National Waterways Museum Gloucester

Type:Museum

Llanthony Warehouse
Gloucester Docks
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2EH

Tel: +44 (0)1452 318200

National Waterways Museum Gloucester

Book Tickets

Guide Prices

Ticket TypeTicket Tariff
Museum Annual Pass - Adult£15.00 per ticket
Museum Annual Pass - Child (4 and under)Free
Museum Annual Pass - Child (5-16)£8.00 per ticket
Museum Annual Pass - Concession£13.50 per ticket
Museum Annual Pass - Family (2 adults +2 children)£37.00 per ticket
Museum Day Ticket - Adult£10.00 per ticket
Museum Day Ticket - Child (5-16)£6.00 per ticket
Museum Day Ticket - Family (2 adults + 2 children)£25.00 per ticket
Museum Day Ticket Child (4 and under)Free
Museum Day Ticket Concession£9.00 per ticket

Your annual pass allows you to visit the museum as many times as you like for 12-months to use the play areas, holiday drop-in activities, exhibitions, and the opportunity to book special events.

Gradings

  • VAQAS VB Attraction VAQAS
VAQAS VB Attraction VAQAS

Awards

  • Visit EnglandCode of Practice Code of Practice 2014

Facilities

Accessibility

  • All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
  • Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors - Enhanced audio facility on individual displays.
  • Guide Dogs Permitted
  • Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
  • Ramp/Level Access
  • Toilets for Disabled Visitors

Catering

  • On-Site café/restaurant - Indoor cafe with outside patio seats up to 60. Menus can be sent in advance

Establishment Features

  • Staff fluent in foreign languages ** (List of languages are separately given)
  • Toilets

Key Features

  • Max group size - 200
  • Min group size - 10

Languages spoken

  • Spanish spoken

Parking & Transport

  • Parking (charge)

Payment Methods

  • Delta accepted
  • Diners Club accepted
  • Maestro accepted
  • MasterCard accepted
  • Solo accepted
  • Visa accepted

Specialist Features

  • Marketed towards families

Tours and Demonstrations

  • Educational Visits Accepted
  • Guided Tours Available for Groups

Venue Facilities

  • Groups Accepted - Essential to prebook.Pre-booked get discount, by discussion for parties over 200

Opening Times

* Please check the attraction's website for opening times.

Directions

Road Directions

From the North: Get off the M5 at Junction 11, at the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A40 (signposted Gloucester/Cirencester). At Elmbridge Court roundabout take the 4th exit (signposted Ross). At the next roundabout take the first exit onto the A38 and then at the next roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A430 (Kingsholm Road). At the traffic lights turn left onto Black Dog Way and follow the road (past the Train Station on your left and then Asda on your left). At the next set of traffic lights continue forward (Trier Way). Continue forward at the next set of traffic lights and then stay in the right hand lane (you will see Gloucester Park on your right). At the cross roads turn right into Southgate Street. Pay and display parking is available on Southgate Street and Gloucester Quays. The museum is between the car parks.

From the South: Get off the M5 at Junction 12, at the roundabout take the first exit onto the B4008. At the Cross Keys Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A38. At the next roundabout continue forward. At the traffic lights continue forward (stay in the left hand lane, signposted Ross) onto the A430, Secunda Way. Continue forward on this by pass until you come to a roundabout, stay in the right hand lane and take the 2nd exit (on to Hempstead Lane). At the traffic lights turn right onto St. Ann Way. Continue forward at the next 2 sets of lights and then turn left into Southgate Street. Pay and display parking is available on Southgate Street and Gloucester Quays. The museum is between the car parks.

 

Public Transport Directions

Approximately a 10/15 minute walk from Gloucester Bus and Train Station. From the Train Station, cross Bruton Way and walk in to the Bus Station. Walk through the Bus Station on to Station Road. Continue forward in to Clarence Street and turn right at the end in to Eastgate Street. At the end of Eastgate Street you will be at 'the cross' (where the four main 'gate' streets meet). Turn left into Southgate Street, walk past the Tourist Information Centre on the right and continue down Southgate Street past Kimbrose Triangle. Take the next right in to the main Docks entrance, and then the next left. Walk through Orchard Square and the Gloucester Waterway's Museum is just in front of you.

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