Visiting London in September 2014
Monday 1st to Tuesday 30th September 2014
Category: Music
Big names from the music world will perform intimate gigs every night at the iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse from 1-30 September 2014, with lucky ticket-holders watching concerts for free.
Address: Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London NW1 8EH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.99!
Tuesday 2nd to Tuesday 30th September 2014
Category: Families
Your eyes don't deceive you, there really is a 21-metre-long wooden hippopotamus on the River Thames, by Riverside Gardens on Nine Elms Lane in Vauxhall! HippopoThames has been created as part of Totally Thames by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who was inspired by the fact that hippos used to live in the Thames. See for yourself from 2 to 30 September 2014. Send TravelStay a picture showing you and the hippo in the background to receive £10 cash-back plus the chance to win a free hotel stay! Share on Twitter @TravelStay or Facebook.com/TravelStay or email [email protected].
Address: River Thames at Riverside Gardens, Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 2DU Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11.50!
Friday 5th to Tuesday 9th September 2014
Category: Sports
London will experience the biggest Tall Ship event for 25 years when the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta takes place from 5-9 September 2014, with 50 ships from Falmouth taking part in a crew parade plus plenty of shore-side fun including markets, music, dance and exhibitions.
Address: Greenwich Pier, Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10 9HT Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £9.89!
Sunday 7th September 2014
Category: Families
Families will flock to the Angel Canal Festival by Regent's Canal in Islington on 7 September 2014 for fun times on boat trips, watching the regatta and boat rally, listening to live music, shopping at the stalls on the towpath and playing at the children's fun fair.
Address: City Road Basin, London, Islington, London N1 8GJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Wednesday 10th September 2014 to Sunday 4th January 2015
Category: Culture
Visitors can view up-and-coming designers' work and take part in events and talks at Designers in Residence at the Design Museum from 10 September 2014 to 4 January 2015.
Address: Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames, Bankside, London SE1 2YD Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11!
Thursday 11th to Wednesday 24th September 2014
Category: Culture
Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera Anna Nicole, about the life of Anna Nicole Smith, the late American glamour model has its first revival at the Royal Opera House from 11-24 September 2014.
Address: Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Saturday 13th September 2014
Category: Music
Rule, Britannia and other patriotic classical tunes will be accompanied by flag waving by the enthusistic audience at Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on 13 September 2014.
Address: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £9!
Saturday 13th September 2014
Category: Music
Classical music under the stars, the BBC Proms in the Park is Britain's largest classical music event with five hours of entertainment culminating in a firework display in Hyde Park on 13 September 2014.
Address: Hyde Park, Rangers Lodge, Hyde Park, London W2 2UH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £18.75!
Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st September 2014
Category: Culture
Over 300 events take place at venues across the capital including the V&A and Earls Court for The London Design Festival from 13-21 September 2014, with talks and exhibitions celebrating London's design industry, from fashion and architecture to typography and textiles.
Address: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2R Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.50!
Sunday 14th September 2014
Category: Sports
The world's largest running and cycling event, the London Duathlon takes place in Richmond Park on 14 September 2014, with 3,500 entrants taking part in races.
Address: Richmond Park, Park Office, Holly Lodge, TW10 5HS Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11.67!
Sunday 14th to Tuesday 16th September 2014
Category: Culture
The London Jewish Cultural Centre is putting on nearly 60 events for the Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival from 14-16 September 2014, with writing workshops, book signings and outdoor poetry readings at other venues in North London.
Address: London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, Barnet, London NW11 7SX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11!
Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th September 2014
Category: Culture
The UK's leading contemporary design event, more than 400 exhibitors will launch interior design and architectural products at 100% Design at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 17-20 September 2014.
Address: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9TA Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12.50!
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September 2014
Category: Culture
More than 800 of London's leading architectural landmarks that are normally closed to the public open their doors during London Open House Weekend on 20 and 21 September 2014, including the Bank of England, The Gherkin, Lloyd's of London and Battersea Power Station.
Address: Bank of England Museum, Bartholomew Lane, City, London EC2R 8AH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11!
Saturday 20th September 2014
Category: Sports
Runners in gorilla costumes will take on the 7km City and Bankside route, including Tower Bridge, for the Great Gorilla Run on 20 September 2014 to raise money for the hairy creatures.
Address: Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Road, Bankside, Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 2UP Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £17!
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th September 2014
Category: Food and Drink
Feast on the best street food from across the globe and sip the finest drinks from the Craft Beer Bar, Wine Bar and Cocktail Bar at the Eat The World Street Food Festival from 26-28 September 2014 at the Southbank Centre.
Address: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £10!
Saturday 27th September 2014
Category: Sports
Known as the rowing version of the London Marathon, 300 boats with 2,000 competitors will race from Docklands to Ham in Surrey during the Great River Race on 27 September 2014, with the riverside at Richmond full of fun events.
Address: Ham, Borough of Hounslow, TW10 7RS Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11.67!
