What's open on Sunday in London

Most of London stays open on Sunday. Here are 60 sights you can visit, with their Sunday hours, plus markets to browse and the few places that close.

Last updated: 22 October 2026

Open on Sunday

Westminster & St James's

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Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament

Sunday: open all day · Free

The Elizabeth Tower and the Gothic Houses of Parliament, best seen from Westminster Bridge; guided tours can be booked.

Westminster & St James's

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Churchill War Rooms

Sunday: 09:30–18:00 · £34

Winston Churchill's underground WWII bunker, kept as it was, with an excellent museum and audio guide.

Westminster & St James's

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Buckingham Palace

Sunday: open all day · Free (outside view)

The King's London residence, seen from the Victoria Memorial, with the Changing of the Guard on set days.

Westminster & St James's

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St James's Park

Sunday: 05:00–24:00 · Free

The oldest Royal Park, with a lake, pelicans and views to Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards.

Westminster & St James's

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Trafalgar Square

Sunday: open all day · Free

London's grand square with Nelson's Column, the fountains and the lions, right next to the National Gallery.

Westminster & St James's

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The National Gallery

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free

Western European painting from Van Eyck to Van Gogh, with Turner, Constable and Monet; free entry.

West End

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Covent Garden

Sunday: open all day · Free

A historic piazza with street performers, covered market stalls, shops and the London Transport Museum nearby.

West End

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Piccadilly Circus

Sunday: open all day · Free

The famous junction with its giant screens and the Eros statue, at the foot of Regent Street and Soho.

West End

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Soho & Chinatown

Sunday: open all day · Free

Lively streets of theatres, restaurants and bars, with London's Chinatown around Gerrard Street.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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The British Museum

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · Free

A vast museum of world history with the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies and the Parthenon sculptures; free entry.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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Camden Market

Sunday: 10:00–19:00 · Free

Canal-side market halls with street food, vintage clothes, crafts and alternative fashion.

South Bank & Bankside

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London Eye

Sunday: 11:00–18:00 · from £29

A 30-minute ride in a glass pod on the giant observation wheel, with views over the Thames and Parliament.

South Bank & Bankside

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Tate Modern

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free

Modern and contemporary art in a former power station on the Thames, with a viewing terrace on the Blavatnik Building.

South Bank & Bankside

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Shakespeare's Globe

Sunday: 09:30–17:00 · £31 (guided tour)

A reconstruction of Shakespeare's open-air theatre, visited on a guided tour with the exhibition.

South Bank & Bankside

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Borough Market

Sunday: 10:00–16:00 · Free

London's best-known food market under the railway arches, with fresh produce, cheese and hot street food.

South Bank & Bankside

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The View from The Shard

Sunday: 12:00–20:00 · from £28

Western Europe's tallest viewing platform, on floors 68 to 72 of the Shard with views up to 60 km.

The City & East

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Sky Garden

Sunday: 11:00–21:00 · Free

A glass-domed garden at the top of the Walkie-Talkie, with free views over the City; timed tickets.

The City & East

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Tower of London

Sunday: 10:00–17:30 · £38

A 900-year-old fortress with the Crown Jewels, the White Tower and free Yeoman Warder tours.

The City & East

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Tower Bridge

Sunday: open all day · Free

The Victorian bascule bridge, best seen from the walkway or the river path; the Exhibition has glass-floor walkways.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Natural History Museum

Sunday: 10:00–17:50 · Free

Dinosaurs, a blue whale skeleton and gems in a Romanesque palace; a favourite with children and free to enter.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Sunday: 10:00–17:45 · Free

The world's largest museum of decorative arts and design: fashion, ceramics, jewellery and sculpture.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Science Museum

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free

Hands-on galleries from steam engines and Apollo 10 to space and medicine; great for families and free.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Hyde Park

Sunday: 05:00–24:00 · Free

London's great Royal Park, with the Serpentine lake, rowing boats and Speakers' Corner.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Kensington Palace

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · £24.70 (£19 from 11 November 2026)

A royal residence in Kensington Gardens, with the King's State Apartments and the Sunken Garden.

Greenwich

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Cutty Sark

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · £22

The world's last surviving tea clipper from 1869, raised on dry dock so you can walk beneath its hull.

Greenwich

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Royal Observatory Greenwich

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · £24

Stand on the Prime Meridian line and see the Harrison clocks and Flamsteed House, with views over London.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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Camden Town Brewery

Sunday: 12:00–22:00

Craft brewery with a taproom under railway arches in Kentish Town and tours by booking.

South Bank & Bankside

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Bermondsey Beer Mile (taprooms)

Sunday: 11:00–17:00 · Free entry; beer paid per pint

Craft brewery taprooms in railway arches along Druid Street and Bermondsey Street, best on weekends.

Greenwich

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Meantime Brewery Tap Room

Sunday: 11:00–22:00

Craft brewery taproom in the Old Brewery within the Old Royal Naval College grounds.

West End

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Charbonnel et Walker (Royal Arcade)

Sunday: 12:00–17:00 · Free entry

Royal-warrant chocolatier in the Victorian Royal Arcade off Old Bond Street, known for its truffles.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Melt Chocolates (Notting Hill)

Sunday: 11:00–17:00 · Free entry

Small-batch chocolate shop and café on pretty Ledbury Road in Notting Hill.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Harrods

Sunday: 11:30–18:00 · Free entry

The famous Knightsbridge department store with its Food Halls, Egyptian Escalator and luxury floors.

West End

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Liberty London

Sunday: 12:00–18:00 · Free entry

Tudor-revival department store known for its prints, fabrics and design-led gifts.

West End

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Fortnum & Mason

Sunday: 11:30–18:00 · Free entry

Royal grocer on Piccadilly, famous for its tea, hampers, food hall and the chiming clock.

West End

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Selfridges

Sunday: 11:30–18:00 · Free entry

Huge Oxford Street department store with a famous food hall and fashion floors.

West End

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Hamleys

Sunday: 12:00–18:00 · Free entry

One of the world's oldest and biggest toy shops, seven floors of play and demonstrations.

West End

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Carnaby Street

Sunday: 10:00–19:00 · Free entry

Pedestrian shopping streets of independent fashion and design, the heart of 1960s London style.

The City & East

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Old Spitalfields Market

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · Free entry

Historic covered market with independent stalls, street food and small designer shops.

Greenwich

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Greenwich Market

Sunday: 10:00–17:30 · Free entry

Covered market with crafts, vintage and street food, a short walk from the Cutty Sark.

The City & East

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Brick Lane

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free entry

Street of vintage shops, street food, street art and curry houses, liveliest at the Sunday markets.

South Bank & Bankside

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Maltby Street Market

Sunday: 11:00–16:00 · Free entry

Weekend street-food market under railway arches in Bermondsey, quieter than Borough.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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ZSL London Zoo

Sunday: 10:00–16:00 · from £27.70

The world's oldest scientific zoo, in Regent's Park, with gorillas, penguins, tigers and a walk-through rainforest.

South Bank & Bankside

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SEA LIFE London Aquarium

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · from £28

Aquarium in County Hall by the London Eye, with sharks, rays, penguins and a glass tunnel.

West End

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London Transport Museum

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · £27 (annual pass; under 18 free)

Hands-on museum of London's buses, trams, tube trains and posters, popular with children.

South Bank & Bankside

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HMS Belfast

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · from £26.80

Second World War Royal Navy cruiser moored on the Thames, with nine decks to explore.

West End

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Madame Tussauds London

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · from £27

Waxwork museum of film stars, royals and sports heroes, with a Marvel and a Spirit of London ride.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Diana Memorial Playground

Sunday: 10:00–15:45 · Free

Pirate-ship playground in Kensington Gardens, for children up to 12 and their grown-ups.

Greenwich

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National Maritime Museum

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · Free

Britain's seafaring story, from Nelson to the modern navy, with big family galleries and a view of Greenwich Park.

Greenwich

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The Painted Hall (Old Royal Naval College)

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · £19

Baroque 'Sistine Chapel of the UK', with Thornhill's painted ceiling, in the Old Royal Naval College.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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The British Library

Sunday: 11:00–17:00 · Free

National library with the free Treasures gallery: Magna Carta, Beatles lyrics and Shakespeare's First Folio.

West End

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The Wallace Collection

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · Free

Townhouse museum of French 18th-century art, armour and masterpieces, including Fragonard's The Swing.

Westminster & St James's

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Tate Britain

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free

British art from 1500 to today, from Turner and Constable to Hockney and contemporary work.

Westminster & St James's

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National Portrait Gallery

Sunday: 10:30–18:00 · Free

Portraits of the people who shaped Britain, from the Tudors to today, in a refurbished gallery next to the National Gallery.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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Sir John Soane's Museum

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · Free

The eccentric home of an architect, packed with antiquities, paintings and clever light.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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Wellcome Collection

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free

Free museum and library about health, medicine and what it means to be human, with quirky objects.

Kensington & Chelsea

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Design Museum

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free (permanent collection); exhibitions ticketed

Museum of product, fashion and graphic design in a former modernist building; the permanent collection is free.

South Bank & Bankside

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Southwark Cathedral

Sunday: 08:30–18:00 · Free (donations welcome)

Gothic cathedral beside Borough Market, with a Shakespeare memorial and free entry.

Greenwich

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Greenwich Park

Sunday: 06:00–19:00 · Free

Royal park on a hill with the best free view over Canary Wharf, the Thames and the Observatory.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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Primrose Hill

Sunday: open all day · Free

Grassy hill north of Regent's Park with one of the classic free views of the London skyline.

Bloomsbury & Camden

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Regent's Park

Sunday: 05:00–19:00 · Free

Royal park with rose gardens, a boating lake and open lawns, between Marylebone and Camden.

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