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FREE Oatly x Manor Place pop up in London! 👀

To celebrate the Free Books Campaign, Oatly and Manor Place are bringing together books, coffee, creativity and culture for a three-day experience where you can discover FREE books, drinks and interactive activities! ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
📚 Get 2 FREE mystery books to take home
☕ Enjoy FREE barista-made drinks at the Oatly coffee bar
🥛 Grab FREE Oatly canned drinks
🎮 Play games and explore interactive experiences
🎨 Discover exhibitions, creative installations and the pop up library

📍 Manor Place, London
🗓️ 16–18 October 2026
⏰ Friday 3–8pm, Saturday 11am–8pm, Sunday 11am–7pm
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Comment DETAILS for my complete guide to 10 London pop ups you can visit this October! ✨

From FREE hot chocolate, sandwiches and personalised flower bouquets to immersive gaming experiences, beauty launches and interactive installations, there’s plenty happening across London this month.

Discover which pop ups are worth visiting, what you can get for FREE and where to find them. Whether you’re planning a London weekend or looking for something different to do during the week, save this guide for your next adventure!

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FREE foundation samples and shade matching in Covent Garden! 💄

Max Factor is celebrating the launch of its Lasting Blur Foundation with a three-day beauty pop up where visitors can explore the new complexion product and discover their ideal shade.

Enjoy FREE foundation shade matching, product testing, samples and drinks during the experience. It’s a chance to try the foundation in person and receive personalised recommendations before deciding whether to purchase.

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📍 28 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London
🗓️ 23–25 October 2026

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FREE makeup experiences and goodie bags at Battersea Power Station! 💋

Morphe Studio is teaming up with Boots for a two-day beauty activation featuring makeup experiences, interactive games and opportunities to win prizes.

Visitors can explore Morphe products, take part in the activities and receive a 20% off voucher for Morphe at selected Boots stores, subject to the voucher terms. The first 15 visitors each day also receive a FREE goodie bag while stocks last.

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FREE Morphe pop up in Manchester and London! 👀

To celebrate its UK roadshow with Boots, Morphe is bringing the Morphe Studio to Manchester’s Exchange Square and London’s Battersea Power Station for two days of makeup, games and goodies ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
🎁 Grab a FREE goodie bag if you’re one of the first 15 visitors each day
💄 Enjoy FREE makeup experiences
🎮 Play games at the Morphe Studio
🏆 Try your luck at winning prizes
🎟️ Get a voucher for 20% off Morphe at selected Boots stores, valid on the dates shown on your voucher

📍 Exchange Square, Manchester
🗓️ 17–18 October
⏰ 17 October: 11am–7pm | 18 October: 10am–6pm 

📍 Battersea Power Station, Malaysia Square, Battersea, London
🗓️ 23–24 October
⏰ 11am–7pm both days
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FREE Call of Duty pop up in London! 👀

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Electric Garden in Shoreditch has been transformed into an immersive Korean alleyway with food, gaming and prizes ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
🍜 Enjoy FREE Korean food
🛍️ Get a FREE goody bag with Korean sweets
🎮 Play Modern Warfare 4 before its worldwide release
🔐 Solve clues and crack codes at the Amazon Loot Lockers for a chance to win exclusive merchandise if you get a card in your goody bag 
📸 Explore the neon-lit alleyway and recreated Korean shops
💥 Experience evening special effects with smoke, dramatic sounds and staged explosions

📍 Electric Garden, 201–207 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, London
🗓️ Until 19 October 2026
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All the freebies you can get at Sephoria 👀

To celebrate its first UK edition, SEPHORiA has taken over 180 Studios with more than 40 beauty brands, interactive experiences and beauty treats to discover ✨

Here’s what you can do at this pop up:
🎁 Collect FREE samples from participating brand stands and a goodie bag for ticket holders at the end of your session
🎮 Play games for the chance to win full-size beauty products
🧴 Take on Glowery’s five-second challenge to scoop full-size skincare into your bag
💄 Enjoy a mini makeup session and collect travel-size treats at Hourglass
🍪 Get a FREE vegan cookie with a matcha latte or sorbet purchase from MATCHADO

📍 180 Studios, 180 Strand, Temple, London
🗓️ 16–17 October 2026
⏰ Three-hour ticketed sessions. 
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FREE The Ordinary pop up in London! 👀

To celebrate the launch of its new HA + Asiaticoside Lip Treatment, The Ordinary has taken over Selfridges with a week of FREE beauty experiences, gifts and personalisation! ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
📸 FREE photobooth experience
🎀 Decorate your HA + Asiaticoside Lip Treatment with a FREE keycharm when purchasing the lip treatment
🧴 Get a FREE mini cleanser when purchasing two products
🎁 FREE gift wrapping with every purchase
✍️ FREE calligraphy service with every purchase

📍 Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, Marylebone, London
🗓️ 15–21 October 2026
⏰ Mon–Fri 10am–10pm, Sat 10am–9pm, Sun 11:30am–6pm
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GAP x It’s Bagels takeover in London! 👀

To celebrate International Hoodie Day, GAP has teamed up with It’s Bagels for a special two-day takeover of its Soho bagel shop, alongside exclusive hoodie customisation and shopping offers at selected GAP stores! ✨

Here’s what you can do at this pop up:
🥯 Visit the GAP x It’s Bagels takeover in Soho
👀 Explore the special International Hoodie Day collaboration
🧵 Get FREE patch application with any GAP hoodie purchased on 15 October
👕 Customise your new hoodie at GAP Covent Garden or Westfield White City
🛍️ Enjoy 20% off selected GAP products with a promotional leaflet, valid until 22 October

🥯 Bagel shop takeover
📍 It’s Bagels, 8 D’Arblay Street, Soho, London
🗓️ 15–16 October 2026
⏰ Usual opening hours 

🧵 FREE hoodie customisation
📍 GAP, 30–31 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London
🗓️ 15 October 2026
⏰ 11am–3pm

📍 GAP, Westfield White City, Ariel Way, Shepherd’s Bush, London
🗓️ 15 October 2026
⏰ 12pm–4pm
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FREE Sisley Paris with Elsewhen smoothies! 👀

To celebrate the collaboration between Sisley Paris and Elsewhen, the two brands have created two exclusive vegan smoothies, “Lip Service” and “Hair Harmony”, packed with collagen, protein and magnesium to support healthy skin, hair and wellbeing! ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
🥤 Discover two limited-edition beauty smoothies
💄 Get a FREE Sisley lip twist lipstick with a Lip Service smoothie purchase
🧴 Or choose a FREE Sisley shampoo, conditioner and hair mask mini set with a Hair Harmony smoothie purchase

📍 Elsewhen, The Ivories, 6 Northampton Street, Islington, London
🗓️ 17–18 October 2026
⏰ 10am–5pm
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10 London pop ups you can visit this October! 👀

Comment DETAILS for my complete guide.

From FREE breakfast rolls and cocktails to beauty gifts and Scandinavian candy, there’s plenty happening across London this month. I’ve rounded up ten stops, including fragrance experiences, FREE drinks and games with prizes up for grabs.

Save this for your next day out and send it to someone who loves a freebie! ✨

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Breakfast for dinner at the Heinz x Greggs Brinner Party! 🥪

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Heinz and Greggs are teaming up for a FREE evening party with FREE breakfast rolls and drinks, plus a Heinz sauce station. Choose from bacon, sausage or omelette and get stuck into your breakfast favourites after dark.

There’ll also be music from Dean McCullough, a giant bed for photos and FREE merch.

📍 Greggs, 49 Cheapside, City of London
🗓️ 14–15 October

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500 FREE cocktails at Disaronno’s Dolce Night! 🍸

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Disaronno is bringing its Dolce Night party to Walthamstow, with FREE entry and a FREE welcome cocktail for the first 500 visitors.

Expect house and disco-inspired music, plus FREE pool, interactive darts, electric shuffle and karaoke throughout the evening.

📍 Big Penny Social, 1 Priestley Way, Walthamstow, London
🗓️ 16 October, 8pm-2am

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FREE Microneedle Patches at Wrinkles Schminkles! ✨

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Wrinkles Schminkles is celebrating its launch into 60+ Boots stores and online, its first UK retail partnership. Every visitor to the pop up receives a FREE pair of Self-Dissolving Microneedle Patches.

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FREE Lavazza pop up in London! 👀

To celebrate the launch of Tablì, Lavazza is bringing its new coffee system made with 100% coffee tabs to Soho, with FREE drinks, personalised cups and prizes to discover ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
☕ Enjoy FREE coffee, from espressos and flat whites to signature serves, with coffee cocktails in the evenings.
🫘 Take a coffee quiz to discover your recommended Tablì blend and try it freshly prepared.
🎨 Personalise your coffee cup with a selection of Tablì-themed stickers.
🎁 Try your luck at The Vault to win sweatshirts, t-shirts, tote bags and exclusive goodies, with one Tablì machine up for grabs each day.
🌱 Visit the Grounds Bar and take home FREE used coffee grounds to give them a second life in your garden.

📍 Future Stores, 95 Oxford Street, Soho, London
🗓️ 13–18 October 2026
⏰ 9am-8pm
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FREE GRITTI pop up in London! 👀

To celebrate the launch of Gritti Fragrances at Selfridges, the Italian niche perfume house founded by Luca Gritti is bringing its Venetian heritage and luxurious fragrance creations to Oxford Street, with exclusive scents and special gifts for visitors ✨

Here’s what you can do at this FREE pop up:
👃 Explore Gritti’s fragrance collection, including Duchessa, Vanilla Tanà and Mango Aoud
✨ Discover Selfridges-exclusive perfumes including Hysterica and Super Nova
🧴 Receive FREE perfume samples while exploring the collection
🌹 Get a FREE rose with a purchase, while stocks last
🎁 Receive a FREE gift set signed by founder Luca Gritti with any purchase 

📍 Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, Marylebone, London
🗓️ Until Wednesday 14 October
⏰ 10am–10pm (Monday–Wednesday, Selfridges store hours)

#londonpopup #londonpopups #thingstodoinlondon #londonlife #popup @grittifragrances @theofficialselfridges @aspectsbeauty @fragrancenas 
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Disclaimer: The information in this post was provided by the brand, PR representative or event organiser at the time of filming. While I always do my best to verify details before sharing them, information may change without notice due to availability, operational changes or human error. Please check with the organiser if you’re travelling specifically for a particular activity or freebie. taken in Selfridges by @freethepopup
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Oktoberfest pop up in London! 🍻🥨

Albert’s Schloss Soho is celebrating with Munich’s six official Oktoberfest beers, Alpine-inspired food, live Oompah bands and evening performances, plus best-dressed competitions for those embracing the Bavarian theme! ✨

Here’s what you can experience there:
🍺 Discover Munich’s Big Six Oktoberfest beers under one roof
🎺 Enjoy live Oompah bands and evening entertainment
🥨 Tuck into Alpine-inspired food
👗 Take part in best-dressed competitions
🎓 Book a £55 Bier Masterclass to learn the history behind the beers, with six ⅓-pint tasters and a schooner of your choice
🌭 The masterclass also includes Mini Bratz and Haus Pretzels to share, plus a Klassic Bratwurst to finish

📍 Albert’s Schloss, 20–24 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London
🗓️ 19 September–25 October 2026
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