London & Partners

SIGHTSEEING
CAPITAL RUNNERS
4 Nov Running event through
beautiful Bushy Park, which
was once a royal hunting
ground (p. 16). Register
online. 10.00. Entry £16.50.
Hampton Court Road,
TW11. 020 8971 9888.
capitalrunners.com
T Hampton Court.
Off map.
MO RUNNING
11 Nov High-spirited running
fun with huge moustaches
and fancy dress in Battersea
Park (p. 16). Register online.
10.00. Entry £16.
Battersea Park, SW11.
london-battersea.morunning.com
t Battersea
Park. Off map.
open spaces (p. 16). 09.15.
Entry £20.
Southside Common,
Wimbledon Common,
SW19. energizedsports.
com Ë t Wimbledon.
Off map.
Tours – Guided
BIG BUS TOURS
Daily open-top double-decker
multilingual tours around the
city’s very best sights. A hopon,
hop-off ticket includes
a river cruise and guided
walking tours. Tickets £29,
child £12, family £70.
48 Buckingham Palace
Road, SW1. 020 7233
9533. bigbustours.com
Ë t Victoria. Map D4.
Gold and the
Bank of England
22 June – 10 November
Some glimpses into the part
gold has played during the
Bank’s long history and the
Bank’s role in relation to
gold today.
In the Museum every day:
Find out what the Bank does
Learn about banknote design
Try to lift a gold bar
Audio visual displays
Museum shop
Admission free
10am – 5pm Monday to Friday. Closed weekends
and public holidays. Entrance in Bartholomew Lane,
London EC2R 8AH. Tel: 020 7601 5545
www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum
NO MAN’S LAND
11 Nov Live performance
with classical music, poetry
and sculpture taking
place across 30 London
Underground stations,
immediately after the 11.00
Remembrance Day (p. 27)
two-minute silence.
no-mans-land.me
Ë Waterloo/Piccadilly/
Bank (and 27 more stations).
OLD DEER PARK
RICHMOND 10K
18 Nov This 10k run takes
participants through a former
hunting ground belonging
to the Crown Estate (p. 16).
09.15. Entry £20.
Kew Road, TW9.
energizedsports.com
Ë t Ë Richmond. Off
map.
SKI AND
SNOWBOARD SHOW
Until 4 Nov At this winter
sports show you can sample
cold-weather pursuits and get
some ski or snowboard tuition
on the Skills Slope (p. 17).
Times vary. Admission £20,
child £7.
Earls Court 2 Exhibition
Centre, Warwick Road,
SW5. 020 7370 8510.
skiandsnowboard.co.uk
Ë Earl’s Court. Off map.
SOUTH LONDON 10K
25 Nov 10k running event on
Wimbledon Common – one
of south London’s prettiest
CAPITAL SPORT
– GENTLE CYCLING
Bike tour company offering
guided full-day routes around
the city including historic
Royal Greenwich and leafy
Richmond (p. 18). Tours cost
from £18.50.
01296 631 671.
capital-sport.co.uk
FAT TIRE BIKE TOURS
These bicycle tour specialists
run two unique guided routes.
Royal London tours run
daily at 11.00 from
Queensway, while River
Thames tours run Thurs-Sun
at 10.30 from Waterloo
(p. 18). Online booking
recommended. Tours £20.
36–38 Queensway, W2.
07882 338 779.
fattirebiketours.com
Ë Queensway. Off map.
THE LONDON BICYCLE
TOUR COMPANY
Daily bicycle tours of central
London and the West End
with commentary in several
different languages (p. 18).
10.00-18.00. Tickets £18.95.
The Wharf, 1a Gabriel’s
Wharf, 56 Upper Ground,
SE1. 020 3318 3088.
londonbicycle.com
Ë t Waterloo. Map C6.
LONDON DUCK TOURS
Unique tours in bright yellow
amphibious World War Two
DUKW vehicles, departing
from Chicheley Street just
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