Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

The Postal Museum

 

About The Postal Museum

A museum of postal and Royal Mail history, and also tickets include rides in the Post Office's famous underground railway, now repurposed as a visitor attraction.

Tickets can be bought for just the museum, or for both the museum and the ride.

A cafe is also inside the museum.
 

Address

The Postal Museum,
15-20 Phoenix Place,
London,
WC1X 0DA

Link to The Postal Museum's website

What's the nearest railway station to The Postal Museum

The nearest station is Russell Square Tube Station which is 0.5 miles away.

News

More dates announced to walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

Mar
01
2024

From military jackets to maternity dresses: New exhibition looks at 240 years of the Royal Mail uniform

Oct
19
2023

Take a walk through the Mail Rail tunnels — with an extra bit for Christmas

Aug
23
2023

More dates announced to walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

Mar
06
2023

More Mail Rail tunnel walks with an extra bit for Christmas

Sep
13
2022

Freddie Mercury’s stamp album going on display

Jul
06
2022

New exhibition looks at the fascinating (yes, really) history of the Post Code

Mar
31
2022

More dates added to walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

Feb
09
2022

Mail Rail tunnel walks return with a new bit added for Christmas

Oct
08
2021

Tickets Alert: Take a walk though the Mail Rail tunnels

Jul
27
2021

Tickets Alert: Take a walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

May
13
2021

Postal Museum tickets on sale for a reopening from 20th May

Mar
17
2021

Tickets Alert: Walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

Dec
11
2020

The Postal Museum’s Mail Rail tours resume later this month

Oct
06
2020

Tickets Alert: Walk through an underground train tunnel

Aug
19
2020

Take a drivers eye trip along the Mail Rail

Apr
21
2020

Free entry to the Postal Museum during May

Apr
29
2019

Chance to walk though the Post Office railway tunnels

Feb
04
2019

London’s newest museum – the Postal and Mail Rail

Sep
04
2017

Take a ride in the Post Office Railway next month

Jun
07
2017

Tickets Alert: Tours of the mothballed Post Office railway

Apr
04
2017

Take a ride through the Post Office Railway tunnels

Dec
02
2016

Your name on an underground railway sleeper

Apr
30
2016

More News from the archive

 

Exhibitions open at the moment

Dressed to Deliver
You can spot your postie by their brightly coloured get-up, but what’s the history of their uniform and how has it changed?
Dressed to Deliver
10am to 5pm
Farringdon
Ends on Sun 1st September
2023-10-18
2024-09-01

Forthcoming events

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