Urban Village Fete

You’re invited! Come to Greenwich Peninsula Sunday 15 May for a day of wellness and craft workshops, talks and entertainment, eclectic local traders and spectacular street food in the sunshine. Discover your new favourite DJ with the likes of Bradley Zero and Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, alongside a brilliant music line-up from Worldwide FM throughout the day. It’s going to be the party of the year.

Whether you’re coming with the family for a picnic or your friends with their dancing shoes, we are sure you’ll find what you’re looking for.

Feeling Good

NOW Gallery is transformed into the Feeling Good Jazz Club for the gallery's fourth Young Artist commission.

This year's young artist is Joy Yamusangie who has created a series of intimate and evocative spaces in the gallery that are free to enter and immerse the viewer into examining their identity, celebrate self-expression and interrogate social constructs using bold colours, drawing, film, painting and collage.

London in the Sky

The capital's most exhilarating dining and drinking experience returns this month! You can enjoy expertly crafted breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, afternoon tea or cocktails whilst suspended 100ft above The O2 from 19 May when London in the Sky reopens at Greenwich Peninsula. What's more, you are able to get up to 20% off flights in May! 

Icon Outlet is open

The remaining stores in Icon Outlet will be reopening from Friday 29 April, just 10 weeks after the extensive damage to the roof of The O2 which was caused by Storm Eunice. Over 60 of the biggest headliners in fashion and lifestyle reside at Icon Outlet at The O2, offering up to 70% off the RRP.

Quick Tide by Felipe Pantone

A striking art installation by Argentinian-Spanish visual artist Felipe Pantone is coming to The Tide from 6 May. His first UK based commission, the artist is recognised for his stylistic collision between an analog past and a digitised future, the dynamically colourful installation will swathe the elevated facades of The Tide, the neighbourhood’s riverside destination for recreation, culture, and wellness.

The Line

The Line is a public art walk formed of over a dozen monumental pieces of public art. Starting beside The O2, and North Greenwich Pier, the route roughly follows the Meridian Line all the way to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. You can also enhance your experience using the Bloomberg Connects app to provide a digital guide to The Line's works; it includes three guided meditations.

Walter Sickert

Discover the boundary-pushing paintings by one of Britain’s most influential artists. Walter Sickert is recognised as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, having helped shape modern British art as we know it. Visit Tate Britain to see the pieces that strengthened the artistic connections between Britain and France and continues to influence contemporary painters to this very day.

Nearest pier: Millbank

Cornelia Parker

Also at Tate Britain, Cornelia Parker’s mesmerising large-scale installations are being exhibited from 19 May. She is one of Britain's best loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists. Always driven by curiosity, she reconfigures domestic objects to question our relationship with the world. Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, she engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human rights.

Nearest pier: Millbank

Andreas Gursky

White Cube Bermondsey presents a free exhibition by Andreas Gursky featuring new and recent photographs. Produced over the past four years, these works reflect Gursky’s focus on the ‘essential commonality’ of contemporary life, and the forms and structures of global capitalism.

Nearest pier: London Bridge City

Photo London

The leading international fair Photo London returns to Somerset House 12-15 May, showcasing the very best of the past, present and future of photography. The Fair is a celebration of the medium in all its forms – from emerging contemporary artists to historic and iconic masters. Photo London brings together an impressive range of international galleries, offering visitors an opportunity to explore, discover and collect some of the world’s most exquisite photographic artworks.

Nearest pier: Embankment

Battersea Park

Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, Battersea Park lies on the south bank of the River Thames between Chelsea and Albert bridges. The park has stunning river views, a children's zoo and an adventure playground that kids love! But if you are in need of some quiet time head to the Peace Pagoda, located right by the river it’s the perfect place to relax and forget your worries.

Nearest pier: Battersea Power Station

Greenwich Park

A short walk from Greenwich Pier, gorgeous Greenwich Park offers outstanding views of Canary Wharf and the City on a clear day. As one of London's largest Royal Parks, Greenwich Park offers a wide range of facilities and is home to the Royal Observatory and the Meridian line, as well as the National Maritime Museum and the Queen’s House. Greenwich Park used to be a hunting ground for Henry VIII.

Nearest pier: Greenwich

Thames Barrier Park

One of London’s newest parks, Thames Barrier Park offers the best view from the land of London's impressive flood defence, the Thames Barrier. Discover the delights of this urban oasis and its most creative feature 'The Green Dock' that provides a wind-protected microclimate for a variety of plants and butterflies.

Nearest pier: Royal Wharf

Mudchute Park and Farm

Llamas, in London?! Mudchute Park and Farm is located on the Isle of Dogs, a short walk from Masthouse Terrace Pier.

Set in 32 acres, the farm brings a touch of the countryside to Tower Hamlets and is home to pigs, sheep, cows, donkeys and chickens as well as llamas.

Nearest pier: Masthouse Terrace

St Dunstan in the East Church Garden

A 6-minute walk from Tower Pier lies the former church of Saint Dunstan in the East. A truly unique place in London, this peaceful green oasis is an escape from the hustle and bustle of the City. St Dunstan in the East Church Garden is set within the ruins of a Wren church which was bombed during the Blitz. The tower and steeple survived the bombing and the rest of the site was converted into a park featuring benches, a fountain, trees growing through windows and vines winding themselves around the walls.

Nearest pier: Tower

St James’s Park

The oldest of London's Royal Parks, St James's Park is at the heart of Westminster. The Mall, the procession route between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, forms the park's north border, Horseguard's Parade, Downing Street and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office straddle the park's eastern edge.

The park's artificial lake, flowers, trees and birds will make you forget that you are actually in the heart of London. It has breathtaking views of Buckingham Palace but don't forget to say hello to the pelicans!

Nearest pier: Westminster

Chelsea Physic Garden

Founded in 1673, Chelsea Physic Garden is London’s oldest botanical garden. An oasis in the city, the tranquil garden was established to supply medicinal plants for scientific study and was only opened to the public in the 1980s.

Nowadays visitors are welcomed to learn more about fauna from around the world. Please note the site is compact so booking in advance is essential.

Nearest pier: Cadogan

Bishop's Park

Across Putney Bridge from Putney Pier lies Bishop’s Park which has been awarded Grade II status by English Heritage.

The park houses Fulham Palace, the historic home of the Bishops of London, a beautiful walled garden and an ornamental lake. Bordering the north bank of the River Thames, Bishop's Park would ordinarily provide one of the best views of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race around this time of the year.

Nearest pier: Putney