Welcome to London-Baby, an insider’s guide to affordable London activities and attractions for parents and carers of babies and children under five years old.
I hope this site proves a valuable resource to anyone coping with taking care of small children in Central London. Whether you are a life-long resident, coming to the city for a day-trip or short-stay or thinking of staying in London for a longer time, this site will offer you invaluable insights to enjoying Central London with babies and toddlers.
Please email me any questions or clarifications you might have and I will be happy to help find answers and make corrections; I usually respond by the end of the day.
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For over four years my daughter, son and I have covertly infiltrated London baby and toddler activities, interviewing hundreds of parents and carers to discover the sizable yet little-known circuit of inexpensive baby groups and classes, community pools, toddler-focused museum exhibits, and amazing large and small playgrounds, the majority of which are free and the rest of which generally cost less than £5.
These activities are known primarily to insiders, people caring for small children. London-Baby is an attempt to catalogue this information in one place. In the coming weeks, look for more listings and reviews of different Central London neighbourhoods and their toddler activities.
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For each neighbourhood I have a Monday – Friday rota of the different playgroups and swim times at the nearest locations.
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If you scroll past the rota, you will find many thorough reviews of the venues and activities that give information about push chairs and changing facilities.
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Farther down are listing and reviews of neighbourhood museums, parks, playgrounds, attractions and other inside information.
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Lastly, many neighbourhoods have a suggested itinerary that includes the above information, plus toddler-friendly dining.
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The reviews of museums, attractions, parks and itineraries are listed both in their neighbourhood and on their own menu.
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Hello,
Lovely meeting you today at the pool. Your site is terrific. I had no idea there were so many nearby activities for babies. Perhaps you might consider doing a version for Southfields where we’re moving later this month. I forgot to mention when we met that I also write a mommy blog (such a cliche) for The Faster Times at
http://thefastertimes.com/newmoms/
I look forward to seeing you on the baby circuit. Keep up the good work. -stephanie
Hello, I’ve just found you via the new list of the top 100 parent blogs - and wanted to say how useful your blog seems - if only we still lived in London! But I’ll bookmark it so that when we next come to visit the big smoke I can get some fresh tips from you
Zoe!! I am inspired to stay home once in a while and do some art after looking around your site!! Amazing, amazing … I am in awe.
Huge thanks for bringing to my attention London-baby’s astonishing 96th place in parent bloggers … I am over the moon over this news!!
Please spread the word to anyone you know who may be interested in under five’s activities in London.
Well I’m already a fan of your great blog and I’m just dropping by to say well done on making the list this month x
Just thought I’d update you… Robyn, who runs the great Mayfair library under 5s group is now running the charing cross group (which is currently quite small)… starts at 10:30 on a Monday morning
… and many thanks for giving me ideas of where to head to when i moved to Mayfair a couple of months ago!
Hi!!
Thanks for the update and what a shame for Mayfair that Robyn is going to Charing Cross. She was GREAT. If you know anyone with infants, check out Rub-A-buba baby massage at the library with Nikita … she is really good.
Really good to see you and THANKS. If you would like to suscribe, I am collecting all the under five events in Zone 1 and emailing them out every fortnight. Thanks again!!