Rainy day things to do in London
Rain on the way? 25 indoor Roves in London: museums, markets, cosy corners and places to shelter in style.
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Forest Hill
The Overstuffed Walrus
A free museum in Forest Hill famous for its overstuffed walrus, with gardens and views over London.
South Kensington
Rockets and Steam at the Science Museum
Real space capsules, steam engines and hands-on galleries. Free to get in.
Bloomsbury
The Rosetta Stone and Friends
Two million years of history under one roof, and it's free.
South Kensington
Get Lost in the V&A
Fashion, jewels and giant plaster casts in the world's biggest design museum. Free.
City of London
Victorian Leadenhall Market
A painted Victorian market hall that played Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter film.
Covent Garden
London's Oldest Restaurant
Rules has been serving in Covent Garden since 1798. Think game, pies and puddings.
Greenwich
Stand on the Prime Meridian
Put one foot in each hemisphere, then take in the view from Greenwich Park.
Bloomsbury
The Jar of Moles
A tiny free museum packed with skeletons, specimens and one very famous jar of moles.
Holborn
The Strangest House in London
An architect's home crammed with treasures, mirrors and an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Free.
Westminster
Underground in the Churchill War Rooms
The secret bunker where Churchill ran the war, left as it was in 1945.
Covent Garden
Bacon Naan at Dishoom
Bombay café breakfasts in Covent Garden. The bacon naan roll is legendary.
South Kensington
Dinosaurs and a Blue Whale
A cathedral of a museum where a blue whale hangs over the main hall. Free.
Euston
Medical Curiosities at the Wellcome
A free museum of medicine, bodies and very odd objects.
Lambeth
Planes in the Atrium at IWM London
Spitfires and rockets hang in the atrium of this free museum.
Shoreditch
Bagels and Vintage on Brick Lane
Grab a salt beef bagel, then dig through the vintage shops.
Piccadilly
Breakfast at The Wolseley
A grand old café on Piccadilly, at its best first thing in the morning.
Bethnal Green
Fry-Up at E. Pellicci
A family-run East End café since 1900, with a listed Art Deco interior.
Southwark
Graze Your Way Round Borough Market
London's most famous food market: try three things you've never eaten.
Leicester Square
Sing-Along at the Prince Charles
A cult cinema off Leicester Square famous for sing-alongs and all-night film marathons.
Bermondsey
Weekend at Maltby Street
Food stalls squeezed under railway arches: smaller and calmer than Borough.
Soho
Dim Sum in Chinatown
Lanterns, roast duck in the windows and dim sum to share.
Brixton
Eat Your Way Round Brixton Village
Covered arcades full of tiny restaurants from all over the world.
Camden
Street Food Lap of Camden Market
Hundreds of stalls by the canal: eat your way round the world in an afternoon.
Piccadilly
Afternoon Tea at Fortnum's
Scones and finger sandwiches in the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon on Piccadilly.
City of London
Breakfast 40 Floors Up
Duck & Waffle sits on the 40th floor of a City skyscraper. Order the namesake.
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