London with kids: goal is a slow itinerary
We’re staying in Chelsea for a week with our two kids (4 and 2) and trying to keep the itinerary relaxed. We have been as adults and I lived in London for a year but with kids is a new experience completely.
Would love feedback on pacing, anything that doesn’t make geographic sense or anything you’d swap for something else. We are really not pushing it on activities but I am overthinking it and feeling like maybe we’re not doing enough? One thing to note, we live in a big city so the kids have been to so many museums (we’ve been to multiple huge natural history museums), I didn’t want to overload our itinerary with them unless they were truly different, but willing to add for anything that’s really worth it!!
Saturday: arrival day
- Settle in, groceries, explore Chelsea (playgrounds etc)
- Ride a bus/ tube for novelty
- Duke of York Square Food Market
- Naps/rest
- Early dinner (probably pizza)
Sunday: Covent Garden
- London Transport Museum
- Covent Garden, Neal’s Yard
- Walk through Piccadilly, maybe go to Hamleys
- Home to rest
- Sunday roast at Cadogan Arms
- Ice cream
Monday: Hyde Park
- Serpentine Lido in the morning
- Hyde Park exploring
- Pit stop at Harrods (mainly for toys / coffee / food)
- Home for lunch/rest
- Evening: either Battersea Park concert or Primrose Hill to see friends
Tuesday: Westminster
- Easy morning in Chelsea
- St James’s/private 2-hour Westminster walking tour (kid friendly, they’ll be in the stroller and we can stop as much as we need to)
- Lunch somewhere (suggestions?)
- Home/rest
- Dinner in Chelsea (likely Blue Bird)
Wednesday: South Bank
- London Eye area
- Walk South Bank toward Tate Modern
- Millennium Bridge
- Home to rest
- Afternoon tea at The Dorchester
- Easy dinner at home
Thursday: Richmond
- Richmond Palace area
- River walk
- Pub lunch/playground
- Otherwise unstructured
Friday: Depart