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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

(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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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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)

Halloween-framed poster of a cream tea setting with a blue floral teapot and scone, pumpkin border, reads Scream Tea Cruise

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(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:

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🎭 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)

Poster for Gatti’s Music Hall at London Canal Museum on Saturday 21 November. Doors open at 18:00 and the show starts at 19:30. Two framed photographs show variety performers in the museum. Tickets start at £16.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

(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/family-fun-days.htm

The museum's ice cream stand dressed for Halloween, with white cobweb fabric and plastic spiders draped across the canopy and frame. The counter is set up with stacked cups, a black cauldron, sweet jars, toppings, and an ice cream menu card. The stand is lit by three pendant lights and set against the museum's dark blue-painted brick walls.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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)

The interior of the canal boat Long Tom is fully decorated for Halloween, with a large black paper spiderweb hanging from the ceiling, orange and black pumpkin lanterns, bats, gold stars, and Halloween garlands strung the full length of the boat.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

...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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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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

Brick arched bridge over a tree-lined canal with people walking and cyclists on the towpath.

Close-up of a dark metal post's serrated edge with shiny triangular spikes and blurred green water behind.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚧 The lift from our mezzanine to the first floor is currently out of order. We anticipate normal service from Tuesday, 22 September. The lift from our ground floor to the mezzanine continues to work, and there is no impact on access to our wharf for boat trips.

Museum gallery with exposed wooden beams, crates and barrels display, model ships in a glass case and a horse exhibit

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(2/2) The New Players’ Theatre Company perform a Victorian music hall, featuring songs, comedy and speciality acts, performed close to the audience. Ground-floor exhibitions open at 18:00, bar opens at 18:30, show starts at 19:30 🎟️ Tickets start at £16:

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Music hall at London Canal Museum

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎭 Join us for an exciting evening of live variety entertainment on Saturday 21 November. We clear away the exhibitions on our first floor and create a unique performance space inside the former ice warehouse built for Carlo Gatti, the ‘Ice King' of London. (1/2)

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Completing the survey will enter you into a prize draw - full Ts and Cs on the above website.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you visited us today or yesterday for our Heritage Open Days events, thank you - we hope you enjoyed your visit 📋 Your feedback is important to us; please let us know how your visit went by completing a short survey on the Heritage Open Days website: f.mtr.cool/3zbzakpy22

Heritage Open Days: wooden crates and barrels in the foreground, ship models in a glass case right, horse stable to the rear of the image

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(2/2) Our Norwegian Ice Tours run on both days: 🧊 Adults & older children 🎟️ No booking needed – meet on the wharf 🏛️ Museum entry FREE 📅 14 & 15 September 🕙 10 am – 4.30 pm 📍 King’s Cross Donations are welcome, but entirely optional.

A black and white historical photograph showing a group of men harvesting ice blocks on a wooden platform in a snowy Norwegian landscape. Several large rectangular ice blocks are visible in the foreground, with the men using long-handled tools. A wooden building sits in the background. A blue text banner in the lower left reads: Norwegian ice trade tours.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🧊 From frozen Norwegian lakes to Victorian London… Visit us for free today and tomorrow, 14 & 15 September for #HeritageOpenDays and join a Norwegian Ice Tour, following the journey of natural ice from Norway to Carlo Gatti’s delivery carts on London’s streets. (1/2)

Museum interior with blue vintage tractor, historic narrowboat, and an "Ice Cream" sign under Heritage Open Days banner.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(2/2)...the digital guide to hear William and Tom talk about how families would sleep on board in cramped conditions, and how bathing meant a dip in the canal! Plan a visit at canalmuseum.org.uk, or check out our free digital guide first: f.mtr.cool/zzq9h9yevp

Hand holding a phone showing a museum digital guide for the London Canal Museum with a search bar and interior photos.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our free digital guide includes audio, video and stories that enhance your museum visit. It auto-translates into over 50 languages and doesn't require an app. Step inside Coronis in the museum, and you can see how little space a family of five would have to live in. Then open... (1/2)

The interior of the narrowboat Coronis at the London Canal Museum with cooking stove, fold down table and roses and castles style decorations

black and white photograph, a man sipping tea at a small table inside a narrowboat, child smiling whilst sat on a woman's lap, decorative lace plates hang on curtains behind them.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

...She is now at Norbury Wharf in Staffordshire for a full rebuild. We'll share the rebuild journey with you. When she's ready, she'll moor on Battlebridge Basin alongside Bantam IV, our tug. Sign up to our newsletter to follow news of the rebuild: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/mailing-list.htm

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Excited to share that we've acquired the Northwich 🎉 Built in 1898 in Birmingham for Fellows Morton & Clayton, she is one of the oldest boats in the canal system. She worked the first 60 years of her life, then spent the next 60 in the National Waterways Museum collection...

The historic narrowboat Northwich strapped to a blue low-loader lorry in a street of brick warehouses, her black iron bow towering above the trailer, with Gloucester Cathedral tower in the distance.

The narrowboat Northwich resting on blocks on a wharf, with lifting strops running up to a crane above her. Two riggers in orange hi-vis guide the strops. The cabin side is painted Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd, with the fleet number 242

Northwich moored under black tarpaulins against a brick warehouse at Gloucester Docks on a clear day.

The stern of the Northwich, with the name clearly visible.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🧊 From frozen Norwegian lakes to Victorian London… Visit us for free on 14 & 15 September for #HeritageOpenDays and join a Norwegian Ice Tour, following the journey of natural ice from Norway to Carlo Gatti’s delivery carts on London’s streets. (1/2)

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

(2/2) The same park has Punch and Judy, Morris dancers, the Hackney Community Orchestra, face painting and a basketry workshop. Café run by the Friends of Graham Street Gardens. Toilets by the gate, including one for disabled visitors. f.mtr.cool/y6jsmpgugz #AngelCanalFestival

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The 40th Angel Canal Festival is tomorrow; we'll be in Graham Street Park, N1 8EZ, with our stand, our knowledgeable volunteers and our 1960 Wickham tractor. Sunday 6 September, 11am to 4pm, free entry. (1/2)

Angel Canal Festival - Ruby Anniversary. Free entry. Sun 6 Sep 2026, 11am-4pm, Regent's Canal (City Road Basin).

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our tug, Bantam IV, built in 1949-1950, is looking shiny and new after a repaint. Our thanks to specialist painter Will for his work. Maintaining our collection is vitally important to the museum, and when the collection item floats, it's always an interesting piece of work!

Bantam IV tug at the start of a repaint. Blue-grey underlay applied. Painter Will is inside the tug.

Bantam IV tug partway through a repaint. Blue-grey underlay applied. Painter Will sat outside the tug painting the bottom part of the body red.

Bantam IV tug towards the end of a repaint. A distinctive green, red, and yellow colour scheme.

Bantam IV tug after completing a repaint. A distinctive green, red, and yellow colour scheme looks shiny and new.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(2/2) Stand over two Victorian ice wells, 42 feet deep, dug for ice merchant Carlo Gatti from 1857. Sit inside half a narrowboat. Meet Henrietta the horse and learn how important horses were to the canal trade. Adult £8, child £4, family £17. canalmuseum.org.uk

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Unexpectedly free in Bloomsbury this afternoon? The @britishmuseum.bsky.social closes at 1 pm today, Wed 2 Sept 2026, for a private event. We're open until 4.30 pm, one Piccadilly line stop north from Russell Square to King's Cross St Pancras, then a short walk to New Wharf Road. (1/2)

Museum interior with a blue vintage tractor, canal boat beneath a brick arch, and an 'Ice Cream' sign.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(2/2) Tractors replaced the horses on London's towpaths. The first haulage experiments ran on the Regent's Canal in 1925. Ours is a 1960 Wickham, one of three thought to survive, and the one still kept in working order. f.mtr.cool/aelip27j26 #AngelCanalFestival

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our Wickham tractor is coming out of the museum, and it doesn't leave often. On Sunday 6 September, you can find it in Graham Street Park for the 40th Angel Canal Festival. 11am to 4pm, free entry, N1 8EZ. (1/2)

Blue vintage tractor beside a black-and-red narrowboat on display inside the london canal museum.

Angel Canal Festival (Ruby anniversary) free Sunday 6 Sept 2026, 11am–4pm at Regent's Canal; live music and boat trips

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(2/2) ...his remarkable images have been collated to provide an intimate, honest record of this lost way of life. First published in 1997, this is a canal classic' Pick up your copy in our bookshop 📚 and see what small cabin living was like by exploring the Coronis narrowboat.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September's book of the month is from Sally: A Canal People: The Photographs of Robert Longden, by Sonia Rolt. 'This unique collection of photographs by Robert Longden captures the daily lives and traditions of working boat families in the late 1940s and early 1950s... (1/2)

Museum volunteer Sally in the London Canal Museum shop holding the book "A Canal People" while standing in front of shelves of books.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Want to be the first to hear about our upcoming events, exhibitions, museum news, book recommendations and more? 📩 Subscribe to our 'London Canal Museum News' email here: f.mtr.cool/ysg78h2owe When signing up, we'll ask you to confirm your subscription via email.

Image of a letter and text - London Canal Museum News

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

(2/2) We'll also have our original 1960 Wickham diesel tractor to view. There is always a good variety of stalls at this free event, and don't miss the many children's activities too. Learn more:

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sunday 6th September is the 40th Angel Canal Festival, and it's looking to be another great event. We'll be attending with a stand in Graham Street Park, and our experienced volunteers will be on hand to talk about canal history. (1/2)

Angel Canal Festival 40th: two people in period dress on the narrowboat "Angel II of Islington" for a Ruby anniversary.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

(2/2) ... bright coloured thread — a different pattern from every person who picks it up, and something handmade to take home. Boat trip spaces are limited. Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50 (includes boat trip and craft activity) 🎟️ Book: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/family-fun-days.htm

Families sitting on patterned floor mats inside the London Canal Museum, taking part in a craft activity during a Family Fun Day. Adults and young children work together on paper crafts, surrounded by scissors, glue sticks, and cut-out shapes. Museum exhibition panels are visible in the background, along with the building's original exposed brick walls and timber roof beams.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Tuesday, 25th August, is our last Family Fun Day of the summer, themed around fish weaving 🐟 Start on the water with a canal trip on Long Tom to St Pancras Lock and back, then head to the workshop. Every child picks a metallic fish and weaves their own design in... (1/2)

A handmade fish sculpture made from interlocking zigzag strips of holographic green and pink card, decorated with cut-out butterfly and flower shapes. The fish has a drawn-on eye sticker and sits on a hessian surface against a brick wall background.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

(2/2) We’re an independent charity and usually charge £8 for adult entry, but for these two days everyone is welcome for free. Live locally but never visited before? Curious about London’s waterways or our icehouse? Come and explore. Donations are welcome, but entirely optional.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🏛️ Visit the London Canal Museum for free! For #HeritageOpenDays, we’re opening our doors free of charge on Mon 14 & Tue 15 September. Explore London’s canal history, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and our Victorian icehouse. 🕙 10 am – 4.30 pm (1/2)

Museum interior with vintage blue tractor and canal boat, an Ice Cream sign, and a Heritage Open Days banner above.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

(2/2) Bright thread, your choice of colours, your own pattern. The finished piece is yours to keep. A few boat trip spaces are still available. Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50 (includes boat trip and craft activity) 🎟️ Book your place: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/family-fun-days.htm

Two children standing at the windows of canal boat Long Tom, looking out at the Regent's Canal on a sunny day, with a willow tree and blue sky visible outside.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Something for families this Tuesday: Fish Weaving Family Fun Day 18th August 🐟 The day starts on our boat, 'Long Tom', for a trip along the Regent's Canal to St Pancras lock and back, then a workshop where every child picks a shiny metallic fish and starts weaving. (1/2)

A family — mum, dad, and toddler — sitting together on the floor of the London Canal Museum during a Family Fun Day craft activity, with the toddler holding a small orange craft piece and smiling.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Correct - it was Lord's Cricket Ground - thanks for commenting!

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Well done to everyone who got it right! 👏🏼 It was indeed Lord's Cricket Ground, Thomas Lord was paid £4,000 in compensation to move his ground to its current home, using soil from the Maida Hill Tunnel to build his legendary pitch

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

(2/2) Then return to the museum and weave your own metallic fish in bright coloured thread to take home Our school holiday boat trips are very popular, and spaces are strictly limited Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50 🎟️ All the details and booking: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/family-fun-days.htm

Families with children seated inside canal boat Long Tom on a sunny day, with light flooding in through large windows looking out onto the Regent's Canal.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join us for our Fish Weaving Family Fun Day, Tuesday, 18th August 🐟 The Regent's Canal is home to pike, bream, and roach, living below the surface. Board our boat 'Long Tom' for a canal trip to St Pancras Lock, and see if you can spot any fish along the way. (1/2)

A completed fish weaving craft resting on a hessian sack at the London Canal Museum — made from holographic green and purple metallic card with a small illustrated eye, against a brick wall background.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

(2/2) Can you guess which famous sporting ground had to relocate, and even reused the excavated soil from the canal's Maida Hill Tunnel to lay its historic turf? 🏏 Drop your guesses in the comments and we'll confirm the answer later this week 🔍

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s #MysteryMonday! 🔎 Today we are celebrating the anniversary of the opening of the first section of the Regent's Canal on 12 August 1816! But did you know that this canal's construction actually forced a legendary London sports venue to pack up and move? (1/2)

A narrowboat travels along Regent’s Canal towards the dark entrance of Maida Hill Tunnel. One person stands at the stern steering the boat, which is decorated with flower planters. Above the tunnel, a light blue metal footbridge with graffiti crosses the canal, while a steep staircase climbs the towpath on the right. Trees and dense greenery surround the scene, with calm water reflecting the boat and bridge.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

(2/2) ...but will it float? Your creation goes home with you at the end of the day. A few spaces on the boat trip are still available. Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50 (includes boat trip and craft activity) 🎟️ Check availability and book: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/family-fun-days.htm

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Last chance for our Canal Boat Makers Family Fun Day this summer: this Tuesday, 11th August, at the London Canal Museum. The day starts with a canal boat trip, then join the craft workshop to design and build your house on water using recycled materials. (1/2)

Canal boat Long Tom moving along the Regent's Canal on a sunny summer day, with Victorian warehouse buildings reflected in the water alongside.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

(2/2) ... name it, launch it and watch it float! Each floating creation goes home with you at the end of the day to keep or continue experimenting with. Boat trip spaces are limited. Children £5.50 · Adults (16+) £10.50 🎟️ All the details and booking: canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/family-fun-days.htm

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our last Tuesday Canal Boat Makers Family Fun Day date of the summer is 11th August. Board Long Tom for a trip along Regent's Canal to St Pancras Lock and back, then join a craft workshop using recycled materials to design and build your very own house on water... (1/2)

A young child standing on the quayside beside canal boat Long Tom at Battlebridge Basin, with the boat's name plate visible and Victorian warehouse buildings in the background.

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London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

(2/2) It addresses every question I could think of, and many more besides. There is a whole chapter on toilets! This is not too much information: you'll use yours daily, and boat toilets differ significantly from those on land." Pick up your copy in our bookshop 📚 #BookOfTheMonth #LondonCanalMuseum

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