{"title": "Pressure: The D-Day Decision", "start": "2026-08-21T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-04-11T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Pressure: The D-Day Decision is a temporary display aboard HMS Belfast, a historic warship moored by the River Thames, exploring the weather forecast that shaped the D-Day landings. It was created by Imperial War Museums in partnership with STUDIOCANAL and the Met Office, and looks at the tense 72 hours before the invasion decision of the Second World War. The display brings together rarely seen objects, historic documents and eyewitness testimony, including Group Captain James Stagg's personal diary and a memo from General Dwight D. Eisenhower. 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Expert guides lead visitors across the main deck, from the quarterdeck to the torpedo room, galley and sickbay. The tour tells the stories of the sailors, marines and airmen who lived and worked on board through the Arctic convoys, D-Day and the Korean War. The ticket also includes entry to explore the rest of the ship at your own pace.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guided-tour-sailors-stories-83090/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/faee9dcdaab20bc6dd7c7e09fcf83b2ba1ee0628db44c02dece5894845135cad-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lost Laundry Challenge Trail", "start": "2026-10-23T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Free event with general admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A family challenge trail on board HMS Belfast: the ship's laundry has lost one of the crew's washing, and visitors must find all the missing items. It runs in Room 3H from 10am to 4pm. Those who successfully seek out all of the sailor's missing kit can claim a very special sticker as their reward. It is presented by IWM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-laundry-challenge-trail-36531/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lost Laundry Challenge Activity", "start": "2026-10-23T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Free event with general admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Lost Laundry Challenge Activity is a family activity aboard HMS Belfast, running daily from 23 October to 1 November 2026 and on weekends from 7 October, from 10am to 4pm in Room 3H. Visitors venture below decks to make their own mini kit bag in a compartment that once housed over 100 sailors. A sailor would join a ship with everything they needed to live on board in a kit bag.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-laundry-challenge-activity-36532/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b55d18483c4f4bd5bdfa2ae54a8760d0db36317b4eafbc4f5fe59f7d8cdab904-600.webp"}, {"title": "Family Activities: HMS Belfast", "start": "2026-11-04T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Free event with general admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/military"], "description": "Family Activities: HMS Belfast offers hands-on, drop-in activities for families onboard HMS Belfast, a historic warship. It is run by Imperial War Museums and takes place every weekend and daily during school holidays. Activities vary and are recommended for families with children aged 5 to 12, with all activities free with general admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-activities-hms-belfast-80679/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/90b94ac250fb6f329e7a9a27d9b9517b8615c3423be26879147f8deac6aae42b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lunchtime talk: Remembering the Battle of Britain", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T13:50:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "£6.13 (including £1.13 booking fee)", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii/battle-of-britain", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "A lunchtime talk marking Armistice Day about how the Battle of Britain has been remembered at Westminster Abbey. It is given by Dr Harry Raffal of the Royal Air Force Museum, who reflects on how the battle's events have been recounted and commemorated over the last 85 years. The talk is part of a monthly series held at St Margaret's Church exploring Westminster Abbey's history. The venue is next to the Abbey in central London, reached through the main visitor entrance and security check.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-talk-remembering-the-battle-of-britain-90744/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/lectures-and-talks/2026/november/lunchtime-talk-remembering-the-battle-of-britain/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c706b2a582dbc099aef9b5fd4ca97572a7230c92564e8ad0688cf5c364516fa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "In Their Own Words Tour: The Battle of Britain as told by The Many and the Few", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge", "address": "Wren Avenue, UB10 0GG Uxbridge", "price": "£14 to free", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii/battle-of-britain"], "description": "A special Battle of Britain Bunker tour that uses the testimonies of the people who fought the Battle of Britain. It explores in depth what it was like to defend Britain, both in the skies and from 60ft underground. The tour is hosted by author and historian Dilip Amin. It is open to those aged 12 and above.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-their-own-words-tour-the-battle-of-britain-as-told-by-the-78794/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/191/in-their-own-words-tour-the-battle-of-britain-as-told-by-the-many-and-the-few", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dc90c149f160cd063f75c27c72ed0bdd2adf84de865d36c65e1be6045094729a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Cornwallis Cloth: Championing untold stories of WW2 in the Caribbean", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre", "address": "King William Walk", "price": "Free (Booking Required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "An evening at the Visitor Centre with a viewing of the Cornwallis Cloth exhibition and film installation, followed by a panel discussion. Sweet Patootee Arts and the Old Royal Naval College Interpretation Team explore how oral testimony and creative research can break through archival silence to restore long silenced histories of British Caribbean lives during the Second World War. From 6pm to 7.30pm visitors can view the exhibition, with the talk and Q&A running from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Admission is free, though booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cornwallis-cloth-championing-untold-stories-of-ww2-in-the-ca-37528/", "official_url": "https://ornc.org/whats-on/cornwallis-cloth-talk/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f154f1d4ee985023b247b25a756c70c8a52e88d0955166951326d2f69cafbd67-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Remembrance Sunday Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Civil Service Club", "address": "Great Scotland Yard 13-15, SW1A 2HJ London", "price": "£15 per person", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A 120-minute guided walk through London's most significant sites of war, peace, remembrance, and commemoration. It is led by Caroline Mongan, a qualified London tour guide and BBC-featured storyteller. The walk explores the courage, sacrifice, and resilience that shaped Britain in times of conflict, including the Blitz, the Battle of Britain, the Cenotaph, wartime code breakers, and resistance fighters and the SOE. It starts at Trafalgar Square.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-sunday-walking-tour-49072/", "official_url": "https://www.civilserviceclub.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-walk/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art", "start": "2026-03-20T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "IWM London", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting", "history/wwii"], "description": "Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art is a free exhibition at IWM London on Level 3. It tells the story of London during the Second World War as seen by artists, many commissioned by the government's War Artists' Advisory Committee, set up in 1939. Over 45 paintings and drawings are shown alongside photographs, film, objects and oral histories, with works by artists such as Edward Ardizzone, Evelyn Dunbar and Henry Carr. The exhibition shows Londoners facing loss, displacement, overcrowding and shortages, and is suitable for both adults and children, with a stamper trail and activity sheet for families.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/beauty-and-destruction-wartime-london-in-art-36628/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d8e851068fff0ca5592f7974efa2d0e68eb8ea7ec7edd36beec9dd222c61df07-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Speaker Series: Paul Woodadge – Remembrance Sunday", "start": "2026-11-08T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge", "address": "Wren Avenue, UB10 0GG Uxbridge", "price": "£8 - free for members", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/memorial/remembrance-sunday", "history"], "description": "A special talk marking Remembrance Sunday, held at the Battle of Britain Bunker. Historian and author Paul Woodadge delivers it, speaking on commemoration and memorialisation. It is open to ages 14 and above, and the ticket price includes visitor access.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday-78787/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/450/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday", "image": ""}, {"title": "London Museum Docklands highlights tour", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "from £11.00", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "A guided gallery tour through London Museum Docklands, taking in the museum's highlights. Run by the museum, it covers the history of London's docks, the East End and the people who have lived and worked there for over two centuries. Walking through the historic warehouse building, visitors learn how unused marshland was transformed into towering Canary Wharf. The guide shares the grim details of dock work, the ins and outs of the 'sailortowns' and the heroic efforts of those defending the docks during the war.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-museum-docklands-highlights-tour-63339/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/welcome-to-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0cb969730f37b534ba5796b0f70a4dc816b8fdcdabad001de6a75796a8f5d56-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Temporary Exhibitions", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Canal Museum", "address": "New Wharf Road 12-13, N1 9RT London", "price": "Included with admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Temporary Exhibitions at the London Canal Museum is a changing programme of short-term displays, usually two a year on subjects relating to canals and the ice trade. The current exhibition, Battlebridge Basin, is organised by the museum and tells the story of the water behind the museum over two hundred years, from coal, ice and jam to the boaters who live on it today. It began as a dock cut into a field from 1818 for a builder who wagered a private basin would raise his land's worth. The first-floor display uses archive photographs, maps and plans, a short film by Floating Films and a free digital guide, and is included with admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/temporary-exhibitions-69964/", "official_url": "https://canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/exhibition.htm", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2fb97ae760b1fc6437a4c1254caf3856ba93e0f3046aab331a6fc78bd02ed49f-600.webp"}]}