Tunnel Shaft Grade II listed available for filming and photography
The world’s first caisson, the chamber is half the size of Shakespeare’s Globe, and is open again for the first time in a hundred and fifty years. When it opened in 1843 it was the world’s most popular visitor attraction, Brunel organised underground fairs and banquets inside the Thames Tunnel – once described as the Eighth Wonder of the World – in the mid-nineteenth century. It boasted a million visitors in the first three months. A performance space, almost two hundred years after construction began. There are guided tours every lunchtime, and regular music and theatre events. We proudly unveil the newly transformed Grand Entrance Hall (or ‘sinking’) shaft, accessible to visitors via new freestanding, cantilevered staircase designed by architects Tate Harmer. The project is part of the Brunel Museum’s plans to widen public awareness of the built legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the industrial heritage.
Rotherhithe Overground, Canada Water Underground
