London
Culture
Gyms, pools, restaurants, museums, playgrounds and parks — pick a type, then narrow it down.
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Free entryTarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5Museum·Indoor
Hackney Museum
Local stories of Hackney — closed for refurbishment until 2027.
- Tue, Wed, Fri 09:30–17:30 · Thu 09:30–20:00 · Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun–Mon closed · holidays closed
- hackney-museum.hackney.gov.uk
- 6.5 km from the city centre
Free entryMuseum·Indoor
Museum of Methodism
Museum on Methodism's history, with John Wesley's Georgian house next door.
- City Road 49, EC1Y 1AU London · District Islington
- wesleysheritage.org.uk
Free entryShadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0Museum·Indoor
Science Museum
Free museum, limited access.
- Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00
- sciencemuseum.org.uk
- 3.5 km from the city centre
- Changing
Free entryMuseum·Indoor
St Bartholomew's Hospital museum
Nine centuries of hospital history, plus Hogarth's restored murals.
- Tue–Fri 10:00–16:00
- bartshealth.nhs.uk/bartsmuseum
- 2.2 km from the city centre
Free entryStuart Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0Museum·Indoor
The Charterhouse
A 700-year-old almshouse and estate, open for free museum visits and historic tours.
- Tue–Sun 11:00–16:45
- thecharterhouse.org
- 2.5 km from the city centre
Free entryMuseum·Indoor·Accessible
The Wallace Collection
Free London museum of masterpieces in painting, furniture, armour and porcelain.
- 10:00–17:00
- wallacecollection.org
- 2.1 km from the city centre
Free entryGallery·Indoor
Pace Gallery
Contemporary art exhibitions and artist projects.
- pacegallery.com
- 1.3 km from the city centre
Free entryGallery·Indoor
SE8 Gallery
Not-for-profit South-East London gallery supporting new art and artist publications since 2009.
- se8.gallery
- 7.7 km from the city centre
Free entryEnchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0Gallery·Indoor
Visionary BritMuseum
Tiny gallery in four phone boxes by the British Museum, showing visionary art.
- visionarybritmuseum.co.uk
- 1.3 km from the city centre
Free entryLibrary·Indoor
Aga Kahn Library
A research library with major collections on Ismaili and Islamic studies.
- iis.ac.uk/research/aga-khan-library
- 3.4 km from the city centre
Free entryOxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0Library·Indoor·Accessible
Archway Library
Accessible free library.
- islington.gov.uk/education/libraries/local/archway_library.asp
- 6.5 km from the city centre
Free entryDanny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0Library·Indoor
Belsize Park Community Library
Free indoor library.
- Antrim Road, NW3 4XN London · District Camden
Free entryRobin Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0Library·Indoor
Chelsea Library
Free indoor library.
- Mon, Tue, Thu 09:30–20:00 · Wed, Fri, Sat 09:30–17:00 · Sun 13:00–17:00
- 3.6 km from the city centre
Free entryDavid Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0Library·Indoor
Dr Williams's Library
Free library in London.
- Gordon Square 14, London
Free entryLibrary·Indoor
Heythrop Library
Mayfair library for theology, philosophy and reading
- heythroplibrary.co.uk
- 1.5 km from the city centre
Free entryTom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0Library·Indoor·Accessible
Holborn Library
Accessible library with opening hours.
- Mon–Thu 10:00–19:00, Fri 10:00–17:00, Sat 11:00–17:00
- 1.7 km from the city centre
Free entryLibraries Taskforce, CC BY 2.0Library·Indoor
Idea Store
Free indoor library in London.
- Churchill Place 2, E14 5RB London · District Tower Hamlets
Free entryOxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0Library·Indoor
Kilburn Library
Free library with set opening hours.
- Mon–Thu 10:00–19:00 · Fri 10:00–17:00 · Sat 11:00–17:00 · Sun, holidays closed
- 5.4 km from the city centre
Free entryPhotograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. ( www.clemrutter, CC BY-SA 3.0Library·Indoor
Lewis Carroll Children's Library
Free indoor library in London.
- Copenhagen Street, N1 0ST London · District Islington
Free entryDavid Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0Library·Indoor
Mildmay Library
Free library in Mildmay Park.
- Mildmay Park 21-23, N1 4NA London · District Islington