Things to do for Kids in London

1. Go to Regent’s Park to see the swans. They are considered “royal” in England, and belong to the queen. They also have Open Air Theatre there, and you can see Shakespeare outside! Good playgrounds and tennis courts, too.
2. Do you like Sherlock Holmes? He lived not too far away from the park at 221b Baker Street. He has a museum, where you are greeted by a policeman (bobby in England) and shown the house by people in costume.
3. At the London Canal Museum, you can see where children worked in the 19^th century when they were only eight years old! It is on New Wharf Road, near Kings Cross.
4. Watch the street performers and musicians at Covent Garden. Then shop for toys at Hamleys, or go The Kite Store and try your luck! They also have really cool markets there.
5. The Tower of London is where people stayed before they got their heads cut off. The Crown Jewels are there too-you can see the biggest diamond in world there!
6. If you want to know what it is like to be tortured and live in a dungeon, try the Clink Museum. It is near the London Bridge, which is not falling down like the rhyme says.
7. Take a picnic from Fortnum and Mason’s food store to Potter’s Park, right near the Design Museum. Afterwards you can take your parents there. They have wonderful high tea, too………
8. The Natural History Museum has really big dinosaurs and a whole Creepy Crawlies House. You can even stand in an earthquake stimulator!
9. Kensington Gardens is where the book Peter Pan started. In the Serpentine nearby, you can rent boats, or go horseback riding in Hyde Park.
10. Visit Blenheim Palace, outside of London. That is where Winston Churchill was born! Then you can go see the Cabinet War Rooms, in the Westminster area. That is where made all of his decisions during World War II.
11. If you go to the Tate Museum, pick up a picture trail map at the Front Desk. They have lots of activities for kids there, and there is an Art Trolley with games for the whole family.
12. On the weekends, you can go to the Greenwich markets. There is a really big comic collection there, too. If you go to the Old Royal Observatory, you can stand with one foot in the Western Hemisphere and one foot in the Eastern!
13. At Harrods store in Knightsbridge, they have pets, toys, kid’s books, and four restaurants! Good fish and chips………
14. Go to Notting Hill after you watch the movie. They sold the red door at an auction to some Japanese collectors! There is a really cool market there, and antiques on Saturdays.
15. Want to see where Princess Diana lived? Go to Kensington Palace and take a tour. You can see some of her clothes, too. Visit the Princess Diana Memorial Playground in Kensington Gardens.
16. They have been locking the Tower of London every night for 600 years at the Ceremony of the Keys. Book in advance………spooky!
17. Hyde Park riding stables for those missing their pony!
18. Battersea Dogs Home is the largest dog rescue home in the world.
19. Pantomime Season at Christmas is the best-famous male actors dress up as women! Good for the whole family.
20. The old medical operating theatre – St. Thomas’ – Lots of blood and gore!