If you are cruising through London, be sure to stop at the London Canal Museum. Visit the museum by water.
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 in the day
For visitors to the museum we have space for up to two narrowboats to moor immediately behind the museum building, breasted up, or one wide-beamed boat. On Tuesdays Wednesdays and Saturdays you can moor your boat whilst visiting the museum, so long as the mooring is not in use for group trips or school trips. On Thursdays Friday morning and Sundays boat trips operate from the museum and mooring is only possible for a short time whilst visiting the museum, in between boat departures. Provided that boat trips are not impeded you can stay for a little while after your visit e.g. to make tea. There is no mooring fee for a short mooring during the day whiolst you visit the museum. You cannot leave a boat on the moorings when the museum is open unless you are either in the museum or on the boat. There is an entry charge for visiting the museum.
Mooring overnight
Overnight mooring is available from 1615 to 1000 for £15 (£30 wide beam). To book an overnight mooring please go to Short Term Moorings You can only book this online.
Amenities
There is an electricity point that you can use.
There is a water tap on the wall, for which you need a code, available by email request
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 if possible.
Local Facilities
Please remember that the mooring is for museum visiting only during opening hours. If you have booked an overnight mooring ot you need a quick visit to shops after visiting the museum then these local facilities may be useful.
- Tesco supermarket about 3 minutes' walk from the museum. Smaller Sainsbury's (Pentonville Road) and Co-operative Food (Caledonian Road just north of the canal [open 24 hours], and also Gray's Inn Road) conve nience stores are also close by. Slightly further away there is a Waitrose convenience store on King's Cross station, and a large supermarket off Granary Square. A Marks and Spencers is on St. Pancras Station.
- 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
- Shoe repairers. Caledonian Road, both north of the canal and south of it
- Post Office on Caledonian Road north of the canal on the right hand (east) side.
- Banks (Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC have branches in King's Cross, Co-operative and Natwest at Islington)
- General Practitioner's surgery, Killick Street Health Centre
- Launderette, Caledonian Road, south of the canal
- Dry cleaners, Caledonian Road, just north of the canal
- Swimming pool, Caledonian Road, north of the canal.
- Dentist, north of the canal, Caledonian Road, and on Gray's Inn Road
- DIY shop. Nearest is on Caledonian Road, a few hundred hards north of the canal, on the right.
- HSS Equipment and tool hire depot just north of the canal on Caledonian Road.
Emergencies
In the event of needing to call emergency services, the museum's postcode is N1 9RT. The nearest hospital offering an accident and emergency service is University College Hospital, on Euston Road, just after Euston Station. King's Cross Dental offers an emergency private dentist service, Tel 020 7837 0773, 285-287 Grays Inn Road,WC1X 8QD, about 6 minutes' walk.
