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PEAKY BLINDERS | THE RISE
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 6:30 – 11:30 PM
- Thursday: 1:30 – 11:30 PM
- Friday: 6:30 – 11:30 PM
- Saturday: 1:30 – 11:30 PM
- Sunday: 1:30 – 5:00 PM
Already missing Peaky Blinders after its season six conclusion? Now you have the chance to enter Tommy Shelby’s world. Peaky Blinders: Rise is an immersive theatre production that invites the audience to play a role in Tommy’s latest stint, plotting a London expansion. Come dressed in themed attire to the Camden Garrison and choose to kick back at the pub with Arthur, advise Tommy on his business affairs in his office, or conspire with the Italians in the Eden Club, watching the scenes unfold based on the decisions you make. You’ll get to interact with the characters, compete with other audience members and ultimately determine whether Tommy Shelby and his family succeed in their ambition to take London.
Your best bet for blossoms in Kensington Gardens are by Lancaster Gate and the Albert Memorial – the latter is where the Japanese Society Conversation Group has had cherry blossom viewing parties so it must be a good spot!
Photo: @urbanheartlondon
ALEXANDRA PALACE
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
It’s worth walking all the way up to Ally Pally as you’ve got about thirty trees to choose from and plenty of green spaces to kick back and admire them from, not to mention a pretty bangin’ view of the city too.
NOTTING HILL
Notting Hill is another great hood to head to for cherry blossoms. Again you won’t find a load of trees grouped together but if you angle it right, you’ll get pink flowers framing those pretty pastel coloured houses.
Photo: @chicplasir
ST JAMES'S PARK
- Monday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Tuesday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Wednesday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Thursday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Friday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Saturday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday: 5:00 AM – 12:00 AM
St James’s Park may not have great clusters of cherry blossoms but the individual trees it does have are picture perfect. Walk to the Buckingham Palace side of the park to see some leaning over by by the lake and there’s also another burst of blooms by Storey’s Gate in front of the Treasury.
Photo: @sequinsandcherryblossoms
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
A perfect pink cherry blossom in front of a London landmark, it doesn’t get much better than that. There aren’t that many trees around the cathedral but you can find the best ones in St Paul’s Churchyard on the south side of the building.
PRIMROSE HILL
You’ll find the odd cherry blossom tree around the streets of Primrose Hill but if you head by St Mark’s Church you’ll get the bonus of a beaut building for your backdrop.
Photo: @whatalicedidnext
REGENT'S PARK
There are blossoms scattered all over Regent’s Park so you won’t have any trouble getting a good snap, but Avenue Gardens and Chester Road (which was restored to its full glory after a sponsorship campaign) are the best spots.
There’s a whole avenue of trees to walk through by Ranger’s House in Greenwich Park, so when they’re in bloom you get a full canopy of cherry blossom for your ‘gram.
KEW GARDENS
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
No surprises here – Kew Gardens is probably your best bet for cherry blossom because of the number of trees. Their Japanese varieties include Mume, Kanzan, Tai Haku and Hatazakura, which means white as well as pink blooms.