COMING UP · FRI 9 - SUN 11 OCTOBER
29 reasons this weekend is sorted
Every event, opening and one-off across Northwood this weekend, plus where to eat when everyone's flagging. Your only problem now is choosing.
Twilight Tours
Evening tours of the Harry Potter Studio Tour, running on selected Friday evenings through 2026 and 2027.
FRI 9 OCTOBER
Friday
SAT 10 OCTOBER
Saturday
ALL DAYSnip Snap! Rapunzel Retold
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre · all day
ALL DAYSashiko sessions with B_Boheme
Chiswick House and Gardens · all day
from £45
ALL DAYCharacter Encounters at the National Maritime Museum
Prime Meridian · all day
free
- MORNING
From object to art craft workshops
Prime Meridian · 10:30
free
- AFTERNOON
Finding Harmony: Wellness Day
Prime Meridian · 13:00
free
AFTERNOONWho taught you what Jesus looks like? Power, imagination, and the face of Christ
St. Paul's Cathedral · 14:00
AFTERNOONMeet the animals
Freightliners City Farm · 14:00
SUN 11 OCTOBER
Sunday
NO ALARM CLOCK NEEDED
Running all weekend
FRI + SAT + SUNBritish Wildlife Photography Awards
Horniman Museum and Gardens
free
FRI + SAT + SUNThe Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in Hospitals
Hunterian Museum
free
- FRI + SAT
Exhibition: A dangerous calling - 500 years of William Tyndale's New Testament
St. Paul's Cathedral
from £24
FRI + SAT + SUNHorse and Carriage rides with Ascot Carriages
The Savill Garden
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Windsor Carriages
The Savill Garden
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Dark Arts
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
FRI + SAT + SUNDrawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army
National Army Museum · 10:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria
National Army Museum
free
FRI + SAT + SUNHeath Robinson Unseen
Heath Robinson Museum
FRI + SAT + SUNRoyal Observatory Treasures Tour
Royal Observatory Greenwich · 11:00
from £2.50
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Treasures Tour of the National Maritime Museum
Prime Meridian · 12:00
from £7.50
FRI + SAT + SUNKeeper talks
Tilgate Zoo · 12:00
FRI + SATLes Misérables
Sondheim Theatre · 19:30
- SAT + SUN
Observatory Unlocked
Royal Observatory Greenwich
free
- SAT + SUN
Cutty Sark Characters
Prime Meridian
free
SAT + SUNPet Club
Kentish Town City Farm · 12:00
FOOD & FUEL
Where to refuel when everyone's flagging
Poornima
Southall
A Punjabi kitchen in Southall that's been cooking from the same recipes since 1997, open 10am to 10pm every day for lunch and dinner.
East Restaurant
Wembley
A Chinese and East Asian restaurant in Wembley serving from noon to nine or ten, five minutes' walk from Alperton and Hangar Lane.
Mandarin
Northwood
Dinner-only Chinese in Northwood where mains run £7 to £13.50 and booking ahead gets you past the queue.
And if none of that lands, the bankers
Open most weekends, no booking needed. Check hours on the listing before you set off.
11 of the 29 are completely free 👏
Nothing to pay on the door. Some still want a booking, so check the listing.
- British Wildlife Photography AwardsHorniman Museum and Gardens · Fri + Sun
- The Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in HospitalsHunterian Museum · Fri + Sun
- Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian ArmyNational Army Museum · Fri + Sun
- Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen VictoriaNational Army Museum · Fri + Sun
- The LifesaversNational Army Museum · Fri 12:00
- Observatory UnlockedRoyal Observatory Greenwich · Sat + Sun
- Cutty Sark CharactersPrime Meridian · Sat + Sun
- Character Encounters at the National Maritime MuseumPrime Meridian · Sat
- From object to art craft workshopsPrime Meridian · Sat 10:30
- Finding Harmony: Wellness DayPrime Meridian · Sat 13:00
- Discover SundaysPrime Meridian · Sun 11:00
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Northwood today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKBritish Wildlife Photography Awards · free- Fri16 things · British Wildlife Photography Awards
- Sat24 things · Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria
- Sun16 things · The Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in Hospitals
THE WEEKENDER
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