# Kid-friendly places in London

74 listed places in London: 46 playgrounds and things to do, 15 hotels, 7 cafés and 6 restaurants. Each lists high chairs, changing tables, kids' menus and wheelchair access where known.

Last updated 2026-10-27, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## Narrower lists

- [Kid-friendly restaurants in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/restaurants) (6)
- [Kid-friendly cafés in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/cafes) (7)
- [Family-friendly hotels in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/hotels) (15)
- [Playgrounds and things to do with kids in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/playgrounds) (46)
- [Places with high chairs in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-high-chairs) (9)
- [Places with a changing table in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-changing-tables) (23)
- [Restaurants with a kids' menu in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-kids-menu) (9)
- [Wheelchair and stroller accessible places in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/wheelchair-accessible) (17)
- [Hotels with cribs in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-cribs) (15)
- [Hotels with a pool in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-a-pool) (8)
- [Hotels with connecting rooms in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-connecting-rooms) (10)
- [Hotels with a fridge in the room in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-a-fridge) (12)
- [Hotels with a separate bedroom in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-a-separate-bedroom) (13)
- [Parks and playgrounds with restrooms in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-restrooms) (27)
- [Free things to do with kids in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/free-to-visit) (20)
- [Shaded playgrounds and parks in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-shade) (4)
- [Splash pads and water play for kids in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/with-water-play) (7)
- [Places to order at the counter with kids in London](https://ourplayday.com/united-kingdom/england/london/order-at-the-counter) (4)

## Itineraries

- [3 days in London with kids](https://ourplayday.com/guides/united-kingdom/england/london/3-days-in-london): Three days in London with kids: the river, a wheel and two playgrounds, then the big South Kensington museums, then the zoo and a mail train under the city, plus where to stay.

## Places

1. [Gloucester Gate Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/gloucester-gate-playground-london) (playground, London). A 50-meter zip wire, natural climbing structures and sand.
2. [Park Plaza London Riverbank](https://ourplayday.com/places/park-plaza-london-riverbank-london) (hotel, London). The two-bedroom family suite gives kids their own room with bunks and a chalkboard.
3. [Greenwich Park Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/greenwich-park-playground-london) (playground, London). A big sandpit, a basket swing, a roundabout and logs and ropes to climb, so it works from toddlers right up to about twelve.
4. [Jubilee Gardens Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/jubilee-gardens-playground-london) (playground, London). A nautical ship to climb, a double slide and talking tubes, all fenced, and it suits toddlers up to about 11.
5. [Coram's Fields playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/coram-s-fields-playground-london) (playground, London). Big sandpits to dig in and a newer Junior Play Zone for the youngest.
6. [Kusuma Nature Play Area](https://ourplayday.com/places/kusuma-nature-play-area-london) (playground, London). Timber beams and rope webs to climb, little nature games tucked around, and a basket swing.
7. [Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace](https://ourplayday.com/places/magic-garden-at-hampton-court-palace-london) (playground, London). Palace garden play area with towers, a dragon, a grotto, sand and a splash pad, for kids under 12 and included with palace admission.
8. [Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge](https://ourplayday.com/places/park-plaza-london-westminster-bridge-london) (hotel, London). South Bank hotel with sofa-bed studios for 2 adults and 2 kids, some with a kitchenette, and a heated indoor pool.
9. [The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-athenaeum-hotel-residences-london) (hotel, London). Piccadilly hotel with 50 square meter Residences: a separate bedroom and living room, a kitchenette, a washing machine and a Children's Concierge.
10. [The Landmark London](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-landmark-london-london) (hotel, London). Marylebone hotel with 52 square meter rooms with two large doubles, a heated indoor pool and a crib for under-twos.
11. [Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/diana-princess-of-wales-memorial-playground-london) (playground, London). A big pirate galleon to board, a treehouse and plenty of sand.
12. [Hanover Gate Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/hanover-gate-playground-london) (playground, London). A giant sandpit, a timber treehouse to climb, ropes and swings.
13. [Holland Park Adventure Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/holland-park-adventure-playground-london) (playground, London). The zip wire is the draw, with swings and slides for kids still working up to it, and accessible equipment too.
14. [One Aldwych](https://ourplayday.com/places/one-aldwych-london) (hotel, London). Aldwych hotel with an 18m indoor pool cleaned with minerals, baby bath, bottle warmer and sterilizer, and cribs and extra beds.
15. [Paddington Recreation Ground Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/paddington-recreation-ground-playground-london) (playground, London). Paddington-themed toddler swings, a play train and small row-house slides, with a separate climbing area for older kids.
16. [Pan Pacific London](https://ourplayday.com/places/pan-pacific-london-london) (hotel, London). Kids' swim sessions in the heated indoor pool and cupcake decorating at afternoon tea.
17. [Roe](https://ourplayday.com/places/roe-london) (restaurant, London). Kids build their own pizza and soft-serve sundae, and the tables look out over the water.
18. [St James's Park Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-james-s-park-playground-london) (playground, London). Swings, a seesaw and a sandpit, a few steps from the lake.
19. [The Berkeley](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-berkeley-london) (hotel, London). Hotel with a heated outdoor rooftop pool and an indoor pool, and one-bedroom suites that can add a second room, connecting or close by.
20. [The Cove Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-cove-playground-london) (playground, London). A ship to climb, a slide through a shark's jaws and sea-themed sensory play for the youngest.
21. [WWT London Wetland Centre](https://ourplayday.com/places/wwt-london-wetland-centre-london) (nature area, London). Timber trails, a zip line and a mud kitchen tucked between the wildlife-watching spots, so kids burn off energy between the quiet bits.
22. [Citadines Islington London](https://ourplayday.com/places/citadines-islington-london-london) (hotel, London). A one-bedroom apartment with a sofa bed and a full kitchen, so four fit and you can cook dinner in.
23. [Dishoom - Covent Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/dishoom-covent-garden-london) (café, London). Bombay cafe in Covent Garden with an all-day kids' menu of smaller dishes with very little spice.
24. [Kew Children's Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/kew-children-s-garden-london) (playground, London). Bamboo to weave through and worm-hole tubes to slide down, all near a giant oak with a canopy walk.
25. [Park Hyatt London River Thames](https://ourplayday.com/places/park-hyatt-london-river-thames-london) (hotel, London). Nine Elms riverside hotel with a 20 by 8 meter indoor pool and suites.
26. [Pear Tree Cafe - Battersea Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/pear-tree-cafe-battersea-park-london) (café, London). Coffee on a lakeside terrace, with the pirate-ship playground just across the path.
27. [Science Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/science-museum-london) (science center, London). Free museum with a water, light and building play area for ages 3 to 5 and Wonderlab experiments for ages 7 to 14.
28. [The Ampersand Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-ampersand-hotel-london) (hotel, London). The science family suite gives kids their own bedroom with rocket bunks, and there's table tennis in the games room.
29. [Tumbling Bay Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/tumbling-bay-playground-london) (playground, London). Treehouses, rope bridges, zip wires, sand pits and rock pools, with a café next door.
30. [Wilde Aparthotels London Liverpool Street](https://ourplayday.com/places/wilde-aparthotels-london-liverpool-street-london) (hotel, London). Liverpool Street aparthotel with one-bedroom apartments for four, a full kitchen, a laundry room, and a travel crib and highchair.
31. [Brasserie Zedel](https://ourplayday.com/places/brasserie-zedel-london) (restaurant, London). Art-deco brasserie with French comfort dishes and a kids' menu of a main plus a dessert.
32. [Brew Street Café and Bar at Timber Lodge](https://ourplayday.com/places/brew-street-cafe-and-bar-at-timber-lodge-london) (café, London). Pizza, pastries and hot chocolate right beside an adventure playground with rope bridges, treehouses and sand.
33. [Natural History Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/natural-history-museum-london) (museum, London). Free museum with dinosaur, mammal and volcano galleries, plus baby change, feeding spaces and lifts.
34. [Natural History Museum Dinosaurs Gallery](https://ourplayday.com/places/natural-history-museum-dinosaurs-gallery-london) (museum, London). A roaring T. rex, then Triceratops and Iguanodon fossils up close.
35. [OXBO Bankside](https://ourplayday.com/places/oxbo-bankside-london) (restaurant, London). A Moomin brunch with a play corner of books, toys and activities, and pancakes on the menu. A ten-year-old still found plenty to do.
36. [Pattern Pod at the Science Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/pattern-pod-at-the-science-museum-london) (science center, London). Patterns on touchscreens, robot trails to follow and water ripples your kid can play with and stay dry.
37. [Royal Garden Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/royal-garden-hotel-london) (hotel, London). Kensington hotel with Deluxe Studios for four that can connect to another room, and scooters lent by the concierge for Kensington Gardens.
38. [Royal Lancaster London](https://ourplayday.com/places/royal-lancaster-london-london) (hotel, London). Strollers and baby gear to borrow, kid-size bathrobes and an activity passport, and rooms that connect.
39. [The Garden at the Science Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-garden-at-the-science-museum-london) (garden, London). A hands-on gallery for kids up to 6, with water for floating and sinking, a construction area, and light, shadows and sound to play with.
40. [The Hoxton, Southwark](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-hoxton-southwark-london) (hotel, London). Southwark hotel with Double Up rooms joining a king or twins to a queen, two bathrooms, up to 5 guests, and baby bath and bottle warmers.
41. [Young V&A](https://ourplayday.com/places/young-v-a-london) (museum, London). Foam bricks to build with, stories to invent, and a mini museum just for under-threes.
42. [AeroPlay! at RAF Museum London](https://ourplayday.com/places/aeroplay-at-raf-museum-london-london) (indoor play space, London). Soft play shaped like aircraft to climb and slide through, with a separate corner for toddlers.
43. [Coram's Fields Café](https://ourplayday.com/places/coram-s-fields-cafe-london) (café, London). Sandwiches, cake and ice cream inside a fenced park grown-ups can only enter with a kid, next to the sandpits and climbing frames.
44. [London Transport Museum - All Aboard](https://ourplayday.com/places/london-transport-museum-all-aboard-london) (museum, London). A playzone of little trains, boats and a cable car your kid gets to drive, made for under-fives.
45. [Premier Inn London County Hall](https://ourplayday.com/places/premier-inn-london-county-hall-london) (hotel, London). Family rooms with pull-out beds, and the river walk starts at the door with the London Eye just along it.
46. [The Postal Museum and Mail Rail](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-postal-museum-and-mail-rail-london) (museum, London).
47. [Where The Pancakes Are - Battersea Power Station](https://ourplayday.com/places/where-the-pancakes-are-battersea-power-station-london) (restaurant, London). Build-your-own pancake stacks with sweet or savory toppings, in a restaurant with highchairs at Battersea Power Station.
48. [Wonderlab at the Science Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/wonderlab-at-the-science-museum-london) (science center, London). Race down giant friction slides, watch lightning experiments, then get hands-on with everything else.
49. [Bancone - Covent Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/bancone-covent-garden-london) (restaurant, London). Fresh pasta in a small Covent Garden room with no highchairs, suited to kids old enough for an ordinary chair.
50. [Discover Children's Story Centre](https://ourplayday.com/places/discover-children-s-story-centre-london) (museum, London). Two floors of make-believe story worlds to crawl through, then an outdoor garden to spill into when they need air.
51. [Hawksmoor - Spitalfields](https://ourplayday.com/places/hawksmoor-spitalfields-london) (café, London). British steakhouse in Spitalfields serving steak, chips and a Sunday roast.
52. [London Zoo](https://ourplayday.com/places/london-zoo-london) (zoo, London).
53. [Pastaio - Soho](https://ourplayday.com/places/pastaio-soho-london) (restaurant, London). Fresh pasta in Soho, with a kids' menu of half-size radiatori and soft-serve options.
54. [Sorted! The Postal Play Space](https://ourplayday.com/places/sorted-the-postal-play-space-london) (indoor play space, London). Kids sort pretend mail, run their own post office and take the slide down. Made for the age that loves playing grown-up jobs.
55. [Toconoco](https://ourplayday.com/places/toconoco-london) (café, London). A proper play room, and rice balls toddlers actually eat, looking out over the canal basin.
56. [Horniman Museum and Gardens](https://ourplayday.com/places/horniman-museum-and-gardens-london) (garden, London). Free museum and gardens with an animal walk of alpacas and goats, a big walrus, a gallery of musical instruments, a butterfly house and an aquarium.
57. [National Maritime Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/national-maritime-museum-london) (museum, London). Free maritime museum with AHOY, a play gallery for kids up to seven, and a giant map of the world to walk across.
58. [ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery](https://ourplayday.com/places/artplay-pavilion-at-dulwich-picture-gallery-london) (indoor play space, London). A creative play pavilion with sessions for babies, toddlers and kids up to eight, including storytelling for under-fives and sessions for adults with new babies.
59. [Babylon Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/babylon-park-london) (park, London). An indoor amusement park with rides, games and mezzanine soft play areas for toddlers, plus a pizza and ice cream restaurant on site.
60. [Cutty Sark](https://ourplayday.com/places/cutty-sark-london) (attraction, London). Old tea clipper where kids take the wheel, spin on a compass roundabout and climb through a Kraken play area.
61. [Ding Dong Fun Bus](https://ourplayday.com/places/ding-dong-fun-bus-london) (indoor play space, London). Indoor soft play sized for children from toddlers up to about four feet tall, run out of a community center.
62. [Discovery Planet](https://ourplayday.com/places/discovery-planet-london) (indoor play space, London). A smaller, long-established indoor soft play inside a shopping center, for toddlers and kids up to ten.
63. [Gambado](https://ourplayday.com/places/gambado-london) (indoor play space, London). A large indoor soft play space with plenty of room to climb, slide and run around, and it hosts birthday parties too.
64. [Hullabaloo Soft Play at The Sherriff Centre](https://ourplayday.com/places/hullabaloo-soft-play-at-the-sherriff-centre-london) (indoor play space, London). Soft play in a community hub with three levels, two slides, crawl tunnels and hidey holes, plus a junior section for young climbers.
65. [Inflata Nation](https://ourplayday.com/places/inflata-nation-london) (indoor play space, London). A giant inflatable arena with an under-4s area and Inflata Tots preschool sessions where toddlers and grown-ups bounce together.
66. [Kidspace Adventures](https://ourplayday.com/places/kidspace-adventures-london) (indoor play space, London). Soft play and adventure park with slides, climbing walls, go-karts, mini golf and UV-lit tunnels, plus a Toddler Village for under-fives.
67. [Little Dinosaurs](https://ourplayday.com/places/little-dinosaurs-london) (indoor play space, London). Adventure soft play with a homemade-food cafe and an outside space, a long-running spot for toddlers and preschoolers to climb and run around.
68. [London Eye](https://ourplayday.com/places/london-eye-london) (attraction, London). South Bank observation wheel with slow enclosed pods for spotting landmarks over the river.
69. [Rainbow Soft Play and Cafe](https://ourplayday.com/places/rainbow-soft-play-and-cafe-london) (indoor play space, London). A big indoor soft play for toddlers to climb and slide, with a cafe for the grown-ups.
70. [Role2Play](https://ourplayday.com/places/role2play-london) (indoor play space, London). A pretend town for young kids, with role-play spaces set up as a cafe, supermarket, vet, medical center and construction site.
71. [Royal Observatory Greenwich](https://ourplayday.com/places/royal-observatory-greenwich-london) (science center, London). Historic observatory where kids stand with one foot on each side of the Prime Meridian, with the city's only planetarium next door.
72. [Sandscape Kids Play and Cafe](https://ourplayday.com/places/sandscape-kids-play-and-cafe-london) (café, London). An indoor sandpit and a slide for toddlers, and you get a coffee while they dig.
73. [Tower of London](https://ourplayday.com/places/tower-of-london-london) (attraction, London). Historic fortress with the Crown Jewels, armor and tower stories, best for kids around 8 and up.
74. [Wavelengths Leisure Centre Soft Play](https://ourplayday.com/places/wavelengths-leisure-centre-soft-play-london) (indoor play space, London). Soft play inside a leisure center for kids up to ten, with a separate area just for the under-fives.

## About this list

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