Museum
London Transport Museum
Museum exploring London's transport history and heritage in Covent Garden.
📍 Covent Garden Piazza, London, WC2E 7BB Strand, St James & Mayfair
About
A transport museum based in Covent Garden that exhibits the heritage and history of London's transport systems, including collections from London Transport and broader aspects of the city's transport. The museum operates a main public site in Covent Garden and a depot storage facility in Acton.
A brilliant museum for children aged 3+. You can climb into vintage buses and carriages, and the interactive exhibits let you try driving a Tube train. Not huge, so it can be done in two hours. Free entry on Thursday evenings if you have a Travelcard.
Things to do here
View exhibits on London transport heritage and historyTake guided tours through disused Underground stations and wartime shelters via the Hidden London programmeVisit the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton on scheduled visitor days
Getting there
Stations
Covent Garden · 3 min walk
Piccadilly
Temple · 6 min walk
CircleDistrict
Leicester Square · 6 min walk
NorthernPiccadilly
Buses
139
Golders Green · West Hampstead · Abbey Road · Regent's Park · Lambeth
15
City of London · Aldgate · Stepney Green · Limehouse · Blackwall
176
Holborn · Walworth · North Dulwich · Forest Hill · Penge
23
Golborne · North Kensington · Queensway · Bryanston · Fitzrovia
26
Victoria · Spitalfields · Haggerston · London Fields · Hackney Wick
87
Central Westminster · Nine Elms · Clapham Old Town · Clapham Junction · Putney Town
9
Hammersmith Broadway · Earl's Court · Kensington Abingdon · Queen's Gate · Fitzrovia
91
Crouch End · Finsbury Park · Caledonian Road · Gray's Inn Road · Holborn
More places nearby
Back to all places →
Paid entry
Directions