At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London’s canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored. This unique waterways museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals.
There are two themes in this unusual London museum. London’s canals have a fascinating past and you will learn not only how they came to be built but about the lives of the workers, the cargoes, horses and how canals work. We are a waterways museum first and foremost, but also an industrial museum telling the story of the ice industry in London. It is the only London museum of inland waterways and is situated at King’s Cross, an accessible central location. It is suitable for adults and children and it is fully accessible to all visitors.
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Listing Details
- Address: 12-13, New Wharf Rd, London, N1 9RT
- Phone: 020 7713 0836
- Website: http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk
- Email: info@canalmuseum.org.uk
- Get there by bus: 17, 91, 251, 10, 59, 390
- Get there by tube/train: Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Circle, Victoria, Northern, Picadilly
- Wheelchair access: Yes
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Additional information:
Accessible Bathroom Facilities
Designated wheelchair accessible public toilet
Some toilets with handrails
Accessible Venue Facilities
Level access, ramp or lift to the shop
Accessible Communication Facilities
Audible alarm system
Clear signage (colour contrast, large letters or pictograms)
Films or information touch screens have visual/audible subtitles
Hearing loop system
Information available in audio format
Information available in large print
Accessible Venue Facilities
Assistance dogs welcome
Emergency evacuation procedures for guests with disabilities
Staff available to assist
Staff disability awareness trained
Wheelchairs available free of charge
Access into the Building
Automatic doors
Flat routes from parking area to entrance
Full, non-assisted wheelchair access
Ramps with handrails to entrance
Additional Accessible Facilities
Accessible baby changing rooms
Level access, ramp or lift from entrance to reception
Level access, ramp or lift to garden
Level access, ramp or lift to information point
Level access, ramp or lift to ticket issuing point
Low payment counters
Low reception or information counters
Portable chip and pin machines
Accessible Parking Facilities
Blue badge parking available
Drop-off point for guests available outside main entrance
Access Inside Building Facilities
Accessible lift
All routes suitable for limited mobility users
All routes suitable for pushchairs or prams
All routes suitable for wheelchair users
All routes with tactile features for visually impaired users
Effective lighting throughout for visually impaired users
Seating for limited mobility users along routes
Some routes with tactile features for visually impaired users
Steps with handrail within building
Steps within building
Opening Times
- Monday Closed
- Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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