ListingsUpdated Sat 24 Oct
Sports events in London this week
Things to do rather than things to watch, mostly: skating, swimming outdoors all year, bowling, darts and the walks long enough to count. The spectator fixtures that are free from the pavement, the marathon and the Boat Race among them, are here too.
What to expect
23 listings filed under Sport. The busiest rooms are Alexandra Palace, Electric Ballroom and Hyde Park. Concentrated in Shoreditch, Mayfair and Alexandra Palace.
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Sport From £12
Public skating at Queens Ice and Bowl
A full size rink under Queensway, open sessions most of the day and into the evening. Skate hire is included in the session price. Book ahead at weekends, because it fills with birthday parties.
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Sport From £34
Turkish baths at Porchester Spa
A 1929 Turkish and Russian bath house run by the council, so it costs a fraction of the spa hotels. Check which days are mixed and which are single sex before you go, because it changes through the week.
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Sport Free
Towpath walk: Paddington Basin to Little Venice
Twenty minutes of canal that most people who work here never walk. Comes out at the pool where three waterways meet, with the narrowboats and the puppet theatre barge.
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Food and drink From £12
Darts at Flight Club, Shoreditch
Darts with the scoring done for you and a camera on the board, booked by the oche rather than the person. Cheaper before six and on a weekday, and it does run late.
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Food and drink From £14
Crazy golf at Swingers, West End
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.
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Sport Free
Dogs on Hampstead Heath
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.
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Sport Free
Dogs in Richmond Park
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.
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Sport Free
Dogs in Battersea Park
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.
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Food and drink From £10
Ping pong at Bounce, Old Street
Tables by the hour in a basement that used to be a ping pong hall, which is a rare thing to be able to say. Loud after nine and quiet before seven.
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Food and drink From £11
Bowling at All Star Lanes, Brick Lane
Four lanes in a basement done out as an American diner, which sounds worse than it is. Booked by the lane for up to eight, and the kitchen runs as late as the bowling.
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Sport From £4.50
Swimming in the Hampstead mixed pond
Open all year, lifeguarded, and colder than you are expecting from about October. The men's and ladies' ponds keep their own hours and their own rules.
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Seasonal From £14 Not this year
Ice skating at Canary Wharf
Not running in winter 2026: the operator is taking a break and hopes to return. Somerset House and Hampton Court open in November.
