Luke Sherran
Latest Reviews
Science Museum
I absolutely loved this place! The fact you can visit a museum like this for free still amazes me, and the whole family loved the visit.
You're probably best booking tickets in advance, but if you don't, you can quickly get some using a QR code on your phone from just outside the entrance.
The museum is huge, with 3 massive floors of exhibits. You could easily spend a whole day here if you wanted to. Highlights for me were the space and aviation exhibits, which were fascinating.
There was a whole section of paraphernalia from the 80s and 90s which not only hit all my nostalgia buttons, but I got to show the kids how different things were growing up 30-40 years ago.
There is a reasonably priced and decent eating area and a huge gift shop for souvenirs. I'll definitely visit again when I can.
You're probably best booking tickets in advance, but if you don't, you can quickly get some using a QR code on your phone from just outside the entrance.
The museum is huge, with 3 massive floors of exhibits. You could easily spend a whole day here if you wanted to. Highlights for me were the space and aviation exhibits, which were fascinating.
There was a whole section of paraphernalia from the 80s and 90s which not only hit all my nostalgia buttons, but I got to show the kids how different things were growing up 30-40 years ago.
There is a reasonably priced and decent eating area and a huge gift shop for souvenirs. I'll definitely visit again when I can.
Natural History Museum
I've always wanted to go to the Natural History Museum, so I was very exicted to finally get the opportunity to visit. We visited on a Friday, and should definitely have booked tickets in advance to save the queue time outside. The staff did very well to get us all in, but it was busy, and we had to wait a while to get in.
The exhibits are amazing. I loved the huge scale of all the prehistoric fossils, and the building itself is beautiful. The dinosaur and marine sections were really enjoyable for me. It took a few hours to view just these zones alone, so you could easily spend the whole day there if you wanted.
Some of the popular areas are very busy, so you have to be patient if you want to see everything. Because of the volume of visitors, it can get very hot! They added some portable fans and air conditioning units into some of the rooms, which took the edge off, but we skipped some of the really hot areas.
In between the visit we went to the cafe, which was pretty reasonably priced and had a nice lunch box for kids.
It's definitely worth buying a map (it costs £1) as the place is huge, and it would easy to miss a few of the rooms. For a free museum, the place is amazing and definitely worth some extra donations as you enter. The only negative is that as the museum got busier and busier, we became keen to leave and rushed through the last few rooms. This will obviously be different depending when you visit, but definitely recommended.
The exhibits are amazing. I loved the huge scale of all the prehistoric fossils, and the building itself is beautiful. The dinosaur and marine sections were really enjoyable for me. It took a few hours to view just these zones alone, so you could easily spend the whole day there if you wanted.
Some of the popular areas are very busy, so you have to be patient if you want to see everything. Because of the volume of visitors, it can get very hot! They added some portable fans and air conditioning units into some of the rooms, which took the edge off, but we skipped some of the really hot areas.
In between the visit we went to the cafe, which was pretty reasonably priced and had a nice lunch box for kids.
It's definitely worth buying a map (it costs £1) as the place is huge, and it would easy to miss a few of the rooms. For a free museum, the place is amazing and definitely worth some extra donations as you enter. The only negative is that as the museum got busier and busier, we became keen to leave and rushed through the last few rooms. This will obviously be different depending when you visit, but definitely recommended.