Open House
Festival 12-20.9.26

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.

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

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

Holy Sepulchre is the City of London’s largest parish Church, also known as the National Musicians’ Church and home to the Musicians’ Memorial Chapel and The Royal Fusiliers Memorial Chapel. St Sepulchre has a long and rich history, with a worshipping community here since at least 1137, a medieval shell and tower that survived the great fire of London and a classical interior.

Ongéan Ecosystem : Art Studios, Gallery, Performance Space, Edible Garden & Kitchen. All built and designed with 99% Reclaimed Materials by artist Adam Ge-Saelis.

Adam Ge-Saelis, 2012

We are a friendly artist run gallery in Wells Street offering affordable, handmade fine art prints with a broad range of subjects created using many different printmaking techniques. We aim to encourage people who have never encountered art before to experience printmaking through our regular workshops.

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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

For one day only, the charity Refugees at Home is holding a special photography exhibition at their home, International House. 'Home Between Homes: The Faces behind Hosting' showcases the stories of ordinary people who have opened their own homes to refugees.

Right To Play is a celebration and a call to action to fight for our Right To Play. With bamboo den and structure building, Puppetry interaction, a "Long Table Mud Kitchen" play and a Run, Jump, Swing sculpture.

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.

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.

An architect-designed home exploring modern methods of construction through an exposed cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure. Designed and self-built as a low-energy contemporary home, it showcases how traditional craftsmanship and innovative timber engineering can create sustainable, beautifully crafted living spaces.

538 Works, 2026

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.

Backstage at The Old Vic is a new build six-storey extension to the Grade II* listed Old Vic Theatre and marks a bold new chapter in the theatre’s remarkable 200-year story. Spaces include a triple-height Cafe/Bar, Script Library, Writers’ Room, Clore Learning Centre, flexible 90-seat Studio, Event Space with a roof terrace with views across the London skyline.

Haworth Tompkins, 2025

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.

Guided tours exploring The Lansbury Estate and it's role in the Festival of Britain, 1951. Discover why 86,000 people travelled on special busses to Poplar to marvel at this new neighbourhood, designed to be a blueprint for Britain's post-war recovery. 45-minute-long walking tours led by knowledgeable local guides.

Frederick Gibberd, 1950

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.

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

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

A cosy North London nursery, drawing on proven specifications and a collaborative design process.

Office S&M, 2025

'Povera' meaning 'poor art' in Italian, is an ongoing project made by mixed-media artist Michael Connell. In his back garden in Catford, Michael has built an unbelievable shed, fusing art and nature, that's made entirely of waste materials from skips and people's unwanted items. Exploring themes of music, family, heritage and nature, step inside the ever-evolving magic of the Povera shed.

Michael Connell, 2014

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.

Step inside the Print Building at Timber Square, a former 1950s printworks reimagined as a modern, low-carbon workplace. Discover how industrial heritage, innovative timber construction and sustainable design have come together to create one of Bankside's most distinctive new workplace destinations.

Bennetts Associates, 2026

Walking tour of the sites of the last days of King Charles I and the legacy of the upheavals which cost him his life and still echo to this day.

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.

Come and enjoy a circular 2-hour walk around Westminster, Whitehall and St James’ and hear about the events of one of the most tumultuous periods in London’s history, spanning the years 1603 (the death of Elizabeth I and arrival of James I), through Civil War, Regicide, Cromwell’s Republic, the Restoration right through to 1714 and the end of the Stuart Dynasty.

Come and discover the exciting musical world of 18th and 19th Century London when some of Europe's greatest composers and musicians came to stay. Listen to stories both successful and tragic of why these great musicians came to London - see where they lived, performed and socialised. Come and follow in the footsteps of Handel, Haydn, JC Bach, Mozart and Chopin!

This is a walking tour that delves into the scandalous history of Covent Garden. This tour explores a time when the area served as London’s notorious red-light district, focusing on the lives of those forced into illicit trades or marginalized by the stringent moral laws of the day. The walk will share the stories of those who lived, worked and played in the area in days gone by.

Ths walk will look at the history of Jewish Communities in England, starting with the medieval period through to the expulsion in 1290 and redmission under Oliver Cromwell in 1656. It will also look at some of the Jewish people living as Christians between these times and the key contributions Jews have made to many of the key landmarks in London as well as England's political life.

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.

Tucked away on Ashwin Street, this 1870 Victorian factory for Reeves & Sons paint survived the Blitz. Decades later, after housing railway engineers and hosting 1980s reggae sound systems, Bootstrap Charity saved it from developers. Now called The Print House, this cornerstone of the Dalston Cultural Quarter boasts a unique World War II bunker space alongside its studios and iconic Roof Park.

Edwin Henry Horne, 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

Holy Sepulchre is the City of London’s largest parish Church, also known as the National Musicians’ Church and home to the Musicians’ Memorial Chapel and The Royal Fusiliers Memorial Chapel. St Sepulchre has a long and rich history, with a worshipping community here since at least 1137, a medieval shell and tower that survived the great fire of London and a classical interior.

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.

Before 1540 London was home to over 40 magnificent monasteries, priories and nunneries. As a former monk myself I am fascinated by them, where they were and what happened to them.

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 a Rehearsal Insight Session, see professional dancers take class and get up close to some beautiful ballet costumes created by our wardrobe department.

Howells, 2018