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This contemporary art space has a unique location: on Hackney Downs train station, platform 1. The venue has an ambitious programme of exhibitions, all housed within its accessible project space which has an incidental footfall of over 4,000 passengers per day.

This historic shop was established in 1818, though the exact details of why, and by whom, have tragically been lost to history. In 2010, after closing for a much-needed refurbishment, the doors reopened. The shop is London’s, and quite possibly the world’s, only purveyor of quality goods for monsters of every kind. Products stocked here cater for vampires, werewolves, sasquatches and many other monsters. It’s a great space if you’re searching for a unique venue for your next drinks party, and of course one of our favourite choices for Halloween venues in London.

This top secret underground venue is a great choice if you’re looking for one of our more unusual London venues. The Crypt of this Parish Church was designed and used for burials from 1822 until 1854. In 2002 the Crypt became a gallery space where the imagination, thoughts and emotions of 21st century artists are shared with visitors from around the world. Now this popular venue hosts a year-round programme of art exhibitions. Throughout history the Church has encouraged and supported the arts and artists. Long may this continue.

This futuristic space is an evolving platform of curated ideas that encompasses menswear, womenswear, music and books. The store consists of individual product rooms, a library, record store, gallery, cafe and a club space for events featuring a state of the art sound system.

From 1875, this was the home of Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, his wife Marion, their two children and their live-in servants. The house gives an insight into the personal lives of the Sambourne family, and also provides a rare example of what was known as an ‘Aesthetic interior’ or ‘House Beautiful’ style. The Aesthetic Movement of the late nineteenth century advocated the use of foreign or ‘exotic’ influences in the decoration of the home. This can be seen by the various Japanese, Middle-Eastern and Chinese objects throughout the Sambournes’ home. After the deaths of Linley and Marion Sambourne, the house was preserved by their descendants. In 1980 it was opened to the public by the Victorian Society.

Welcome to the UK’s only curiosity museum. No attempt is made at classification and comprehensiveness, instead the museum focuses on the pre-enlightenment origins of the museum as Wunderkabinett – a mirror to a world so suffused with miracles and beauty that any attempt at categorization is bound to fail. This museum displays everything that has glittered & caught the eye of its founder – from rare priceless marvels of the natural and scientific worlds like Dodo Bones or speculum to the intriguing beauty of McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys, from old master etchings to prison inmates & mad women’s doodles, occultists paintings and pop art prints, the horrors and wonders of nature, two headed kittens and living coral.

Founded in 1828 as a teaching collection, this museum is packed full of skeletons, mounted animals and specimens preserved in fluid. Many of the species are now endangered or extinct including the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, the quagga, and the dodo. Located near Euston, this unique space houses around 68,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom.

Taking over what used to be the Old Vic Tunnels, this venue has turned the space below Waterloo station into a hot new destination for skateboarders, and promises a variety of diversions that will also appeal to those with no particular ambition to execute a credible 360 flip. The London venue also boasts a live music stage, as well as two tunnels’ worth of purpose-built skate park and an art gallery. There’s a café, bars and cinema space and a regular programme of talks and workshops.

For nearly 1,000 years this mighty Tower has stood in service of the monarch, anchored on the shore of the River Thames. Today, the venue welcomes millions of people each year, as they seek out famous stories of wing-clipped ravens, colourful Yeoman Warders and the priceless Crown Jewels.

The Tower’s gruesome history makes it a great setting for Halloween events. From the outset, the Tower was designed to invoke fear and awe. An ancient fortress and World Heritage Site in central London, the venue is a truly special venue for dinners and receptions and a magnificent experience at night.

A well-known museum has recently completed a huge refurbishment project, bringing ‘lost’ spaces within the museum back to use. These are the Lobby to the Breakfast Room, the Catacombs and the Basement Ante Room. Also revealed for the first time is a second temporary exhibition space, which opens with a display celebrating the completion of the project, as well as the house’s kitchens.