London's museum of inland waterways and the former ice trade in an old waterside former ice warehouse
The museum is open Tuesdays to Sundays and Hank Holiday Mondays 10.am to 4.40pm, last entry 4.0pm
Operating as usual
Tickets Alert: Tours of a drained canal lock
Later this month, one of the locks on the Hanwell flight of locks on the Grand Union Canal will be drained, and there will be a once in a generation opportunity to view the de-watered lock and see the new lock gates from a specially installed temporary viewing bridge.
The 2023 London Canal Museum calendars are now in the shop.
The journey of the calendar photos takes you from the west to east, from Little Venice to Limehouse Basin then back to a snowy Little Venice in December.
The price is £6.99 at London Canal Museum Kings Cross.
Our Tumblr blog has a new post all about dust! It explores the evidence that the dust heaps of King's Cross were once exported to Moscow, starting their trip by boat.
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Canal themed Christmas cards are now in store! Do you recognise any of these landmarks?
Beautiful artisan products!
Photos from London Canal Museum's post
Photos from London Canal Museum's post
This week we welcomed more than two dozen of London's tourist guides to an open evening in the museum with refreshments and a demonstration of ice cream making, Edwardian style, as well as educational talks and a chance to learn about canals and the ice trade.
Is it too early to do Christmas shopping? At London Canal Museum colourful Roses and Castle ware and festive artist’s cards are now in stock.
All handmade by artists in the U.K.
Indulge….
Happy from London Canal Museum at vibrant King’s Cross in London!
Adorable canal wildlife gifts now available in the London Canal Museum 🦆🎏🐦!
New video on YouTube - A Tractor Returns. Shot as the museum's Wickham towpath tractor was driven back to the museum after being exhibited at the Angel Canal Festival on 4th September 2022.
Footage of 4th September 2022. The museum's 1960 Wickham canal towpath tractor was taken to be exhibited at the Angel Canal Festival. It was driven via quiet...
Photos from Salon ID Week-End's post
We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and extend our condolences to the Royal Family. We have decided to remain open as usual at present rather than disappoint those who were expecting to visit. We expect to be closed as a mark of respect on the day of her funeral.
Richard Parry, the Chief Executive of the Canal and River Trust honoured tradition by getting photographed sitting on our 1960 Wickham canal towpath tractor at the Angel Canal Festival. When we first bought it in 2012 the then Chair of the CRT which had just been formed, sat on the seat for the camera at the National Waterways Festival.
Our 1960 Wickham tractor has arrived under its own power at the Angel Canal Festival so come and see us!
Summer is not over yet! Enjoy the next few weeks in the great outdoor and at the London Canal Museum with our tunnel boat trips and cool ice cream display.. Fun for the kids before school!
It’ll a scorching week in London King’s Cross! Charlie and Chester bears at the will be sharing an ice cream with you!! Set in an 1860 ice warehouse it’s nice and cool here ☀️🌞🍦🍧🇬🇧
Back in stock at the London Canal Museum shop is the most necessary item for your canal boat.. 😀 Happy summer cruising!
Lovely feature from IanVisits. Unfortunately we failed to teach him the difference between a barge and a narrowboat!
Unless you know the area, you might not realise that there's a long deep tunnel running under Islington and that a couple of times each month, the public can take a tour of it.
Looking for canal themed greeting cards or souvenirs? The shop in the London Canal Museum stocks a wonderful collection of cards in a variety of styles..
In stock at London Canal Museum is a really useful addition to our chandlery collection - a sea searcher recovery magnet! Canal boaters all know what it is for, to retrieve your essential tools overboard.. Happy summer boating one and all..
A picture from a past "Ice Sunday". The annual opportunity to descend into our unique ice wells comes but once a year and that's this Sunday! lcm.me.uk/wo
We have added a defibrillator to our first aid provision with help from although we certainly hope we never need it!
A nice feature in the Art Pass newsletter on ! Fantastic value at 50% off and a great day out for the whole family…
https://www.artfund.org/whats-on/museums-and-galleries/london-canal-museum
From Kensington to Croydon, explore the winding waterways of London at this unique museum dedicated to the history of the city’s canals.
The narrowboat Martin Sinclair is working tomorrow's tunnel boat trips and as it comes from Hackney, the it is here early and spending the night with us.
Come along to the museum on Saturday for an Ice Cream making demonstration and talk led by Mrs Marshall, (aka one of our amazing volunteers, Mandy) between 3-4pm. This is included in the entry price to the museum, and will also involve tasters at the end!
Our wonderful shop at London Canal Museum stocks gifts and books, handmade artisan products and all things canal including chandlery and maps.. Come and visit us this summer and join our Islington Tunnel boat trip too...
There are a few more places left on tomorrow's tunnel boat trips Friday 3rd June. Book at https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/tunnel-trip.htm and experience a unique journey beneath the streets of London. Tickets include a museum visit.
Tunnel boat trips in London's longest canal tunnel
Our resident Cormorant on one of the Museum's moorings :-)
A pair of historic working bosts moored at the museum this evening 😀
The shop in London Canal Musuem now stocks a small range of boating essentials from loo cleaner to mooring hook to windlass - hope to serve your cruising needs this summer..
London Canal Museum, the London waterways museum telling the story of canals, boats, the ice trade, and ice cream. The only London Museum of inland waterways.
It is the third Friday of the month so it is tunnel trip day and the news is that there are some places available today on the boats - not many - but even if it is raining, you won't get wet and much of the trip is in the tunnel. The boat Angel II is working the trips today. Book asap for an unusual experience in underground London. https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/tunnel-trip.htm
Baby Coots on the basin today, enjoying the beautiful sunshine ☀️
Departure of the first tunnel boat trips of 2022, the first since 2019, this morning. We have been delighted by the strong sales of boat trip places so far this year. Many dates are full or almost full. They are running on two Fridays and two Sundays a month and we hope to open bookings for July and August soon. Check for available places at https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/what's on/tunnel-trip.htm
Ahoy Maida Vale!
The museum tug is now at Little Venice ready for Canalway Cavalcade which is happening over the three day Bank Holiday weekend
The museum tug is now at Little Venice ready for Canalway Cavalcade which is happening over the three day Bank Holiday weekend
You may not have know that it was today but it is, or was. The firm made the famous celebrated in the 1966 film The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery. They also made the used on the canals of London and we have one of these on display in the museum. Come and see it!
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London Canal Museum in the Battlebridge Basin is basking in beautiful spring sunlight ☀️ Our Islington Tunnel boat trips depart from here.
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Ivan Cane takes us through the story of Norfolk's only locked canal, looking at its history, construction, working life and demise. Then he will look at the current restoration achievements, challenges and proposals for the coming decade. This unique Norfolk industrial artefact represents one of the later canals built in the country, and the only one engineered by John Millington. Ivan Cane is the East Anglian Waterways Association's Archivist for the North Walsham & Dilham Canal Records.
Port of London Authority Freight Update by James Trimmer. James is responsible at the Port of London Authority for the development of freight on the River Thames. Over recent years new port developments have provided the opportunity to increase traffic on London's waterways. James updates us on progress.
Illustrated talk: South of the River, London's Cradle of Power by Jeremy Batch. The world's most powerful warship, a high voltage power station, the largest palace in Europe, an observatory, Naval college, London's first steam railway, and London's own nuclear reactor have all - at one time or another - been found along the south bank of the Thames in Greenwich, Woolwich and Deptford. Jeremy will tell us about these and many other 'firsts'.
Illustrated talk: Foodie on French Canals Di Murrell now spends most of the year on French canals. She and her partner travel along French waterways using their boat as the base to provide tuition about enjoying French cuisine. She will tell us about this lifestyle.
Illustrated talk: Exploring Thames Creeks by Simon Judge. An opportunity to see some of the features of the navigable Thames creeks. Simon gives us a guided boat trip in pictures around them
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