Tickets Alert: Climb down into an Ice Well

Once a year, two large ice wells near King’s Cross are opened for the public to climb down into and learn about how ice was stored before the refrigerator was invented.
Canal Museum ice well (c) ianVisits
Ice Wells were usually subterranean chambers of varying sizes that kept ice cool enough that it would melt very slowly. Originally something only the rich could afford, a winter’s supply harvested from local lakes could last into the summer months.
Later, much larger ice wells were