BlogEventsSouth East London

Visit Greenwich in 2012 Diamond Jubilee events & Royal Borough status, Re-opening of Cutty Sark, London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and much more…

The Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site has an outstanding programme of festivals and inspiring events in 2012 to mark an eventful year which will see the borough of Greenwich receive Royal status and act as one of the host venues for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. And, in a year of re-openings and new beginnings, the Cutty Sark opens its doors again after years of careful…
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FREE TICKETS TO ALL LONDON MUMS TO THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR on 16 March 2012 (Battersea Park, 16-18 March 2012)

The Affordable Art Fair is offering ALL London Mums’ members FREE entry to the Fair on Friday 16 March 2012 to coincide with Mother’s Day weekend. FREE entry on Friday 16 March 2012 at the Affordable Art Fair Spring Collection upon presentation of this page at the door (normal price £12-£15). All you need to do is print this page with the details about the Affordable Art Fair and bring…
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The UK’s first ever people powered Christmas Tree

The labouring task of Christmas shopping will be turned into useful energy to power 1000 lights on Midsummer Place’s (a shopping centre in Milton Keynes) 20 ft tree. Elf and Fitness will be on hand to get the shoppers to walk across special paving slabs that will transfer the kinetic energy in their feet to power the lights. Every year, 7.7 billion kWh of fossil-fuel energy is used to power…
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BlogCentral London

Biggest Advent of the Year!! Giant Wooden Advent Calendar and Victorian-Themed Christmas Event launches at Tower Bridge

London’s iconic Tower Bridge plays host to families this Christmastime with the largest interactive Victorian wooden advent calendar in the country. Children open an advent door a day and enjoy a truly adventurous time. Each will go home with a candy cane and an adventurer’s certificate. The way in which we celebrate Christmas today actually has its origins back in Victorian Britain.
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BlogFitness & HealthSouth West London

FAMILY SUPPORT CRUCIAL FOR LIFE-LONG FITNESS

As young people grow up, there is increasing evidence that large numbers are dropping out of regular exercise into their teens. A survey carried out by David Lloyd Leisure found that one in five children aged 6-11 years do not receive any support from their parents when it comes to getting involved in sport outside of school, with a further 50 per cent of boys and 15 per cent of girls saying they…
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Baby & ToddlersBlogFitness & HealthGet CreativeSouth West London

Top tips to keep under 5s entertained

Here are Sarah Hobbs (head of family, David Lloyd Leisure) top tips to keep under 5s entertained. • The best way to get little ones active is to play with them – a three-year-old will try anything as long as the big person is doing it too • Make it fun and appeal to their sense of imagination – running is not just running, it is racing like a lion, as fast as a train, as hoppy as a…
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AttractionsBlogCentral London

Meet Santa on an unforgettable sleigh ride down the Thames

Speedy Christmas presents for daring Dads or outings for courageous children. Meet Santa in style this year, when you book on the ‘Jingle Bell Blast’ experience with London RIB Voyages, the original Thames speedboat experience. No waiting in line to see him, only to be rushed in and rushed out – whizz down the river to him instead. This is a once in a life time experience for children to…
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BlogGreat IndoorsSouth West London

Beaufort House Chelsea

Beaufort House Chelsea is located on the Kings Road, on the corner of Beaufort Street. The public ground floor is an award-winning brasserie open throughout the day, and the fabulous ground-floor cocktail bar mixes some of the best cocktails in town in the evening – both are open to all.  A perfect stopping off point after shopping on the Kings Road, and ideal for watching the world go by! …
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MAGIC FOR CHRISTMAS: LEADING CHILDREN’S AUTHORS TELL STORIES AT SOMERSET HOUSE ICE RINK

Families and children of all ages are invited to join some of Britain’s top children’s authors for a magical half hour of Storytelling beside the Tiffany Christmas Tree during this year’s season of Skate at Somerset House, presented by Tiffany & Co., which will run from 3 December 2011 to 22 January 2012. Skate at Somerset House runs from 22 November 2011 – 22 January 2012.
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Tibits, a parents' paradise in Central London

In the heart of Central London, in Heddon Street (off Regents Street) London Mums have found a top child-friendly restaurant, cafe’, self-service, with a ‘customer is king’ approach. Tibits is where I met Gail Porter for an interview to appear in the London Mums magazine issue 5 (winter 2011/spring 2012). Photo of Monica Costa and Gail Porter at Tibits courtesy of MemoryGate…
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