Plan your visit

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First, here is a 360 degree tour of the first floor of the museum. Now read on below for information on travel and parking, opening hours, eating options and more.

Opening times

April to October
Open daily, 10am to 5pm

November to March
Wednesday to Friday, 11am to 3pm
Saturdays and Sundays, 11am to 4pm

Christmas
Closed 24th 25th & 26th December 2012



To avoid disappointment in bad weather, please telephone 01604 862229 during office hours to confirm accessibility and opening hours.

Café closes 30 minutes before closing.

Admission*

Adult £4.75
Concession** £3.80
Child (5-16) £2.75
Under 5s free
Family Tickets £12.00 (two adults and up to three children)
Groups discounts for parties of 10+

*If you are a UK taxpayer you can convert your admission into a Gift Aid donation. This will mean we can claim an extra 25p in every pound from the Inland Revenue without any additional cost to you.

**Concessions = registered disabled, unemployed or on state benefit, over 60s and students.

How to find us

The museum is on the canal towpath in the heart of Stoke Bruerne village.

The Canal Museum
Stoke Bruerne
Nr Towcester
Northants
NN12 7SE

Click here for a map.

By road
South of Northampton. 10 minutes from the M1 (J15) and the A5. Brown signs from the A508.

By rail and bus
The nearest train stations are Northampton and Milton Keynes.

Car parking
Pay and display car parking is available next to the Museum.

Season tickets

With our annual season ticket you can visit time and time again at no extra cost for one year. We will also send you newsletter with advance information on events and activities.

Adult £7.50
Child £5.50 (up to 16 years of age)
Senior Citizen £6.50
Family £22.00 (two adults and up to three children)

Access

There is level access from the car park to the canal towpath and toilet facilities, and ramped access to the museum café and shop. We are sorry that at present the museum galleries, which are on the first and second floor, do not have wheelchair access.

For visitors who unable to visit the upstairs galleries we offer instead a short film showcasing the museum, and two other films, one featuring early archive footage of the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham and a second which is an evocative celebration of canals in the 1970s.

The museum has a tactile map of Stoke Bruerne. There is also an audio trail designed to be used either with the tactile map, or whilst walking the towpath.

Where to eat

The Museum Café sells hot and cold drinks, sweets, sandwiches and cake. You can buy ice creams in the Museum Shop.

There are plenty of lovely grassy areas outside where you can picnic and benches too.

Stoke Bruerne also offers two historic canal pubs - the Navigation and the Boat Inn, and the super Spice of India.