Museum of London Docklands

Would highly recommend this museum. It is well set out with plenty of room. It is buggy and wheelchair friendly. The staff were very helpful and friendly. There is a nice coffee shop in there which we used half way through.

We were in the museum for 3 hours but could have stayed longer. Will definitely return.

Housed in an old warehouse a short walk from the Canary Wharf station on the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) this is a super museum. You start on the third floor with the earliest history of the settlement of London and work forward in time as you descend through the building, through the WWII bombing of the docks and the strikes led by Jack Dash in the late 1960's (yes I do remember those happening!)

The development of the Port of London is clearly explained together with an explanation of how changes to London Bridge and the building of the Enbankment narrowed and deepened the river and speeded its flow through to the more recent redevelopment of the abandoned docks into the business & residential areas they now are.

My only negative (?) comment would be that this is such an interesting museum with so much too see that it really requires several visits to take it all in.

My husband and I went to this museum and spent well over 3 hours there, (would have stayed longer but my feet were killing me) as there is so much to see there.

It is a very well laid out museum and the exhibits are spectacular. The staff are extremely helpful. The Jack the Ripper and the East End special exhibition is really good as it tells the story of the working class of London which is very often ignored.

I would recommend this museum to people of all ages and abilities.