Cheap eats
1. Sip a hot chocolate piled high with marshmallows, whipped cream and a chocolate straw at chocolatier Choccywoccydoodah (£3.99).
2. Grab a tasty lunch, such as a burrito or mac ‘n’ cheese, from a street food truck (around £5).
3. Bite into a sweet or savoury pancake at My Old Dutch (from £6.50).
4. Breakfast in Mayfair doesn’t have to be expensive. Eat a hot sandwich (from £3.80) or full English (from £7.50) at Cardinals of Mayfair.
5. Buy a freshly cooked lunch from a stall at foodie paradise Borough Market (around £6).
6. Treat yourself to piping hot chips and crispy battered fish at one of London's famous fish and chip shops (from £5.50).
7. Eat affordable and authentic Chinese food in Chinatown.
8. Munch a mouth-watering frozen yoghurt at Snog (from £2.45).
9. Choose from 120 different types of cereals and more than 30 different varieties of milk and toppings at the Cereal Killer Cafe (from £2.60).
10. Tuck into a cronut (croissant-doughnut pastry) at Dominique Ansel Bakery (£4).
11. Grab a burger at one of London's top 10 burger bars.
After dark
12. Expand your mind by heading to a late-night opening of one of London’s top museums.
13. Watch an innovative play at a pub theatre.
14. Laugh the night away at a stand-up comedy show.
15. Score a goal at table football at Cafe Kick (£1).
16. Enjoy two-for-one cocktails during happy hour at one of London's top bars.
17. Strike it lucky at retro-style bowling alley Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes (from around £7.50 per person for one lane).
18. Get your hands on tickets to a cheap gig in London.
19. Soak up gorgeous night-time views of London at Sky Garden.
20. Gaze at the river Thames through a pair of binoculars at the Morpeth Arms’ Spying Room while enjoying a pint.
Off the beaten track
21. Tour Brixton Windmill, the only surviving windmill in inner London.
22. Stroll along the riverside walkways at the Thames Barrier Information Centre.
Fun for families
23. Be wowed by aquatic life from around the globe in London’s oldest aquarium at the Horniman Museum (£9 for family ticket).
83. Swim in the historic men's, ladies' and mixed ponds on Hampstead Heath (£2 per adult per day).
24. Meet goats, ponies, alpacas and other farmyard animals at Belmont Children's Farm (£7).
Home from home
25. Soak up the historical atmosphere at Sutton House, the Tudor home of Thomas Cromwell's protege Ralph Sadleir (£5.40).
26. Explore the home of Dr Benjamin Franklin, scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor and Founding Father of the United States, at Benjamin Franklin House (from £8).
27. Visit the Hampstead-based home of Sigmund Freud and his family at the Freud Museum (£8).
28. Discover the former home of two talented musicians with Handel & Hendrix in London (£10).
Drink up
29. Sup a pint in front of a crackling fire at one of London’s cosy pubs.30. Quaff a glass of wine at one of the candlelit tables at the cave-like Gordon’s Wine Bar.
31. Celebrate London life with a glass of bubbly at one of the city's champagne bars (around £10 a glass).
32. Opt for a mocktail during an alcohol-free night out in London.
33. Sip a cocktail at the Victorian-inspired cocktail bar Worship Street Whistling Shop (from £9).
34. Choose from the vast list of more than 400 gins at The Gin Bar at Holborn Dining Room (from £9).
35. Take off your shoes, walk into London Cat Village and sit down for a purr-fect cup of tea among rescued cats (from £5).
36. Read a book over a pot of tea in the London Review Cake Shop (from £2.95).
37. Enjoy a half-price martini during happy hour at Dirty Martini Monument.
38. Get your caffeine fix at one of London’s top 10 independent coffee shops.
39. Find UBREW under the railway arches along the Bermondsey’s Beer Mile and pick a craft beer from the wide selection on tap and on the shelf.
40. Choose from one of 100 teas at Soho's slick tearoom Amanzi Tea.Retail therapy
41. Buy a pretty bunch of flowers at Columbia Road Flower Market (around £5).
42. Give £1 to a street performer in Covent Garden.
43. Get your mitts on a Harrods shopper bag ( from £7).
44. Discover some culinary delights at Maltby Street Market.
45. Find bargains galore at one of London’s top 12 markets.
46. Feast on chocolate at one of London’s delectable chocolate shops.
47. Buy some sweet-inspired memorabilia at M&M's World.
48. Dress for less at London’s bargain fashion stores.
49. Buy a book at one of London’s top bookshops, including the famous Foyles and the Edwardian bookshop Daunt Books.
50. Look out for cheap deals, especially during the January sales.
51. Channel the retro vibe at one of London’s vintage clothing stores.
52. Find a bargain while donating to a worthy cause in London's charity shops and thrift stores.Culture for less
53. Be dazzled by the moon, constellations and planets at a live planetarium show at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich (£8).
54. Take a tour of Highgate Cemetery, where revolutionary Karl Marx is buried (£4).
55. Step inside James I’s drinking den at Banqueting House.
56. Take a tour of Wilton's Music Hall, the world's oldest and largest surviving grand music hall (£6).
57. See an arthouse, cult or classic film at the Prince Charles Cinema (£8.50 for weekday matinees).The write stuff
58. Learn about one of the UK’s most famous novelists at the Charles Dickens Museum (£9).
59. Discover the story behind Dr Johnson and his dictionary at Dr Johnson’s House (£6).
60. See paintings, prints and relics belonging to poet John Keats at Grade I listed building Keats House (£6.50).Magical museums
61. Visit the London Canal Museum to hear the colourful story of the capital’s canals, boats, ice trade and ice cream (£5).
62. Delve into the history of recorded sound and watch demonstrations of automatic instruments at the Musical Museum (£10).
63. See the oldest section of the London Underground at the Brunel Musuem (£6).
64. Love The Beano and The Dandy? Take a jaunt to Bloomsbury’s Cartoon Museum (£7).
65. Film buffs should hotfoot it to The Cinema Museum for its awe-inspiring collection of posters and memorabilia (£10).
66. See the world’s finest collection of fans at The Fan Museum (£4).
67. Watch demonstrations of surgical techniques from the past at The Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret (£6.50).
68. Anyone who loves machines and engineering should visit the Kirkaldy Testing Museum (£5).
69. Handle torture devices at the Clink Prison Museum (£7.50).
70. Take a nostalgic journey through childhood toys, fashion and magazines at the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising (£9).Curtain's up
71. See an authentic Shakespeare play by buying a £5 standing ticket for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
72. Find standing tickets for as little as £3 for productions at the Royal Opera House.
73. Buy standing tickets for the London Proms at the Royal Albert Hall (from £6).
74. Visit the TKTS booth in Leicester Square for cheap last-minute tickets for West End shows.Get active
75. Enjoy a refreshing swim in one of London’s gorgeous lidos.
76. Climb 311 steps to reach the top of The Monument for sweeping views of London (£5).
77. Take a classical ballet or hip hop dance class at Pineapple Dance Studios (from £6).
78. Hire a pedalo or rowing boat on Hyde Park’s famous Serpentine Lake (£10 for 30 minutes, from April to October).
79. Hire a Santander Cycles bike to explore London (from £2).Walk the walk
80. Hear the bloodthirsty tale of Jack the Ripper on a Jack the Ripper walking tour (£10).
81. Uncover the gruesome history of London by gaslight with the Sweeney Todd and Other Demons walking tour (£10).
Park life
82. Rent a deckchair in the summer in Green Park, Hyde Park and St James’s Park (£1.60 for one hour).83. Swim in the historic men's, ladies' and mixed ponds on Hampstead Heath (£2 per adult per day).
Art attack
84. Discover the history of textiles and the latest trends at the Fashion and Textile Museum (£9.90).
85. Visit Red House, the arts and crafts home of socialist and craftsman William Morris (£7.70).
86. Find out about the Duke of Wellington’s glittering London life at Apsley House (£9.30).
87. See works by Rembrandt and Gainsborough at Dulwich Picture Gallery (from £8).
88. Be inspired by adverts, animation, picture books and political cartoons at the House of Illustration (from £7.50).Time to travel
89. Take a Thames Clipper boat from the Coca-Cola London Eye to Greenwich (£6.50).
90. Enjoy a cheap sightseeing tour of London by taking the 74 bus from Putney to Baker Street, via South Kensington, Harrods, Hyde Park and Selfridges (£1.50 with a contactless payment or Oyster card).
91. Take a canal boat ride from Little Venice to Camden (from £9.50).
92. Complete your London experience with a ride in one of the city's black cabs (from £2.60).
93. Glide above the Thames in the Emirates Air Line cable car (£3.50).Summer fun
94. Feast on a liquid nitrogen ice cream at Camden’s Chin Chin Labs.
95. Enjoy a drink while sunbathing on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden.
96. Listen to tunes under sunny skies at a free music festival in London.
97. Soak up the views while supping a pint at one of London's riverside pubs.Winter wonders
98. Sip a mulled wine in one of London’s Christmas markets (around £5).99. Get your skates on and take to the ice at one of these festive ice rinks.
100. Tuck into a Bratwurst hotdog at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland (around £5).
101. Meet Santa at one of London’s gorgeous grottos this Christmas.