Getting here
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.
