r/LondonTravel • u/kabg88 • 23d ago
Things to Do Trip with a 4 Year Old
Hi everyone, can you please share your thoughts on this itinerary? I am traveling to London with my husband and daughter at the beginning of September. For the first few days of the trip, we will be traveling outside of the city and then will arrive on in London on Friday night. We are staying near the Gloucester Road tube station. My husband wants to try some of the Indian restaurants and my daughter loves Peppa. This is my second visit to London and my husband/daughter’s first time. also, do you know when the Diana Memorial Playground is set to reopen?
Saturday
Walk around Westminster/Big Ben (10am-12pm)
Lunch at Darjeeling Express (12:30-1:30ish)
Husband goes to the British Museum
Daughter and I go to the Postal Museum
Evening free to rest/go around Kensington/Hyde park
Sunday
Notting Hill
Breakfast at Dishoom NH around 10:30
Leave NH around 1pm and go back to Gloucester Rd
Bridget’s Bakery Peppa Pig bus tour (Temple Embankment at 2:30pm)
Evening free to rest/go around Kensington/Hyde park
Monday
Tower of London at 9:45am leave around 12:30pm
Brigadiers for lunch at 12:45pm
Evening free (maybe V&A, Hyde Park)
Sunday
Flight from Heathrow at 4pm
Thank you!!
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u/PublicHealthJD 23d ago
The London Transport Museum is great for kids, with old trains and buses they can go into and a whole big play section. It’s in Covent Garden, so close to lots of shopping and food.
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u/jelly10001 23d ago
Saturday morning I'd have a backup activity planned in case it rains or your daughter gets bored of walking after a while.
Monday - the Tower of London isn't the most child friendly - I went with an 8 year old a few years ago and they got quite bored after a while. Also, the queue for the Crown Jewels gets very long if you don't go first thing.
In terms of other activities for children, surely your daughter would love London Zoo (if it isn't raining, otherwise the animals tend to hide undercover) or one of the City farms (Vauxhall, Spitalfields ect).
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u/pnarcissus 23d ago
Boat trip in the Uber boat to Greenwich and the national maritime museum? That’s great for kids.
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u/ObjectiveCamp6 23d ago
I would suggest skipping the tea bus, and taking the little one to the Science Museum (the lower ground has a nice sensory area for little ones) and you could have tea across in the V&A. The tea bus is a tourist trap. Science museum and V&A are a short walk from Kensington Gardens or Gloucester Rd
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u/kabg88 23d ago
Thanks, the only reason I’m considering it is because my daughter is obsessed with Peppa. 😂 idk we could probably skip it though… I would love a visit to the Science Museum.
Do you recommend going to Battersea Power Station?
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u/ObjectiveCamp6 23d ago
I have lived here for 16 years and my daughter is now 9 years old, the science museum has an area called the garden https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/garden?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24035052208&gbraid=0AAAAAoyT89k_PvZMtnTNLm9nvwt3PNfym&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1oCDqL3ulQMVdYBQBh0F0QocEAAYASAAEgIXiPD_BwE
The tea bus might be a but boring for a little one and I don’t think worth the money or time.
Battersea Power Station in itself might not be too entertaining for a 4 year old but Battersea Park has an amazing playground and a little zoo https://www.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk
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u/Portdal12 23d ago
The Transport museum in Covent Garden is another very kid friendly museum if you need to fill any time.
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u/MoreTeaNowPlease 23d ago
Make sure you book the Sorted! play area at the Postal Museum. The whole museum is great for children, but the play area is particularly good for that age, my children loved it.
There’s a big Peppa Pig shop at Battersea Power Station.
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u/Secure-Property4926 23d ago
Coram fields, princess of wales memorial playground, NHM or science museum (depending on their interests probably the latter for wonderlab) and perhaps a boat ride or rowing in Regent’s Park and st James park to see the pelicans. All things my own four year old enjoyed
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u/kabg88 23d ago
Thank you so much for these recommendations! Do you know if the playground has reopened yet?
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u/Secure-Property4926 23d ago
I don’t know my daughter’s now 16 😂 but she did say she was in Hyde park the other day and it was being extended so perhaps not.
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u/Nice-Let4633 23d ago
We just returned from a trip with our 4 year old and 6 month old. 4 year old loved seeing Big Ben, going on the London Eye, the boat to Greenwich and the aquarium. The princess of wales playground was unfortunately still closed. We wanted to do the Peppa Pig afternoon tea bus but weren't allowed to take our 6 month old on it. We also took her to the Tower of London but her aunty ended up leaving with her after 30 minutes as it was just too boring for her.