Luggage storageVictoria & Albert Museum

Storage and bag rules at the V&A

Visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum often arrive with more than they want to carry through the galleries, and the surrounding streets offer few obvious places to leave a bag. Here's how the museum's own storage compares with nearby alternatives.

The Natural History Museum has cloakrooms that take large bags, while the Royal Albert Hall limits each person to a single 25L bag and charges for anything more. Knightsbridge itself has no official left-luggage facility at all, so arriving via Victoria Station may be the most practical route. The Victoria and Albert Museum is in London's South Kensington district. The V&A has official cloakrooms at both its Cromwell Road and Exhibition Road entrances. Cloakroom prices at the V&A start at £3 for coats and small bags, rising to £7 for larger bags and adult scooters. Suitcases and bags larger than 56 x 45 x 21cm, as well as any wheeled luggage, are not allowed inside the V&A galleries. E-bikes and e-scooters with rechargeable batteries are not allowed on the V&A premises. The V&A is open daily from 10.00 to 17.45, with extended hours on Fridays until 22.00. With Stasher, you can store bags from £1.49 a day at 20+ locations near Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Getting to South Kensington with luggage

South Kensington station is the nearest tube stop, served by the Piccadilly, District and Circle lines, and is a five-minute walk from the V&A.

If you're coming from Gatwick, the Gatwick Express runs into Victoria Station, alongside Southeastern and Southern services. Victoria Station has a left-luggage desk beside platform 8, and the coach station has its own storage facility opposite the ticket office, so both work if you'd rather drop bags before heading to the museum.

Nearby sights and their bag rules

The Natural History Museum is five minutes from the V&A, and its Central Entrance cloakroom handles large bags and suitcases while the East Entrance takes coats and smaller items. The Royal Albert Hall allows one bag per person no larger than 25L, with anything bigger or extra checked into its cloakroom for £1 per item.

Knightsbridge itself has no official left-luggage facility run by the transport authority or the neighbourhood's own partnership, so don't count on finding one there.