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Museum of the inland waterways, & the Victorian ice trade, beside Battlebridge Basin on the Regent's Canal near King's Cross. Regular guided tunnel boat trips.

London
Joined April 2009
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Uncover a hidden side of the city at the London Canal Museum. Explore the rich history of our canals and ice trade, and peek into a Victorian ice well. Our boat tours offer an unforgettable way to experience London's unique heritage. Plan your visit: canalmuseum.org.uk⚓️🧊
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Halloween has arrived at the museum 👻 Long Tom has a bat infestation, the museum has spiders in places spiders shouldn't be, and our team are dressed the part 🕷️ The Spooky Wall is already filling up with monsters, and we've spotted spiders in the ice cream parlour! (1/2)
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(2/2) It isn't only us getting into the spirit. We're a costume-friendly museum, so come dressed up, young or old. Our boat trips are fully booked, but there's still lots to see and do in the museum 🎃 Plan your visit: lcm.me.uk/hw
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Ever wondered what happens at a music hall? 🎼 Music hall was the Victorian version of a variety performance - a Chairman introduces songs, comedy and speciality acts, with the audience close to the performers. Join The New Players’ Theatre Company for an evening of fun.. (1/2)
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(2/2) ...recreating this Victorian form of variety entertainment on Saturday 21 November. Ground-floor exhibitions open at 18:00. The bar opens at 18:30, and the performance starts at 19:30. 🎟️ Tickets start at £16: f.mtr.cool/imxl02b1ti
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This Halloween, beware! Britain’s waterways are said to hold dark secrets… According to author Nick Ford, the London Canal Museum has two ghosts. And along the Regent's Canal, in the pitch-black Islington Tunnel, a shrieking boggart reportedly leaps onto passing boats...
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You can read about these and 200 other eerie locations in 'Canal Ghosts & Water-Wights: The Spirits of Britain’s Waterways', available now in our bookshop 📚
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Calling all families! It's half-term next week, and Halloween lands on the Saturday 🎃 Tuesday 27 October 2026 is our Halloween-themed Family Fun Day: a 25-minute boat trip, ghost stories and an underwater monsters craft. 🎟️ book at: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/f… (1/2)
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Then on 29, 30 and 31 October: special Halloween tunnel trips at 11:00, 12:00 and 14:00, about 50 minutes, with a ghostly Top Ten Trail and our Spooky Wall back at the museum. We're a costume-friendly museum, so come dressed up, young or old. 🎟️ Book at: lcm.me.uk/hw
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👻 Last Halloween, a visitor called Joy, aged 8, gave us a monster called Brain Suker. Someone else invented the Hydropumpkin, a hydra with a pumpkin on every neck. Some of the adult entries were worse. Our Spooky Wall is back for this Halloween from 29 to 31 October 2026 👹 1/2
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2/2 Draw the scariest monster you can manage, peg it up on the wall, and we'll share our favourites on here. Adults are welcome to have a go too.  This activity and our ghostly Top Ten Trail are both included in your museum admission. Plan your visit: lcm.me.uk/hw
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Halloween on the water, three times a day 🎃 Join us aboard Long Tom for a 50-minute trip through the Islington Tunnel, with Halloween lights, scary stories and a spooky biscuit. Just twelve seats a trip, departing 11:00, 12:00 and 14:00 on 29, 30 and 31 October 2026. (1/2)
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(2/2) Back at the museum, a ghostly Top Ten Trail, and children can play in our ice cream parlour. Parents, will you find a creepy crawly lurking in your pot? From £11.25, museum admission included. Full access information is on the booking page. Book: lcm.me.uk/hw
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Afternoon tea, with a spooky difference 🫖 👻 Join us aboard our narrowboat Long Tom for a trip with scones, shockingly pale cream and blood-dripping jam, travelling through the unlit Islington Tunnel, the longest canal tunnel in London at 960 yards.  (1/2)
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(2/2) About eighty minutes, departing 15:00 on 29, 30 and 31 October 2026. Just twelve seats per trip, and one Scream Tea per day. From £19.50, museum admission included. Full access information is on the booking page. Book your Scream Tea: lcm.me.uk/hw
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🎭 Carlo Gatti was known as London’s ‘Ice King’, but ice was only part of his family’s story. The Gattis were also involved in London music halls. On Saturday 21 November, spend an evening of live variety entertainment inside the former ice warehouse. (1/2)
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(2/2) Expect songs, comedy and speciality acts, performed close to the audience on the museum’s first-floor. The ground-floor exhibitions open at 18:00, the bar opens at 18:30, and the show starts at 19:30. 🎟️ Tickets start at £16: f.mtr.cool/jgxu8ensxw
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October half-term plans? Join us for Haloween Family Fun, Tuesday 27th October 🎃  Take a boat trip on 'Long Tom' along the Regent's Canal to St Pancras Lock and back with spooky ghost stories🕷️ build your own spooky underwater monster creature to take home. (1/2)
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(2/2) Our Top Ten Trail gets a Halloween makeover, and visitors can take over the ice cream role-play area, but parents beware of spooky additions! Our Halloween events fill up early.  Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50  🎟️ Book your place: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/f…
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It's another #MysteryMonday. These marks are on Macclesfield Bridge beside Regent’s Park. They were worn into its iron columns by tow ropes. But why are some of the marks on the side where tow ropes would no longer run? Add your answer in the comments 🔎 Photos: Charlie Forman
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...The answer is: In 1874, a barge carrying gunpowder exploded beneath the bridge. The bridge was destroyed, but some iron columns survived. During the rebuild, they were reused with their tow-rope grooves facing away from the ropes.
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