Crossness Pumping Station

Join John at a steam day at Crossness Pumping station, you will need to make your own way there & purchase your ticket in advance £22.50. To allow time to travel, will meet at entrance at 11am.
You can drive approx. 1 hour
or train to Liverpool Street & then Elizabeth line to Abbeywood Station (free vintage bus) approx 1hr 35mins from Southend.

https://crossness.org.uk/whats-on/steaming-days-2026/
Why come?
Explore the Beam Engine House at your own pace while our Victorian steam engine, Prince Consort, is in motion.

The Octagon is one of the interiors in London to see once in a lifetime. Cast-iron galleries surround the space. The beam engines stand around it. On a Steaming Day, volunteers will be more than happy to share their knowledge and enthusiasm. Stay for talks, films and The Great Stink exhibition.

On the day
Prince Consort, a massive beam engine, running under steam
The cast-iron Octagon
The Beam Engine House to look around
The Great Stink exhibition
Talks and films about Crossness
Small engines working in the Valve House
Ness Café, Bexley Brewery bar and the shop
Children’s trail, plus crafts on many dates
Free vintage bus from Abbey Wood Station
Take our volunteer-run narrow-gauge RANG Railway(opens in a new tab) from the visitor entrance to the museum.