Getting here

The Victoria and Albert Museum is located at Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

You can travel to the museum in a number of easy ways:

By public transport

London Underground (The Tube): The V&A is a five minute walk from South Kensington underground station (on the Piccadilly, Circle and District Line). South Kensington is a five minute tube journey from Victoria, ten minutes from Covent Garden and Leicester Square and 15 minutes from King's Cross St Pancras.

The V&A is a ten minute walk from Knightsbridge underground station (on the Piccadilly Line). Knightsbridge is a ten minute tube journey from Covent Garden and Leicester Square and 15 minutes from Kings Cross St Pancras.

Bus: Buses C1, 14, 74 and 414 stop outside the Cromwell Road entrance. The Open Tour stop outside the Museum as part of their Double Decker Bus sightseeing tour of London.

By bicycle

The V&A is a couple of minutes ride via Exhibition Road from the cycle paths in Hyde Park. Cycle parking is available at Cromwell Gardens immediately to the right of the Grand Entrance. In the Museum there is also a cloakroom for your cycle gear. Find out more from Transport for London.

By foot

The V&A is ten minute walk from Harrods, Knightsbridge and Hyde Park. If coming from South Kensington Station, take the underground tunnel and follow the directions to the Museums. The V&A entrance will be the second on your right.

Travelling by road

By road Cromwell Road is the main A4 route into London from the West.


By coach

Due to road redevelopment, the coach pick-up and drop-off point on Exhibition Road is severely restricted. Coach drivers are strongly advised to use the coach pick-up and drop-off points on the north side of Cromwell Road in front of the Natural History Museum.

New coach pick-up and drop-off facilities have been introduced on the southeast corner of Queen's Gate (which runs parallel to Exhibition Road). Alternative coach drop-off points include outside the V&A on Cromwell Road and on Kensington Gore between the Royal Albert Hall and Royal College of Art.

The nearest coach parks are located at Warwick Road, Bayswater Road and Park Lane.

Blue Badge parking

There are twelve blue badge parking spaces on Exhibition Road managed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and are on a first come first serve basis.