Luggage storageShakespeare's Globe

Luggage storage and bag rules at Shakespeare's Globe

Catching a show at the Globe means arriving with tickets, timing, and often a bag you'd rather not juggle through the crowd. We can help with that.

Shakespeare's Globe is a theatre, education centre, and cultural landmark. Suitcases and large bags are not allowed inside, since the venue caps bag size at 40cm x 35cm x 19cm and does not store luggage itself. The cloakroom is not a luggage-storage service: the theatre runs it whenever possible, at £2.50 per item, so call the Box Office on +442074019919 to check current opening times before relying on it. Entry is also conditional on accepting security searches, including bag checks. The Globe Foyer is free to enter from 9.30am to 10.30pm, but that won't help with a large bag the cloakroom can't take. Last admission to the exhibition is 5.00pm, with opening from 9.00am daily. With Stasher, you can store bags from £1.49 per bag a day at 20+ locations near Shakespeare's Globe.

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Getting to Shakespeare's Globe with luggage

Mansion House station on the District and Circle lines is a 10-minute walk from Shakespeare's Globe. If you're coming into London by train, London Waterloo station has a left-luggage facility opposite the ramp to platforms 20-24, and London Bridge station has one on the Upper Concourse past the Redwood retail unit. London Blackfriars station is useful in the other direction, since it provides direct Thameslink services to Gatwick Airport.

Nearby sights: what to do with your bag

The Tower of London provides no left luggage or bag storage at all, and suitcases, large bags, and rolling luggage are not permitted inside. Tower Hill Underground station is a 5-minute walk away on the District and Circle lines, but that only gets you there faster with the same bag problem.

Tate Modern won't allow anything larger than cabin bag size — 55cm x 40cm x 20cm — inside the building. It's served by Southwark and Blackfriars stations, both an 8-minute walk, and St Paul's Underground station, a 10-minute walk via the Millennium Bridge.

Barbican operates a bag search policy and says its cloakrooms are open but that visitors should not bring any large bags, luggage, or long umbrellas into the venues, although larger bags may be stored in the cloakroom rather than carried into the auditoria. Barbican station is a 4-minute walk away on the Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, and Circle lines.

St Paul's Cathedral has St Paul's Underground station 270 metres away, roughly a 3-minute walk.