Museums
Lots of London's museums will appeal to children. Below are those that are primarily geared towards entertaining and/or educating children - some are covered in the main part of our guide, and are cross-referenced accordingly. Most offer child-oriented programmes of workshops, educational story trails, special shows and suchlike during the school holidays. Time Out has listings of kids' events, and also produces Kids Out, a monthly listings magazine for those with children. Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood Cambridge Heath Rd, E2 tel 020/8983 5200; www.vam.ac.uk. Tube: Bethnal Green. Daily except Fri 10am-5.50pm; free. Best known for its collection of historic dolls' houses, the museum also has a few buttons to press, and lots of weekend/holiday events and activities. Horniman Museum London Rd, SE23 tel 020/8699 1872; www.horniman.ac.uk. Tube: Forest Hill train station, from Victoria or London Bridge. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5.30pm, Sun 2-5.30pm; free. An ethnographic museum, but with lots to interest kids, including an aquarium, a natural history section and lovely grounds. Kew Bridge Steam Museum Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, TW8. tel 020/8568 4757; www.kbsm.org.uk. Kew Bridge train station from Waterloo, or bus #237 or #267 from Gunnersbury tube station. Daily 11am-5pm; Mon-Fri adults GBP3, children GBP1; Sat & Sun adults GBP4, children GBP2. Best visited at weekends, when the beam engines are in steam and the miniature steam railway is in operation. Legoland Windsor, Berkshire tel 0870/504 0404; www.legoland.co.uk. Windsor & Eton Central, from Paddington (change at Slough), or Windsor & Eton Riverside, from Waterloo. Daily 10am-6pm or dusk; adults GBP17.50, children GBP14.50. Very expensive but enjoyable and relatively tasteful theme park with gentle rides - perfect for five- to eight-year-olds. London Aquarium County Hall, SE1 tel 020/7967 8000; www.londonaquarium.co.uk. Tube: Westminster or Waterloo. Daily 10am-6pm or later; adults GBP8.50, children GBP5. London's largest aquarium is situated on the South Bank, and is very popular with kids, especially the bit where they get to stroke the (non-sting) rays. London Zoo Regent's Park, NW1 tel 020/7722 3333; www.londonzoo.co.uk. Bus #274 from Camden Town or Baker Street tube station. Daily: March-Oct 10am-5.30pm; Nov-Feb 10am-4pm; adults GBP9, children GBP7. Architecturally interesting inner-city zoo which has recently opened its new Web of Life building, as part of a drive to redefine itself as eco-conscious. Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd, SW7 tel 020/7942 5000; www.nhm.ac.uk. Tube: South Kensington. Mon-Sat 10am-5.50pm, Sun 11am-5.50pm; adults GBP7.50, children: Mon-Fri all free after 4.30pm, Sat & Sun all free after 5pm. Dinosaurs, stuffed animals, live ants, a "rainforest", an earthquake simulator and lots of rocks, fossils, crystals and gems. Pollock's Toy Museum 1 Scala St, W1 tel 020/7636 3452; www.pollocks.cwc.net. Tube: Goodge Street. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; adults GBP3, children GBP1.50. Housed above a toy shop, the museum's impressive toy collection includes a fine example of the Victorian paper theatres sold by Benjamin Pollock. Ragged School Museum Copperfield Rd, E3 tel 020/8980 6405; www.ics-london.co.uk/rsm. Tube: Mile End. Wed & Thurs 10am-5pm, first Sun in month 2-5pm; free. The reconstructed Victorian schoolroom here makes kids realize what an easy life they have these days. Science Museum Exhibition Rd, SW7 tel 020/7942 4455; www.nmsi.ac.uk. Tube: South Kensington. Daily 10am-6pm; adults GBP6.95, children free; all free after 4.30pm. More and more hands-on galleries aimed at kids are being introduced, and there are excellent daily demonstrations, plus a totally revamped transport wing. Syon Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex tel 020/8560 7272. Bus #237 or #267 from Gunnersbury Tube. Good place for a day out, with the Butterfly House, an Aquatic House full of fish, reptiles and amphibians, plus a miniature steam railway in the house's lovely gardens. Snakes and Ladders, an indoor childrens' play area with impressive apparatus, is also in the park (tel 020/8847 0946; daily 10am-6pm; adults free, under 5's GBP3.55, over 5's GBP4.65, with reductions on weekdays)
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