Museum of the inland waterways, & the Victorian ice trade, beside Battlebridge Basin on the Regent's Canal near King's Cross. Regular guided tunnel boat trips.

London
Joined April 2009
Uncover a hidden side of the city at the London Canal Museum. Explore the rich history of our canals and ice trade, and peek into a Victorian ice well. Our boat tours offer an unforgettable way to experience London's unique heritage. Plan your visit: canalmuseum.org.uk⚓️🧊
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👻 Last Halloween, a visitor called Joy, aged 8, gave us a monster called Brain Suker. Someone else invented the Hydropumpkin, a hydra with a pumpkin on every neck. Some of the adult entries were worse. Our Spooky Wall is back for this Halloween from 29 to 31 October 2026 👹 1/2
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2/2 Draw the scariest monster you can manage, peg it up on the wall, and we'll share our favourites on here. Adults are welcome to have a go too.  This activity and our ghostly Top Ten Trail are both included in your museum admission. Plan your visit: lcm.me.uk/hw
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Halloween on the water, three times a day 🎃 Join us aboard Long Tom for a 50-minute trip through the Islington Tunnel, with Halloween lights, scary stories and a spooky biscuit. Just twelve seats a trip, departing 11:00, 12:00 and 14:00 on 29, 30 and 31 October 2026. (1/2)
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(2/2) Back at the museum, a ghostly Top Ten Trail, and children can play in our ice cream parlour. Parents, will you find a creepy crawly lurking in your pot? From £11.25, museum admission included. Full access information is on the booking page. Book: lcm.me.uk/hw
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Afternoon tea, with a spooky difference 🫖 👻 Join us aboard our narrowboat Long Tom for a trip with scones, shockingly pale cream and blood-dripping jam, travelling through the unlit Islington Tunnel, the longest canal tunnel in London at 960 yards.  (1/2)
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(2/2) About eighty minutes, departing 15:00 on 29, 30 and 31 October 2026. Just twelve seats per trip, and one Scream Tea per day. From £19.50, museum admission included. Full access information is on the booking page. Book your Scream Tea: lcm.me.uk/hw
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🎭 Carlo Gatti was known as London’s ‘Ice King’, but ice was only part of his family’s story. The Gattis were also involved in London music halls. On Saturday 21 November, spend an evening of live variety entertainment inside the former ice warehouse. (1/2)
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(2/2) Expect songs, comedy and speciality acts, performed close to the audience on the museum’s first-floor. The ground-floor exhibitions open at 18:00, the bar opens at 18:30, and the show starts at 19:30. 🎟️ Tickets start at £16: f.mtr.cool/jgxu8ensxw
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October half-term plans? Join us for Haloween Family Fun, Tuesday 27th October 🎃  Take a boat trip on 'Long Tom' along the Regent's Canal to St Pancras Lock and back with spooky ghost stories🕷️ build your own spooky underwater monster creature to take home. (1/2)
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(2/2) Our Top Ten Trail gets a Halloween makeover, and visitors can take over the ice cream role-play area, but parents beware of spooky additions! Our Halloween events fill up early.  Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50  🎟️ Book your place: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/f…
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It's another #MysteryMonday. These marks are on Macclesfield Bridge beside Regent’s Park. They were worn into its iron columns by tow ropes. But why are some of the marks on the side where tow ropes would no longer run? Add your answer in the comments 🔎 Photos: Charlie Forman
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...The answer is: In 1874, a barge carrying gunpowder exploded beneath the bridge. The bridge was destroyed, but some iron columns survived. During the rebuild, they were reused with their tow-rope grooves facing away from the ropes.
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🚧 The lift from our mezzanine to the first floor is currently out of order. We anticipate normal service from Tuesday, 22 September. The lift from our ground floor to the mezzanine continues to work, and there is no impact on access to our wharf for boat trips.
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🎭 Join us for an exciting evening of live variety entertainment on Saturday 21 November. We clear away the exhibitions on our first floor and create a unique performance space inside the former ice warehouse built for Carlo Gatti, the ‘Ice King' of London. (1/2)
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(2/2) The New Players’ Theatre Company perform a Victorian music hall, featuring songs, comedy and speciality acts, performed close to the audience. Ground-floor exhibitions open at 18:00, bar opens at 18:30, show starts at 19:30 🎟️ Tickets start at £16: f.mtr.cool/tohhcnh5m0
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If you visited us today or yesterday for our Heritage Open Days events, thank you - we hope you enjoyed your visit 📋 Your feedback is important to us; please let us know how your visit went by completing a short survey on the Heritage Open Days website: f.mtr.cool/ls1w8oqg9y
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Completing the survey will enter you into a prize draw - full Ts and Cs on the above website.
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🧊 From frozen Norwegian lakes to Victorian London… Visit us for free today and tomorrow, 14 & 15 September for #HeritageOpenDays and join a Norwegian Ice Tour, following the journey of natural ice from Norway to Carlo Gatti’s delivery carts on London’s streets. (1/2)
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(2/2) Our Norwegian Ice Tours run on both days: 🧊 Adults & older children 🎟️ No booking needed – meet on the wharf 🏛️ Museum entry FREE 📅 14 & 15 September 🕙 10 am – 4.30 pm 📍 King’s Cross Donations are welcome, but entirely optional.
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Our free digital guide includes audio, video and stories that enhance your museum visit. It auto-translates into over 50 languages and doesn't require an app. Step inside Coronis in the museum and you can see how little space a family of five would have to live in. Then open...
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...the digital guide to hear William and Tom talk about how families would sleep on board in cramped conditions, and how bathing meant a dip in the canal! Plan a visit at canalmuseum.org.uk, or check out our free digital guide first: f.mtr.cool/mc9vq6g38m
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