FreeLondon

Minimise your costs for living in the UK!

London is an expensive city to live in but it does not have to be an expensive city to play in. There are many beautiful parks such as Greenwich, Hyde, Regents and Victoria Parks and heaps of exciting markets scattered across London that all offer free entry. The only problem is you have to fight the temptation to shop. We suggest you try Convent Garden, Greenwich, Portobello and Camden markets.

For the budget conscious, there are also many free indoor activities including exhibitions, galleries and shows. You just need to know how to find them and how to get there. The below table lists some of the free events and exhibitions on offer in London to help you reduce your UK cost of living:

Name	What	Where	Nearest tube station	Cost
National Gallery	Houses European collections of art	Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN	Charring Cross or Leicester Square	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery	Houses portraits	St Martin’s Place, London WC2H OHE	Leicester Square	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
National History Museum	World class collections, exhibitions and research	Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD	South Kensington or Gloucester Road	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
Science Museum	Science exhibitions, galleries and an IMAX theatre	Exhibition Rd, South Kensington SW7 2DD	South Kensington	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
V & A Museum (Victoria and Albert) South Kensington	Museum of arts including nearby V&A Theatre Museum and Museum of Childhood	(V&A South Kensington) Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL	South Kensington	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
Museum of London	Museum on London’s history	London Wall London EC2Y 5HN	Barbican or St Paul’s	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
Tate Modern	National gallery of international modern art	Bankside London SE1 9TG	Blackfriars or London Bridge	Free – entry fee for special exhibitions
Buckingham Palace	Changing of the guard Buckingham Palace forecourt, 11.30am daily during summer	Buckingham Palace	Victoria or Green Park	Free
BBC Shows	Be a part of the audience at upcoming BBC TV & Radio shows	For more details, visit www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/tickets	White City	Free
Royal Air force Museum	Britain’s National Museum of Aviation	Grahame Park Way, NW9	Colindale or Mill Hill (overland)	Free
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Queen’s House and Maritime Museum	Royal Observatory and the home of mean time and the meridian line	Greenwich, London SE10 9NF	Cutty Sark (DLR line)	Free

For cheap £10 tickets to see popular West End musicals and theatre productions, visit the Last Minute website http://www.lastminute.com/. Make sure you look out for the street-corner stands offering free magazines for travelers and newcomers to London specifically from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Magazines such as TNT http://www.tntmagazine.com/ and In London http://www.inlondon.com/ list the latest events, free gigs and news both locally and from back home. Time out is also a resourceful magazine on offer for a few pounds from most news stands.

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