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           THIS IS LONDON CULTURAL CALENDAR 2021 has a comprehensive
          selection of exhibitions, theatre, music, sport and events taking place over
         the next few months as restrictions are eased and we are able to enjoy the
          Capital again. The list will be updated as reopenings, rescheduled events
                            and performance dates are announced.

                       ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TO REOPEN ITS DOORS
   The Royal Opera House is to reopen its doors to audiences on 17 May, with a full schedule
 of in-person performances from both The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, brand new work
 available to stream online, and the world’s first opera in hyper-reality. This suite of activity will
   take place on the Royal Opera House's historic Main Stage, in the state-of-the-art Linbury
        Theatre, or streamed online as part of their #OurHouseToYourHouse programme.

                           VAN GOGH ALIVE BLOOMS IN LONDON
The new Van Gogh Alive multi-sensory experience completely immerses you in the life and work
   of Vincent van Gogh as you travel through periods of his life that defined him as an artist.
   State-of-the-art immersive gallery technology immaculately displays Van Gogh’s work in a
  kaleidoscope of colour. Set to an evocative classical score that is delivered via a high-fidelity
 3D sound system, this combination of sound, visuals and aromas of Provence will give visitors
        the sensation of walking right into his paintings as if they are living and breathing.

               ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS REVISED EXHIBITION PROGRAMME
The Royal Academy intends to reopen on Tuesday 18 May 2021. Following the temporary closure,
  the exhibition programme for the remainder of the year has changed. Upon reopening, Tracey
  Emin/Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul will continue until 30 May. Michael Armitage:
Paradise Edict will open on 22 May and David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 will
  open in the Main Galleries on 23 May. The Summer Exhibition 2021 has been rescheduled for
         autumn with a planned start in September. Late Constable will open in October.
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LONDON & REGIONAL                                                                        12 JUNE: HER MAJESTY THE
2                                                                                            QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
    EVENTS                                                                                   – Trooping the Colour will not go ahead
                                                                                             this year in its traditional form in Central
                                                                                             London. Options for an alternative
    APRIL                                                                                    parade, in the quadrangle at Windsor
                                                                                             Castle, are being considered.
    3 APRIL: THE BOAT RACE between
                                                                                             10 JUNE TO 18 JULY: GRANGE
    Oxford and Cambridge will be held on
                                                                                             PARK OPERA – Always enterprising
    the Great Ouse at Ely, without spectators.
                                                                                             venue presents Bryn Terfel in Verdi’s
    10 APRIL: GRAND NATIONAL                                                                 Falstaff, with Anthony Bolton’s new The
    11 APRIL: ROYAL PARKS HALF                                                               Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko,
    MARATHON – Online                                                                        plus La Boheme and Ivan the Terrible.
    13 APRIL: VAISAKHI Festival.                                                             13 JUNE: UEFA EURO 2020 MATCH
    23 APRIL: ST GEORGE’S DAY                                                                (ENGLAND V CROATIA) – Wembley.
                                                                                             15 TO 19 JUNE: ROYAL ASCOT –
                                                                                             Tickets not currently on sale.
    MAY                                                                                      18 JUNE: UEFA EURO 2020 MATCH
    8 TO 23 MAY: FIH PRO LEAGUE                  16 MAY: BBL PLAY-OFF FINALS –               (ENGLAND V SCOTLAND) –
    (FIELD HOCKEY) – Lee Valley Hockey           British Basketball League at The O2.        Wembley Stadium.
    and Tennis Centre, Queen Elizabeth           20 MAY TO 29 AUGUST:                        22 JUNE: UEFA EURO 2020 MATCH
    Olympic Park.                                GLYNDEBOURNE – Programme                    (CZECH REPUBLIC V ENGLAND) –
    11 MAY: THE BRIT AWARDS – The O2             comprises Janacek: Kát’a Kabanová;          Wembley Stadium.
                                                 Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Verdi: Luisa   28 TO 11 JULY: WIMBLEDON LAWN
    12 TO 13 MAY: EID AL FITR
                                                 Miller; Mozart: Cosi fan tutte; and         TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS –
    13 MAY TO 16 MAY: PHOTO                      Warner: Tristan und Isolde.                 Wimbledon. The Grand Slam tennis
    LONDON – Somerset House.
                                                 27 MAY TO 6 JUNE: HAY FESTIVAL              tournament that takes place at the All
    15 MAY: THE EMIRATES FA CUP                                                              England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
                                                 29 MAY TO 6 JUNE: VITALITY
    FINAL (FOOTBALL) – Wembley
                                                 LONDON 10K – St James's Park,               29 JUNE TO 4 JULY: HENLEY
    Stadium.
                                                 Westminster and City of London (Live        REGATTA
                                                 event 31 May, virtual 29 May to 6 June).    TBC: WEST END LIVE.
                                                 30 MAY: VITALITY WESTMINSTER
                                                 MILE – St James's Park, Westminster.        JULY

                                                 JUNE                                        2 TO 4 JULY: WIRELESS FESTIVAL
                                                                                             – Finsbury Park.
                                                 1 JUNE TO 7 AUGUST: OPERA                   6 JULY: UEFA EURO 2020 SEMI-
                                                 HOLLAND PARK – Remodelled seating,          FINAL 1 (FOOTBALL) – Wembley.
                                                 presenting The Marriage of Figaro, La       6 TO 11 JULY: RHS HAMPTON
                                                 Traviata, L’amico Fritz, The Cunning        COURT PALACE GARDEN FESTIVAL
                                                 Little Vixen and The Pirates of Penzance.   – Hampton Court Palace.
                                                 Booking from 14 April.                      7 JULY: UEFA EURO 2020 SEMI-
                                                 1 TO 27 JUNE: LONDON DESIGN                 FINAL 2 (FOOTBALL) – Wembley
                                                 BIENNALE – Somerset House.                  Stadium.
                                                 4 & 5 JUNE: THE DERBY – Epsom               9 TO 11 JULY: BST HYDE PARK –
                                                 Downs Racecourse.                           Hyde Park.
                                                 11 JUNE TO 11 JULY: UEFA EURO               11 JULY: EURO 2020 FINAL
                                                 2020 (FOOTBALL)                             (FOOTBALL) – Wembley Stadium.
    Bhanu the Asiatic Lion at ZSL London Zoo.

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13 JULY: MÜLLER ANNIVERSARY
GAMES (ATHLETICS – IAAF                                                                                                            3
DIAMOND LEAGUE) – London
Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
17 JULY: CORAL CHALLENGE CUP
FINAL (RUGBY LEAGUE) – Wembley
Stadium.
JULY TO SEPTEMBER: BBC PROMS
– An eight-week summer season of daily
orchestral classical music concerts and
other events held annually.

AUGUST

7 TO 8 AUGUST: THE LONDON
TRIATHLON – ExCeL London, Victoria
Docks and Central London.
6 TO 30 AUGUST: EDINBURGH                     The Barbershop Chronicles at the National Theatre.            Photo: Marc Brenner.
FESTIVAL – Various venues.
13 TO 15 AUGUST:                              27 TO 29 AUGUST: SOUTH WEST               OCTOBER
LONGINES GLOBAL CHAMPIONS                     FOUR WEEKENDER – Clapham
TOUR (SHOW JUMPING) – Royal                   Common                                    3 OCTOBER: VIRGIN MONEY
Hospital Chelsea.                             29 TO 30 AUGUST: NOTTING HILL             LONDON MARATHON – Central
22 AUGUST: THE VITALITY BIG                   CARNIVAL – Annual street festival         London.
HALF – Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge,            featuring parade bands which has taken    26 TO 31 OCTOBER: SIX DAY
Greenwich.                                    place in London since the mid 1960s.      LONDON (CYCLING) – Lee
28 AUGUST: ALL POINTS EAST –                                                            Valley VeloPark (QEOP).
Victoria Park.                                                                          6 TO 17 OCTOBER: BFI LONDON
27 AUGUST TO 11 SEPTEMBER:                    SEPTEMBER                                 FILM FESTIVAL – Central London.
GREENWICH & DOCKLANDS                                                                   13 TO 17 OCTOBER: FRIEZE
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (GDIF)                 5 SEPTEMBER: CANCER                       LONDON – Regent’s Park.
– Greenwich, Woolwich, Canary Wharf,          RESEARCH UK LONDON WINTER
                                                                                        TBC: NFL LONDON GAMES
Whitechapel and Bow.                          RUN – Central London.
                                                                                        (AMERICAN FOOTBALL) – Tottenham
                                              11 SEPTEMBER: PRIDE LONDON –              Hotspur Stadium and Wembley.
                                              The UK's biggest, most diverse Pride, a
                                              home for every part of London's LGBT+
                                              community.                                NOVEMBER
                                              17 TO 21 SEPTEMBER: LONDON
                                              FASHION WEEK – Various Venues.            13 NOVEMBER: LORD MAYOR'S
                                              18 TO 26 SEPTEMBER: LONDON                SHOW – City of London
                                              DESIGN FESTIVAL – City-wide.              14 NOVEMBER: REMEMBRANCE
                                              21 TO 26 SEPTEMBER: RHS                   SUNDAY – Cenotaph, Whitehall
                                              CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW – Royal               12 TO 21 NOVEMBER: EFG
                                              Hospital Chelsea.                         LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL – Various
                                              TBC: TOTALLY THAMES FESTIVAL              Venues
                                              – City-wide.                              23 TO 27 NOVEMBER: RUGBY
The Mountbatten Festival of Music is          26 SEPTEMBER: HACKNEY MOVES               LEAGUE WORLD CUP ENGLAND
traditionally held at the Royal Albert        FESTIVAL INCLUDING HACKNEY                2021 – Emirates Stadium and Copper
Hall. It will take place from 5 to 6 March,   HALF MARATHON – Hackney.                  Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic
2022.                                                                                   Park.
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WAITING IN THE WINGS                          JUNE                                          23 JUNE: HAMILTON – Lin-Manuel
4                                                                                               Miranda's multi award-winning musical,
    WEST END THEATRE                              11 JUNE: HAPPY DAYS – Trevor Nunn
                                                                                                based on one of America’s Founding
    REOPENING DATES                                                                             Fathers, Alexander Hamilton. Victoria
                                                  directs Samuel Beckett’s 1961 masterpiece
                                                                                                Palace Theatre (0844 248 5000)
                                                  to mark its 60th anniversary. Riverside
                                                  Studios.                                      23 JUNE: MARY POPPINS – The
    ONLINE                                                                                      story of the world’s favourite Nanny is
                                                  12 JUNE: LEOPOLDSTADT – Tom
                                                                                                spectacularly brought to the stage with
    Live performances to be announced.            Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning Best
                                                                                                its famous and unforgettable songs.
    NATIONAL THEATRE                              New Play returns to the West End.
                                                                                                Prince Edward Theatre (0844 482 5151)
                                                  Wyndham’s Theatre.
    SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE                                                                         24 JUNE: TINA – THE TINA TURNER
                                                  21 JUNE: WICKED – The West End and
                                                                                                MUSICAL – The untold story of Tina
    MAY                                           Broadway musical phenomenon, which
                                                                                                Turner, a woman who dared to defy the
                                                  tells the untold story of two unlikely
                                                                                                bounds of her age, gender and race.
    6 MAY: ROMEO & JULIET – Royal                 friends’ extraordinary adventures in Oz, on
                                                                                                Aldwych Theatre (0845 200 7981)
    Albert Hall – Sergei Polunin.                 their journey to becoming Glinda The
                                                  Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
    17 MAY: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
                                                  Apollo Victoria Theatre (0844 826 8000)       JULY
    REOPENS – a full schedule of in
    person performances by The Royal Ballet       21 JUNE: COME FROM AWAY – Tony
    and the Royal Opera.                          Award-winning musical which tells the         8 JULY: PRETTY WOMAN: THE
                                                  remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded       MUSICAL – One of Hollywood’s most
    18 MAY: WITNESS FOR THE
                                                  air passengers in the wake of 9/11.           romantic stories, featuring direction and
    PROSECUTION – Step inside London
                                                  Phoenix Theatre (0844 871 7627)               choreography by two-time TonyAward®
    County Hall and experience the drama of
                                                  21 JUNE: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT –                winner Jerry Mitchell. Piccadilly Theatre
    Agatha Christie’s story of justice, passion
                                                  West End premiere production of new           (020 7452 3000)
    and betrayal. London County Hall.
                                                  stage musical with music and lyrics by        12 JULY: THE BOOK OF MORMON –
    20 MAY: EVERYBODY’S TALKING
                                                  Stephen Schwartz, based on the                A crude, satirical show telling the story of
    ABOUT JAMIE – Supported by his
                                                  celebrated DreamWorks Animation film.         two young and naive mormon
    Mum and friends, Jamie beats the
                                                  Dominion Theatre (0345 200 7892)              missionaries. Prince of Wales Theatre
    bullies and steps into the spotlight.
                                                  21 JUNE: MAMMA MIA – Hit musical              (0844 482 5110)
    Apollo Theatre (0330 333 4809)
                                                  based on the songs of ABBA, set around        14 JULY: CINDERELLA – Andrew Lloyd
    20 MAY: LES MISERABLES (THE
                                                  the story of a mother and daughter on the     Webber’s new musical starring Carrie Hope
    STAGED CONCERT) – The staged
                                                  eve of the daughter’s wedding. Novello        Fletcher, set to completely reinvent the
    concert version of Cameron
                                                  Theatre (0844 482 5170)                       world’s best-loved fairytale. Gillian Lynne
    Mackintosh’s legendary production of
                                                  22 JUNE: THE PLAY THAT GOES                   Theatre.
    Boublil and Schonberg’s musical.
    Sondheim Theatre (0844 482 5151)              WRONG – A Polytechnic amateur drama

                                                                                                                                               Photo: Johan Persson
                                                  group are putting on a 1920s murder
    21 MAY: MAGIC MIKE LIVE – Based
                                                  mystery and everything that can go
    on the film, Channing Tatum's Magic
                                                  wrong... does! Duchess Theatre
    Mike Live is on stage at London's
                                                  (0330 333 4810)
    Hippodrome Casino (0207 769 8888)
                                                  22 JUNE TO 29 SEPTEMBER:
    21 MAY: SIX – From Tudor Queens to
                                                  HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL – The
    Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII
                                                  original award-winning production with
    take to the mic to tell their tales. Lyric
                                                  Michael Ball as Edna Turnblad. London
    Theatre (020 7494 5841)
                                                  Coliseum. (020 7845 9300)
    25 MAY: THE WOMAN IN BLACK –                  22 JUNE: MATILDA – Critically
    An innocent outsider, a suspicious rural      acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company
    community, a gothic house and a misty         production of Roald Dahl’s book, directed
    marsh are the ingredients of this             by Matthew Warchus. Cambridge Theatre
    Victorian ghost story. Fortune Theatre        (0844 800 1110)
    (0844 871 7626)
                                                                                                Zizzi Strallen as Mary Poppins.

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AUGUST                                          DECEMBER
                                                                                                                                             5
                                              7 TO 15 AUGUST: TUBULAR BELLS –                 8 DECEMBER TO 22 JANUARY: BRING
                                              Mike Oldfield’s classic celebrates 50 years     IT ON: THE MUSICAL – Long-awaited
                                              accompanied by Australia’s Circa circus.        London season at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
                                              Royal Festival Hall.                            The show features an original score by the
                                              20 AUGUST: BACK TO THE FUTURE –                 multi-award winning creator of ‘Hamilton’,
                                              Musical adaptation of the film that             Lin-Manuel Miranda.
                                              immortalised the time-travelling DeLorean
                                              cars. London premiere. Adelphi Theatre.
                                                                                              2022
                                              22 AUGUST: FROZEN – Disney’s fantasy
                                              film is brought to life on stage, inspired by   MARCH: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
                                              Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale ‘The       – Aaron Sorkin's new play based on
                                              Snow Queen’. Drury Lane.                        Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning
                                                                                              novel. Gielgud Theatre.
WICKED: Defying Gravity.      Matt Crockett   SEPTEMBER                                       17 TO 27 JUNE: THE CAR MAN –
                                                                                              Matthew Bourne’s dance-thriller based on
                                                                                              Bizet's Carmen. Royal Albert Hall
                                              23 SEPTEMBER: ENGLISH NATIONAL
20 JULY: LES MISERABLES – Concert                                                             (020 7589 8212)
                                              BALLET – In an acclaimed version of
production of Cameron Mackintosh’s            Giselle by Akram Khan, the greatest
legendary production of Boublil and           romantic ballet is reimagined. Sadler’s         DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED
Schönberg’s musical. Full performances        Wells.                                          GOOD – Olivier Award-winning director
resumes 25 September. Sondheim Theatre.       24 SEPTEMBER & JULIET – New                     Dominic Cooke reimagines one of
21 JULY: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA –               musical that proves when it comes to love,      Britain’s most powerful, political plays
Long running epic romance by Andrew           there’s always life after Romeo (pictured       with David Tennant. Harold Pinter
Lloyd Webber, set in Paris opera house        right) Told through pop anthems of the last     Theatre (03330 096 690)
where a deformed phantom stalks his prey.     three decades from songwriter Max Martin.       THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE:
Her Majesty’s Theatre (0844 412 2707)         Shaftesbury Theatre (020 7492 0810)             THE MUSICAL – A heart-breaking
21 JULY: HARRY POTTER AND THE                 26 SEPTEMBER: LIFE OF PI –                      original musical score by Grammy Award-
CURSED CHILD – Stage play based on            Spellbinding puppetry and video wizardry        winning composers Joss Stone and Dave
the Harry Potter franchise, based on the      tell the tale of an Indian boy and a tiger      Stewart with one of the most beloved
original story by J.K Rowling. Palace         shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean. Adapted       novels of the last fifty years.
Theatre (0330 333 4813)                       by Lolita Chakrabarti. Wyndham’s Theatre.       DEAR EVAN HANSEN – The hit
23 JULY: ANYTHING GOES – Starring                                                             Broadway musical about a teenage boy
Robert Lindsay and Megan Mullally.                                                            who finds it difficult to talk to people and
Barbican (020 7638 4141).
                                              OCTOBER                                         make friends until a tragic accident
28 JULY: JERSEY BOYS – The story of                                                           changes everything. Noël Coward Theatre
                                              1 OCTOBER: GET UP, STAND UP! –
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the     Arinzé Kene stars as the king of reggae in a
Tony and Olivier Award-winning, true-life     new jukebox musical written by Lee Hall.        REGIONAL/WEST END TRANSFER
phenomenon. Trafalgar Studios (03330          Lyric Theatre (0330 333 4812)                   BENEFACTORS – Michael Frayn, Hugh
096 690)                                      1 OCTOBER: MAMMA MIA THE                        Dennis & Claire Skinner. Transferring.
29 JULY: THE LION KING – Disney‘s             PARTY! – Theatrical experience at The O2        BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – UK Tour.
phenomenal animated film transformed          that takes place throughout Nikos Taverna.      BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS –
into a spectacular stage musical. Lyceum      The story unfolds in front of you, behind,      UK Tour – Disney.
Theatre (0844 871 3000)                       below and even above you!
                                                                                              SISTER ACT – UK Tour. Scheduled to
                                              26 OCTOBER: THE OCEAN AT THE                    open on 7 February 2022.
                                              END OF THE LANE – Following a sold
                                              out run at the National Theatre, the
                                              acclaimed production transfers to the Duke
                                              of York’s Theatre (0844 871 7623)

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MUSEUMS &                                    RENAISSANCE WATERCOLOURS
6                                                THE RAPHAEL CARTOONS
    EXHIBITIONS
                                                 27 MARCH: ALICE: CURIOUSER
                                                 AND CURIOUSER – Exploring its
    MARCH                                        origins, adaptations and reinventions
                                                 over 157 years, this immersive and
    POSTAL MUSEUM                                theatrical show charts the evolution of
                                                 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from
    The Postal Museum is a postal museum
                                                 manuscript to a global phenomenon
    run by the Postal Heritage Trust.
                                                 beloved by all ages (picture right).
    Discover the surprising story of the first
    social network and ride on Mail Rail.        BAGS: INSIDE OUT – From rucksacks
                                                 to despatch boxes, Birkin bags to Louis
    WISH YOU WERE HERE: 151 YEARS
                                                 Vuitton luggage, Bags: Inside Out
    OF THE BRITISH POSTCARD –
                                                 explores the style, function, design and
    An exploration of the iconic role the
                                                 craftsmanship of the ultimate accessory.
    postcard has played in connecting
    people for more than a century and a                                                    Mad Hatter costume, designed by
    half. Until January 2022.                    NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
                                                 The Natural History Museum exhibits a      Colleen Atwood for Tim Burton's 2010
                                                 vast range of specimens from various       adaptation of Alice in Wonderland,
    NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM
                                                 segments of natural history.               worn by Johnny Depp. © 2010 Disney.
    The National Army Museum is the
    British Army's central museum. It is         WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF
    adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea,      THE YEAR – Recognising the world’s
                                                                                            TATE MODERN
    the home of the Chelsea Pensioners.          best nature photography every year
                                                 since 1965.                                Tate is an institution that houses, in a
    FOE TO FRIEND: THE BRITISH                                                              network of four art galleries, the United
    ARMY IN GERMANY SINCE 1945 –                 FANTASTIC BEASTS™: THE
                                                                                            Kingdom's national collection of British
    This exhibition follows the lives of         WONDER OF NATURE – Discover
                                                                                            art, and international modern and
    soldiers in Germany over the past            where the real and wizarding worlds
                                                                                            contemporary art.
    75 years. Until 1 July.                      intertwine, and how the wonders of the
                                                 natural world have inspired myths,         SPRING: YAYOI KUSAMA: INFINITY
                                                 legends and magical creatures for          MIRROR ROOMS – A rare chance to
    IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM                                                                     experience two of Yayoi Kusama’s
                                                 generations.
    Recreations of WWI trenches and the                                                     Infinity Mirror Rooms. These immersive
    Blitz, many tanks and planes and                                                        installations will transport viewers into
    revolving military exhibitions.              SCIENCE MUSEUM
                                                                                            Kusama’s unique vision of endless
    AI WEIWEI HISTORY OF BOMBS –                 The Science Museum is the most visited     reflections.
    Renowned artist, Ai Weiwei, takes over       science and technology museum in
                                                                                            ZANELE MUHOLI – The first major UK
    IWM London’s atrium with new artwork.        Europe. There are over 15,000 objects
                                                                                            survey of the visual activist, with over
                                                 on display, including world-famous
    LIFE IN A CAMP – An innovative                                                          260 photographs illustrating the full
                                                 objects.
    installation that immerses you in a                                                     breadth of their career to date.
    refugee camp environment. Until 23 May.      BRASS, STEEL AND FIRE – Discover
                                                 the beauty of locomotive engineering       TATE BRITAIN
                                                 and journey through 100 years of
                                                                                            23 MARCH: TATE BRITAIN
                                                 model-making at our free exhibition.
    VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM                                                                COMMISSION: HEATHER
                                                 Available online.
                                                                                            PHILLIPSON Every year Tate Britain
    The Victoria and Albert Museum in            31 MARCH: OUR FUTURE PLANET                invites an artist to create a new
    London is the world's largest museum of      – Our Future Planet will showcase the      commission for the grand spaces of the
    applied and decorative arts and design,      cutting-edge technology and nature-        Duveen Galleries at the heart of the
    as well as sculpture, housing a              based solutions being developed to         building, this year by British artist
    permanent collection of over 2.27            remove carbon dioxide from the             Heather Phillipson.
    million objects.                             atmosphere, and how this will impact
                                                 our lives in the future.

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APRIL                                                                        BRITISH LIBRARY                               BRITISH MUSEUM
                                                                             The British Library is the national library   27 MAY TO 24 OCTOBER:                         7
TATE MODERN                                                                  of the United Kingdom and one of the          NERO – New exhibition challenges the
                                                                             largest libraries in the world. It is         view of the much-maligned leader who
29 APRIL TO 31 OCTOBER: THE
                                                                             estimated to contain 170–200 million-         famously fiddled while Rome burned.
MAKING OF RODIN – Working at the
                                                                             plus items from many countries.
turn of the 20th century, Auguste Rodin
created sculptures with an emotion                                           HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS:                           WHITECHAPEL GALLERY
rarely seen before. This major exhibition                                    JOURNEYS OF THE WRITTEN                       19 MAY TO 29 AUGUST: EILEEN
offers a unique insight into Rodin’s                                         WORLD – Journey beyond the Bible to           AGAR: ANGEL OF ANARCHY –
processes, highlighting the crucial role                                     discover the history, culture and             Retrospective of work from the British
of plaster in his practice.                                                  traditions of Jewish people from all          artist who spent time in the company of
                                                                             corners of the world through the ages.        the cubists and surrealists. Whitechapel
GARDEN MUSEUM                                                                                                              Gallery.
                                                                             MAY
The Garden Museum explores and
celebrates British gardens and gardening                                                                                   LATER IN 2021/2022
through its collection, temporary                                            BARBICAN ART GALLERY
exhibitions, events and garden.                                              17 MAY TO 22 AUGUST: Jean                     NATIONAL GALLERY
3 APRIL TO 24 MAY: SHARA                                                     Dubuffet, Brutal Beauty – An exhibition
                                                                                                                           The Nation's Gallery. The story of
HUGHES – New site specific paintings                                         celebrating French artist Jean Dubuffet
                                                                                                                           European art, masterpiece by masterpiece.
and works on paper by New York-based                                         (1901-1985), one of the most singular
                                                                             and provocative voices in postwar             11 SEPTEMBER: DECORATIONS:
artist, a series of large-scale flower
                                                                             modern art.                                   THE BIRTH OF MODERN DECOR –
paintings which will hang together in the
                                                                                                                           IMPRESSIONIST
Nave in the heart of the Museum.
                                                                             ROYAL ACADEMY                                 9 OCTOBER: POUSSIN AND THE
14 APRIL TO 30 SEPTEMBER:
                                                                             Situated in the heart of London, the          DANCE – Poussin’s paintings and
CONSTANCE SPRY AND THE
                                                                             Royal Academy is where art is made,           drawings of dance shown alongside the
FASHION FOR FLOWERS – The
                                                                             exhibited and debated.                        antique sculpture he studied, inviting
exhibition will explore Spry’s exceptional
                                                                                                                           viewers to trace the evolution of his ideas
life, achievements and legacy, with                                          23 MAY TO 26 SEPTEMBER: DAVID
                                                                                                                           from marble to paper to paint.
exclusive access to her archive at the RHS.                                  HOCKNEY: THE ARRIVAL OF
                                                                             SPRING, NORMANDY 2020 – More                  20 NOVEMBER TO 27 FEBRUARY:
                                                                             than 100 pictures produced on an iPad at      DURER’S JOURNEYS – Travelogue
DESIGN MUSEUM
                                                                             his home in rural France during lockdown      show chronicling the journeys to the Alps,
The Design Museum exhibits product,                                                                                        Venice and the Low Countries, undertaken
                                                                             2020.
industrial, graphic, fashion, and                                                                                          by the German Renaissance artist.
architectural design. In 2018, the
                                                                                                                           SPRING 2022: RAPHAEL – His life was
museum won the European Museum
                                              Photo: Norman Wilcox-Geissen

                                                                                                                           short, his work prolific, and his legacy
of the Year Award.
                                                                                                                           immortal.
30 APRIL TO 24 OCTOBER:
SNEAKERS UNBOXED: STUDIO TO
STREET – A major exhibition exploring                                                                                      TATE MODERN
one of the most universal design                                                                                           15 JULY: SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP
objects, bought and worn by millions of                                                                                    12 OCTOBER: HYUNDAI
people worldwide every day.                                                                                                COMMISSION: ANICKA YI
                                                                                                                           25 NOVEMBER: LUBAINA HIMID
HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY MUSEUM
Rare, thought provoking and often
moving artefacts combined with, friendly                                                                                   TATE BRITAIN
and extremely knowledgeable staff, self                                                                                    7 JULY TO 24 OCTOBER: PAULA
guided audio visual tours and the                                            Helen Kirkum x Matthew Needham.               REGO – Detailed retrospective of Britain’s
opportunity to watch troopers tending to                                     From Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to              greatest female artist.
their horses in the working stables.                                         Street at the Design Museum.
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3 NOVEMBER TO 20 MARCH 2022:
8   HOGARTH AND EUROPE – The
    quintessentially British artist presents him
    alongside his continental peers to explore
    the differences.
    1 DECEMBER: ART FROM BRITAIN
    AND THE CARIBBEAN

    DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

    BRITISH MUSEUM
    The British Museum’s permanent
    collection of some eight million works is
    among the largest and most
                                                   TATE BRITAIN                               ANTISOCIAL ISOLATION – Antisocial
    comprehensive in existence, having
                                                   HOPE. STRUGGLE. CHANGE,                    Isolation is a group exhibition featuring
    been widely collected during the era of
                                                   PHOTOGRAPHING BRITAIN AND                  artworks by some of the most exciting
    the British Empire.
                                                   THE WORLD 1945–79.                         emerging artists of today.
    THOMAS BECKET: MURDER AND
    THE MAKING OF A SAINT –
                                                   SAATCHI GALLERY                            ROYAL ACADEMY
    A dramatic exhibition about the murder
    that shook the Middle Ages, marking the        The Saatchi Gallery is the London          22 SEPTEMBER TO 2 JANUARY:
    850thanniversary of the death and legacy       gallery for contemporary art, opened by    ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER
    of Thomas Beckett, including an entire         Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to        EXHIBITION – Run without interruption
    mediaeval stained glass window on loan         exhibit his collection to the public.      since 1769, the world’s largest open
    from Canterbury Cathedral.                     PHILIP COLBERT: LOBSTEROPOLIS              submission art show. It brings together
                                                   – The largest UK survey, an odyssey of     art in all mediums, from prints,
    TATE MODERN                                    unseen paintings and sculptures.           paintings, film and photography to
                                                   JR: CHRONICLES – An exhibition of the      sculpture, architectural works and more
    MARIA BARTUSZOVÁ.
                                                   internationally recognised French artist   by leading artists, Royal Academicians,
    MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ.
                                                   JR, featuring some of his most iconic      household names plus new and
                                                   projects from the past fifteen years.      emerging talent.
                                                                                              25 SEPTEMBER TO 12 DECEMBER:
                                                                                              MARINA ABRAMOVIC: AFTER LIFE
                                                                                              – Glamorous pioneer of performance art,
                                                                                              whose MoMA show in 2010 was a
                                                                                              sensation.
                                                                                              29 JANUARY TO 7 APRIL 2022:
                                                                                              FRANCIS BACON: MAN AND BEAST
                                                                                              – Bacon’s friend, Michael Peppiatt,
                                                                                              curates 45 paintings, including the
                                                                                              powerful trio of bullfights, exploring
                                                                                              Bacon’s fascination with animals.

    Conch shell trumpet. Tibet, 18th-19th Century. © Trustees of British Museum

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     CADOGAN HALL

     9 & 10 MAY: RUMOURS OF
     FLEETWOOD MAC (Rescheduled)
     A unique opportunity for fans to
     rediscover the songs and performances
     of one of the most loved groups,
     performed by the ultimate Fleetwood
     Mac tribute band.
     22 APRIL: VIENNESE
     SPECTACULAR (Rescheduled)
     30 APRIL: SOPHIA & CINZIA
     (Rescheduled) – Live version of              Ryoichi Hirano and Lauren Cuthbertson in Within the Golden Hour, The Royal Ballet 2019.
     podcast, The Girls Bathroom, with fun
     girl chat.                                   6 JUNE: THE DOWN FOR THE                           KINGS PLACE
     11 MAY: THE MOZARTISTS – Ian                 COUNT SWING ORCHESTRA –
     Page’s vibrant period-instrument             A celebration of the great American                THROUGHOUT 2021:
     ensemble in a fascinating survey of          composer and arranger Nelson Riddle in             LONDON UNWRAPPED – Sounds of
     Mozart’s activities in 1771.                 his centenary year.                                a Migrant City London has been a
                                                  19 JUNE: JOHN OWEN-JONES – The                     melting pot since its earliest days, both
     22 MAY: ROB HOUCHEN: IN
                                                  longest running ‘Phantom’ celebrates his           a place of refuge, a glittering cultural
     CONCERT (Rescheduled) – A plethora
                                                  50th birthday with favourite tunes, new            nexus, the most cosmopolitan of all
     of tunes from both the worlds of musical
                                                  and old, with a live band.                         British cities. This series delves into four
     theatre and pop, as well as original
     material.                                    24 JUNE: AN EVENING WITH TOM                       hundred years of London’s musical past,
                                                  RUSH – Distinctive guitar style, wry               with its dazzling display, its openness,
     29 MAY: RAINER HERSCH
                                                  humour and warm, expressive voice,                 opportunities and barriers.
     ORKESTRA (Rescheduled) – A brand-
                                                  a lure to audiences around the world.              20 MAY TO 26 AUGUST: SONGLINES
     new dollop of games, tricks and jokes
     for orchestra and audience.                  25 JUNE: THE ILLEGAL EAGLES –                      ENCOUNTER FESTIVAL. – Rising stars,
                                                  Celebrating the music of the legendary             premiere performances and exciting new
     4 JUNE: AN EVENING WITH JIMMY
                                                  West Coast Country Rock band.                      collaborations from around the world.
     WEBB – An evening with living legend
     Jimmy Webb, hailed by Rolling Stone as       26 JUNE: THE CARPENTERS
     one of the top 50 songwriters of all time.   STORY (Rescheduled) – An orchestral
                                                  celebration of the classic songbook that           WIGMORE HALL
     5 JUNE: JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S
                                                  made the pair popular music legends.               One of the world’s great concert halls,
     EVENING (Rescheduled)
                                                                                                     specialises in chamber and instrumental
                                                                                                     music, early music and song. Having
                                                  ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE                             recently celebrated its 118th Birthday,
                                                                                                     Wigmore Hall is livelier than ever,
                                                  28 MARCH TO 4 APRIL:                               offering music-making of outstanding
                                                  HOLY WEEK FESTIVAL – Tenebrae                      quality and an array of activities in the
                                                  and St John's Smith Square come                    broader community. With its infectious
                                                  together to present the annual Holy                sense of adventure, it consistently
                                                  Week Festival. Showcasing some of the              captures the public imagination and
                                                  world’s finest ensembles, the week-long            broadens its audiences’ horizons.
                                                  programme celebrates the vast range of             Concerts are currently being live
     Luciano Pavarotti with Her Majesty           music composed for Lent and Easter.                streamed. Full programme available at
     Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother at                                                             www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
     the Royal Albert Hall.

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6 MAY: ROMEO & JULIET –                    6 MAY: PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA
International ballet star Sergei Polunin   IS PIERROT LUNAIRE – The violin
makes his London debut as Romeo            world’s wild child becomes singer, actor
alongside world-renowned ballerina         and fiddler in Schoenberg’s pivotal work.
Alina Cojocaru in the UK premiere of a
new version of Romeo & Juliet.             6 MAY: TCHAIKOVSKY'S FOURTH
                                           SYMPHONY – Santtu-Matias Rouvali
10 MAY: 3 SHOTS OF TEQUILA LIVE            is soon to take over as the Principal
– Marv Abbey, Mr Exposed and Tazer         Conductor of the Philharmonia
Black in a one-off live version of their   Orchestra.                                             Conductor: Antonio Pappano
popular Spotify exclusive podcast.
                                           4 MAY: SOUTHBANK SINFONIA:                  14 MAY: HIGHGATE CHORAL
11 MAY: A COUNTRY NIGHT IN                 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO.1 –                   SOCIETY BERLIOZ TE DEUM –
NASHVILLE – A journey through the          Period performance specialist Christian     Over 300 vocalists and the New London
history of Country, featuring songs from   Curnyn conducts a little tour of musical    Orchestra perform Berlioz’s monumental
its biggest stars both past and present.   history, ending with Beethoven’s debut      song of praise, conducted by Ronald
                                           symphony.                                   Corp OBE.
13 TO 16 MAY: ZUCCHERO –
Celebrated Italian singer-songwriter       11 MAY: DANIEL KHARITONOV:                  16 MAY: CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA
returns to the Royal Albert Hall for the   PRECISION AND POETRY – Russian               – Two double concertos by Vivaldi and
sixth time.                                virtuoso shares gems by Chopin and          Boulogne give the Chineke! principal
                                           storm visions from Beethoven and            players a chance to shine.
14 TO 18 MAY: ERIC CLAPTON.                Brahms.
Rescheduled to 7 & 8 MAY 2022                                                          20 MAY: SIMON TRPCESKI
                                           13 MAY: LONDON SINFONIETTA:                 Orchestral Manoeuvres on a Piano – an
20 MAY: GRAND ORGAN                        Long Song of Solitude – Canadian            intriguing selection of symphonic music
CELEBRATION – A celebration of the         composers combine forces with the           on the piano, culminating in one of the
Royal Albert Hall’s world-famous 9,999-    London Sinfonietta as Claude Vivier’s       greatest musical stories ever told.
pipe Henry Willis organ.                   masterwork, Lonely Child, meets a
                                           premiere by Nicole Lizée.
21 MAY: JAMES BLUNT – Once
Upon a Mind Tour

22 MAY: FILM MUSIC GALA –
Performed by the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra.

24 MAY: YES – Prog Rockers return.

28 MAY: PINK MARTINI – The
internationally-acclaimed group, who
traverse genres in the name of elegance
and taste, celebrate an incredible 25
years of the band.

3 JUNE: FINAL FANTASY VII
REMAKE ORCHESTRA – Alectrifying
new concert based entirely on the highly
anticipated and groundbreaking game
                                                                                                         The Royal Albert Hall.
from Square Enix.

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     THE BARBICAN                                                                             ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH
                                                                                              NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM –
     10 APRIL: BENJAMIN GROSVENOR                                                             Discover epic stories of exploration and
     – an evening of sweeping romance and                                                     endeavour that have shaped our world
     unbridled virtuosity at the hands of one                                                 today.
     of Britain’s most brilliant and musically
                                                                                              ROYAL OBSERVATORY – Home of
     intelligent young pianists.
                                                                                              Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the Prime
     25 APRIL: ECHOES OF SCOTLAND
                                                                                              Meridian of the world and London’s
     – venture to the beautiful Scottish
                                                                                              Planetarium.
     Highlands with the BBC Symphony
     Orchestra as the wild landscapes are                                                     CUTTY SARK – The celebrated historic
     brought vividly to life through music.                                                   sailing ship and fastest of its time. Now
     9 MAY: LSO/SIR SIMON RATTLE                                                              an award-winning visitor attraction.
     DAS LIED VON DER ERDE – Mezzo-                                                           Reopening programmes for all RMG
     soprano Magdalena Kožená and tenor          ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS                      properties are to be announced.
     Andrew Staples join London Symphony         FRESH HORIZONS – a weekly online
     Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, their       concert series, aiming to put St Martin’s    MERLIN
     first performance in over a year.           at the heart of music-making in the          LONDON EYE – Europe's tallest
     15 MAY: PAUL WELLER, JULES                  capital. The series runs until April and     cantilevered observation wheel, and is
     BUCKLEY & BBC SYMPHONY                      features internationally-acclaimed artists   the most popular paid tourist attraction
     ORCHESTRA – first gig in two years.         including London Mozart Players,             in the United Kingdom with over 3
                                                 Chineke!, Stile Antico, Peter Donohoe,       million visitors annually.
     6 JUNE: ERROLLYN WALLEN:
                                                 The Gesualdo Six, and the Academy of         LONDON AQUARIUM – Find out
     DIDO’S GHOST – The story of Dido
                                                 St Martin in the Fields.                     about penguins, sea turtles, sharks,
     and Aeneas didn’t end with Dido’s death.
     Errollyn Wallen takes the story forward,                                                 jellyfish and much more.
     interweaving a full performance of          ST JAMES’S PICCADILLY                        SHREK’S ADVENTURE! – Family-
     Purcell’s great tragedy.                    St James's Piccadilly is in many ways        friendly attraction based on the film
     10 JUNE: THOMAS ADES AT 50 –                the finest of the group of four churches     ‘Shrek’ with a 4D movie & interactive
     One of Britain’s most original musical      designed by Sir Christopher Wren.            fairy tale shows.
     voices. Thomas Adès plays composer,         Livestreamed recitals can be accessed        MADAME TUSSAUDS – Museum
     conductor and pianist in his 50th           online until performances are able to        chain for life-size wax replicas of famous
     birthday concert with Britten Sinfonia.     resume in the Church.                        celebrities & historic icons in themed
                                                                                              galleries. Advance booking open.

                                                                                              HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
                                                                                              TOWER OF LONDON – The Tower of
                                                                                              London, officially Her Majesty's Royal
                                                                                              Palace and Fortress of the Tower of
                                                                                              London, is a historic castle on the north
                                                                                              bank of the River Thames.
                                                                                              ONGOING: THE CROWN JEWELS –
                                                                                              This magnificent world-famous
                                                                                              collection of 23,578 gemstones boasts
                                                                                              items that are still used in royal
                                                                                              ceremonies today.
                                                                                              MEET THE YEOMAN WARDERS –
                                                                                              Meet the Tower of London Yeoman
                                                                                              Warders as you follow the one-way route
                                                                                              around the Tower of London.
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KENSINGTON PALACE – As well as                   WARNER BROS STUDIO TOURS:
being a popular visitor destination,             THE MAKING OF HARRY POTTER                                                                         13
Kensington Palace is the official                Experience the magic of the Wizarding
residence of TRH The Duke and Duchess            World of Harry Potter, explore iconic
of Cambridge and their children.                 sets & discover what it took to bring the
HAMPTON COURT PALACE –                           Harry Potter films to life.
Hampton Court Palace will plant over             20 AUGUST TO 12 NOVEMBER:
100,000 bulbs in the gardens for the first       A CELEBRATION OF SLYTHERIN –
Tulip Festival from 18 April to 4 May.           Discover the secrets behind some of the
6 TO 11 JULY: RHS HAMPTON                        iconic costumes and props belonging to
COURT PALACE GARDEN FESTIVAL                     the cunning Slytherin characters.                Slytherin – Great Hall Costumes.
– The Festival returns to bring bountiful                                                                       Photo: Warner Bros Studio Tours
blooms and innovative garden design to           WESTMINSTER ABBEY
the height of summer 2021. Promising a                                                            LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
                                                 A royal church in the centre of London           Discover the powerful link between
magical mix of gardens, plants, flowers,         offering daily services for all and a World
shopping, live music and delicious food,                                                          transport and the growth of London
                                                 Heritage Site with over a thousand years of      since 1800 at the world's leading
make a date with a summer's day out in           history. Open for daily Eucharist and
the grounds of Hampton Court Palace.                                                              museum of urban transport online.
                                                 worship only.
Gardens and are open at weekends for
                                                                                                  THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD
local households to visit for essential          TOWER BRIDGE                                     In 2012, Italian architect Renzo Piano
exercise only.                                   Tower Bridge has a long and fascinating          transformed London’s skyline with a
                                                 history. Built between 1886 and 1894,            strange but striking structure that’s now
KEW GARDENS                                      the Bridge has spent more than a                 the capital’s tallest tower. The floor-to-
Discover the world of science behind             century as London's defining landmark,           ceiling windows allow exceptional views
Kew Gardens’ botanical collections, with         an icon of London and the United                 out across the capital.
over 50,000 living plants to be found            Kingdom. Reopening to be announced.
across the UNESCO World Heritage site.
31 MARCH TO 18 APRIL: DENNIS &
GNASHER’S BIG BONANZA – Beano
fun this Easter holiday with a festival of
plants and pranks.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Buckingham Palace is the London
residence and administrative headquarters
of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
Situated in the City of Westminster, the
palace is often at the centre of state
occasions and royal hospitality.

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican
Cathedral in the City of London and a
house of prayer for all nations. As the
cathedral of the Bishop of London, it serves     HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT TOURS
as the mother church of the Diocese of           The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of
London. Currently closed for public              Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United
worship and private prayer.                      Kingdom. Virtual Tours and online programme of events. General reopening to be
                                                 announced.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Oak                               Upper Holloway                                                   Stamford Hill
                                                                                                              Wembley                                     Dollis Hill                               Hampstead                                                                                                                                                                              Wanstead       Gants
                                                                                 South Kenton                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Walthamstow              Leyton                                Hill
                                             South                                                               Park                                                                                                                   Kentish          Tufnell Park                  Arsenal                                                                       Midland Road                                       Ilford
               South Ruislip                                                  North Wembley                                                                         Willesden Green                                                                                                                              Finsbury                   Queen’s Road                                   Leytonstone
                                            Harrow                                                                                                                                                                                      Town
                                                                                                                                                                                              Hampstead                                 West                                Holloway Road                    Stoke
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Park
                                                                              Wembley Central                                                                          Kilburn                                                                        Kentish                                                Newington                         Leytonstone                                 Wanstead                Manor Park
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Heath            Belsize                            Town                                                                                      High Road                                    Park
                                                                                                                              Brondesbury                                          West                              Park                                                               Highbury &                Rectory        St James
                   Northolt                                                   Stonebridge Park                                                                                                                                                               Caledonian Road                                                     Street
                                        Sudbury Hill                                                                              Park                                           Hampstead                                                                                              Islington                 Road                                                                                        Woodgrange
                                                                                     Harlesden                                                                                                                          Chalk Farm                Camden Road                                          Dalston
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Kingsland                        Stratford Leyton                                                      Park
                                                                           Willesden Junction                  Kensal Rise                    Brondesbury                                    Finchley Road
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Clapton International                                                   Forest
                 Greenford                 Sudbury                                                                                                                                           & Frognal                                                                       Caledonian                     Hackney                                                                               Gate
                                             Town                                                            Kensal Green                                                                                               Camden Town                                            Road &        Canonbury       Downs     Hackney      Hackney
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Barnsbury                                                                                                        Maryland
                                                                                                            Queen’s Park                                                                           South                                                                                                               Central        Wick
                                                                                                                                                           Finchley Road                           Hampstead            Mornington                                                                                                                                                          Stratford
                                           Alperton                                                                                                                                                                       Crescent                                                                          Dalston Junction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 King’s Cross                                                                                      Homerton
                                                                                                                             Kilburn High Road                                                                                                    St Pancras
                                                                                     Kilburn Park                                                                                               Swiss Cottage                                                                                                                                  London Fields                                Stratford
                         Perivale                                                                                                           Edgware                                                                                                                                                                Haggerston
                                                                                         Maida Vale                           Paddington     Road                          Marylebone           St John’s Wood          Euston                                                                                                                                                              High
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cambridge Heath                                 Street                   Barking
                                                        Park Royal                    Warwick Avenue                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Hoxton
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Angel                                                                 Bethnal Green
                                                                                          Royal Oak                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Pudding        Abbey              East Ham
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Bethnal    Mile                        Mill Lane
                                Hanger Lane                                                                                                                                                           Great     Euston                                                                                                                 Green     End                                        Road           Upton Park
                                                              Acton                                                                                                 Edgware          Baker                      Square                                                          Old Street
                                                                                                                                                                                    Street           Portland                    Warren             Farringdon
                                                           Main Line                                         Westbourne Park                                         Road                             Street                     Street                                                                                                                                                                 Plaistow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Shoreditch
                                                                                                         Ladbroke Grove                                                                                   Regent’s                                        Barbican                                                 High Street
                                                                                                                                                          Bayswater                                       Park                        Russell                                                                                                                     Bow Bromley-             West Ham
                                     North Ealing                                                        Latimer Road                                                                                                                 Square                    Moorgate                                                                                          Road by-Bow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Goodge                                                                                                                     Bow Church
                                                                                East     White                      Shepherd’s                           Notting Lancaster Bond                   Oxford            Street                        Chancery
                                                                               Acton     City                          Bush                              Hill Gate Gate    Street                 Circus                             Holborn        Lane                                     Liverpool                                   Stepney Green          Devons Road
               Hanwell         West                                                                                                                                                                                                                             St Paul’s                    Street                Aldgate                                                                  Star Lane
                               Ealing      Ealing               West       North                                                  Holland                      Queensway          Marble                         Tottenham                                                                                            East          Whitechapel                 Langdon Park
                                         Broadway               Acton      Acton                                                   Park                                            Arch                          Court Road                                           Bank
                                                                                   Wood Lane                                                                                                                                            Covent Garden                                             Aldgate                                                       All Saints                 Canning
                                                                                                                                                          High Street
                   Southall                                      Acton                                                                                    Kensington                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Town          Royal
                                                                Central          Shepherd’s                                                                                                      Green Park                                                                                                                         Shadwell     Westferry Poplar                                       Victoria
                                                                                Bush Market                                                                                                                                      Leicester
                                Ealing Common                                                                                                                        Hyde Park Corner                                            Square
  Hayes &                                                                                                                                                                                                Piccadilly
Harlington                                                       South                                                                                                                                      Circus                                   Cannon Street                                                                      Limehouse                Blackwall East
                                                                 Acton        Goldhawk Road             Kensington                                                                                                                                                                Monument          Tower
                                                                                                         (Olympia)                                                  Knightsbridge                                                Charing                                                                                                                                   India
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Cross          Mansion House                                         Hill                                                                                                   Emirates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fenchurch Street     Tower                                        West India
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Gateway          Wapping                                                                  Royal Docks
                                                        Acton                                                Barons                                     Gloucester                                                                               Blackfriars                                                                                                    Quay
                                                        Town                    Hammersmith                  Court                                         Road                   Sloane         St James’s                                                                                         River Thames
                                 South Ealing                                                                                                                                     Square             Park                                   Temple
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Rotherhithe             Canary Wharf
                               Northfields                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      London Bridge
                                                    Chiswick    Turnham Stamford Ravenscourt       West                                 Earl’s                        South         Victoria        Westminster                       Embankment
                      Boston Manor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Canada                                             North          Emirates
                                                        Park     Green    Brook     Park     Kensington                                 Court                       Kensington                                                                                                                    Bermondsey                               Heron Quays                                   Greenwich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Water                                         Greenwich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Peninsula                West
                                         Osterley                                              West Brompton                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  South Quay                                                    Silvertown
                                     Hounslow East                                                                                                                                                              Waterloo                                                                                                                   Crossharbour
                                                                Gunnersbury
                               Hounslow Central                                                                                                                                       Pimlico                                                                                                                                                    Mudchute
 Heathrow                                                                                        Fulham Broadway                                                                                                                                                                                                 Surrey Quays
 Terminals                Hounslow West
     2&3                                                                                               Parsons Green                                                                                                                   Southwark           Borough                                                                        Island Gardens
                     Hatton Cross                               Kew Gardens                                                                                         Imperial
                                                                                                        Putney Bridge                                               Wharf                                                             Lambeth                                                                                                                                                                19/E/3448/P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      North
                                                                                                                                                                           River Thames
                                                                Richmond                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Step-free access from street to train               Step-free access from street to platform
                                                                                                            East Putney                                                                                      Vauxhall                      Elephant & Castle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Services or access at these stations are subject to variation. To check before you travel, visit tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
                                                                                                             Southfields                                                                                                                                                                          Kensington (Olympia) open weekends and on some public holidays

      Bakerloo                  Central                    Circle                  District                  Hammersmith                                       Jubilee                Metropolitan                Northern                 Piccadilly                 Victoria              Waterloo & City                      DLR              Emirates Air Line             Overground                 TfL Rail
                                                                                                                & City                                                                                                                                                                                                                               cable car

                                                                                         *Service and network charges may apply. See tfl.gov.uk/terms for details.

   Transport for London                     Reg. user No. 19/E/3448/P                    Version C 05.2019                                                                                                                                            Improvement works may affect your journey, please check before you travel                                                 Correct at time of going to print
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