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Plan Your Visit and Opening Hours

The Clockmakers’ Museum is next to the Library at Guildhall off Aldermanbury in the City of London. The address is Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH.

Opening Hours

The Museum is generally open from Monday to Saturday each week (except public holidays and the Saturdays before Bank Holiday Mondays) from 9.30 am until 4.45 pm, though it may be closed (briefly) from time to time for re-winding and adjusting the clocks.

To check opening hours, call the Guildhall Library
on 020 7332 1868 / 020 7332 1870
or e-mail guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk


Colour Leaflet

You can click here to download a descriptive colour leaflet about the Museum.

Entrance

The entrance to the Clockmakers’ Museum is via the new West Wing entrance to Guildhall Library on the West side off Aldermanbury – please click here and then scroll down for the diagrammatic map. Enter as for the Library and the Museum is in on the left. ENTRY IS FREE.

Travel

Nearest Bus Routes
Cheapside 8, 22, 22B, 25, 501
Moorgate 9, 11, 21, 43, 76, 133, 141
London Wall 141, 279A, 502

Nearest Underground Stations
St. Paul’s, Moorgate, Bank

Nearest Mainline Railway Stations
Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street, Holborn Viaduct, Liverpool Street, Moorgate

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