The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret — Local services in London

Very interesting place and surprisingly cheap to enter Feb 2019 £10 for adult and child under 18. I would not recommend if you cannot walk very well. As you have to walk up a very tight narrow spiral stair case that seems to go around about 5 times to get to it, this is the only way in. Shows all the old herds etc and explanations of how these where used to help patients ailments. Plus old theatre tools very horrific looking, some of them. It also has human specimens of a brain cut in half etc in fluid in see through containers. Has auditorium room like Doctors observation of surgical procedures. Like you see in Victorian films that show you the early treatments of the operations. Like aputations etc so other doctors can see how to do these and try to save lives. It has been totally gutted and restated to look like an original theatre as close as possible. It is about a 7 min walk from London Bridge station. I would recommend this if you are interested in this sort of thing. But it does not take that long to see roughly around a hour would see it all, as not an enormous place. It's built in the roof of the still used...

DISCLAIMER: I've not been but hope this review is still relevant.

I don't normally write reviews such as this because I am reviewing a place I've not even been to but I want to review the pricing not the experience so hopefully you'll see this as a helpful and valid review.

I was going to book a visit then saw the price. £20 for what is basically a small room???? REALLY? As others have said, it would take about 15 mins to visit. This is poor value even for rip off London. I might be imagining it but I am sure I remember this place being 6 or 8 pounds just a few years back???

Does this attraction really think £20 is worth the money??? And that is just for me! So if a couple goes that's £40! I will never visit this place and I am sure many others won't visit it either at this price. Maybe some tourists that have no concept of how much £20 is. What an awful rip off. Disgusting pricing.

I'm sorry to say this but AVOID. If you are a tourist there are many other places that are far better spending your money at. This is just a crazy rip off price. I hope the attraction...

Perfect, atmospheric experience for halloween. The website warns of a climb up a narrow, spiral staircase when booking, which was delightfully ancient and for me, added to our visit, as I could "ooo" and "aah" at all the original carpentry. The museum was fabulously gruesome with beautifully preserved organs on display (especially fascinating for me as I work within organ donation) and a fantastic collection of original surgical tools and medical implements to ponder over with an aromatic musty, herb infused smell in the air. The theatre itself was awe inspiring, horrifying and fascinating at the same time. The central operating table conjured fearsome thoughts, especially with its deep gauges still visible today. As I reminded my children, its only through all the horrific pain and sacrifice from others and what we now think of as barbaric procedures, did we get to where we are today. All the staff we knowledgeable, friendly and welcoming and efficient covid procedures in place. Very good value for a London attraction, if you can appreciate the history...