Things to Do in London
London Things To Do Guide
Surrounded by parks and historical sites, London hosts a number of festivals each year — all of which celebrate the outdoors. Not everything to do in London requires spending time outside, as the city also boasts museums, theaters, and 14 sports franchises.
Most London activities take place outdoors. The yearly Expressions in Chalk Street Painting Festival takes place in front of the John Labatt Centre on Talbot Street. Put on by the Imadon Street Painting Performance Group, the festival showcases 30 large pieces of detailed chalk art. One year it featured a scale reproduction of the center portion of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The International Food and Wing Festival is held every June in Victoria Park. It features food and music from many different cultures and also has amusement park rides, live entertainment, and a beer garden. The free admission makes it a great deal.
No list of stuff to do in London is complete without mentioning the many sporting events that take place in the city year round. Hockey, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, rugby, lacrosse, and even American football are all represented by London teams. The John Labatt Centre is the home of both the London Lightning NBL basketball team and the London Knights OHL hockey team. Soccer and football games are held at TD Waterhouse Stadium on the campus of the University of Western Ontario.
Family-friendly London attractions include the London Regional Children’s Museum at 21 Wharncliffe Road South and the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum at 750 Elizabeth Street. Exhibits at the London Regional Children’s Museum are interactive and involve exploring caves, digging for dinosaur bones, and learning about electricity. The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum is filled with military artifacts like guns, tanks, papers, and photos that date back to 1833.
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Ontario Racing Source
- South London
Coaches prepare drivers to roar down a quarter-mile speedway four times with drag-racing instruction and provided lunch and drinks
Optimum Bodz In-Home Personal Training
- Longwoods
A trainer with more than two decades of experience helps campers of all levels strengthen cores, burn fat, and straighten postures
SAVY International
- Longwoods
Certified instructors lead breathing exercises and discuss marma points during 30- and 60-minute Ashtanga and Vinyasa yoga classes
Atlas Yoga Studio
- Downtown Cambridge
Yoga classes challenge students’ strength and flexibility while teaching mind-focusing techniques to relieve stress
Brunswick Bowling
- Brunswick Frederick Lanes
Long-time bowling-industry leader opens its oiled lanes for pin-punishment sessions including cosmic bowling
Serona Centre for Integrative Medicine and Yoga
Instructors help yogis strengthen cores through a series of poses and breathing exercises in small classes
MAS Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Ju-jitsu classes focus on take-downs, grappling, and submissions while providing self-defense skills and a great workout
Heritage Lanes St. Thomas
Hanging screens broadcast music videos as players aim their bowling balls down lanes, which often light up during cosmic play
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Established in 1940, Museum London stands today as the region’s preeminent venue for Canadian art and historical artifacts. Its permanent collections pay tribute to the city's long and active art history, ranging from the landscape and portraiture paintings of pioneers to the works of leading regional contemporary artists such as Kerry Ferris and Walter Redinger. The gallery's archives also hold more than 35,000 historical artifacts covering the city of London’s history and the advanced technology that allowed it to be airlifted directly from England.
A child explores a cave's rock formations, stumbling upon drawings left by humans eons ago. Not far away, another child unearths something millions of years older—dinosaur fossils. For more than three decades, the London Children's Museum has stimulated imaginations through such interactive exhibits, helping children learn through play instead of fact memorization or encyclopedia ingestion. Stretched across three floors, nine permanent exhibits couple with travelling displays to explore everything from jellyfish to space exploration and 1880s schoolhouses. To extend this educational and recreational reach, the museum offers field trips, educational programs, and premium special events for preschoolers through 12-year-olds. They also offer memberships for frequent visitors, which come with benefits such as discounted pricing for the annual Halloween party and in the Explore Store.
