HMS Belfast
Closed to the public until 18 May 2012
Expore all nine decks of Europe's only surviving big gun warship from WWII. HMS Belfast was launched in 1938, saw active service in World War II, and decommissioned in 1965. Now part of the Imperial War Museum, HMS Belfast has been a floating museum since 1971.
Web: hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk
Open: Daily 10am-6pm (last admission 5.15pm)
Prices: £14; senior citizen and student conc £11.20; under-16s free
Open: Daily 10am-6pm (last admission 5.15pm)
Prices: £14; senior citizen and student conc £11.20; under-16s free
Beat the queues & save money with the London Pass
valid at HMS Belfast
News & features about HMS Belfast
- HMS Belfast reopens six months after gangway collapse (18 May 2012)
- Victory Day commemorations at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2012)
- Subcontractor blamed for HMS Belfast gangway collapse (12 Apr 2012)
- Giant crane lifts HMS Belfast's collapsed gangway out of the river (16 Dec 2011)
- HMS Belfast gangway collapses (29 Nov 2011)
- HMS Belfast celebrates four decades in Pool of London with 40-gun salute (21 Oct 2011)
- Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland to sail under Tower Bridge (14 Oct 2011)
- Borough Market "at a crossroads" says chairman (16 Jun 2011)
- Southwark's star volunteers honoured at awards ceremony (15 Jun 2011)
- EmploySE1 helps local residents to gain jobs with local firms (23 Jan 2011)
- Boris Johnson launches 2-day Big Draw festival at London Bridge (22 Oct 2010)
- Duke of Edinburgh at HMS Belfast for dedication of Russian-built masts (19 Oct 2010)
- Artist Stephen Wiltshire draws the Shard from memory (15 Oct 2010)
- Christine Ohuruogu unveils riverside running track (5 Aug 2010)
- Tall ship Stavros S Niarchos arrives in Pool of London (15 Jul 2010)
- HMS Richmond arrives in the Pool of London (5 Jul 2010)
- Boris Johnson teaches Latin class at St Saviour's & St Olave's (26 May 2010)
- New masts for HMS Belfast made in Russian shipyard (9 May 2010)
- 65 years on: Victory Day celebrations at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2010)
- HMS Belfast celebrates £250,000 restoration (19 Mar 2010)
- South Tower Social at the Old Mayfair Carpet Gallery (17 Jan 2010)
- Defeat of 'Hitler's secret weapon' remembered on board HMS Belfast (27 Nov 2009)
- More than 100 people rescued from Thames during Great River Race (10 Sep 2009)
- Outbreak 1939 at the Imperial War Museum (23 Aug 2009)
- Parade across Tower Bridge to Potters Fields Park for Armed Forces Day (26 Jun 2009)
Forum discussions about HMS Belfast
- HMS Belfast accident
- HMS Belfast disappeared
- Wedding Ceremony Venue
- Columbus arrives at Tower Bridge
- Mayan Queen IV - 92m "megayacht"
- Photography classes
- Audience wanted for BBC food show at Waterloo Brasserie on Wednesday evening
- Three Houses [major London Bridge development by Sellar, designed by Herzog & de Meuron]
- Help to find a leaf picker-upper
- Billboards London Mayor
- Cheeky boys visit
- Apocalypse Now...
- Mayflower trust???
- New to the Area
- Wedding venues - help
- Stopping the cyclists at More London
- St George's Circus - did you notice this?
- HMS Belfast
- Sunday roast at the Blueprint Café
- Southwark Stakeholders Concerned about Licensing Policy
Restaurants, pubs & bars close to HMS Belfast
- The Horniman at Hay's (118 yards)
- Cote Brasserie (128 yards)
- The Fish Restaurant at Balls Brothers (154 yards)
- Bagel Factory (162 yards)
- Cafe Rouge (172 yards)
- Dim T (172 yards)
- Gaucho (182 yards)
- Spianata & Co (198 yards)
- Itsu (198 yards)
- Pod (198 yards)
- Pret a Manger (200 yards)
- Starbucks (204 yards)
- Eat (204 yards)
- The Larder (212 yards)
- Ruba Bar (212 yards)
- Takara Sushi (212 yards)