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A swim at the Hampstead Heath ponds (£4.50)

M | 16.05.23 - 8:04 a.m. | #

Comedy at the The Camden Head

dg writes: …is free.

Nigel | 16.05.23 - 8:55 a.m. | #

Greyhound racing at Romford (which is usually free anyway)

dg writes: free or £7

Simon G | 16.05.23 - 8:55 a.m. | #

£5 of tokens at Tim Hunkin's Novelty Automation. (5 tokens)

David @DTL | Homepage | 16.05.23 - 9:22 a.m. | #

Given you have a travelcard, a discounted Thames Clippers trip from Canary Wharf to Woolwich or Barking is £3.80. Sit out back for the full experience

Robin | 16.05.23 - 9:44 a.m. | #

Horniman Museum aquarium where you can see poison dart frogs and a live coral reef (£5)

Chris | 16.05.23 - 9:45 a.m. | #

A book/print/old map from the booksellers under Waterloo bridge.

Gunnersaurus | 16.05.23 - 9:48 a.m. | #

Come down to vibrant Peckham have a stroll through Peckham Rye, check out the e ink bus stop indicator near Primark, then catch a film at the Peckhamplex for £4.99

Bob | 16.05.23 - 9:56 a.m. | #

Am I imagining it or was there a time when it was £100 and you bought a GPS?

dg writes: see link in post.

Whatever you decide, best get on with it soon as your fiver will only be worth £4.50 this time next year (assuming inflation continues at a high level, which the 'experts' claim it won't, but the savvy consumer thinks it might).

Blue Witch | 16.05.23 - 10:09 a.m. | #

A 90 minute cycle ride on a Santander hire bike from Regent's Park to the Queen Elizabeth park, along the Regent's Canal (other routes avaliable) (£4.95)

Chris | 16.05.23 - 10:09 a.m. | #

You're optimistic that inflation won't impact the price of Gregg's festive bakes.

Ian | 16.05.23 - 10:30 a.m. | #

Yard ticket at the Globe. All the more amazing value considering you could have done the same 20+ years ago

James Matcham | 16.05.23 - 10:38 a.m. | #

Breaking your guidance, but you don't get better or more London-y than a salmon and cream cheese beigel from the Brick Lane Bake. With a bit of change as a bonus.

David B | 16.05.23 - 10:39 a.m. | #

Comedy (tonight) "Have I got Pews for You" in the vicarage garden of St. Marks' Church, Hamilton Road, St. John's Wood, NW8. 10 mins walk from St. John's Wood Station, or 5 mins from buses that run up Maida Vale. Tickets on ticketsource (maybe also available on the door), 7.15pm for 8pm

The event is in a tent in the vicarage garden because the church had a major fire in January (sad loss of a grand building)

(I saw Marcus Brigstock rehearsing his Edinburgh Festival set there last year, but that was a one-off, the regular locals are quite good, happens every 2-3 months)

MilesT | 16.05.23 - 10:46 a.m. | #

Serverndroog Castle must be one of the few places left in London with an admission fee that is less than a fiver.

cjw714 | 16.05.23 - 11:33 a.m. | #

As a resident of LB Tower Hamlets, you are entitled to £1 entry to Tower Bridge.

Excellent bang for your buck, with four quid left over to boot.

Anon | 16.05.23 - 11:47 a.m. | #

I remember (readership-zzzzz) taht when I first came to London in the mid-80s, it cost 20p to enter Kew Gardens. The ONS says prices now are 3.88 times what they were in 1985. So, let's say £1 in today's money.Walk-up price today, £21.50

David B | 16.05.23 - 11:52 a.m. | #

The Bowie Aladdin Sane exhibition at the South Bank is great value for a fiver. It will occupy you for at least half an hour. It's more of a focus on the period, than the one shot album cover itself.

A second vote also for The Globe. The current production of Midsummer Night's Dream is great fun. Although it will cost you slightly more with pesky booking fees.

Jason | Homepage | 16.05.23 - 12:10 p.m. | #

I too was going to suggest a visit to The Globe. And although others already have, so do I.

Alternatively, find Central Tickets online. They have an ever changing selection of events - and the cost can often be less than £5.

Frank F | 16.05.23 - 12:16 p.m. | #

What on earth is "Regrettably" doing in your sentence about the Dangleway? My impression is that your disapproval of the said attraction (which I share) is such that you would have to be paid a non-trivial sum to be lured aboard the thing.

dg writes: the recent shameless 20% price hike is regressively regretful.

Malcolm of Kent | 16.05.23 - 2:24 p.m. | #

For the full immersive compare-and-contrast experience, PeckhamPlex is still showing 'Rye Lane' three times a day.

Tom | 16.05.23 - 3:35 p.m. | #

Object from a shop: Treat yourself to a Mitsubishi Hi-Uni pencil, available from some specialty stationery shops in London for around £3.50. There are circumstances in which it can become supremely desirable to possess one.

Joachim | 16.05.23 - 5:13 p.m. | #

I tried buying a £5 ticket for the Globe, this being an excellent idea.

However
"These tickets are only available online"
and
"A £2.50 transaction fee per order applies online"
so it wasn't possible to buy one for £5.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.05.23 - 5:19 p.m. | #

Twenty years ago it was £100.
Today it's £5
Sign of the times!

Plus back then £5 would probably have got you half a dozen bottles of Becks too!

Cornish Cockney | 16.05.23 - 5:28 p.m. | #

Just saw that no change is given at Hampstead Ponds if you pay in cash. So your whole £5 note would be spent on the £4.50 swim.

M | 16.05.23 - 10:09 p.m. | #

How about browsing the second hand book market on South Bank and picking something there? Can’t promise you’ll find something amazing, but the market feels like one of those London traditions that’s always been there (but will no doubt disappear one day).

Frankie Roberto | 16.05.23 - 10:27 p.m. | #

Exhibitions at the Mall Galleries cost £5. Marine Artists in September is the one I'd most like to see but the current exhibit, Botanical Artists, would also be worth visiting.

Bob | 16.05.23 - 11:24 p.m. | #

Another vote for the ponds, take the first overground train out from Stratford on a sunny Sunday morning in early summer - I can't imagine anything better!

(By the way the 'already' is exquisite.)

Joseph Clift | 17.05.23 - 7:41 a.m. | #

Over your budget, but London Wetland Centre is celebrating its 20 year anniversary this Saturday 20th May. Entry is at the 2003 price of £6.50

Seeing as you are spending £5 anyway, it's only £1.50

dg writes: (23rd anniversary at 2000 price).

JonF | 17.05.23 - 7:54 a.m. | #

Apologies the comedy gig I mentioned had been cancelled at short notice, I think due to host getting Covid. Gutted, I was looking forward to it.

(Cancellation not super well publicised, although ticketsource was disabled promptly but not very obviously).

It is likely to be back at the same price on another date, follow twitter @HIGPFY

MilesT | 17.05.23 - 11:19 a.m. | #











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