| Saturday 2nd December |
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| Step into a world of wonder and enchantment this Christmas with a Victorian Magic Lantern show. |
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| Occasional guided tours of the Old Bailey criminal court in the City of London. |
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| Experience some nostalgia riding on vintage buses from the 1930’s – 2000’s on their annual Heritage Bus Running Day. |
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| A traditional festive market, featuring more than 40 vendors. |
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| Monthly Saturday opening of an exhibition about the British priest who nearly became Pope. |
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| The local group is taking over the entire Hainault Baptist Church complex and filling it with Meccano models of all types and sizes. |
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| The North Wood Morris Men will be we shall be dancing up the South Bank accompanied by several other dance sides. |
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| The guided tour of the Albert Memorial gives you exclusive access inside the memorial railings |
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| Open two weekends a year, the usually private island's artists open their doors to show off their wares. |
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| 20 minute free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in the run up to Christmas |
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| Annual sale of Nordic gifts by the two Nordic churches in Rotherhithe. |
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| Sunday 3rd December |
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| Take a boat trip through London's longest canal tunnel whilst enjoying a warm fruit punch and mince pie with cream. |
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| Step into a world of wonder and enchantment this Christmas with a Victorian Magic Lantern show. |
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| A traditional festive market, featuring more than 40 vendors. |
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| Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
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| Frock Me! returns to Chelsea Old Town Hall with over 60 leading dealers of vintage and antique fashion, textiles and accessories. |
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| Open two weekends a year, the usually private island's artists open their doors to show off their wares. |
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| The collection includes instruments by Gavioli, Marenghi, Hooghuys, Wilhelm Bruder Söhne and Gebr.Weber. |
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| A tour of the first Gothic-revival cemetery with your expert guide from the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery charity |
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| 20 minute free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in the run up to Christmas |
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| Annual sale of Nordic gifts by the two Nordic churches in Rotherhithe. |
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| Enjoy the festive season with Peter Pan accompanied by the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. |
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| A look at the art and design of that most stylish of 60s TV companies, ITC. |
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| Monday 4th December |
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| There will be over 50 stalls selling everything from festive food to jewellery and from clothing to toys. |
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| Join Lady Antonia Fraser, Professor Catriona Seth and Alexander Collins, as they explore the queen’s life through her letters and the artworks linked to her in the museum. |
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| A discussion of light in public entertainments in the Georgian era and today. |
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| Tuesday 5th December |
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| Discover angels as public art, monuments and memorial in the unique Square Mile of the City of London. |
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| This event will look at how attitudes to safety have changed since railways first opened. |
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| Wednesday 6th December |
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| Simon Postgate - son of Oliver Postgate - will be hosting a live talk exploring the making of Clangers from his perspective as a young boy in the seventies. |
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| Join art historian Griselda Pollock in a lecture exploring the challenging idea that Van Gogh was, at heart, more a Victorian than a modern artist. |
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| The National Archives welcomes back historian Dr Annie Gray for the latest in her popular series of Christmas food talks. |
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| Thursday 7th December |
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| Visit the public exhibition on the emerging proposals for 110 The Queen’s Walk, formerly known as City Hall. |
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| A monthly late opening of the restored Roman temple found near Bank in the City of London in the 1950s, and recently restored to its original subterranean location. |
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| Don’t miss the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree. |
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| Discover exhibition 'Fortitude: healthcare workers' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic' and the Royal College of Physicians' collections after hours. |
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| On the first Thursday of the month, Holborn's Novelty Automation has a bar in the store for their late-night opening. |
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| London’s longest graffiti tunnel is transformed into the Capital’s alternative festive celebration. |
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| Head to Imperial College London for a festive, after-hours evening exploring the wonders of the cosmos. |
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| This seminar will address a significant question of architectural style in early eighteenth-century Britain: What was Nicholas Hawksmoor’s relationship with the Gothic church? |
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| View some pieces from the Museum’s art collection and discover how soldiers have been depicted in cartoons and drawings through time. |
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| Friday 8th December |
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| Dr Kevin Linch explores the personal and professional lives of British Army officers during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. |
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| The Lantern Parade brings together the community and local schools to display handmade lanterns through the streets of Aldgate. |
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| This special guided tour will take you on a journey through the Charterhouse's history, all revealed in flickering candlelight. |
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| Saturday 9th December |
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| Look out for large numbers of people dressed up as Santa and generally behaving as though they are on a pub crawl, which for many is exactly what they are doing. |
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| A special opening of Spike's unseen archive guided by his daughters Sile and Jane Milligan. |
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| A note that a steam train will leave Kings Cross station in the morning, and return in the evening. |
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| This exhibition presents the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860 and are recorded in London’s archives. |
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| Your chance to explore and try out some of the most ingenious and beautifully created games around. |
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| A fleet of Routmaster buses will run along route 159 in the afternoon, and do a Christmas lights tour in the evening - free to join in, if there's space/willing bus driver, otherwise watch from the sidelines. |
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| Visit the public exhibition on the emerging proposals for 110 The Queen’s Walk, formerly known as City Hall. |
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| 20 minute free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in the run up to Christmas |
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| A tour of the large church, followed by a slightly hair-raising climb up the church tower. |
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| Ben Aaronovitch, James Swallow, & Andrew Cartmel will be signing Rivers of London: Volume 11: Here Be Dragons at Forbidden Planet London Megastore. |
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| The tour shows how shopping grew from nothing to make Brixton South London’s biggest shopping centre by the 1920s. |
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| Join the Wallace Collection for some festive cheer. |
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