Happy weekend/Bon weekend/Bom findi/Buen fin de semana/schönes Wochenende/and all that.
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
SOHO
9am – 4pm
Rupert street, W1D 7
Tube: Piccadilly Circus/Leicester Square
Also:
BBQ and Lavender picking at Carshalton Lavender Harvest in Surrey.
Or catch some elusive rays, go to Hampstead Heath with a hamper from Pizza East aka arguably the best pizza place in London.
Burrata, prosciutto, grapes, marinated olives and authentic Italian flatbread packed in a wonderful wicker basket (£25 for 2people)
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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:
Try the new frozen yogurt place, Frae, in Notting Hill or Islington. They use seasonal produce from Spitalfields and offer typical toppings with notable addition of Kit Kat!
Sir Hans Sloane: The Odyssey of Chocolate Workshop is starting up again on 27 July at the Old Operating Theatre Museum SE1. Chocolat trivia, history lessons and, of course, a tasting session!
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