Wag1 is it certi, do inspectors frequent the actual train from Stratford onwards or is it just barriers
I need to see my uncle from Ghana rq but it's tight rn, he's got me on the return I just need to get there
Happened again last week. Cutting through somewhere I thought I knew well and ended up on this quiet little road with a pub that looks like it hasn't changed since 1987 and a Caribbean spot with no signage that had a queue out the door at midday. This city just keeps going.
Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments.
Good to Grow Week | 📍Various locations across London | 18-26 Apr | Free
Good to Grow is a week of free events at community gardens across London, running until 26 April. Over 80 gardens are opening their doors with seed swaps, plant sales, bug hunts, workshops, volunteering sessions and more. If you've ever been curious about community growing spaces but never quite made it through the gate, this is a good week to go. In North London, Wolves Lane Centre in Wood Green are hosting a spring market with glasshouse tours, a plant-based lunch and workshops.
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Classic Car Boot Sale | 📍Granary Square, King's Cross, N1C | 18- 19 Apr | (£)
Whether you're there for the clothes or the cars, the Classic Car Boot Sale at Granary Square has been doing this long enough to have both covered. Over 100 vintage fashion traders with clothing, jewellery, homeware and vinyl alongside 75 polished classic vehicles from across the decades. Live vinyl DJs spinning everything from the 20s to the 80s, street food and cocktails served from vintage vehicles, and a Routemaster Bus Bar. Runs 10am to 6pm both days, last entry 5.30pm.
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The Great Quernmore Road Plant Sale | 📍Stroud Green & Harringay Library, N4 | 18 Apr | Free
Last year's plant sale outside Stroud Green and Harringay Library was a success, raising enough to fund new garden beds, a noticeboard and a brand new street tree for the neighbourhood. This Saturday it's back and bigger. Bring plants, seedlings, cuttings, pots or bric-a-brac to swap and sell, or just turn up and browse. There's cake, coffee, bagels, a raffle and plenty of banter. It starts at 10am. Bring a chair, bring the dog, wear a bonnet if you fancy it.
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Spring Open Day | 📍The Model Railway Club, N1 | 19 Apr | Free
The Model Railway Club have been based at Keen House near King's Cross since 1910 and this Sunday they're opening their doors to anyone curious about what goes on inside. Several intricate miniature railway layouts will be running, there's a refurbished library, a pre-owned shop and a bar with drinks and sandwiches. If you've ever been vaguely interested in model railways or just want a look, here's your chance. Runs 11am to 4pm, donations welcome.
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Hackney Flea Market | 📍Stoke Newington Church St, N16 | 18-19 Apr | Free
Hackney Flea Market's monthly vintage market is back on Church Street this Easter weekend, spread across Abney Hall and Room 71-73 next door. Over 40 traders, free to get in, dog friendly. Runs 10am to 5pm across all three days.
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Transient Radio Live Stream | 📍The Horatia, N7 | 18 Apr | Free
Transient Radio is an online station and this Saturday they're broadcasting live from The Horatia on Holloway Road. DJs, interviews and talks running throughout the day, record and book stalls in the pub, Yard Sale Pizzas on site. You can watch the stream from home at or just turn up and be part of it. Starts 1pm, runs till late.
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14/48 London | 📍The Cockpit, NW8 | 17 -18 Apr | (£)
Fourteen brand new plays, written, rehearsed and performed in 48 hours. That's the premise of 14/48, a theatre festival that started in Seattle in 1997 and this weekend arrives in London for the first time. Here's how it works: a theme is drawn, writers have overnight to deliver scripts, directors and actors are paired by lottery the next morning, and by evening there are fully staged world premieres. Then the whole thing repeats. Nobody knows what they're making until they're making it. Friday and Saturday, two shows each night at 7.30pm and 10pm at The Cockpit in St John's Wood. Arrive 30 minutes early. 18+
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Open Gardens Fundraiser | 📍OmVed Gardens, N6 | 19 Apr | Free
OmVed Gardens in Highgate are opening up this Sunday in support of North London Hospice. Wander the gardens at your own pace, with chai and cake on offer and a charity raffle with prizes from OmVed and local neighbours. Guided tours with gardener Tej are available at 11.30am and 12.45pm for £10, book ahead as the 2pm slot is already sold out. General admission is free with a suggested donation of £10. Runs 11am to 3pm.
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Wood Green Craft & Street Food Market | 📍Lymington Avenue, N22 | Every Sat from 18 Apr | Free
A new weekly craft and street food market launching in Wood Green this Easter. Local makers, handmade goods and street food on Lymington Avenue between Lidl and EE, every Saturday from 18 April. Runs 11am to 5pm.
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Strange Central 2026 | 📍Conway Hall, WC1R | 18 Apr | (£)
The London Fortean Society spend their time thinking seriously about things most people dismiss, they're at Conway Hall in Holborn for a full day of talks on sea monsters, UFOs, ghost hunting, Bigfoot and occult numismatics. Speakers include palaeozoologist Dr Darren Naish on prehistoric sea creatures, Mark Pilkington on UFO sightings under Trump, and a panel of authors discussing what lurks in the ghost hunting archives
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For the Love of Books Festival | 📍Dugdale Arts Centre, EN2 | 18 Apr | (£)
Dugdale Arts Centre are hosting their first book festival this Saturday, all genres, all voices, all readers. Author signings throughout the day with a lineup including Roxy Dunn, Justin Myers, Sophie Loxton and Celia Silvani, plus publishing industry professionals on hand if you want to pick their brains. Book swap table, craft workshops and coffee on site. Bring books you want to get rid of, buy new ones, or just come and read. £10 adults, £5 children. Runs 10am to 5pm.
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London Ceramics Market | 📍Hornsey Parish Church, N10 | 19 Apr | Free
Twenty-five local potters sell their work at Hornsey Parish Church Hall, from sculptural pieces to functional everyday ceramics. Food and drinks from Wholebowl on site. Just down the road from Alexandra Palace farmers market if you want to make a morning of it. Runs 12pm to 5pm, free to get in.
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Record Store Day | 📍Rough Trade Denmark Street, WC2H | 18 Apr | Free
Once a year, independent record shops across the UK release special limited edition vinyl that you can only buy in store on the day. Rough Trade on Denmark Street are open from 8am for Record Store Day 2026. It gets busy early so arrive with a list of what you want, staff will help you track down your selections. One copy per person, strictly first come first served.
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Feelánco & Friends Studio Popup | 📍127 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 | 18 - 19 Apr | Free
A weekend popup on Stoke Newington High Street where nine independent brands set up in one space. Fashion, curated vintage, candles and homemade desserts, with new season launches alongside sample sale pieces at up to 50 percent off. Free to get in. Saturday 11.30am to 6.30pm, Sunday 11.30am to 5.30pm.
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Kidz World Wristband Fair | 📍Victoria Park, Finchley, N3 | 16 Apr - 4 May | (£)
Three weeks of funfair at Victoria Park in Finchley, with unlimited rides included in the £13.99 wristband price. New this year: adult dodgems and the Disco Fever Miami ride. Punch and Judy and a Dino Invasion show every weekend.
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Spring Jumble Sale | 📍Primrose Hill Community Centre, NW1 | 18 Apr | (£)
Primrose Hill Community Centre are running their spring jumble sale later this month. Clothes, books, bric-a-brac, toys, DVDs, jewellery and more at bargain prices. £1 entry, under 16s free, refreshments on site. Proceeds go towards the upkeep of the centre. Runs 11am to 1pm on Saturday 18 April.
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Barnsbury Book Festival | 📍Thornhill Square, N1 | 17 - 19 Apr | (£)
Local readers, writers and artists have organised Barnsbury's first ever book festival this weekend, raising funds to restore the spire of St Andrew's Church in Thornhill Square.
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Was in a basic pub in Bermondsey yesterday and got charged £7.20 for a normal lager. Not even a craft beer or anything fancy, just a standard pint. I know London prices are getting ridiculous now, but £7+ for a normal local feels mad. Are sub-£6 pints officially extinct in Zone 2 or am I just going to the wrong places? If anyone still knows decent spots that haven’t completely lost the plot, drop recommendations.
Bus and tram passengers in London will be able to travel all day at weekends for the price of a single fare during the summer holidays, London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has announced.
Between 25 July and 31 August on weekends, the hour limit price will extend to all day.
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Hiya, I am looking for recommendations for quizzes in London that are not in a pub.
Quite a few people at my work don’t drink/ are not comfortable in pubs. I want to plan a quiz social but am struggling to find any that are not hosted in pubs and fit within a budget of ~£10 per person. I work around Victoria but am happy to transit any where central esque.
I was wondering if anyone had recommendations. I have looked and struggled a lot but was thinking like a quiz in a cinema, restaurant, etc. Anything others have been to would be helpful!
I was born and lived In Havering my whole life, (well I lived in seven kings for the first 3 years) and I am worried that I won't be able to call my self a Londoner, because the council have sided Reform, and Essex being more "white and racist" that we are gonna go to Essex which I would hate, because that means all our buses and trains will go.
If were to happen I don't think that the will remove the lizzy. like cause consider it goes to Brentwood and Shenfield already, which is 100% Essex. But yeah and apparently we are the only borough to side with Reform and one the only ones. A big factor of this is because the Essex mentality and culture that still lurks around. I really don't want to be Essex, not to say I don't like it and it definitely does have its benefits, but | just like East London more, and has always considered Havering to be East London while growing up. And the people can be rude and lovely in East London and Essex. So yeah that's all l have to say.
Everyone on that bus got a story. The ones that look like they just finished a shift. The ones that clearly should not have had that last drink. The ones just staring at the window like they solving something in their head. No eye contact from anyone but somehow everyone is fully aware of each other. pure london cinema and its completely free.
searching for pictures of graffiti in womens toilets in london for a project im working on! specifically places like bars, pubs, clubs, music venues. please add your pictures and if you can, the specific place they were taken!
I'm looking for places with a decent size crowd to watch England World Cup games this summer to get the proper matchday atmosphere. In the past I've done Flat Iron Square (London Bridge), Boxpark Shoreditch, Clapham Grand, Big Penny Social (Walthamstow). All were great but they sell out quickly so looking for more options for me and my mates.
Where have you watched World Cup games in London with a great atmosphere?
Went to Finsbury Park. Gutted I didn't get to go to Rowan's though. That place really does have everything.
This landed in my inbox this week from a Rayners Lane reader: "I live in Rayners Lane and NOTHING ever happens here... It is nice to see there are other things around the area, which gives us a chance to escape the boredom of takeaway city!"
That one is why this newsletter exists. And while you're escaping takeaway city this week:
ELECTION ADMIN DEADLINE (Tuesday 28 April, 5pm): Proxy vote applications and free Voter Authority Certificates must be in by then. If you haven't sorted your photo ID situation, today is the day. [Election details in the newsletter]
TRANSPORT: Piccadilly line is not running between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge today - use the Metropolitan line for that stretch. And next weekend, the Amersham/Chesham/Watford branch of the Metropolitan line also has no service.
WEEKEND PICK: Duck Pond Market at Manor Farm, Ruislip is on Sunday 10am-3pm - first Sunday of the month food and craft market. Worth the walk if you've never been.
Full issue with quiz nights, baby first-aid session, sound bath, networking brunch, and everything else:
https://www.goodmorningpinner.com/p/21-escape-from-takeaway-city
Pet of the Week this week is Nova, a rescue dog who needs to be the centre of attention and has an obsession with teddies. Exactly right.
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I wondered if anyone can help?! I recently saw a mental health awareness campaign on the London Underground - It showed a busy Tube carriage with people socialising. In the foreground was someone who appeared grey, isolated and unhappy, with the caption: “Dave suffers from extreme depression and anxiety (Dave is in the background).” The person actually experiencing the mental health crisis was someone in the background laughing with friends. The message at the bottom was: “Mental health is often masked — check in with your friends.”
…SOMETHING LIKE THAT!
It stood out to me and I’m desperately trying to find it. Does this ring a bell to anyone?! Would really help me out.
Thanks Reddittttt
Big love to london
I’ve just moved back from New York and the difference is painful, we always seem to be behind on simple things like this in the UK as a whole until London builds the solution, I play American football and it’s crazy how there isn’t a centralised platform to connect and play instead of relying on facebook groups and WhatsApp gcs. I’m building a fix lmk if anyone has had the same struggle (this is not London slander)