The London Traveler

A piece in the Guardian today shows ways you can have fun in London for free, with activities as diverse as gigs, knitting, free movies, and watching a trial at the Old Bailey.

Many of the best museums – including the biggest ones – are free, and so is one of my favourites, the Sir John Soane Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

If you want to go to Evensong or one of the Sunday services in Westminster Abbey, it’s free – and that’s a big saving as otherwise it’s £12 to get in, which even for such a historic building seems a bit much. Okay, you won’t be able to look around all that much, but none the less, if you just want to get a feel for the place, it’s worth considering. The choir isn’t bad either.

And  there are lots of free concerts, particularly at lunchtime. In the City, St Margaret’s Lothbury and St Anne and St Agnes on Gresham Street do fine lunchtimeconcerts of classical music, and the Royal Opera House has free gigs on Monday lunchtimes.

If you’re a really determined cheapskate you should also visit the London is free website,  which has a useful calendar of free events coming up in the next few weeks.

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