Top free attractions in London

Did you know that most London museums offer free access? Here are a list of museums which are free to visit:

• British Museum (Bloomsbury) is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.
• Natural History Museum (South Kensington) which shows a vast range of specimens.
• Sir John Soane’s Museum (Holborn) holds many drawings and modelsof Soane’s projects and the collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities that he assembled.
• Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) is the world’s largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design.

Free art galleries in London:

• National Portrait Gallery (Charing Cross), enjoy here more than 195 000 portraits before mid-2020 (from mid-2020 to 2023, it will be closed for refurbishment)
• Discover art by world greats, including Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Turner and Van Gogh at the National Gallery(Charing Cross).
• Royal Academy of Arts (Piccadilly) which is privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects.
• Admire more contemporary masterpieces by the likes of Picasso, Rothko, Dalí, Pollock and Warhol at Tate Modern(Bankside).

Royal Parks in London

We would also recommend visiting the beautiful parks London has to offer, which is also free to access:

• Burn off some calories by jogging around Hyde Park, which covers 142 hectares.
• See the Peter Pan statue at Kensington Gardens.
• Watch the pelicans being fed every day at 2.30pm at St James’s Park.
• Regent’s park which contains the London Zoo (entrance to the park is free however the London zoo is not)
• Green Park which is one of the royal parks of London.

Here are also some places which offer fantastic views over London:

• Find some of the best views of the capital from the heady heights of the Sky Garden(London City). It needs to be booked at least 2 weeks before.
• Stroll to the top of Hampstead Heath’s Parliament Hill for marvellous vistas across London.