Raising tiny Londoners wouldn’t be half as hilarious without all the family-friendly hangouts, independent kids’ shops and tailored-to-tots activities that we’ve all missed like crazy over these last few miserable months.
Tufnell Park
Scare yourself silly this Halloween with pumpkin parties, wicked walks, ghoulish gigs and monstrous messy play.
Let them scare themselves silly with spooky screenings, disturbing dress up, haunted house parties and monstrous messy play.
None of my pre-baby friends had kids and I literally had no idea what you were meant to do with one.
25 ways to entertain culture-hungry little Londoners without spending a penny, by Kerri Burton
From child-led playgroups to parent-focused gigs; lively mummy-and-me yoga classes to calm, childcare-inclusive mothers’ retreats – we give you the definitive, tried-and-tested top 100 activities for little Londoners and their adults.
I’ve learnt the hard, breaking-my-neck-tripping-over-the-crap way that less is more where kids’ stuff is concerned.
Katrine lives in Crouch End with her partner Louis and their 10-year-old daughter Emmie and naughty boy cat Mimi. Eilidh lives in Camden with her husband Martin and their 10-year-old daughter Freya.
Going out with the urchins under the pretence that you’re a nice normal family often serves as a startling reminder that the opposite is true.
The sprawling park really comes into its own in summer with its trio of bathing ponds, 61-metre lido and children’s paddling pool.
