The Brunel Museum in southeast London has changed its admission prices, making it cheaper for single parents to visit the museum of engineering history.
However, it raised the cost for everyone else.
The museum tells the story of the world’s first tunnel to be dug under a major river, in this case linking the warehouses in Rotherhithe and Wapping without the need to cross the congested river by boat.
Today, that tunnel is part of the London Overground’s Windrush Line. The museum is housed in the original pumping station and occupies the upper half of the deep shaft that helped dig the tunnel.
The visitor prices have just been changed to scrap the charge for children to visit, but also, at the same time, scrapping the family ticket.
Adults used to pay £9.50 (now £10), children paid £6 (now free), and a family of up to two adults and four children could visit for £14.50 on a family ticket.
Now, one adult plus children costs £10 – a saving of £4.50 on the old family ticket, but two adults will have to pay £20, a rise of £5.50 compared to before.
Previous Prices
Adult: £9.50
Concession (children, students & over-65s): £6
Family Ticket: £14.50
Locals (SE16 & SE8): £2
New Prices
Adults: £10
Under-16s: Free
Concession (Student/Over-65/Disabled): £7
Locals (SE16 & SE8): £2.50
Art Pass: Free
The Museum can be found a few minutes walk from Rotherhithe station on the London Overground’s Windrush line.
