London Fire Brigade Museum

94A Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 (020 7587 2894)


Borough or Southwark tube. Guided tours 10.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, Mon-Fri by appointment only. Admission £3; £2 7s-14s, students, OAPs, ES40s; free under-7s. Credit MC, £TC, V.





Book in advance for a two-hour guided tour of the museum, which explains the history of firefighting in London since 1666, the year of the Great Fire. Old firefighting appliances are among the exhibits, and visitors might glimpse firefighting recruits training at the adjacent centre.