Dry and wet weather options in and around greenwich?

[ja9]

Not costing the earth...

have a couple of days to fill

weather permitting we'll visit the fab park a couple of times.

anything else you'd recommend nearby?

tia

the maritime museum is free, not enough there for all day but good for a few hours. you can get a boat up to the london eye and back, which my dd loves (you can get a pass that leats you get on and off, so you can get off at tower of london and have a walk round there) dlr to canary wharf for a couple of hours shopping

there is also the planetarium at the top of the park, they do various shows but that depends how old your dcs are

There's the cinema. You can walk to blackheath, fly a kite. Or through the foot tunnel to the isle of dogs. The Observatory has been done up too, so I've heard.

Heartily recommend the clipper up and down the river, a great way to see London. And the Dome is ok, lots of places to eat.

If you want authentic south London, you Gould always walk to Deptford. It has a good old fashioned Market some days. Also an old church at Deptford Green, where poet marlow was buried. I used to go there as a child, was pretty creepy and overgrown. Probably git it's own visitors' centre now..

Mudchute farm is free and lovely in dry weather (still nice, but muddy in wet weather), DLR to Mudchute. Depending on how old your DC are, it's interesting to walk through the foot tunnel and admire the Victorian engineering and the lifts. There is also a fabulous view of Greenwich from the park at the North exit of the foot tunnel.

Greenwich park is great in itself as a dry weather place. I recall it from my youth, though having been back last summer... the playground is still quite good and Free. There is a boating lake (that will be a cost). There is a duck pond and nice gardens to walk around up by where the Deer are located.

Greenwich Observatory (top of the hill, in Greenwich Park) is Free to visit - only the planetarium charges. Depends on age of your children and their interests though... but I took a 20 month old and a 4.5 year old and they both liked looking at clocks.
Also outside the Observatory is the Meridian Line which children can stand on such that one part of their body is in the east, and one part in the west.

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is a must visit... really, it's strange how children often like going through it. At Island Gardens, you can walk to the DLR and get the train to various places (including back to Greenwich) - though you could just go for a trip through docklands on the DLR, especially great if the children get to sit at the front of the train and pretend to drive!

Back in my youth, I liked going to the Thames Barrier visitor centre. Don't think they charged back in my day... though I was only a child, so maybe I didn't notice. They do charge now £3.50 adults, £2 children, Under5's Free. It is in Woolwich, so will require a bus ride or car travel (not sure if the river boat service usually stops there).

Greenwich in my youth had swimming pools which were set-back-in-time quite frankly. Shortly before moving from the area, one of the pools was upgraded to a leisure pool.

Arches Leisure Centre - found the website for it.

thank you - the weather is holding our beautifully so far!