Hobby trips

Walk the players’ tunnel, sit in the England dressing room and climb the 107 steps to the Royal Box. Tours don’t run on event days, so book a quiet weekday online.

Self-guided audio tour through the home dressing room, the tunnel and the directors’ box, with the Arsenal Museum next door. Arsenal station on the Piccadilly line is a five-minute walk.

A modern ground built for the visitor, with a glass-walled tunnel and the Spurs dressing room. White Hart Lane Overground station is closest.

Guided tour of the dressing rooms, press room and dugouts, plus the Chelsea museum of trophies and shirts. Fulham Broadway on the District line is right outside.

Most Premier League match tickets go to club members first, so buy a membership on the club’s official site before general sale. Tickets from street sellers or unofficial sites can be cancelled at the gate.

Six hangars on the old Hendon aerodrome, home to more than 100 aircraft from Sopwith Camels to a Eurofighter Typhoon. Open daily 10:00–17:00 and free, but book a timed ticket online; it’s a 10-minute walk from Colindale station (Northern line).

A preserved Battle of Britain airfield with Concorde and an Avro Vulcan in the AirSpace hangar and a B-17 in the American Air Museum. Book tickets online and give it a full day; from 25 October it closes at 16:00.

The 1907 racing circuit where British aviation began, with a Concorde you can board for a 35-minute tour and a strong Vickers aircraft collection. Open daily from 10:00, closing at 16:00 in winter.

The Fashion galleries trace dress from the 1700s to today, and the museum stages major fashion exhibitions.

Comme des Garçons’ concept store on Haymarket, with floors of designer collections and changing installations. A good place to find labels you won’t see elsewhere.

Founded by Zandra Rhodes, this small museum runs changing exhibitions on designers and textile history.

Van Eyck to Van Gogh on Trafalgar Square, with a refreshed Sainsbury Wing entrance. Free.

Design, fashion, Islamic art and architecture across seven miles of galleries. Do not miss the Jameel Gallery of the Islamic Middle East.

The V&A’s new museum in the Olympic Park, open since April 2026, with the V&A East Storehouse nearby.

Modern art in a former power station, with free collection displays and a viewing level on the Blavatnik Building.

Design exhibitions under a dramatic 1960s roof on Kensington High Street.

Old Masters, French furniture and an outstanding armoury in a Marylebone mansion. Free and calm.

Van Eyck to Van Gogh on Trafalgar Square, with a refreshed Sainsbury Wing entrance. Free.

Design, fashion, Islamic art and architecture across seven miles of galleries. Do not miss the Jameel Gallery of the Islamic Middle East.

The V&A’s new museum in the Olympic Park, open since April 2026, with the V&A East Storehouse nearby.

Modern art in a former power station, with free collection displays and a viewing level on the Blavatnik Building.

Design exhibitions under a dramatic 1960s roof on Kensington High Street.

Old Masters, French furniture and an outstanding armoury in a Marylebone mansion. Free and calm.