Although living in London isn’t that affordable, there are still some great deals to be had if you know where to search. Here’s a few fun ways to have a good time for under a pint’s worth.
1. Spend £3.90 on a delicious pizza piece.
Act like a New Yorker and get pizzas by the slices at Voodoo Ray’s, that serves a variety of pies to feed Peckham and Dalston residents: we’ve heard that everything about its sloppy, cheese-heavy dish is particularly wonderful after midnight.
2. For £4, fly a combat aircraft (kind of).
At the Science Museum’s Typhoon Flight simulation model, swap your grownup troubles for the childhood joy of pretending to be aboard a super-fast jet. It allows you to fly far over the Lake District before plummeting to the ground in a spectacular drop that will have you forget you’re sitting in a large wobbling box watching TV.
3. For £5, jump into a giant ball pit.
We realize that paying somebody to pamper you like an adult baby is too costly. Dress in dungaree trousers and enjoy in London’s largest ball pit, replete with gorgeous shimmering lights and somewhat awkward picture chances abounding, for only a fiver at Ballie Ballerson from Sunday to Thursday.
4. Spend £4.50 on a trip to the aquarium
Tickets at the official London Aquarium are expensive, but they do have real sharks. But if you want to get up and personal with some top-notch marine animals for less than £5, visit to the Horniman Museum’s modest but stunning aquarium. For only £4.50 a ticket, you can see anything from airy jellyfish to a dismal mangrove swamp, all kept hidden in the basement.
5. Oysters with the neck for £1
Do you want to live like a champagne aficionado on a Lamborghini budget? You can suck your fill of oysters for £1 apiece at Wright Brothers’ Oyster Happy Hour (happy for the people, not the oysters) between 3 and 6 p.m. on weekdays or 9-11.45 a.m. on weekends. How horrifically, utterly posh.
6. For £2, you can laugh your way through a comedy event.
You can’t put a value on having a good time. Yet you can, and it’ll cost you less than a pint of beer from Strongbow’s piss-weak version. Every Wednesday night at Camden Eye, there’s a cheap stand-up session with 10 new performers and one headliner that’s sure to make you laugh, owing to a unique system that penalizes comedians who bring up banned themes with absurd forfeits.
7. For £4, get unrivaled views of the city.
With the Emirates Air Line, you may fly like a real royal in a beautiful glass-walled gondola high above the Thames for the princely price of £4. This bizarre mode of transportation has been dubbed a “white elephant,” but even though it never attracted the expected number of commuters, it continues to amaze visitors with its artistic audio tours and breathtaking views of the sea.
8. For £3.50, see a castle.
Built-in the 18th century, Severndroog Castle is a small masterpiece that pays respect to the romanticism of the medieval period. Scale its spiral stairs for spectacular vistas of Greenwich and downtown London, as well as to laugh at the commoners below.
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