Open House
Festival 12-20.9.26

The Avery Hill Winter Garden is a remarkable Victorian glasshouse set within the historic Avery Hill estate in southeast London. Built in the late 19th century, it was once home to an extensive collection of exotic plants and remains one of London’s largest surviving Victorian winter gardens.

T. W. Cutler, 1888

Turning what was once a backland site into a two-storey, two-bedroom detached home, Wade House introduces a modern new-build to the heart of Metroland.

Wadhal, 2026

Join us at Brooklands Primary School to discover more about the story of William Mitchell’s mural (1958), designed as part of the London County Council’s pioneering Design Consultant Scheme

Renovated by Fynn Architects, this early Victorian flat in the Barnsbury Conservation Area has been reconfigured for a young family. The previous layout left the kitchen stranded in a cramped, pokey room at the rear, so the project brings it forward into the front room and reworks the layout around how the family actually lives, adding a new WC and a nursery for the new arrival.

Fynn Architects, 2026

Built in 1907, The Ragged School SE1 has been part of the community for nearly 120 years. starting off as a poor school in the worst and first borough of London, the school aimed to transform lives of the ragged children that lined the streets. The church then took over the school to form a club, pass through developers into the hands of an artist. The White room will open for creative delight.

Ibraaz is a London-based cultural institution for art, ideas, and dialogue from the Global Majority. Bringing together artists, thinkers, and communities through exhibitions, film, debate, publishing, and multidisciplinary programming, Ibraaz creates a brave space where culture fosters exchange, pluralism, and shared humanity.

, 2025

After decades of architecture contributing to environmental damage, a rigorous reset is needed. Feilden Fowles do this through a model that they have developed that is ‘low tech’ in approach. Drop by to meet the team, learn more about their projects and low tech ethos, and to experience their demountable timber studio and their new retrofitted event space, set within a walled garden in Waterloo.

Feilden Fowles, 2016

Discover the hidden history of Cranford Park at this special open day. Explore the beautifully restored Grade II listed 18th-century stables and the secluded Secret Garden, once the estate's kitchen courtyard. Learn how these surviving buildings reveal life behind the scenes of the lost Cranford House estate and the ongoing conservation of this remarkable historic landscape.

Discover Blythe Hill House, a bold retrofit of a 1970s end-of-terrace home by Whittaker Parsons and Price & Myers. A striking courtyard extension transforms the house into a light-filled, fully electric family home, showcasing how ambitious architecture, low-carbon design and affordability can come together in suburban southeast London.

Whittaker Parsons, 2025

Explore Southlands Arts Centre and discover the history and architecture of this Grade II listed Queen Anne-style building. Admire its distinctive red-brick façade, elegant decorative detailing and historic interiors, and learn how this former private residence has evolved into a thriving community arts centre, celebrating Hillingdon's rich architectural and cultural heritage.

A Great Fire Survivor, damaged in the blitz, the post war restoration of this fascinating building began 75 years ago this year. Described by John Betjeman as a 'country church in the world of Seething Lane' the building uniquely blends medieval fabric with Festival of Britain era motifs. Explore the medieval crypt, 'Pepys' vestry, church tower and ringing room. Bellringing demonstrations.

, 1450

A rare example of a once ubiquitous structure - the military hut. This one probably dates from World War 1; it was later sold off and moved to its present site, where it was in turn a Boys Brigade HQ, a book store and, from 1986, the home of the Enfield Society.

Discover the architectural and civic history of Hillingdon Civic Centre on a guided tour led by local history and architecture experts. Explore its distinctive design and incorporation of the old tow, marriage room, public artworks, stained glass, iconic "Bones" artwork, Lady Hillingdon portrait and Jane Grey window, revealing how this landmark reflects Hillingdon's heritage, identity and growth.

Andrew Derbyshire, 1973

This year marks LUC’s 60th anniversary. We are celebrating a legacy founded by two landscape architects and an ecologist, built on creativity, collaboration, and meaningful design. To mark the occasion, we are showcasing five projects highlighting the breadth and diversity of LUC’s work across disciplines and design approaches. Together, they demonstrate our thoughtful and impactful work.

This year marks LUC’s 60th anniversary. We are celebrating a legacy founded by two landscape architects and an ecologist, built on creativity, collaboration, and meaningful design. To mark the occasion, we are showcasing five projects highlighting the breadth and diversity of LUC’s work across disciplines and design approaches. Together, they demonstrate our thoughtful and impactful work.

Explore a unique immersive theatre space in Wembley.

Founded in 1891, Royal Trinity Hospice is the oldest hospice in the UK, set within a terrace of listed Georgian houses overlooking Clapham Common and surrounded by landscaped gardens. Join us for a guided tour around the hospice and grounds, including areas of interest usually not open for visitors.

TP Bennett, 2009

The landmarked 1950s building has been transformed by Philippe Starck into a surreal Cocteau like dream world, epitomising a new luxury that is smart, pared down and tempered with a healthy dose of wit and irony. With rooms designed by designer Tim Andreas of Banjo, the rooms maintain their sense of whimsy while offering state of the art details and luxurious touches at every turn.

Reginald H Uren, 1958

This year marks LUC’s 60th anniversary. We are celebrating a legacy founded by two landscape architects and an ecologist, built on creativity, collaboration, and meaningful design. To mark the occasion, we are showcasing five projects highlighting the breadth and diversity of LUC’s work across disciplines and design approaches. Together, they demonstrate our thoughtful and impactful work.

This year marks LUC’s 60th anniversary. We are celebrating a legacy founded by two landscape architects and an ecologist, built on creativity, collaboration, and meaningful design. To mark the occasion, we are showcasing five projects highlighting the breadth and diversity of LUC’s work across disciplines and design approaches. Together, they demonstrate our thoughtful and impactful work.

This year marks LUC’s 60th anniversary. We are celebrating a legacy founded by two landscape architects and an ecologist, built on creativity, collaboration, and meaningful design. To mark the occasion, we are showcasing five projects highlighting the breadth and diversity of LUC’s work across disciplines and design approaches. Together, they demonstrate our thoughtful and impactful work.

A Great Fire Survivor, damaged in the blitz, the post war restoration of this fascinating building began 75 years ago this year. Described by John Betjeman as a 'country church in the world of Seething Lane' the building uniquely blends medieval fabric with Festival of Britain era motifs. Explore the medieval crypt, 'Pepys' vestry, church tower and ringing room. Bellringing demonstrations.

, 1450

Discover a magical garden hidden behind hoarding in Stratford! The LightHouse & Gardens is a meanwhile space run by locals, featuring Community Sauna CIC & a construction training centre. Rooted in human connection, it acts as an incubator for the area. Join Hadley Property Group for a site tour & a talk on its future as IQL North, a newly approved mixed-use development.

mecanoo, 2026

Originally constructed in 1917 by the Royal Flying Corps Armament School, this rare surviving rifle range was originally one of eight similar structures, all of which were aligned along the west bank of the River Pinn. It consists of the brick butt with brick buttresses at 11ft centres (9-bays) and the firing shelter at 25 yards distance. Now under the care of Hillingdon Council.

Architect unknown, 1917

A lively food-history walk from Bermondsey to Borough, tracing how railway arches, markets, hop trading, coaching inns and migration have shaped how London eats. We will explore Spa Terminus, Maltby Street, The Hop Exchange, The George Inn and Borough’s market edge through stories of trade, travel, street food, preservation, neighbourhood change and hidden corners, past and present along the route.

Join this enjoyable stroll through the City of London, exploring the story of water and how it continues to shape the place we know today. We will follow in the footsteps of ancient Romans and famous Londoners such as Dick Whittington and Samuel Pepys, and discover how forgotten rivers, ingenious conduits and vast sewers have transformed life in the City from earliest days to the present.

Medieval industry, imperial trade, immigration, poverty, wartime destruction and modern regeneration have all left their mark on the Limehouse area. This walking tour covers a range of architects and architecture from C18th to C21st.

Arthur and Christopher Harston, 1881

Join the Archibald Corbett Society for a fascinating two-hour guided walk through Catford's historic Corbett Estate. Led by ACS Secretary Ben Honeybone, you'll explore the estate's late Victorian and early Edwardian history and architecture, including visits to the Grade II listed Corbett Community Library and St Andrew's Church.

We're opening our Garden for tours of our outdoor spaces. These spaces are maintained by adults with learning disabilities who attend our day activities programme, We'll also share a little of the history and significance of Gothic Lodge, a building housed within our garden and one of London's earliest concrete Houses. Note: we will only view the exterior of the building.

Charles Drake, 1870

The Stratford Waterfront masterplan unites V&A East Museum, UAL: London College of Fashion, the BBC Music Studios, and Sadler’s Wells East into London’s most significant cultural district for 150 years. This walking tour will share the story behind the masterplan and the 1.5ha of new landscape delivered, which has created a welcoming public space and broadened access to culture for all.

Allies and Morrison with LDA Design, 2025

Join our walk to explore the hidden enclaves around London Bridge. Discover the secrets of the riverside and some of Southwark’s lesser-known historic corners. We’ll learn how businesses and residents within this diverse enclave, in a former industrial neighbourhood, are joining forces in response to a changing climate in the bid to reach Net Zero.

Calling all canal enthusiasts - known as gongoozlers - to walk through the social and industrial history of Victoria Park, Haggerston, and Islington along Regent's Canal. Discover how a purpose-built canal shaped the lives of East Enders, Londoners, and the United Kingdom.

John Nash, 1820

The tour traces changing ideas about housing, community and urban life. Highlights include the Keeling House, Lennox House, Nisbet House and the Chowdhury Walk. Along the way, we will discuss the architects, planners and communities that shaped these buildings, and consider how their social ambitions continue to influence Hackney today.

Discover the Royal Docks through food, architecture and shared memory. This walking tour explores how docks, mills, warehouses and factories shaped East London’s food system and the communities around them. Through sensory prompts, oral history conversations and storytelling, participants are invited to experience the built environment as a living archive of trade, migration and everyday life.

Harringay Green Lanes is one of London's most diverse streets, but it was once open farmland. This walking tour explores how the area changed over 150 years through urban development and migration. Using historic maps, old photographs and the streets around us, we will discover how different communities, especially the Kurdish community, helped shape Green Lanes into the place it is today.

Behind the façade of power of Westminster lies a maze of backstreets, brimming with history from a medieval English village, prisons, slums, plague pits to birth of English printing and world of espionage… Trace the footsteps of suffragette and spies, and uncover the fascinating stories, people and events shaped British history.

The Annunciation is a dramatic Gothic Revival building tucked behind the Marble Arch end of Oxford Street. The Grade II* church was built by Sir Walter Tapper in 1912-1914.

Walter Tapper, 1912

English National Ballet bring world-class dance to the widest possible audience, and invite you into their home, the Mulryan Centre for Dance. Book a free tour to go behind the scenes, attend an Rehearsal Insights Session, see professional dancers take class and get up close to some beautiful ballet costumes created by our wardrobe department.

Howells, 2018