A Little Tip-Off: Dinosaurs, Buried Treasure, and a Snail Race
A Little Tip-Off
Four things worth doing with the family this weekend.
WEEKEND OF 18/19TH JULY
Dinosaurs, Buried Treasure, and a Snail Race
Illustration of an archaeological dig, a dinosaur poking out of a shop doorway, a puppet bug show, and a waiter racing a snail
Enfield's archaeologists have spent the last fortnight digging up a lost Tudor palace, and this Saturday only, they're opening the trenches to the public. Across town, a shopping piazza fills with roaming dinosaurs and a churchyard fills with snail racing and a very serious tug of war. Mostly dry, warm enough for all of it, and a proper mixed bag. Four ways to spend it, sorted by age so you can skip straight to yours.
0 TO 4
A puppet-and-music storytelling show about garden bugs, tucked indoors at the centre's H2O building, with a different story each day. Ages 3+, free with general admission, Barnes.
Sat 18 & Sun 19 Jul · 11:30am, 1pm & 3pm
5 TO 8
Free-roaming animatronic dinosaurs take over the piazza for the day, with meet-and-greets, two rideable dinos and plenty of photo stops. Free, no tickets needed, Bloomsbury.
Sat 18 Jul · 11am–4pm
9 TO 12
Watch real archaeologists excavate the grounds of a lost Tudor palace, get close to 400-year-old artefacts, and have a go at your own mini dig in the sandpit excavation area. Free, no booking, Enfield.
Sat 18 Jul · 11am–4pm
WHOLE FAMILY
Half a century of proper Soho eccentricity: a police-versus-fire tug of war, snail racing, a dog show and the legendary Soho Waiters' Race. Free entry, Soho.
Sun 19 Jul · 12–6pm
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