Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the greatest engineers of the Industrial Revolution. The Brunel Museum is a celebration of Brunel and his family, on the site where the revolutionary Thames Tunnel opened in 1843. Explore the Grand Entrance Hall, home to a secret underground theatre with remarkable acoustics, and the abundant potager roof garden, trees, and shrubs chosen by Brunel. Around the museum are shrubs and trees chosen by Brunel for his château in Watcombe, Devon, including a monkey puzzle tree seeded from trees he planted.
Visitor Information
Open
Saturday 11:00–14:30
Sunday 11:00–14:30
Entrance
Brunel Museum Piazza,
Railway Avenue
London
SE16 4LF Nearest postcode: SE16 4LF
Community-created and run garden on land leased to the community by TfL. A space of calm, peace and recreation of benefit for plants, wildlife and local people. Free workshops led by local gardeners on each day.
Activities for kids.
Situated next to All Hallows Church on a busy road through the City, the award winning Nic’s Secret Garden and Plant Rescue Nursery is a small oasis in the urban city jungle, an exemplar of one person's passion for horticulture.
Small, quiet garden square built in 1853-6. With Trinity Church Square it forms part of Trinity Village Estate, owned by Trinity House, and is within the Trinity Church Square Conservation area.
Drapers' Hall Garden is part of the original garden bought by the Drapers' Company from Henry VIII in 1543. Gates, walls and railings designed by Westminster Abbey surveyor Stephen Dykes Bower date from the 1970s.
