It is World Cup time! Now I know that it will be difficult to fit in anything (ahem, work) in between the football – besides eating and drinking, of course – but here are some other fun things to do this weekend. Go England!
Saturday:
Farmers markets: Acton, Ealing, Notting Hill, Pimlico Road, Twickenham, Wimbledon Park
ACTON
9am – 1pm
Location: Public square on Acton High Street / King Street
Tube: Acton Town & Ealing Common
EALING
9 am – 1pm
Leeland Rd, West Ealing
Rail: West Ealing
Buses 207, 607, 208, E8, 83
NOTTING HILL
9am – 1pm
Car park behind Waterstones, access via Kensington Place
Tube: Notting Hill Gate
Buses: 12, 27, 28, 52, 70, 94, 328.
PIMLICO ROAD
9am – 1pm
Orange Square, corner of Pimlico Road and Ebury St,
Tube: Sloane Square
Buses 211, 11 & 239
TWICKENHAM
9am – 1pm
Holly Road Car Park, Holly Rd, off King St, Twickenham TW1
Rail: Twickenham
Buses: 33 490 H22 R68 R70
WIMBLEDON PARK
9am – 1pm
Wimbledon Park First School, Havana Road
Tube: Wimbledon Park
Buses: 156
Also:
If you can tear yourselves away from the TV screens, head up to the 5th annual Taste of Dublin event in Ireland. Enjoy a barbecue masterclass and live music performances.
Experiments in molecular gastronomy and free drinks for every England goal scored (is this under-expectant or over-expectant?) at ArtForEating.
Let Nonna pack you a picnic lunch and head to the park to catch those elusive rays.
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Sunday:
Farmers markets: Blackheath, Clapham, Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Walthamstow, Hackney, Brick Lane.
BLACKHEATH
10am – 2pm
Blackheath Rail Station Car Park, 2 Blackheath Village
Rail: Blackheath
Buses: 54, 89, 108, 202, 380.
CLAPHAM
10 am – 2pm
Bonneville Primary School, Bonneville Gardens SW4
Tube: Clapham South Tube
ISLINGTON
10am – 2pm
William Tyndale School
Richmond Grove N1
Just behind Islington Town Hall on Upper St
Buses 43, 30.
MARYLEBONE
10am – 2pm
Cramer Street Car park, Just off Marylebone High Street
Tube: Baker Street or Bond Street
PECKHAM
9.30am – 1.30pm
Peckham Square, Peckham High Street
Buses: 12, 36, 171, 345
Rail: Peckham Rye or Queens Road
QUEENS PARK
10am – 2pm
Location: Salusbury Primary School, Salusbury Road
Tube/Rail: Queens Park, Brondesbury Park
WALTHAMSTOW
10am – 2pm
Town Square by Selbourne Walk Shopping Centre, off the High Street, Walthamstow E17
Tube: Walthamstow Central
HACKNEY
10am – 2pm
London Fields Primary School, Westgate street E8
Tube: London Fields Overground
BRICK LANE
10am – 2pm
St Matthias School, Bacon Street E2 6DY
Tube: Shoreditch High St Rail/Liverpool Street
Also:
Prepare your favorite football snacks for you and your friends.
Eat NewscastleGatehead, a festival of food festivals, runs Sat-Sun in Gateshead. Special features include a chili festival and a cupcake festival among many other things.