National Waterways Museum Gloucester
Museums & Science Centres · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
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Closed — opens Tuesday at 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Dogs welcome
No car park on site. Pay and display parking is available at NSGL Parking on Southgate Street and at Gloucester Quays, and the museum sits between them. Park and ride runs Monday to Saturday from Waterwells, Quedgeley.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
A family museum in Llanthony Warehouse, a Grade II listed grain store restored at the historic Gloucester Docks. The galleries follow the story of the docks and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal across roughly two hundred years, using fun, interactive exhibits that suit young children as well as older ones. Historic boats are displayed on two quaysides outside the building, so a visit mixes indoor galleries with time by the water. There is a café and a museum shop on site, and the operator runs school visits and group visits as well as events and holiday activities throughout the year. Well-behaved dogs are welcome. The docks around the museum also have a wildlife trail and plenty of birdlife to spot, which gives a lively half-day out whatever the weather.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
Lunch boxes
Extra jumper
Food pouches
Bottle or beaker
Spare batteries
Kids' headphones
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