London Canal Museum
A King's Cross museum on the history of London's canals, housed in a former Victorian ice warehouse built by ice-cream pioneer Carlo Gatti, with two real 30-metre ice wells underneath it.
- Museum
- Price: £ · Budget
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Did you know
Gatti's ice wells once stored ice shipped in from Norwegian lakes, were sealed and forgotten around 1956, then accidentally rediscovered decades later in the 1980s. They've since been cleaned out and can be viewed from an observation platform inside the museum.
Local tip
The ice-well viewing platform is easy to miss if you only look at the canal-history exhibits upstairs. It's arguably the single most memorable part of the museum, so make sure to find it.
Finding it
- Address
- 12-13, New Wharf Road, Pentonville, Angel, Barnsbury, London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England, N1 9RT
- Nearest station
- London King's Cross (National Rail), 402 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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