Perfect autumnal days out in London

Sorting a summer day out is easy – find a pub, beer garden or park and head there to laze away for a few hours. Autumn, though, requires you to do a little bit more – and not just because of the faint chill that begins to linger in the air.

You can still spend hours in the pub, of course, but you’ll be looking for somewhere cosy rather than cool – and as a reward for the steps you’ve got in walking around the city’s eerie Gothic cemeteries or stunning amber-hued parks. Collet up armfuls of pumpkins from farmers’ markets or jump on a train and go just outside of the capital and pick some gorgeous gourds yourself, then warm your cockles in an old-school whisky tavern with a wee dram. There are plenty of other amazing autumnal day trips within easy reach of London, too, should getting stuck in at the pumpkin patch sound like too much work.

All that’s left to do is wrap up warm and make the most of what autumn in London has to offer – a rich mix of things to do guaranteed to get you in the mood for smashing conkers.