What’s on in July:-

1st: The Great Get Together at The Queen Elizabeth Park, 12-7pm Free London Ride Parade. Free

2nd: Berrylands Scouts Summer Festival 12-4pm at The Old Lagoon site, Berrylands. Lots of family fun, games, inflatable, BBQ & Bar, tea & coffee, cakes and live music.

3-16th: Wimbledon Tennis Championship

4-9th: Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

6-16th: Somerset House Summer Gigs Series in the Courtyard, £32.25 in advance

8-9th: Brixton Windmill Open Days second weekend of each month till October, £5 in advance

9th: ASICS London 10K, race around London sights & landmarks, race for Battersea Dog & Cats home. www.events@battersea.org.uk

11-16th: Kew the Music

14th-24th Sept: Buckingham Palace Summer Opening

16th: Dragon Boat Challenge Race, Canbury Gardens

Soho Village Fete and Waiters’ race 12-6pm Free

23rd: March for Men, Prostate Cancer, Battersea Park 11-3pm, £10 in advance

Until 28th: Book a Zoo Night at London Zoo, 6-10pm. Tkts from £21.50

What’s on in August:-

4/5/6th: Step Inside Abbey Road Studios, also 11/12/13th August, for tickets: tickets.london/tour/step-inside-abbey-road-studios

5th: Taste of the Caribbean, food & drink festival 10-8pm. Fairfield Recreation Ground, Kingston. Tkts: tasteofcaribbeanuk.com

12th: Taste of the Caribbean, food & drink festival 10-8pm. Wimbledon Park

8th: Deadline for submissions for A Berrylands Companion September issue

19-4 Sept: Ice Cream Festival at Covent Garden

26-28th: Nottinghill Carnival, Free

Battersea Park in Concert. Take a picnic and some fizz! For tickets: www.batterseaparkinconcert.seetickets.com

26-11 Sept: Greenwich + Docklands International Festival

27-29th: Hampton Court Palace Food Festival

28th: Late Summer Bank Holiday

Ideas for the Summer holidays to keep the kids amused: Collect a money saving pass: The London Pass or the Go City London Explorer Pass for access to multiple venues.

Until 29th October: See the Fashion Exhibition, Crown to Couture at Kensington Palace, as well as the Palace and Gardens

Until 30th October: Book tickets to visit The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace to see the Gold Stage Coach, used in the Coronation of King Charles III. Visit Winston Churchills WWII War Rooms: IWM.org.uk Tkts from £27.25 Ad, £13.60 5-15y. IWM members go free

Visit the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels used in the Coronation of King Charles III. www.hrp.org.uk