How many maritime museums are in this guide?

We currently list 66 maritime museums across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.

Are these places free to visit?

Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.

Where does the data come from?

Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.

How often is this updated?

A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.

Maritime museums

Naval and merchant maritime collections — ports, ships, lighthouses, lifeboats and the trade that shaped a seafaring nation.

66 places in this category.

Maritime museums by region

All maritime museums

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Maritime museums · London

Cutty Sark

Cutty Sark in England London, United Kingdom.

↗ web.archive.org

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Maritime museums · London

HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast in England London, United Kingdom.

↗ iwm.org.uk

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Maritime museums · London

HMS President

HMS President in England London, United Kingdom.

Dining hall, former engine room, HQS Wellington - geograph.org.uk - 7198973

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Maritime museums · London

HMS Wellington

HMS Wellington in England London, United Kingdom.

The stern of the Golden Hind - geograph.org.uk - 4380843

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Maritime museums · London

Golden Hinde

Golden Hinde in England London, United Kingdom.

↗ goldenhinde.com

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Maritime museums · London

James Caird

James Caird in England London, United Kingdom.

The Bells public house - geograph.org.uk - 2111858

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Maritime museums · London

HK Daybreak

HK Daybreak — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ hkdaybreak.wordpress.com

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Maritime museums · London

Massey Shaw

Massey Shaw — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ canarywharf.com

The Riverside Tavern, Strood - geograph.org.uk - 1053677

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Maritime museums · London

Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)

Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475) — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ webapps.kent.gov.uk

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Maritime museums · London

Light Ship 95

Light Ship 95 — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ lightship95.com

"Quantum Cloud" seen from East India Dock - geograph.org.uk - 4078639

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Maritime museums · London

Knocker White

Knocker White — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ trinitybuoywharf.com

Trinity Buoy Lighthouse, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 - geograph.org.uk - 4938469

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Maritime museums · London

SS Robin

SS Robin — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ ssrobin.com

Ferry to Ham - geograph.org.uk - 2065994

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Maritime museums · London

Hammerton's Ferry

Hammerton's Ferry — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ english-heritage.org.uk

Richmond riverside on a July evening - geograph.org.uk - 4106243

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Maritime museums · London

Lilian

Lilian — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ turks.co.uk

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Maritime museums · London

Suncrest

Suncrest — a maritime museum in england-london, United Kingdom.

↗ trinitybuoywharf.com