London Canal Museum
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About London Canal Museum

The London Canal Museum tells the colourful story of London's canals, their people, cargoes, boats and trade, and the horses that pulled the boats and carts on the streets. See our recreated stable and Horse Power exhibition. Discover the amazing Victorian trade in natural ice, brought from Norway to keep London cool, for this charming waterside building was once an ice warehouse. Look down into a vast ice well, uniquely preserved. See archive film, temporary exhibitions, costume, “roses and castles” art, and children can follow the horse’s trail! Download free MP3 audio tours of the canal walk from Camden, and of the museum, from our website.

Facilities

Opening Times 1000 - 1630 Tues-Sun & Bank holiday Mondays. Closed: ALL other Mondays and Christmas period. Late 19.30 opening on 1st Thursday of each month.

London Canal Museum Address

Address:
12-13 New Wharf Road, London
London
N1 9RT
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7713 0836
Fax: +44 (0)20 7689 6679
Email:
Website: http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk

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Prices for London Canal Museum

Adult: £3.00 (USD4.97)  per ticket
Concession: £2.00 (USD3.31)  per ticket
Child: £1.50 (USD2.49)  per ticket

Children aged 4 and younger are free. Children under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Location Information for London Canal Museum

Address:
12-13 New Wharf Road, London
London
N1 9RT
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7713 0836
Fax: +44 (0)20 7689 6679
Email:
Website: http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk
Public transport: London Kings Cross, National Railway

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Not a primary attraction

Most visitors spend around one hour to one and a half hours in the museum. The building is on two floors and could not be described as small, although certainly not on the scale of the major national...

Most visitors spend around one hour to one and a half hours in the museum. The building is on two floors and could not be described as small, although certainly not on the scale of the major national museums. We find that around a third of visitors spontaneously tell us that they enhjoyed their visit and in surveys at least 90% of respondants would reccommend the museum to a friend.

 
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2 June 2007
by MartinLCM, London
 

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Events at London Canal Museum

  • 30 Years of KESCRG

    Exhibition

    4 Feb 2010 to 4 Feb 2010

    The Kent and East Sussex Canal Restoration Group forms part of that network of modern navvies who go out to derelict waterways and through their knowledge and skills slowly bring them back to working order. Roy Sutton has been involved with the group over many years and tells us some of what they have achieved.

     

  • The Bantam IV Tug

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    The Bantam class of tug was produced in the late 1940's and the 1950's and 1960's by E.C. Jones and Sons of Brentford. In 1994 London Canal Museum was given number 4 of the class which is preserved as a floating exhibit, normally moored outside the museum, but sometimes taken to canal events during the summer season. The Bantam tugs are unusual in that they are designed to push, not to tow. This is a more energy efficient way of moving an unpowered barge. The tugs were used most frequently for canal maintenance and in gravel pits and other non tidal waterway situations.

     

  • Birmingham Canals - Past and Present

    Guided walk

    7 Jan 2010 to 7 Jan 2010

    Eric Lewis tells about amazing network of waterways, dating back to Brindley. He describes how the former trade has now changed into leisure traffic

     

  • Collections - London Canal Museum

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    London Canal Museum collection includes artifacts and archives relating to the canals of London and the ice trade.

     
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