Visit: The Thames River Police Museum

Please book by 27 July. Maximum 15 people.

Meeting point: 11.10am at Wapping Station on the Windrush Line of the London Overground

The Thames River Police Museum offers visitors a unique insight into the history of the world’s first police force.  Exhibits include uniforms and documents, which trace the history of the Thames River Police from its inception in 1798 to the present day. There is also a fine collection of the everyday hardware of policing from handcuffs to cutlasses.  We will receive a talk from the curator who has many stories to tell of the history and activities of the River Police.

The museum is situated within the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police’s Marine Police Unit, in what was once the carpenter’s workshop of Wapping Police Station.

Please note: Access to the museum is by a flight of stairs.

To book, please contact the organiser, Sally Atkinson.