The Postal Museum

Email might be a sh-t load faster but getting something in the post has real novelty value. Unless it’s a bill, of course. If you’re feeling the romance of ‘snail mail’ and fancy seeing behind the scenes of how it’s sorted and delivered, The Postal Museum’s definitely worth a look.

Covering the history of mail from the days of the Penny Black to the present, this museum is more exciting than you might imagine. For starters, you can ride the Mail Rail underneath London streets or take a walk along the 100-year old tunnels on foot. If this sounds like your ideal kind of day out get your Postal Museum tickets here!

There’s also a restored travelling post office (a railway carriage used to sort mail on the move and reach remote areas). And the Sorting Britain exhibition fills you in on the whole backstory, from the earliest postal network to today’s cutting-edge tech. You’ll also grab some great pub quiz knowledge about the world’s most expensive stamps and the post office on board the Titanic (yup, that’s a thing).