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London for free?

Hi there!
I am off to London on 17th and 18th of December and I wondered if any of my fellow mse friends could reccommend anything to do in the capital for free or very cheap? Just me and a friend so I don'e have to worry about children. I have found the christmas carols thing in Trafalgar square every evening but nothing much else.
I am on a very tight budget ( got the travelodge for 15 pounds night!!) so any help with ideas would be helpfull........

p.s - anything unusual like jack the ripper walks or whatever would be great!!

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  • KittyKate
    KittyKate Posts: 1,606 Forumite
    Well, here is an itinery for seeing the sights of London on a walk - free of course :)
    http://www.londontourist.org/itinerary.html
  • 360view
    360view Posts: 42 Forumite
    http://www.londonfreelist.com/home.asp

    hope this helps - enjoy your stay!
  • flis21
    flis21 Posts: 1,842 Forumite
    I would suggest the museums. All of them are free entry and there are some really fascinating things on offer. We particularly enjoyed the Natural History Museum and the British Museum, but there are loads and you are sure to find something to suit your taste.
    Sorting my life out to give a better life to my
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  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    There are several winter ice rinks being erected one at the Natural History Museum, could be fun to watch even if you can't afford to skate... take a walk along the river too lost of interesting things to see there and the Galleries are free of course.... all the usual sights to see , Big Ben , Picadilly, Trafalgar Squ, Buck House, Tower Bridge....
    Just remembered Portobello Market is fascinating if you've never been.....Sat Morning

    Hope you have fun.....
    #6 of the SKI-ers Club :j

    "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke
  • liz545
    liz545 Posts: 1,726 Forumite
    jules wrote:
    Hi there!
    I am off to London on 17th and 18th of December and I wondered if any of my fellow mse friends could reccommend anything to do in the capital for free or very cheap?

    p.s - anything unusual like jack the ripper walks or whatever would be great!!

    https://www.timeout.com/london - Timeout is published weekly, and always has loads of fun/free event details.
    2015 comp wins - £370.25
    Recent wins: gym class, baby stuff
    Thanks to everyone who posts freebies and comps! :j
  • And there's always people watching - that costs nothing
  • jules_2
    jules_2 Posts: 541 Forumite
    Thanks guys I really appreciate it!!
  • If you have any tescos vouchers i think u can exchange them for entry tickets to places such as london eye or the wax mueseum. you get more value for you money cus you exchange £2.50 for £10 worth of the ticket of something like that can't remmeber the exact figure i think it depends on what deal you take .. but you have to send off for it so .. check it out if you do .. https://www.tescos.com/clubcard

    Just walking around is fun
  • Marvo434
    Marvo434 Posts: 427 Forumite
    FIND THE LONDON NOSE!

    I like to think I know London really well, and was told ( and found ) this some years ago. In Central London is "The London Nose" , a real oddity.
    Doing a google search is too easy, does anyone else know the London nose or other central London oddities (ie the nazi dog, the Met police coat hook etc etc)?
    "If a man says something, but there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
  • Juliepink26
    Juliepink26 Posts: 1,870 Forumite
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=273116 print off the vouchers and go to all the big department stores and collect free goodies!
    People who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones...

    It is much easier to see other people's failings than our own.
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