South London: five rainy day activities for kids

Orange fin anemone fish © Horniman Museum

It's tipping it down, parks are saturated and playgrounds are off limits. Tiny Tots Travel has lined up five things to do with kids in South London on a rainy day.

1. Escape to the tropics and gaze at kaleidoscopic anemone fish in the Horniman Museum's Fijian coral reef.

2. Discover what life was like for the Allpress family during the Second World War at the new 'A Family in Wartime' exhibition, which runs until 31 December 2012 at the Imperial War Museum.

3. Hop on a bus, boat, train or DLR to Greenwich and climb aboard the beautifully restored Cutty Sark (opens 26 April), then battle pirates in the newly renovated Children's Gallery at the National Maritime Museum. (OK, you might get a little wet on the Cutty Sark, but there's a fantastic indoor gallery beneath the ship itself.)

4. Rummage for favourite books in snazzy libraries: Peckham Library won the Stirling Prize in 2000, and the eye-catching Canada Water Library and striking Deptford Lounge opened in late 2011 and early 2012 respectively.

5. Run like loons up and down the Tate Modern's sloping Turbine Hall, take the lift up to the under 5s play zone on the fifth floor, and choose cool and arty pocket-money toys in the gallery shops.