Postal Worker Store Tours

We’re opening up The Postal Museum Store to ex and current Postal Workers and their guests.

What to expect

On these exclusive, behind-the-scenes tours, our expert curators will show you another side to our collection. You’ll see vehicles too big to display at our central London museum and witness 150 years of postal history on ‘pillarbox row.’

Your visit will last for 90 minutes and consist of an hour-long tour, followed by half an hour of free time to explore the store. There will be two time slots:

• 10:30-12:00
• 14:00-15:30

Each postal worker can bring up to 2 guests.

Know before you go

This is a rare opportunity to visit a working museum store. As such, there are fewer signs and captions than you might expect in a museum setting, but our team of curators will be on hand to answer your questions.

Unlike in our London museum, the objects are not behind glass; this is a great opportunity to get up close and take photographs of historic objects, but we ask that you don’t touch or lean against items on display.

Please be aware that the Postal Museum Store has limited heating so please dress for the weather.

The Postal Museum Store
Loughton
IG10 3UF

By Tube

The store is approximately a 10-minute walk from Debden Underground Station on the Central Line (Eastbound towards Epping).

By bus

Debden station is served by the 16C bus from Waltham Cross to Loughton, the 17 from Debden to Loughton, the 18 and 18C from North Weald or Ongar to Loughton, and the SB09 from Bournebridge to Loughton.

By car

There is a 206 space car park by Debden Station.

By foot from Debden Station

When you exit Debden Underground Station, turn right and cross the bridge over the railway tracks. Once you have descended the stairs on the other side, turn left and continue down the path that runs parallel to the train tracks. You will then see storage units on your right and a car park. Our museum store is located beside this car park.

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