Events: detail
Ghost Tours
- Hosted by:
- Kew Bridge Steam Museum
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- October 29, 2008 at 11:00 am
- Ends:
- October 30, 2008 at 05:00 pm
- Location:
- Kew Bridge Steam Museum, , Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 0EN United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Another chance to take part in the popular ‘Ghost Tours’. Take a journey into the bowels of the museum on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October, to hear authentic ghost stories. The tour focuses on reported sightings of ghosts in the hidden recesses of the museum, as well as the death of George Banfield in the Maudslay engine house in 1860. Museum legend has it that ghostly figures have been seen around the museum, including a man in a flat cap and white overall walking across the Steam Hall whistling, a young man with long hair who appeared and then just vanished, and another sighting of a man in a flat cap and donkey jacket in the old workshop, humming. Children must be accompanied by an adult and aged 8 and above. Tours start at 6.30pm and last about an hour with time for drinks and shopping afterwards – flat shoes are recommended and booking is essential.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- No
Additional information
How to find us: In Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex about 200 yards from the north side of Kew Bridge under the tall Victorian Tower. Nearest motorway is M4 (coming into London, turn off at Junction 2 signposted to Kew Gardens and North/South Circular roads, down to Chiswick roundabout, then pick up signs for Kew, Brentford and Hounslow. Keep right at the traffic lights before Kew Bridge and then turn first right into Green Dragon Lane). The Museum car park has space for 40 cars.
Public Transport:
• Buses: 65, 237, 267, 391.
• Main Line Train: Kew Bridge (South West Trains from Waterloo via Clapham Junction). Gunnersbury (North London Line) then 237 or 267 bus.
• London Underground: Gunnersbury (District Line) then 237 or 267 bus. South Ealing (Piccadilly Line) then 65 bus
Admission:
• Cornish Experience Weekends and some special events weekends Adults £8.00 Concessions: £7.00
• Other Steaming Weekends Adults £7.00, Concessions £6.00
• Weekdays (engines not in steam) Adults £5.00 Concessions £4.00
• Children 15 and under FREE - children aged 15 and under are admitted to the museum for FREE, but must be accompanied by a paying adult. Proof of age may be required. Please note different rates may apply at some special events and activities.
Further information: The museum is open from 11.00am to 5.00pm Tuesday to Sunday. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Kew Bridge Steam Museum
- Phone:
- 020 8568 4757
- Email:
- info [ at ] kbsm.org
- Website:
- Ghost Tours
