The Charterhouse

Looking for a 'Cool Space' in Clerkenwell to escape the heatwave?

Our museum display is the perfect place to cool down while discovering our fascinating story. Step inside and explore at your own pace!

We're open:
Tues - Sat 10:30 - 4:30pm

Please note: To keep everyone safe, guided tours will not run on days with a Red Extreme Heat Warning.

Head to our website to plan you visit.

What can two German Charterhouses help tell us about the London Charterhouse?

A recent research trip to Germany’s exceptionally well-preserved Prüll (Regensburg) and Marienzelle (Nürnberg) Charterhouses offered DPhil researcher Vikki Sands a chance to compare surviving architecture, from intact monks' cells to the subtle geometry of cell serving hatches.

Read her latest blog post to discover how they are helping to shape her understanding of urban Carthusian life and the shared history linking these sites.

Link in first comment.

Join us on Monday, 6 July at 5:30pm for a special Evensong in our Chapel to mark the 400th anniversary of poet and scholar John Donne becoming a Governor of the Charterhouse.

We are delighted to welcome the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, Andrew Tremlett, to mark the occasion.

As a Governor, Donne would have attended meetings in our Great Chamber and services in the Chapel. He also served as Dean of St Paul's during his lifetime, so it is wonderful to welcome his modern-day successor to the Charterhouse for this commemoration.

No booking required - all are very welcome to join us for this historic commemoration.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Summer Open Garden of the year last night.

It was a lovely evening filled with simultaneously soothing and uplifting music from the Sol Grimshaw trio, wonderful company, and refreshments in the sunshine of our courtyard gardens.

Tickets are still available for our remaining summer dates. We would love to welcome you to the gardens:
Thursday 23 July
Thursday 20 August

Spaces are limited. Please visit the link in our bio to book your tickets.

Photo Rossi Photography

Resident Tim spotted a beautiful full moon through his window and took this lovely, atmospheric photo.

Although it was taken at night, the adjustment for the bright moonlight lit up the sky and along with the night shadows creates a rather dream-like effect.

Nick Guttridge perfectly captured the lush greenery and beautiful calm in our gardens.

If you would like to see them in real life, our first Summer Open Garden Evening is next week on Thursday, 18 June!

Click the link in the first comment for all the details and to book.

A spot of thunder and a torrential downpour? Nothing we couldn't handle.

Our thanks and congratulations to in the Squares for a wonderful performance Wednesday night, delivered with admirable perseverance despite the distinctly un-summery weather.

We are equally grateful to the audience, who showed excellent grit in enduring the 'inclement' conditions.

It seems it takes more than a British summer to keep a theatre crowd away!

Resident Deborah recently took some beautiful photos of the stunning peonies that are flowering in the gardens right now. We love this particular shot and think the visiting bee makes it look a bit like a classic Chinese painting.

In Chinese art, the peony is celebrated as the "King of Flowers," symbolising prosperity, honour, and wealth. When an artist pairs these flowers with something like a bee, it adds a layer of shengdong - a term meaning "dynamic life" - to the artwork.

Deborah’s photograph perfectly captures that same sense of vitality!