Brunel Museum

The Brunel Museum is a small museum situated at the Brunel Engine House, Rotherhithe, London Borough of Southwark. The Engine House was designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel as part of the infrastructure of the Thames Tunnel which opened in 1843 and was the first underwater tunnel to have been built anywhere in the world.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Rotherhithe, London, England, United Kingdom
Address: Railway Avenue, London, SE16 4LF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rotherhithe railway station and The Tower of London.

Rotherhithe railway station

Railway station

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Rotherhithe is a railway station on the Windrush line of the London Overground network; it is located on the southern bank of the River Thames at Rotherhithe, within the London Borough of Southwark, England. Rotherhithe railway station is situated 360 feet southeast of Brunel Museum.

The Tower of London

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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1 mile northwest of Brunel Museum.

Wapping railway station

Railway station

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Wapping is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Wapping railway station is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Brunel Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Execution Dock and Rotherhithe.

Execution Dock

Locality

Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts.

Rotherhithe

Suburb

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Rotherhithe is a district of South London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the south bank of a bend in the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, with the Isle of Dogs to the east.