London Canal Museum
Hold your event against a backdrop of colourful heritage from the canal age. The museum is in a quiet location beside Battlebridge Basin, a surprising urban beauty spot near King’s Cross. We have our own mooring, so you can arrive by boat, and we are also one of London’s most connected venues by train, with King’s Cross, Euston, and St. Pancras International stations all within walking distance.
There are main galleries on two floors and a smaller conference room on the first floor. The ground floor gallery is ideal for receiving guests and serving refreshments in impressive surroundings. The first floor offers a large space with a splendid victorian timber roof for a presentation, conference, dinner, or party. You are free to choose your own outside caterers for drinks, canapés or a lavish meal. There is access to the outdoor canalside area from the ground floor.
We are experienced at a wide range of corporate and private functions including conferences, dinners, launches, receptions, and private parties of all sorts.
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Get my Free Venue ShortlistThe building was built around 1860 as an ice warehouse and guests can peer down into a huge ice well, uniquely preserved beneath the floor. Spectacular colourful lighting is available in this ice well to make a talking point for any audience. The decor is brick industrial. The exhibitions add colour and charm. The facilities are very modern and of a high standard. Powerful heaters in winter add to the warmth of the atmosphere and the first floor has an air cooling system to keep you cooler in summer.
We are within walking distance of five railway stations. There are through trains to these stations from most parts of the midlands and north of England, from Brighton, north and east Kent, Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton airports and from Paris and Bruxelles. St. Pancras International Station is at most 10 minutes’ walk.There is easy access to all parts of London by Underground, rail, and bus, including extensive night bus services.
We are highly accessible to those with disabilities, including the visually impaired.
We are a versatile venue, able to host a wide range of events. For business clients, we host conferences, training events, dinners, corporate functions, launches, meetings, and parties, corporate exhibitions, presentations and hospitality. Our small conference room hosts meetings, interviews, and training. For private clients we host parties, wedding and civil partnership ceremonies and receptions, Bar Mitzvahs, and more. A wide variety of styles can be created, especially by creative use of lighting. It can be as corporate and formal as you like, with the decor planned to suit a black-tie event or to create a businesslike atmosphere. It can be informal if you prefer. Whatever you want, we can help you plan your perfect event.
Room Information
London Canal Museum has one room, which holds up to 200 guests standing or 120 seated.
- Whole venue120 seated200 standingDaily. Loud music only permitted Fridays
Travel Information
King’s Cross
Getting to London Canal Museum by public transport
In Central London, London Canal Museum is served by King’s Cross (Tube).
Getting to London Canal Museum by car
For sat nav, use the postcode N1 9RT.
London Canal Museum is in the London Borough of Islington. Congestion Charge and Ultra Low Emission Zone rules may apply to vehicles driven in London, so check Transport for London for the latest charges.
Getting to London Canal Museum by air
The nearest major airports are London City (about 7.8 miles away) and Heathrow (about 15 miles away). Distances are in a straight line, so the road journey will be longer.
London Canal Museum for conferences, dinners and receptions by the basin
Colourful canal-age heritage is the backdrop here, in a quiet spot beside Battlebridge Basin, a surprising urban beauty spot near King's Cross.
Arriving by boat or by train
The museum has its own mooring, so guests can step off a boat, while King's Cross, Euston and St Pancras International stations are all within walking distance. Delegates arriving by rail reach conferences in Islington on foot, and teams from neighbouring Camden have a short journey too.
Gallery floors and a timber roof
Main galleries sit on two floors. The ground floor gallery receives guests and serves refreshments, and with the outdoor canalside area reached from the same level, drinks and canapés beside the basin are easy to arrange. Upstairs, a large space under a splendid Victorian timber roof takes a presentation, conference, dinner or party, and a smaller conference room sits alongside it.
Bring your own caterer
Outside caterers of your choice can supply drinks, canapés or a lavish meal. Seated numbers reach 120 and standing guests 200, a range that suits corporate functions with a canal-age backdrop as readily as a private party.
Experience across corporate functions
The team is experienced across a wide range of corporate and private functions, from conferences, dinners and launches to receptions and private parties of all sorts. An unusual setting like this gives a launch a story before anyone speaks.
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