Museums & culture · Brixton
Black Cultural Archives
The UK's home of Black British history on Windrush Square, with a free archive, exhibitions and award-winning youth programmes.
Lambeth · for families
Things to do in Lambeth
A hand-picked guide to real days out with the kids — free and budget-friendly first, sorted by weather, age and what's nearby.
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Performing arts · Brixton
Brixton Youth Theatre
A free weekly drama group for ages 7–11 and 13+ in Brixton, including projects integrating children from refugee backgrounds.
Story time & libraries · Clapham
Clapham Library
A Clapham library with homework clubs and excellent accessibility, including a Changing Places toilet with a ceiling hoist.
Animals & farms · Brixton
Ebony Horse Club
A Brixton "youth club with horses" offering free riding lessons, stable management and mentoring, especially for local and SEND young people.
Parks & playgrounds · Kennington
Kennington Park
A Victorian Kennington park with a younger children's playground, an iconic skatebowl, sports courts and flower gardens.
Youth clubs · Brixton
Marcus Lipton Centre
A Brixton youth centre with a well-being room, music recording studio and sports teams, part of the Mayor's Youth Lates late-night safe-space programme.
Parks & playgrounds · Camberwell
Myatt's Fields Park
A Victorian park near Loughborough Junction with a bandstand, playground, community greenhouse and nature gardens.
Nature & outdoors · West Norwood
Norwood Park
A hilltop West Norwood park and Local Nature Reserve with a country walk, wildlife pond, playground, outdoor gym and skatepark.
Nature & outdoors · Stockwell
Oasis Nature Garden
A staffed inclusive nature garden in Stockwell with a wildlife pond, mud kitchen, accessible treehouse and Forest School after-school sessions.
Swimming & water play · Streatham
Rookery Paddling Pool
A historic community-run paddling pool on Streatham Common with a shallow pool and natural shade, open in summer.
Parks & playgrounds · Stockwell
Slade Gardens Adventure Playground
A staffed adventure playground in Stockwell with outdoor play structures, an under-5s building, a mud kitchen and summer holiday clubs with free lunches.
Sports & active · Stockwell
Stockwell Skatepark
London's oldest skatepark ("Brixton Beach"), a free concrete bowl-and-transitions landscape refurbished in 2022.
Youth clubs · Vauxhall
Triangle Adventure Playground
A staffed adventure playground near Oval with a giant trampoline, zip-wire, treehouse slide, tool-use construction and a Nature Club, plus an evening youth club for ages 11–17.
Animals & farms · Vauxhall
Vauxhall City Farm
A free 1.5-acre city farm near the London Eye with pigs, alpacas, goats, sheep and rabbits, plus animal meet-and-greets and nature workshops.
Story time & libraries · West Norwood
West Norwood Library
A West Norwood library (co-located with a cinema) running SEND-friendly Wriggle and Rhyme, homework clubs and sensory Bag Books.
Arts & crafts · Stockwell
Art4Space
A Stockwell community arts studio for mosaic, ceramics and textiles, with creative therapeutic sessions and children's parties that fund free workshops for families in need.
Performing arts · Brixton
Brixton House
A Brixton theatre with a youth theatre company for ages 11–17 (text-based and devised theatre), school workshops and family-friendly shows.
Indoor & soft play · Brixton
Brixton Recreation Centre
A Brixton leisure centre with a Family Leisure Zone — soft play, an agility course and a clip 'n climb bouldering wall — plus pools and a junior gym.
Swimming & water play · Herne Hill
Brockwell Lido
A 50m Art Deco outdoor lido at Brockwell Park with a free summer wet-play area — paddling pool, sandpit, fountains and water pumps.
Museums & culture · Lambeth
Garden Museum
A museum in a restored medieval church by Lambeth Palace with family workshops teaching cooking, nutrition and plant science in its learning kitchen.
Indoor & soft play · Streatham
Streatham Ice & Leisure Centre
A Streatham centre with an Olympic-sized ice rink and two tiered indoor soft-play zones for ages 0–8, plus teen fitness.
Sports & active · Vauxhall
VauxWall Climbing Centre
An indoor bouldering centre near Vauxhall with junior climbing clubs and NICAS award classes for ages 7–17; step-free access.
Cinema · West Norwood
West Norwood Picturehouse
A four-screen cinema at West Norwood library with £3 kids' tickets, Kids' Club, Toddler Time, Watch with Baby and relaxed screenings.
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