Plan Your Visit

How to get here:   Public Transport Buses: We are well served by a number of major bus routes. 65 (Ealing to Kingston, 24hour), 237 (Hounslow to White City), 267 (Fulwell to Hammersmith), 391 (Richmond to Fulham) . All buses…

Our Collections

The heart of the museum is its collection of magnificent steam pumping engines. These comprise the Cornish engines, which are in their original engine houses, and the rotative engines, which have been collected by the museum trust from pumping stations across the country.
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Thursday27th Feb

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday5th Mar

Toddler Thursdays
7th-8th Mar

March Steam Up
Thursday12th Mar

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday19th Mar

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday26th Mar

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday2nd Apr

Toddler Thursdays
4th-19th Apr

Easter Water Fun at the London Museum of Water & Steam
Thursday23rd Apr

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday30th Apr

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday7th May

Toddler Thursdays
Friday8th May

May Steam Up
Saturday9th May

May Steam Up
Sunday10th May

May Steam Up
Thursday14th May

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday21st May

Toddler Thursdays
23rd-31st May

Trains Trains Trains
Thursday4th Jun

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday11th Jun

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday18th Jun

Toddler Thursdays
20th-21st Jun

June Steam Up
21st-22nd Jun

June Steam Up
Thursday25th Jun

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Thursday2nd Jul

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Thursday9th Jul

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Thursday16th Jul

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22nd Jul-
2nd Sep

Brentford Summer of Sport
Thursday3rd Sep

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday10th Sep

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Thursday17th Sep

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Thursday24th Sep

Toddler Thursdays
26th-27th Sep

September Steam Up
27th-28th Sep

September Steam Up
Thursday1st Oct

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday8th Oct

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Thursday15th Oct

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday22nd Oct

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24th Oct-
1st Nov

Spooky Cats at the London Museum of Water & Steam
Thursday5th Nov

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday12th Nov

Toddler Thursdays
Saturday14th Nov

November Steam Up
Sunday15th Nov

November Steam Up
Thursday19th Nov

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday26th Nov

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday3rd Dec

Toddler Thursdays
5th-6th Dec

Weekends in December- Deck the Halls at the Museum
6th-7th Dec

Weekends in December- Deck the Halls at the Museum
Thursday10th Dec

Toddler Thursdays
12th-13th Dec

Weekends in December- Deck the Halls at the Museum
13th-14th Dec

Weekends in December- Deck the Halls at the Museum
Thursday17th Dec

Toddler Thursdays
19th-20th Dec

Weekends in December- Deck the Halls at the Museum
20th-21st Dec

Weekends in December- Deck the Halls at the Museum
29th Dec-
1st Jan

New Year Steam Up
30th Dec-
2nd Jan

New Year Steam Up
31st Dec-
3rd Jan

New Year Steam Up
1st-4th Jan

New Year Steam Up
Thursday7th Jan

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday14th Jan

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday21st Jan

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday28th Jan

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Thursday4th Feb

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Thursday11th Feb

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Thursday18th Feb

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Thursday25th Feb

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Thursday4th Mar

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday11th Mar

Toddler Thursdays
Thursday18th Mar

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Thursday25th Mar

Toddler Thursdays

Latest News

One Year On: a message from the Director

  Tuesday 15th October sees my one year anniversary as Director of the London Museum of Water & Steam. When I joined the Museum I knew I was in for an adventure, and I was not wrong. The year seems…

A look in our collections:
The Pipe Yard foreman

Written by Oliver Pearcey, Museum Trustee    Among the research collections taken into the Museum archives is that of Geoff Saul, which I have been cataloguing in more detail following initial work by John Porter. Geoff clearly had a number…

1838 Maudslay Sons and Field – Engine Shutdown

1838 Maudslay Engine – Shutdown and Conservation.   Introduction The study of industrial archaeology and the later preservation movement has its beginnings in the early 20th century with the formation of The Sheffield Trades Societies of 1918, set up specifically…

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Our address:

Green Dragon Lane
Brentford
London TW8 0EN
Tel: 020 8568 4757

Email: museum@waterandsteam.org.uk

Opening Hours

The Museum is open daily on bank holidays, and London Borough of Hounslow school holidays.

Monday
Closed*
Tuesday
Closed*
Wednesday
10am - 4pm
Thursday
10am - 4pm
Friday
10am - 4pm
Saturday
10am - 4pm
Sunday
10am - 4pm

* Except for pre-booked school and group parties