Gloucester Waterways Museum


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Llanthony Warehouse
Gloucester Docks
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2EH

Tel: +44 (0)1452 318200
+44 (0)1452 318201
Fax: +44 (0)1452 318 202
Email: gloucester@thewaterwaystrust.org.uk
Web: Attraction's Own Web Site

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The Gloucester Waterways Museum is housed in an original Victorian warehouse in Gloucester's Historic docks. Enter through a lock chanber, with its running water.

Interactive displays and archive films across entensive galleries illustrate the fascinating stories of our waterways. Discover facts about the ingenious engineering involved in the waterway system, transport and trade, working and living on the canals. Visit the painted ware gallery on level 3.

Access to the second and third floor of the galleries is via a lift and different levels within these galleries are ramped. The only limitations on site are the floating historic craft, visitors with limited moibility may find access to the narrowboats and dredger difficult.

Moored on the museum quayside visitors can see and climb aboard a range of historic boats including the impressive No.4 steam dredger.
The museum has a wheel chair which is available for visitors to use.

The Museum gift shop situated of the ground floor is a real treasure trove, stocking books, maps, model boats, prints and painted ware plus general giftware. Coots cafe/bar is adjacent to the museum offering a wide selection of refreshments. Museum toilets are available on level 3, and in Coots cafe which is adjacent to the Museum.



Opening Times
(2011 times)
November - March: 11.00am - 4.00pm.
April - October: Weekdays 11.00am - 4.00pm.
April - October: Weekends 10.30am - 4.30pm.
July & August: 10.30am - 5.00pm
Closed 24, 25, 30 & 31 December


Admission Charges
(2011 prices)
Adult £4.75; Child £3.25 (under 4 yrs Free)
Senior Citizen and Concession £3.75
Family (2 adults + 2 children £12.50; (1 adult + 2 children) £9.00.

Group Rates Available (for 10 people +)

Full disabled access except to the floating exhibits.

Directions
Follow brown signs for the "Historic docks" from M5 North/South, as well as within the city boundaries. Access to Docks from Southgate street.
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