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There are a number of other waterways museums in the UK. If you cannot visit us at London Canal Museum, or if you would like to explore the other waterways museums as well, a wealth of history and heritage of water transport awaits you at these museums as well. All the following museums are wholly or partly devoted to inland waterways.
| Gloucester Waterways
Museum Llanthony Warehouse Gloucester Docks Gloucester GL1 2EH Tel: 01452 318054 Nearest Station: Gloucester (short walk) www.gloucesterwaterwaysmuseum.org.uk |
National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port Cheshire L65 4FW Tel: 0151-355-5017 Nearest Station: Ellesmere Port (short walk) www.nwm.org.uk |
| The Canal Museum,
Stoke Bruerne Stoke Bruerne Towcester Northamptonshire NN12 7SE Tel: 01604 862229 Nearest Station: Wolverton (Note: several miles distant - this location is not easy to reach by public transport - check for local bus information before travelling) www.stokebruernecanalmuseum.org.uk |
Kennet and Avon Canal Museum Devizes Wharf Couch Lane, Devizes Wiltshire SN10 1EB Tel: 01380 729489 Nearest station: Chippenham (10 miles) Bus services from Chippenham and Swindon. Bus information on www.travelinesw.com |
| Foxton Canal
Museum Middle Lock Gumley RoadFoxton Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7RT Tel: 0116 2792 657 Nearest Station: Market Harborough (3 miles) www.fipt.org.uk |
Basingstoke Canal Centre Mytchett Place Road Mytchett Surrey GU16 6DD Tel: 01252 370073 Nearest Station: Ash Vale or North Camp (both just over a mile) http://www.basingstoke-canal.co.uk/ |
| River and Rowing
Museum Mill Meadows Henley on Thames RG9 1BF Tel: 01491 415600 Fax:01491 415600 Nearest station: Henley on Thames (short walk) www.rrm.co.uk |
Water Folk Museum Old Store House Llanfrynach Brecon, Powys LD3 7LJ Tel: 01874 665382 Nearest Station: Abergavenny (Approx 18 miles - bus service operates but check in advance) |
| Black Country Living
Museum Tipton Road Dudley West Midlands DY1 4SQ Tel:0121 557 9643 Fax:0121 557 4242 Nearest station: Tipton (less than a mile) www.bclm.co.uk/ |
Yorkshire Waterways Museum Dutch River Side Goole. East Yorkshire DN14 5TB Tel: 01405 768730 Nearest station: Goole (less than a mile) www.waterwaysmuseum.org.uk |
| Union Canal Museum
Manse Road Canal Basin, Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland Tel: 01506 671215 Nearest Station: Linlithgow (5 mins walk) www.lucs.org.uk |
Banbury Museum Spiceball Park Rd Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 2PQ Tel: 01295 259855 Fax: 01295 269469 Nearest station: Banbury (short walk) www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/ |
| Fourteen Locks Canal
Centre Cwm Lane Rogerstone Gwent Wales Tel: 01633 892167 Nearest Station: Rogerstone (1 mile) www.lucs.org.uk |