Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
Lunchtime Lectures: William and May Morris: A V&A Legacy
V&A South Kensington
Talks & classesvia V&A
Things to do in South Kensington this week
Updated Thursday 15 October. 15 listings, checked this morning.
South Kensington has three of London’s big free museums next to each other: the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the V&A, with the Royal Albert Hall just up the road.
Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park are a few minutes north, with the Serpentine galleries in the park. There are also talks and lectures at the museums and colleges nearby through the week.
Free this week near South Kensington
Free
W2 · 10 min from Queensway
Yoga
Kensington Gardens
Outdoors & activevia Our Parks
Free
SW7 · 9 min from Gloucester Road
David Hand: What’s the Question? Deciding What You Really Want to Know.
Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus
Talks & classesvia Imperial College London
Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
Library and Archives Open Day
Natural History Museum
Talks & classesvia Natural History Museum
Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
How to make your Will: Solicitor Q&A
V&A South Kensington
Talks & classesvia V&A
Free
SW7 · 9 min from Gloucester Road
Nelder Fellow lecture series – Prof Ed Bueler (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus
Talks & classesvia Imperial College London
Free
SW7 · 9 min from South Kensington
Frontiers in Natural Sciences: Dean’s Annual Lecture – AI and the Long Conversation of Mathematics
Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London
Talks & classesvia Imperial College London
Free
SW7 · 9 min from Gloucester Road
Technology Leader Speaker Series with Omar Mir | How to succeed in the messy world of AI
Imperial Business School, South Kensington Campus
Talks & classesvia Imperial College London
£10 or less this week
Places to go
Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
dRMM: Building from Forests
V&A South Kensington
Art & culturevia V&A
Free
W2 · 9 min from Lancaster Gate
Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens
Outdoors & active
Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
National Art Library and Archive talks Monday at 14.00
V&A South Kensington
Art & culturevia V&A
£9.95
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
Visions of Nature
Natural History Museum
Art & culturevia Natural History Museum
Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
Nature and Us
Natural History Museum
Art & culturevia Natural History Museum
Getting there
A lot of these are near South Kensington, Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington. Every listing shows its nearest station and the walk from it, and the event page works out your journey there and home from any postcode.
A pedestrian tunnel runs from South Kensington station to the museums, which is handy when it’s raining. The station has the Piccadilly, District and Circle lines.
The main stations are South Kensington, Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge.