London Transport Museum
Covent Garden WC2E 7BB
10am - 6pm daily
Tube: Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Holborn, Charing Cross and Embankment.
1.5 - 2 hours
Based on 12 reviews
An amazing museum and the year long ticket is a great idea - my two boys 9 and 11 love visiting - exploring the buses and tube trains - and driving them too. Plus a great shop - far too tempting - and a brilliant cafe.
We go here a lot because your ticket lasts a whole year. Also it's a treat to go for lunch in Covent Garden afterwards. We love climbing inside old carriages and buses. The play area is pretty good and the people who work here are really smiley. It's funny because we get on the tube to go see old tubes :)
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About the London Transport Museum
Whether your toddler’s obsessed with trains or your teen treats Tube maps like art, the London Transport Museum delivers. Right in the middle of Covent Garden, it’s full of things to climb on, drive, touch, and explore – no school trip vibes here.
Climb aboard vintage buses, take control in the Tube simulator, and challenge your kids to find the weirdest retro ads. Little ones can run wild in the “All Aboard” play zone, while teens and grown-ups dive into 200 years of design and transport history.
The whole place sits indoors, welcomes buggies, and lets under-18s in for free. You’ll need 90 minutes to two hours – more if the simulator proves too tempting. Before you go, swing by the gift shop for transport-themed treats and old-school gems.
Top tip from the KidRated Team:
Grab a day ticket and you can pop back all year – perfect for rainy-day boredom busters.
All ages. Toddlers love the buses and play zone, primary kids get stuck into trails and role-play, and teens into design or tech will be quietly impressed.
You can climb on buses, sit in train carriages, play with hands-on exhibits, drive a Tube simulator, and younger kids can go wild in the ‘All Aboard’ play zone.
Around 1.5 to 2 hours to see everything without rushing. Add time for a snack break and shop browse, and you’ve got a solid half-day trip.
– Climbing inside old red buses
– The Tube driving simulator
– The lift that “time travels” back through London’s history
– The poster and design gallery
– All Aboard play area (for under-7s)
– Hidden tunnels and quirky facts teens actually enjoy
Yes, workshops, trails, storytelling sessions and creative activities themed around travel and design. Keep an eye on their website around half-terms and summer hols.
Yes, there’s a small café serving hot drinks, snacks, sandwiches, and cakes. It’s ideal for a pit stop, but you’re also right by Covent Garden, which is packed with family-friendly places to eat.
Yes, there are lifts, ramps and wide pathways throughout. Buggy-friendly and welcoming for all access needs.
If you buy a day ticket or an annual pass then you can re-enter the same day. Handy if you want to nip out to the market for lunch or a breather.
Under-18s go free with a paying adult and Adult tickets can be turned into an annual pass at no extra cost, so you can come back again and again.
Oh yes, prepare to be tempted. The shop has everything from retro travel posters and moquette-covered cushions to Tube map mugs, train sets and bus-themed socks.
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The London Transport Museum is fun for all ages and the buses and tubes are free to explore. It's really interesting to see the different iterations of buses and trains and there's a great play area for kids.This is a great place to buy souvenirs! It's easy enough to get to from Charing Cross Station, so I wouldn't get the tube to Covent Garden (which is a really busy station), but it might be tiring to get to and from the station if your kids tire quickly. It's right in Covent Garden, so there will be buskers outside for additional entertainment and plenty of places to grab a bite to eat.