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WHAT'S ON · THU 8 OCTOBER

What's on in Romford tomorrow

Plan tomorrow tonight: family events, shows and sessions across Romford, with times, prices and ages so you can book before bedtime.

12 things on 5 free 3 indoors 9 venues

Thu 8 October12 things on

ALWAYS A GOOD SHOUT

Good for a spontaneous day out

No booking, no fuss: places you can decide on over breakfast.

A black and white goat eating hay in a farm enclosure with vegetation in the background.Free

Spitalfields City Farm

London · ages 0+

Free Spitalfields city farm with goats, sheep, hens and tea hut - Tue-Sun, donations welcome.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesDog friendlyGift shop+6 more

Jolly Jungle

Jolly Jungle

Dagenham · up to age 12

A multi-tiered soft play frame with a big slide and ball pit, but visits are capped at an hour and a half and weekends shut at 2pm.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBlue badge parkingCafé+8 more

Ornate palace gallery room with red damask walls, gilt-framed paintings, crystal chandelier, pink upholstered furniture and patterned carpet.

Apsley House

London

The Duke of Wellington's old townhouse on Hyde Park Corner, open Wednesday to Sunday with a monthly guided tour worth timing your visit around.

Bike parkingGroup bookings

National Army MuseumFree

National Army Museum

London · ages 0-8

Free galleries about army history plus a soft-play zone, Play Base, built for the under-8s.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBirthday partiesCafé+7 more

Grand neoclassical museum building with columns and flags, framed by green trees, with visitors on the lawn below.Free

National Maritime Museum

London

Free galleries where kids land a Mars rover, climb through a sea-themed playground and walk into a galaxy box.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBirthday partiesCafé+8 more

RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centrefrom £3

RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre

Hornchurch · ages 5+

Three hangar-style galleries of planes, photographs and wartime stories, weekends only, £3 a child and under-fives free.

CaféCard onlyFree parkingGift shop+7 more

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Good to know

Is anything free?

Yes, Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria, The Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in Hospitals, Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army, British Wildlife Photography Awards and 1 more are free to attend. Some free events still need a ticket booked in advance; each listing says so.

What do tickets cost?

Paid events start from £2.50. Prices are taken from each organiser's own published list and shown on every event page, with the booking link.

What if it rains?

Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria, Exhibition: A dangerous calling - 500 years of William Tyndale's New Testament and Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army are indoors. Our rainy-day list has every place under a roof if the forecast turns.

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