The British Engineerium Museum Open Day
The Droveway, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7QA
In its heyday, what we now know as the British Engineerium supplied a staggering 12 million litres of water per day to 18,000 houses in the flourishing town of Hove and its fashionable seaside neighbour, Brighton, for more than a century. Between 1884 and 1952 when the pumping station hit its peak potential, the site housed two boiler houses with steam engines, a chimney, coal cellars, a workshop, cooling pond, an artificial aqueduct and an underground reservoir built to store fresh water. No mean feat given the limitations on technologies and materials at the time.
Timings
- Sunday 14 September:
- 1000-1600
Location & directions
The Droveway, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7QA
- Contact on day:
- Main Office, The British Engineerium
- Telephone number:
- +441273555808
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
Accessibility details
The British Engineerium is an historic building, but we do our best to make it as accessible as possible. The entrance to the Events Space is on level ground, down a slope in the car park entrance. If visiting the museum you can enter on the ground floor via the coal tunnel to view the boilers. To view the engine room 1 and 2/pump rooms you can access them via the car park.
Additional information
- Max number of people:
- 50
- Estimated duration:
- 0 hour(s) 45 minute(s)
