London/UK in early March?

[flygirl]

Are there a lot of things that are closed or sites that we wouldn’t be able to see if we went to London in March vs June 2024?  H is pushing to go during spring break vs summer so that he can do another trip he wants to do in June.  I’m afraid there would be things that are closed or inaccessible or harder to travel around?  Thoughts?  

[RockNVoll]

No, why would things be closed because it's March? Not trying to be snarky, genuinely doing a little head tilt on this one, LOL! The tube and buses won't run any differently either. I think going off-season is a great idea, actually.

[flygirl]

RockNVoll , I was thinking more of the specialty type things in outlying cities might not be doing tours or things like Hawk walk type things (I remember when we were in Ireland they said they didn’t do much in the winter). I need to look into the temps and all that as well.

[RockNVoll]

Jul 19, 2023 19:58:15 GMT -5 flygirl said:

RockNVoll , I was thinking more of the specialty type things in outlying cities might not be doing tours or things like Hawk walk type things (I remember when we were in Ireland they said they didn’t do much in the winter). I need to look into the temps and all that as well.

What outlying cities and activities are you thinking of?  I can't think of any season-specific things but if you have something particular in mind maybe folks here will have more info for you. 

I mean, of course there are annual events held on specific dates (Chelsea Flower Show, Summertime in Hyde Park, etc.) but I don't think that's what you're asking about.

[mrsukyankee]

Nope. It'll all be open. London and outlying areas are too popular to have an 'off season' where things are closed (we're not a beach or summer time only place).

In fact, it'll be easier to travel around and get tours because it'll be less busy with tourists than June. The only downside to March will be that it's colder and probably rainy (though it can be rainy in June too, so no guarantees there).

[pittpurple]

London will certainly be open but it depends on what you mean by the 'UK'. There are some castles / gardens / etc that don't open until Easter but you can just check with the places you are considering - in Edinburgh, Scotland where I live, most things are open year round but there are places that have summer/winter hours etc.

[wanderingback]

London isn’t like Alaska for example where there is an off season and lots of stuff is closed. If there’s something niche that you’re thinking of visiting that might be closed maybe check that specific attraction? But otherwise it definitely won’t be harder to get or around or difficult to see a lot of things in March (or any other time of the year).

[gardengal]

We’ve gone to London in later March & really the only “bummer” was that Kew Gardens had limited blooms (that we anticipated but we still enjoyed going).

The weather was mostly grey (again, expected) but London has a bigger population than NYC. Too many people to close down for non-peak.

If you’re mostly thinking about doing indoor museums & historic sites & sampling great food, I’d totally opt for March.

[lightbulbsun]

I went to London last March and the only downside was it was cold and rainy. We skipped was Kew Gardens because not much would have been blooming, although we did see some early bulbs blooming around the city. Wear waterproof shoes and a good coat and you'll be fine.