If you are cruising through London, be sure to stop at the London
Canal Museum. Visit the museum, go shopping locally, and stay overnight if you
wish.
Our location
We are on the Regent's Canal, between St. Pancras Lock and Islington
Tunnel. Battlebridge basin is on your right if you are travelling from west to
east. Turn into the basin and we are towards the far end, on the left.
Mooring
We have space for up to two narrowboats to moor immediately behind the
museum building, breasted up. During our opening hours you can moor your boat
whilst you visit the museum and for a reasonable time before and afterwards,
e.g. so that you can visit the nearby supermarket, or have lunch. Please do not
stay longer than this during our opening hours so that other visitors may use
the mooring. On some days the mooring will not be available, due to pre-booked
use of the mooring by community boats, boats bringing groups, etc.
Amenities
There is an electricity point that you can use.
There is a water tap on the wall, for which you need a key, available
from museum staff
If you are staying overnight you can leave one bag of refuse for
disposal - please hand it to museum staff. Unbroken glass, plastic
bottles, cans, and clean cardboard and paper (not including paper towels
or shreddings) should not be placed in refuse bags but handed to staff
separately for recycling.
There is WiFi Internet access (See www.thecloud.net for pricing
information)
Local Facilities
These include:
- Tesco supermarket about 3 minutes' walk from the museum
- Pharmacies on Caledonian Road just north of the canal, and on
St.Pancras Station. Boots at St. Pancras opens until late in the evening.
- A variety of local convenience stores, some open 24 hours
- Many restaurants and cafes nearby, and several nearby public
houses, plus a range of take-away food shops
- Hairdressers - Caledonian Road north of the canal
- Post Offices (Opposite King's Cross station, and north of the
canal, a short walk along Caledonian Road)
- Locksmith, also selling tools and hardware
- Banks (NatWest, Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC all have branches in
King's Cross)
- Internet cafes, (several)
- General Practitioner's surgery, Killick Street Health Centre
- Launderette, Caledonian Road, south of the canal
- Dry cleaners, Caledonian Road, just north of the canal
- Dentist, north of the canal, Caledonian Road
- Equipment and tool hire depot
Staying Overnight
You can stay overnight at a charge of £8 per boat per night. The
mooring is a secure location. Museum staff will give you a code that will
enable you to re-enter via a side gate, if you wish to go out in the evening.
It is advisable to pre-book the mooring if you wish to moor overnight by
calling us on 020 7713 0836. You can pay by credit card by telephone if you are
going to arrive after we have closed.
If you want to stay more than one night you must take the boat away
between 1000 and 1630 (1930 on the first Thursday of the month). These are our
public opening hours and during those times the mooring is for the use of
visitors to the museum arriving by boat. Exceptions to this are:
- Mondays that are not bank holidays. On non-holiday Mondays we are
closed to the public and mooring during the day is possible.
- Mooring at Christmas. The museum is normally closed on 24th-27th
December and on 31st December and we may accept a daytime mooring on those
days. Please use the website feedback form to book
Christmas moorings.
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