Things to do in London with toddler?
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When we lived in London our then 18mo loved the Nat History Museum, London Zoo or Battersea Park Children's Zoo (smaller & much cheaper than London Zoo), pelicans at St James Park, horses at Horse Guards Parade, various entertainers along Southbank + loads of the parks have great playgrounds, we lived in Kennington so we loved Vauxhall Park, Kennington Park, Archbishop's Park but most parks have great playgrounds. Some have splashpads too so take a change of clothes / swim kit. If you're south of the river the Horniman Museum has loads of weird animals & lovely gardens nearby + isn't too far from Crystal Palace park where they have stone dinosaurs. Enjoy your trip!
Science Museum is really lovely for this age! They have the garden on the bottom level which is like a sensory space and really interactive and then another gallery which is all about like mark making which is really interactive as well. My two loved it a few weeks ago. There’s loads of free city farms that are lovely, we’ve done London Zoo and it was great but my January 23 boy did struggle to see quite a lot of the animals and it’s normally heaving. Battersea Children’s Zoo is much smaller and less animals but a nice size for their age and the play park inside is great. My two would spend hours there. I haven’t been to Babylon Park inside Camden but a lot of people have recommended it to us. We did the Young V&A last week and my kids really enjoyed that. My little boy absolutely loves the London Transport Museum, have to physically drag him off the buses when it’s time to leave and a nice little play section. Kids loved going out on the boats in Regents Park and
they have them in Hyde Park too. We’ve done Hello Delight twice and the kids did really enjoy it but honestly it’s good for getting good photos but that’s kind of it and over very quickly. Frameless is on my list of things to do at some point, depends if your little one likes looking at arty things though x
The natural history museum? My daughter is 2 and would love to take her there but I love it. I took her to a mini version in Oxford and she was amazed by what was inside xx