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Free Things to Do in London This Weekend
A weekend in London that costs nothing and works any week of the year. A morning market, a great free museum, a long riverside walk and a park to end on. No tickets, no booking, just turn up.
The list
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Borough Market
London Bridge · London Bridge
London's best food market under the railway arches. Free to wander, and the samples are generous if you look interested.
Tue–Sat, full market · check days before you goFull details →
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Tate Modern
Bankside · Southwark / Blackfriars
A giant power station full of modern art, free to roam, with one of the best free views of St Paul's from the upper floors.
Daily 10am–6pm · Fri & Sat to 10pmFull details →
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South Bank Riverside
South Bank · Waterloo
The liveliest stretch of the Thames Path, free, running past the London Eye, the arts centres and the skate park with street performers, book stalls and big river views the whole way.
Always openFull details →
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Columbia Road Flowers
Bethnal Green · Hoxton
An ordinary East End street that erupts into a wall of flowers and cockney banter every Sunday. Free to wander, a bargain by closing.
Sundays only · 8am–3pmFull details →
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Brick Lane Market
Shoreditch · Shoreditch High Street
A sprawling Sunday tangle of vintage, flea finds and street food in the East End, free to wander and brilliant for people-watching.
Sundays roughly 10am–5pm · some stalls SaturdaysFull details →
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Hampstead Heath
Hampstead · Hampstead
London's wild back garden. Eight hundred acres of woods and meadow, a protected skyline view from Parliament Hill, swimming ponds and a free stately home in the trees.
Always openFull details →
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Greenwich Park
Greenwich · Cutty Sark (DLR)
A royal park on a hill with a free view straight down the Thames to Canary Wharf, the meridian line and maritime Greenwich below.
Daily · dawn to duskFull details →
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Broadway Market
Hackney · London Fields
A buzzing Saturday street market in Hackney, free to wander, lined with food stalls and independents and bookended by London Fields and the Regent's Canal.
Saturdays · roughly 9am–5pm · some traders SundaysFull details →
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Free
The stories hiding above Clerkenwell's pubs
A free ~45-minute walk from Angel to Farringdon past six Clerkenwell pub signs, each hiding a story you'd never guess from the street: a prince replaced by a Tamil king, a freed slave in chains, a mystery mural, the man who funded England's first atlas, and a 400-year-old typo. Every stop is free to look at, this is about the signs, not drinking.
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FreeEvery weekend
Go East Vintage Flea: a free vintage market in Bermondsey
Go East Vintage runs a free vintage flea market most weekends at Maltby Street in Bermondsey, plus an indoor edition inside the railway arches on selected weekends. Free entry, no ticket, dog-friendly, just turn up. Expect 40 plus vintage sellers with furniture, vinyl, cameras, fashion, jewellery and odd little treasures, right by Maltby Street Market's food stalls. Dates move around a little, so check Go East Vintage's Instagram for the exact weekend before you go.
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