Ideas for things to do with DS 15 in London

[jmh740]

Hi we have visited London a few times pre covid but I'm visiting next week with DS he's a quiet soul into comics, computers, football.
I've booked to see warhorse, he wants to do sealife M&M and lego shops. I'm thinking of a multi ticket for dungeons sealife and tussauds. I want to visit Camden market and national gallery. He wanted to do HP World but it's fully booked.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you

There is a large Forbidden planet store near Seven Dials Covent Garden.
Might enjoy power up at the science museum, it’s a pay for exhibit.

Science museum
British museum
Tate (both)
National Gallery
Covent Garden
South Bank
Houses of Parliament

The Tate Modern always went down well with mine.

My 15 yo ds was really engaged in the Imperial War museum earlier this year, he does love history though.

Uber boat to Greenwich. Horizon 22 or sky garden. Covent Garden for a wander, south bank.

The Clink Prison museum.

'Gosh! Comics' in Soho is a really lovely friendly indie comic store that might carry stuff which the larger chains won't.

London Transport Museum.

Another vote for Tate Modern, esp. the Do Ho Sun exhibition.

Uber boat to Greenwich, then maybe the Cutty Sark or the Royal Observatory?

The V&A is just over from the Science Museum in Kensington - even if you don't look around, there's a lovely open courtyard and paddling pool in the middle of it that you can chill out by.

Oh, and if you want another play, 'The Play That Goes Wrong' is huge fun and very suitable for teens.

Wander around the sky scrapers inthe city .. my young son loved this and then brunch in the sky garden restaurant fen church . Need to book ( free) tickets to go up

DS15 loved the War of the Worlds experience, preferred it to the Dungeons (although enjoyed that too).

The sky garden (free but have to book)
Forbidden Planet
power boat trip down the Thames - think called the Thames Rocket? The South Bank street performers are quite fun to see too.
My dc enjoyed wandering around the tech section of Selfridges

M+M World - oh bless him 😂
It's hot, stuffy and crowded and stupidly over priced for buying actual M+Ms.
Definitely Forbidden Planet shop for the comics and I think there's still a comic shop at Notting Hill near Portobello Market (which is an ok-ish market).
Power Up at the science museum is fun.
Lego Store - I prefer the one at Battersea Power Station rather than Leicester Square.
It's smaller but sells all the same stuff.
Battersea Power Station itself is quite interesting for the history and architecture and has lots of eating places.
Don't know anything much about football places I'm afraid.

can you do a Chelsea stadium tour? Open top bus? Comedy club for kids? Boat ride on Thames? Tower of London? Walk down the mall to Buckingham palace then cut through green park to Hyde park. A nice walk.

This place is lots of fun for teens

https://www.novelty-automation.com/

Wembley stadium tour?
The Lionesses are parading through London on Tuesday lunchtime so that might be something to go & watch - or to avoid as I imagine the route will be heaving!