Directions To The British Museum

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Getting To The British Museum

The main entrance to the British Museum is on Great Russell Street. There is an alternative entrance on Montague Place.

By London Underground

Holborn (Central line and Piccadilly line)
Tottenham Court Road (Central line and Northern line – Charing Cross branch)
Russell Square (Piccadilly line)
Goodge Street (Northern line – Charing Cross branch)
Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)
Euston (Northern line and Victoria line)


By bus

The following buses stop near the Museum

1, 7, 8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, 242
Stop on New Oxford Street

10, 14, 24, 29, 73, 134, 390
Stop on Tottenham Court Road, northbound and Gower Street, southbound

59, 68, X68, 91, 168, 188
Stop on Southampton Row

By bicycle

There are bike racks inside the Museum gates on Great Russell Street. See the Sustrans website for a comprehensive network of cycle routes.

By car

The Museum is within the Congestion Charging Zone and there is very little parking in the area. There is limited parking in the Museum’s forecourt for disabled users only. To reserve a parking space (for disabled users only), telephone the Information Desk on +44 (0)20 7323 8299.

For the quickest route to the Museum go to Transport for London’s
Journey Planner.