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London events today and this week

Every event we have checked and put in, soonest first. Tonight and this weekend have their own editions.

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When Today 159 This weekend 178 Next 7 days 258 Free 107
Where Soho 258 Covent Garden 102 Camden 78 Bloomsbury 73 Dalston 38 Crouch End 29 Mayfair 26 Islington 24 Alexandra Palace 21 Shoreditch 20 Woolwich 16 Fitzrovia 15

Saturday

24 October

  1. Food and drink From £14

    Crazy golf at Swingers, West End

    12:00 Swingers West End, Mayfair

    Two nine hole courses under a glass roof with street food traders around the edge. Over 18s in the evening, and booking is effectively required at the weekend.

  2. Exhibitions From £24

    Frameless

    10:00 Frameless, Marylebone

    Four rooms of projected painting, floor to ceiling, under Marble Arch. Permanent rather than a touring show, so there is no rush, and quietest in the first hour of the day.

  3. Exhibitions Free

    Outernet London

    10:00 Outernet, Soho

    Four storeys of screen wrapped around a public hall by Tottenham Court Road station, free to walk into. What is on changes constantly; five minutes is usually enough.

  4. Exhibitions From £45

    The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience

    11:00 The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience, Soho

    The television set rebuilt under Shaftesbury Avenue, played in teams of up to eight with a maze master shouting at you. Ninety minutes, and you do need to book.

  5. Sport Free

    Dogs on Hampstead Heath

    07:00 Hampstead Heath, Hampstead

    Eight hundred acres, off lead almost everywhere, and the one swimming pond dogs are allowed in is not one of the bathing ponds. Busiest at the Parliament Hill end on a weekend morning.

  6. Food and drink From £6

    The Spaniards Inn

    12:00 The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead

    A 1585 coaching inn at the top of the Heath with a walled garden, a dog wash at the door and a long history of letting them in. Low beams, so mind your head rather than the dog.

  7. Sport Free

    Dogs in Richmond Park

    07:30 Richmond Park, Richmond

    The largest of the royal parks and the one with the deer, which is why dogs must be on a lead in May and June and in September and October. The gates open and close with the light.

  8. Sport Free

    Dogs in Battersea Park

    08:00 Battersea Park, Battersea

    Flat, walled, and small enough to do a full circuit in half an hour, with the river along one side and a cafe at each end. The one park on this list you can reach on foot from a station.

  9. Talks From £12

    Planetarium show at the Royal Observatory

    12:00 Peter Harrison Planetarium, Greenwich

    The only planetarium in London, in a cone of bronze angled at the pole star, with a live astronomer rather than a recording. Shows run through the day and last about half an hour.

  10. Free

    Stargazing on Hampstead Heath

    20:00 Parliament Hill, Hampstead

    As dark as central London gets, which is not very, but Parliament Hill has the horizon and the local society runs public evenings on the hill through the winter. Take a torch and a coat.

  11. Free

    Stargazing in Richmond Park

    19:00 Richmond Park, Richmond

    Until 31 Oct

    The darkest sky inside London, far enough from the centre that the Milky Way is occasionally there. The park closes at dusk in winter, so this is a late summer and autumn thing.

  12. Cabaret Free entry, minimum spend on some nights

    Cellar Door

    18:00 Cellar Door, Covent Garden

    A former gentlemen's public convenience at Aldwych, now a forty seat bar with cabaret on every night. Free to walk into.