Kempton Steam Museum, Hounslow, London. Check web site for open dates and times. Charges apply.

Details

Accessibility:

There are toilets on site, but disabled facilities are not available. There is also no disability access to the engine house, although assistance dogs are permitted.

Free parking is available.

UPDATE 2023: Step free access

Baby changing facilities

Accessible toilet

Bookshop

Parking

Refreshments

Toilets

The outer London Borough of Hounslow does have a Shopmobility service which can be contacted by telephone on 020 8570 3343 (at The Blenheim Centre, Prince Regent Rd, Hounslow TW3 1NL, open 10 AM to 4 PM Monday to Fridays, and CLOSED on Saturdays and Sundays) and has the following website: http://hounslowct.org.uk/shopmobility/

For a list of those London boroughs which have a Shopmobility service, please see the following website http://www.transportforall.org.uk/personal/mobility/ 

Brief Description:

The 1920s Art Deco buildings of the Kempton pumping station houses two enormous steam engines that once pumped water around North London.  The engines are the world’s largest triple-expansion steam pumping engine - one is restored to full working order and can be viewed working on set days / times and the other is retained as a static display which you can have guided tours around.

Further Information:

Address:

Telephone:

Nick Reynolds (Trust Secretary): 01256 892 325

Email:

e-mail is available via an online form:
http://www.kemptonsteam.org/contact-us/

Website:

http://www.kemptonsteam.org/

Opening Hours:

Opening hours (on steaming weekends) 10:30am to 4:00pm (first steaming 11:30am; last steaming 3:00pm)
Please view web site for dates of steaming weekends.

Prices

Adults £7

concessions £6

under-16s free

Directions:

By car: Use satnav: TW13 7ND

By rail, bus and on foot:

From Twickenham Station (South West Train) turn left out of the station and proceed to Arragon Road. Take the 290 bus towards Staines and alight at Nailhead Road bus stop.

From Staines Station (South West Trains) take the 290 bus towards Twickenham and alight at Nailhead Road bus stop.

From Nailhead Road bus stop walk down to the big roundabout, turn left into Snakey Lane with the petrol station on your right and turn left again at the mini-roundabout. Follow Snakey Lane with the Müller dairy on your left and turn sharp left into the waterworks and Kempton Steam Museum.

From Hatton Cross Underground Station (Piccadilly Line), take H25 bus towards Hanworth, alight at Castle Way bus stop.

From Feltham Station (South West Trains), take the H25 bus towards Hanworth, alight at Castle Way stop.

From Castle Way bus stop walk in the same direction as the bus, into Sunbury Way and to the big roundabout under the flyover. Turn right into Snakey Lane with the petrol station on your right, left at the mini-roundabout (second exit) and then sharp left into the waterworks and Kempton Steam Museum

From Kempton Park Station (South West Trains) walk across the car park and turn right into Park Road; follow the road over the railway bridge. Turn right alongside the A316 dual carriageway and into the underpass beneath the A316. Turn right at the end of the underpass and follow the path alongside the A316 elevated section to the big roundabout under the flyover. Turn left into Snakey Lane with the petrol station on your right, left again at the mini-roundabout, and following Snakey Lane with the Müller diary site on your left. Turn sharp left into the waterworks and Kempton Steam Museum.

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Transport:

There is an excellent public transport system throughout London and Greater London. For more information on buses, trains (including the Tube), airports and river traffic please contact Transport For London on 0343 222 1234 (Textphone 0800 112 3456). For further details on accessible services please see the website: https://tfl.gov.uk/

Amenities:

UPDATE 2023: Step free access

Baby changing facilities

Accessible toilet

Bookshop

Parking

Refreshments

Toilets

Light refreshments and home-made cakes are available on site but there are pubs, shops and eateries in the surrounding areas of Sunbury, Hampton, Feltham, etc.