Twinings Museum
A tiny museum at the back of the 216 Strand Twinings shop, on the site the tea company has continuously traded from since 1717, generally reckoned to be London's oldest business run by the same family on the same site.
- Hidden gem
- Price: Free
Did you know
The doorway built in 1787, featuring two Chinese figures acknowledging tea's Chinese origins, carries what's thought to be the oldest continuously used company logo in the world, over 300 years after Thomas Twining first bought a coffee shop nearby in 1706.
Local tip
The museum itself is genuinely tiny, a narrow strip at the back of a working shop, so this is a five-minute add-on to a Strand walk, not a standalone destination, and worth combining with Somerset House or the Courtauld Gallery nearby.
Finding it
- Address
- Twinings, 216, Strand, St Clement Danes, Covent Garden, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, WC2R 1AP
- Nearest station
- Temple (Tube), 272 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- The Old Bank of EnglandA grand Italianate pub on Fleet Street built in 1886 as the Law Courts branch of the Bank of England, which operated there until 1975 before being converted into a pub.
- Temple ChurchA round 12th-century church built by the Knights Templar, tucked away in the quiet Inns of Court off Fleet Street.
- Two Temple PlaceA lavish neo-Tudor building by the Thames, built in 1895 as an estate office for William Waldorf Astor and now hosting free exhibitions drawn from UK regional collections.
- The Seven StarsA Grade II-listed pub on Carey Street behind the Royal Courts of Justice, dating from at least 1602 and among the oldest surviving pub buildings in London.