Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library  

 
 
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Science Museum, Clerkenwell, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD
 
 
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Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library An exceptional collection of historic clocks, watches, and marine timekeepers. The majority of items in the collection range from c . 1600-c . 1850. Housed in the Science Museum, the museum contains more than 1000 watches, 80 clocks, 25 marine chronometers and a number of fine sun dials and examples of hand engraving, which map the history of innovation in watch and clock making in London from 1600 to the present day.

 

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Crowne Plaza Kings Cross
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel
1 Kings Cross Road, WC1X | 3 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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252 High Holborn, WC1V | 10 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Coram Street, WC1N | 11 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Phoenix Place, Clerkenwell, London WC1X | 2 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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48 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 4 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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40 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 8 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 3 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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House of Detention
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Sans Walk, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 5 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 6 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Guardian House, 119 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 3 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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113-117 Farringdon Road, EC1R | 4 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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41 Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 3 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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89 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 4 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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17 Rugby Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 6 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, 10 Trinity Square, EC3P | 1 minute from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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94 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 2 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Garden Floor, 6 Coldbath Square, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 1 minute from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R | 8 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 4 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Hatton Square Business Centre, 16-16a Baldwin Gardens, Holborn, London EC1N | 6 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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159 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 2 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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22 Easton Street, Clerkenwell, London WC1X0DS | 2 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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The Gunmakers
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113-117 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 4 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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63 Lamb's Conduit Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 6 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1 | 8 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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8 South Square, Gray's Inn, Holborn, London WC1R | 7 minutes from Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall Library
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