Seven things to do and see in London as the season finale of Formula E

London as the capital of the UK is a city that stretches all the way back to Roman times and is set along the River Thames.

Formula E races in London for rounds 15 and 16 of the 2025 season with the Team’s Championship still yet to be decided.

Here, Travel News Blitz’s Ayla Vaughan explores seven things to do and see in London.

Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum is where science and history converge with numerous collections on display, such as large dinosaur fossils and specimens collected by Charles Darwin.

Located on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, this marvelous museum built in a Romanesque style is where visitors can learn about its 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology.

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is an area of London filled with restaurants, bars, markets and boutiques making it a place for everyone with its many attractions.

Visitors can enjoy the Covent Garden Summer Street Party on July 26 where there are shopping discounts, gifts, DJ sets, pop-ups and more to enjoy.

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is known as a national and royal landmark in London, serving as the royal residence and administrative headquarters of King Charles III.

Aside from the regular Changing the Guard ceremony, visitors can explore the 19 magnificent State Rooms which are open to visitors each summer and admire many of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection.

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Watch the London E-Prix

Formula E has a double header race on July 26 and 27 as the finale of season 11, with Drivers’ Champion Oliver Rowland being crowned world champion out in Berlin.

Set inside the Excel London, it is a unique track that weaves its way both inside and outside of the exhibition centre and around the Royal Docklands. 

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral is a church built in an English baroque style that has been the site of many historic state occasions such as Winston Churchill's state funeral and the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. 

Visitors are welcome to access five levels of the cathedral including the Whispering Gallery with its unique acoustics and the Stone and Golden Galleries atop the Dome offering breathtaking panoramic views over London. 

Greenwich Royal Observatory

Greenwich Royal Observatory has played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, being most famously known for the establishment of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The observatory was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II and now largely serves as a museum where visitors can see John Harrison's pioneering chronometer, the mid-20th-century Russian-made F.M. Fedchenko clock and the Peter Harrison Planetarium.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is London's largest UNESCO World Heritage site offering stunning landscapes and iconic architecture from every stage of the gardens' history. 

They have a collection of living plants that is the largest and most diverse in the world, both growing out in the fields and within their glasshouses and nurseries.

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