Story time & libraries · Balham
Balham Library under-5s
A welcoming community library featuring a children's reading section, homework help sessions, and weekly rhyme times for babies and toddlers.
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Things to do in Wandsworth
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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Parks & playgrounds · Battersea
Battersea Park & Children's Zoo
A spectacular park featuring a large children's playground, boating lake, and a lovely zoo (meerkats, monkeys, otters) with play frames.
Parks & playgrounds · Wandsworth
Wandsworth Common
A large common featuring multi-age playgrounds, duck ponds, walking paths, tennis courts, and the Lady Allen SEND adventure playground.
Parks & playgrounds · Putney
Wandsworth Park & Mini Golf
A riverside park featuring a children's play area, tree-lined walking paths, and the popular "Putt in the Park" adventure mini-golf.
Performing arts · Battersea
Battersea Arts Centre Family Classes
A historic arts centre hosting children's stage plays, Saturday morning creative workshops, and youth performing arts projects.
Swimming & water play · Battersea
Latchmere Leisure Centre Pool
Features an indoor leisure pool with a wave machine, water slides, a warm learner pool, and family swim sessions.
Indoor & soft play · Battersea
Latchmere Leisure Centre — Soft Play
A two-storey soft play centre with tiger rollers, "bish-bash" punch bags and spider-web climbers, attached to the leisure centre cafe — a modest option for ages up to 8, the best currently-open find in Wandsworth after the local Flip Out branch closed.
Swimming & water play · Tooting
Tooting Bec Lido
The UK's largest open-air freshwater swimming pool (90m long). Features a children's paddling pool, sunbathing lawns, and family swim sessions.
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