Museum
Crossness Pumping Station
Victorian sewage pumping station with ornate cast ironwork, now open as a museum.
📍 Crossness Sewage Treatment Works Bazalgette Way, London, SE2 9AQ Crossway Park
About
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by architect Charles Henry Driver for the Metropolitan Board of Works. Built between 1859 and 1865, it features spectacular ornamental cast ironwork and has been described as a masterpiece of Victorian engineering. Decommissioned in 1956, it was restored and opened to the public in 2016. The site is adjacent to Crossness Nature Reserve.
Things to do here
Tour the Victorian pumping station buildingExplore the cast ironwork and engineering
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Barking Riverside · 24 min walk
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