pounds. Rowans adds an admission fee on top and is over 21s only after 7pm, and All Star Lanes states its 10 pound late deal three different ways.

9 min read
A crazy golf course seen from above, with coloured kerbs around the greens
Things to Do

Crazy Golf in London: Prices, and Which Courses Are Shut

Both Plonk courses are temporarily closed and Junkyard London is now Ted's. What the open courses charge, and the Swingers slot rule that is not your playing time.

10 min read
Swinging a sledgehammer, the activity London's three rage rooms sell by the quarter hour
Things to Do

Rage Rooms in London: What Three Venues Actually Charge

None of London's three rage rooms is in central London, and 45 minutes costs 100 pounds at one and 45 at another. The prices, the age limits and the booking rules.

8 min read

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