Join the throng at Columbia Road Flower Market on Sunday. The advice about turning up at 2pm for knockdown prices has long become a victim of its own success, and buskers "entertain" the crowd. But it remains a quintessential London experience.
Home to one of the world's finest collections of children's toys. Dolls' houses, games and costumes, the V&A Museum of Childhood shines brighter than ever after extensive refurbishment.
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club has incubated many of London's leftfield performers. From interactive theatre crew You Me Bum Bum Train to trannytastic party Sink the Pink.
If you spend Sundays munching bagels and rummaging for vintage bargains on Brick Lane, you’re missing a trick not to visit this urban oasis built in a former railway goods depot. There are many rare breeds of animals: stop by and visit characters such as Bayleaf the donkey and Bentley the goat, or pick your own veg. The farm also reaches out to local residents with projects like the ‘Coriander Club’ for older Bangladeshi women, free cookery classes, a young farmers' club and gardens growing produce and herbs.