Visiting London in November 2014
Thursday 30th October 2014 to Sunday 4th January 2015
Category: Families
Taking to the ice in front of one of London's most beautiful buildings is a sure-fire way of embracing the Christmas mood, and the Natural History Museum Ice Rink will open from 30 October 2014-4 January 2015 for such fun and festive frolics.
Address: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £8.99!
Saturday 1st November 2014
Category: Sports
Petrol heads and nostalgia lovers will flock to the West End for the Regent Street Motor Show on 1 November 2014, featuring 300 cars spanning 125 years of motoring as part of the biggest free-to-view motor show in the UK.
Address: Regent Street, Soho, London W1B 5SJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Saturday 1st November 2014
Category: Music
Classical and pop crossover quartet Il Divo is bringing its A Musical Affair tour to the O2 Arena on 1 November 2014, perform popular songs from West End and Broadway musicals.
Address: The O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London SE10 0BB Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15
Saturday 1st to Sunday 30th November 2014
Category: Culture
Big names from the literary world head to South West London for the Richmond Literature Festival throughout November 2014, where bibliophiles can expect workshops, author events and more at various venues including Richmond Theatre, Marble Hill House and Strawberry Hill House.
Address: Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, London TW9 1QJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Sunday 2nd November 2014
Category: Sports
Take a trip back in time on 2 November 2014 when the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run sets off from Hyde Park and heads through the countryside 60 miles to the seafront in Brighton, with more than 500 pre-1905 vehicles making the journey.
Address: Rangers Lodge, Hyde Park, London W2 2UH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £19!
Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November 2014
Category: Business and Community
Technical MySQL users will learn from the best system architects and developers in the business at Percona Live London MySQL Conference 2014 at Millennium Gloucester Conference Centre on 3-4 November 2014.
Address: Millennium Gloucester Conference Centre, 4-18 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London, SW7 4LH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £8!
Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th November 2014
Category: Business and Community
Travel professionals from around the globe will attend World Travel Market from 3-6 November 2014 at ExCel Exhibition Centre, the leading travel industry event.
Address: One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1XL Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th November 2014
Category: Culture
A staggering 20,000 art lovers will flock to Olympia for the Winter Fine Arts & Antiques Fair from 3-9 November 2014, where 125 exhibitors display a varied line-up of items.
Address: Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.25!
Tuesday 4th to Sunday 9th November 2014
Category: Families
Those in the know will get their Christmas shopping done early and all under one roof at Olympia when the Spirit of Christmas Fair takes place from 4-9 November 2014, with more than 600 companies selling seasonal products from festive food and decorations to toys and gifts.
Address: Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £17!
Wednesday 5th November 2014
Category: Families
The London skyline will be ablaze with light as fireworks displays take place across the capital on Bonfire Night on 5 November 2014; you can also expect big shows to be held the weekend before and after the night itself, with popular venues including Battersea Park, Brockwell Park, Alexandra Palace and Crystal Palace.
Address: Battersea Park, Battersea, London SW11 4NJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16!
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th November 2014
Category: Business and Community
Business continuity professionals will be at Olympia from 5-6 November 2014 for The BCI World Conference and Exhibition Show.
Address: Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12.50!
Thursday 6th November 2014
Category: Families
With big names performing a concert for the crowds and stunning illuminations typically costing more than £1.00million, the Oxford Street Christmas Lights Switch-On on 6 November 2014 is sure to get you in the festive mood, and the lights stay illuminated when it gets dark until 4 January 2015.
Address: Oxford Street, Marylebone, London W1C 1JN Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £20!
Friday 7th November to Sunday 14 December 2014
Category: Families
Children can meet Father Christmas in a magical setting at Harrods Christmas Grotto, open to Harrods Rewards cardholders from 7 November-24 December 2014.
Address: Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, SW3 1RT Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.50!
Saturday 8th November 2014
Category: Families
Families and friends will flock to the area between Bank and Aldwych for The Lord Mayor's Show on 8 November 2014, an historic event that's taken place for nearly 800 years and features a 6,000-strong parade with marching bands, acrobats and floats plus the Lord Mayor in a gilded State Coach, finishing up with an amazing fireworks display from a barge in the Thames between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges.
Address: Mansion House, City of London, London EC4N 8BH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.20!
Saturday 8th November 2014
Category: Business and Community Events
Want to study in the UK? Then head to the UK University Fair 2014 at Lancaster London Hotel on 8 November 2014, where 90 universities will be represented, with more than 100 scholarships on offer, plus seminars and tips about applying.
Address: Lancaster London Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, Hyde Park, London W2 2TY Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £14.99!
Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November 2014
Category: Business and Community Events
Parents looking into education options will flock to the Independent Schools Show at Battersea Evolution on 8-9 November 2014 to meet representatives from more than 190 of the leading independent nurseries, preparatory and senior schools in the UK.
Address: Battersea Evolution, Chelsea Bridge Entrance, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16!
Sunday 9th November 2014
Category: Culture Vultures
Find an exquisite piece of jewellery, ceramic, painting or antique linen from the 140 stalls at London’s longest running Sunday antiques fair, Adams Antiques Fair at the Royal Horticultural Halls on 9 November 2014.
Address: The Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria, London SW1P 2QD Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16!
Sunday 9th November 2014
Category: Families
The Royal Family and members of the services will honour those who lost their lives during Remembrance Sunday with two minutes' silence at 11am on 9 November 2014 at the Cenotaph, with 2014 being particularly poignant as the centenary of outbreak of the First World War.
Address: Cenotaph, Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A 2BX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.95!
Sunday 9th November 2014
Category: Sports
American football fans will enjoy fast-paced action at Wembley Stadium when the UK’s team the Jacksonville Jaguars play America’s team the Dallas Cowboys as part of the NFL Wembley series on 9 November 2014.
Address: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £35!
Sunday 9th to Sunday 16th November 2014
Category: Sports
Tennis fans will gather at the O2 Arena from 9-16 November 2014 when the best eight men's singles and doubles players in the world compete for nearly $2million prize money at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 2014.
Address: The O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London SE10 0DX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £9.99!
Monday 10th to Friday 14th November 2014
Category: Families
Be amazed at the London Festival of Magic from 10-14 November 2014 at Bridewell Theatre with workshops and themed performances by top magicians from across the world in this annual celebration of magic.
Address: Bridewell Theatre, Bride Lane, Southwark, London, EC4Y 8EQ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13!
Tuesday 11th November 2014 to Sunday 4th January 2015
Category: Families
The festive spirit is all around at the Southbank Centre Christmas Market, with around 70 wooden chalet stalls selling gifts, decorations and yummy German and English food lining the banks of the Thames between the London Eye and Waterloo Bridge from 11 November 2014 - 4 January 2015
Address: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.95!
Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th November 2014
Category: Business and Community
More than 350 exhibitors and 12,000 attendees will take part in Apps World Europe at ExCel Exhibition Centre from 12-13 November 2014, the app industry's leading multi-platform event.
Address: One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1XL Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Wednesday 12th to Sunday 16th November 2014
Category: Families
Get your Christmas shopping done early at the Country Living Magazine Christmas Fair from 12-16 November 2014 at the Business Design Centre, where more than 400 exhibitors will bring rural England's traditional Christmas fare to London, from seasonal food and handmade toys to limited edition decorations.
Address: Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0QH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12.99!
Wednesday 12th to Wednesday 19th November 2014
Category: Families
All ages will have the opportunity to connect with science during the London Science Festival, which is taking place across various universities and museums including the Natural History Museum from 12-19 November 2014.
Address: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, Southwark, London SW7 5BD Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £9!
Thursday 13th November 2014 to Sunday 8th February 2015
Category: Culture
Professionals, students and amateurs all compete to scoop the top spot in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, with an exhibition of around 60 images from the thousands of entries held at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 November 2014-8 February 2015.
Address: National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, Westminster, London WC2H 0HE Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13!
Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014
Category: Culture Vultures
Get unique, handmade Christmas gifts from more than 100 UK-based designers and makers at Handmade in Britain 14: The Contemporary Crafts & Design Fair at Chelsea Old Town Hall on 14-16 November 2014.
Address: Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3 5EE Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £17!
Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014
Category: Food and Drink
Foodies delight at the BBC Good Food Show from 14-16 November 2014 at Olympia, with seasonal produce, London restaurant experiences, a MasterChef Skills Pod, drinks tastings plus celebrity chefs and top TV cooking shows like the Great British Bake Off and Saturday Kitchen all in attendance.
Address: Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.25!
Friday 14th to Sunday 23rd November 2014
Category: Music
Jazz musicians from across the world descend on the capital for the London Jazz Festival, where 2,500 artists put on 250 shows across 60 venues such as the Southbank Centre, Artsdepot, Barbican Centre, Royal Albert Hall, 606 Club, Ronnie Scott's and The Forge from 14-23 November 2014.
Address: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.95!
Saturday 15th November 2014
Category: Families
Take all the family along to the Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire at London College of Communication on 15 November 2014 for a day of inventing, making, learning, crafting and tinkering with the best of London’s engineers, makers, designers, artists, scientists, crafters and technologists.
Address: London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London, SE1 6SB Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11!
Wednesday 19th to Sunday 23rd November 2014
Category: Culture
Find everything you need for a fabulous Christmas under one roof at the Ideal Home Show at Christmas from 19-23 November 2014 at Earls Court, with more than 650 exhibitors across seven sections, from interiors, fashion, and food to gifts and decorations; there's even an ice rink!
Address: Warwick Road, Earls Court, London, SW5 9TA Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12.50!
Thursday 20th and Friday 21st November 2014
Category: Business and Community
The largest veterinary show in the the UK, London Vet Show is a conference-led exhibition with 350 leading suppliers in attendance from 20-21 November 2014 at Olympia.
Address: Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12.50!
Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd November 2014
Category: Food and Drink
Make this yuletide a feast to remember thanks to inspiration from Taste of Christmas, where you can take part in cooking demonstrations, shop for festive ingredients, gobble up goodies from top London restaurant's food stalls and partake of tastings from 20-23 November 2014 at Tobacco Dock.
Address: Tobacco Dock, 50 Porters Walk, Limehouse, London E1W 2SF Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £24.98!
Friday 21st November to Sunday 7th December 2014
Category: Families
Enter a magical kingdom of oak trees and lakes at the Enchanted Woodland in Syon Park, where an illuminated trail of floodlit winter trees takes visitors around the 18th century lake, from 21 November-7 December 2014.
Address: Syon Park, London Road, Brentford, TW8 8JF Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Friday 21st November 2014 to Sunday 4th January 2015
Category: Families
Delve head first into the Christmas spirit at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland from 21 November 2014-4 January 2015, with its ice rink, magical ice kingdom, festive food stalls, Christmas market, giant wheel, circus, fairground rides and Santa's Grotto.
Address: Hyde Park, Rangers Lodge, Hyde Park, London W2 2UH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £19!
Friday 21 and Saturday 22nd November 2014
Category: Business and Community
Job seekers will flock to Skills London from 21-22 November 2014 at ExCel Exhibition Centre to interact with big names in training, education and employment at the biggest jobs and careers event, which is also supported by the Mayor of London.
Address: One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1XL Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Tuesday 25th November 2014 to Sunday 4th January 2015
Category: Families
Discover how the festive period was celebrated in English homes over the past 400 years at Christmas Past from 25 November 2014-4 January 2015 at the Geffrye Museum, whose 11 period living rooms are packed full of traditional decorations, greenery, lighting and music.
Address: Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London, E2 8EA Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Thursday 27th and Friday 28th November 2014
Category: Business and Community
UK business owners can gain invaluable advice and networking opportunities at The Business Show from 27-28 November 2014 at Olympia, with interactive workshops and round table discussions.
Address: Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12.50!
Thursday 27th and Sunday 30th November 2014
Category: Families
Calling all Lego fans! Brick 2014 Built for Lego Fans is the perfect event for you, with workshops, a packed marketplace and amazing displays at ExCel Exhibition Centre from 27-30 November 2014.
Address: One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November 2014
Category: Families
Do your Christmas shopping in a stunning location with a trip to the Chelsea Physic Garden Christmas Fair, where stalls will be selling all manner of festive food and gifts, in London's oldest botanic garden, Chelsea Physic Garden from 29-30 November 2014.
Address: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Garden, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.50!
Sunday 30th November 2014
Category: Families
Fans of vintage will flock to Chelsea Town Hall on 30 November 2014 for Frock Me Vintage Fashion Fair, the pop up vintage fair that sees 50 of the UK and France's best vintage traders selling their unique wares.
Address: Chelsea Town Hall, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5EE Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.50!
Sunday 16th November 2014 to Monday 5th January 2015
Category: Families
One of London's most popular shopping streets puts on a day of festive fun on 16 November 2014 with the Regent Street Christmas Lights Switch-On, with fashion shows, celebrities and entertainment.
Address: Regent Street, Soho, London W1B 5SJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
