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A one-hour Bunker tour takes you down 76 steps to see the original 1940s Bunker and new soundscape, followed by a visit to our exhibition. Alternatively, you can visit our exhibition only, which currently includes a free virtual video tour of the Bunker, the new Polish Air Force gallery and Dieppe exhibition. Any ticket queries, please email [email protected].

Please note: HillingdonFirst cards must be shown to validate a discount, or full adult price will be charged at entry. A card only grants discounted entry for one: the person named on the card. The Bunker is accessed via 76 steps and can be unsuitable for those with reduced mobility. It is Grade I listed building and there is no lift available. Please arrive in good time for your booking.

SEPTEMBER 2024

October 2024, november 2024, december 2024, our air defence exhibition, our visitor centre.

Our Visitor Centre offers attractive and adaptable spaces for hire, from 20 to 200 people. Get in touch to book an atmospheric setting for your party, launch, meeting, away-day or conference. Private tours of the Bunker are available.

Our new visitor centre offers attractive and adaptable spaces for hire, fitting from 20 up to 200 people if you decide to book the entire venue. Get in touch for help finding the perfect setting for your function, with options of hourly, half-day and full-day bookings. For a unique experience, why not book a private tour of the Bunker?

CAFE & SHOP

Daisy’s in the Park is our on-site cafe, providing a selection of drinks, homemade cakes, delicious lunch options and snacks.

Our gift shop is open, offering Battle of Britain Bunker merchandise, subject-related books, aviation-themed gifts, and items that support the Royal Air Force Association.

By enjoying our cafe and gift shop, you’ll be helping to support this historic place.

SCHOOLS & FAMILIES

The Battle of Britain Bunker and Visitor Centre are excited to offer onsite school sessions.

LEARNING PROGRAMME

Plan your visit, visitor centre opening times.

We are open seven days per week, from  10 to 16:3. Last admission 15:30.

The exhibition and Visitor Centre is wheelchair accessible, with a lift and a ramp up to the building. There are accessible parking spaces available near the main entrance.

We welcome assistance dogs.

Visit our About Us & Accessibility page for more information

GETTING HERE

• BY TUBE:   Nearest station is Uxbridge (Metropolitan and Piccadilly). Follow the blue tourist signs. These will direct you through Dowding Park via the High Street and St Andrews Road. The walk is approximately 1 mile. There is also a taxi rank at Uxbridge.
• BY BUS:  To St. Andrew’s Church on the A10 or U3 from Heathrow or the 427, U1, U4 or U7 then walk through Dowding Park. Bus U2 stops at the junction of Hercies Road and Honey Hill.  Check routes at  www.tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
• BY CAR: We have a car park, which is free for museum visitors. Use satnav postcode UB10 0GG, search maps for Battle of Britain Bunker, or follow brown tourist signs. Please be aware that we are now inside the ULEZ zone.

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Military Bunker Museums You Can Visit in England

Unearth england's military history by paying a visit to these 8 fascinating underground bunker museums around the country..

Lucy Davidson

08 nov 2022, @lucejuiceluce.

England is home to a fascinating network of underground bunkers. Some date back to World War Two , when military tactics had to be kept top-secret, whereas others were constructed during the Cold War , when the threat of mutually assured destruction loomed over the world.

Though most of these bunkers remain off-limits for the general public, a few have been preserved as museums. Here’s our pick of some of the most fascinating former military bunkers you can visit in England today.

1. Churchill’s Secret Bunker, London

Churchill’s Secret Bunker – also known as Paddock – was designed to be used as the nerve centre of the British government during World War Two, in the event of Britain being unable to defend itself from air attack. Far more fortified than its Whitehall equivalent , the Paddock Bunker was built in the late 1930s in Neasden, north-west London, and would have been able to survive a direct hit from the Luftwaffe.

While closed to the public for much of the year, Churchill’s Secret Bunker is open twice a year for guided tours run by the Subterranea Britannica group. Located 40ft below ground and comprising over 40 rooms, Paddock is now in a semi-derelict state but still boasts original equipment once in operation. Inside can be found the original map room, kitchen and Churchill’s War Cabinet room.

2. Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Essex

The Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear bunker was designed to house up to 600 civilian and military personnel, including the Prime Minister and other high-ranking cabinet officials during the Cold War. In the event of a nuclear attack, the centre’s tasks would have consisted of supplying protection to nearby Ministry of Defence workers, coordinating the survival of the local population and continuing the operations of the government.

Today, the Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker has been converted into a fascinating, privately owned museum, with three-stories extending 100 metres below ground level and walls made of 10-foot-thick concrete. The structure contains roughly 80 tons of genuine Cold War-era equipment, including original plotting boards, telecommunications apparatus and 1980s computers.

3. York Cold War Bunker, York

A mile outside of the city centre, York Cold War Bunker tells the story of a country on the brink of nuclear warfare. Built in 1961, the bunker served as the regional headquarters for the Royal Observer Corps until 1991. During operation in the Cold War, it was home to 60 volunteer members of the ROC, including a 10-man scientific warning team.  

York Cold War Bunker is now managed by English Heritage and remains incredibly well preserved. Entering through the blast door, a guided tour runs every hour and walks guests through the building’s operations room, canteen, dormitories, decontamination room and communications centre.   A large illuminated perspex map of Yorkshire sits in the operations room, with landline and radio communication equipment and specialist 1980s computers also on display. A short film follows with testimonies from ROC volunteers themselves.

4. Cabinet War Rooms, London

Hidden beneath the streets of Westminster, the Cabinet War Rooms are part of the underground bunker complex now known as the Churchill War Rooms in London . It was from the Cabinet War Rooms that Churchill, his cabinet and some 500 civil servants worked, and sometimes slept, throughout World War Two.

Entry to the Cabinet War Rooms allows visitors to follow in the urgent footsteps of those directing Britain’s war effort. Not all rooms are open to the public as the complex is believed to have around 200 rooms in total. Those which are open to visitors include the Cabinet War Room, Churchill’s office and his bedroom. The underground office block also included a canteen and a hospital.

5. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Nantwich

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker was originally built in the 1950s, but was developed further in the 1980s when the threat of nuclear war became more pressing. It was designed to serve as the home of regional government in the event of war.

Today, it is open to the public, and houses the largest public display of decommissioned nuclear weapons in Europe, as well as plenty of original equipment. A small cinema also plays once-secret films, while a simulator recreates the conditions of a nuclear attack in the bunker.

6. Battle of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge

The Operations Room in Uxbridge’s Battle of Britain bunker was an integral part of controlling fighter aircraft operations and the Luftwaffe during World War Two . Most notably, the site played a pivotal role during the Battle of Britain and D-Day . Still laid out as it appeared during the war, the original maps, pointers and board have all survived and are now available for the public to view.

Above ground, a fascinating museum which opened in 2018 serves as an essential accompaniment to the bunker, outlining the details of the war and the role the bunker played during it.

7. Western Approaches Museum, Liverpool

Also called the Liverpool War Museum, this bunker located under the streets of Liverpool was a key operational site for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War Two. From the Operations Room, the 300 staff members who lived and worked there monitored strategic elements such as convoy routes tracked enemy assets.

Today, the bunker offers a trip back in time since the site has been preserved just as it was in 1945. The museum is similarly informative, hosting many history-themed events.

8. RAF Radar Museum, Norfolk

An underground bunker forms part of Norfolk’s RAF Radar Museum, which is housed in a Grade II listed radar operations building. Established during World War Two when the first secret radar system was installed, the three-storey bunker was added in the 1950s as a response to the threat of nuclear attack.

The museum is home to numerous objects which cover all aspects involved in RAF radar operations, and is staffed by a team of volunteers, many of whom have worked for the nearby RAF themselves.

10 Fascinating Underground Places & Former Secrets Bunkers In The UK That You Can Actually Visit

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10. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Cheshire

9. Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker, Essex

8. Scotland's Secret Bunker, Fife

7. York Cold War Bunker, York

6. Western Approaches HQ Museum, Liverpool

5. Mail Rail At The Postal Museum, London

4. Dover Castle, Kent

3. Churchill War Rooms, London

2. Battle Of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge

1. Big Pit National Coal Museum, Wales

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​There is no better way to learn about the Jersey Occupation during the second world war than with Phil and Kimberley. They set up Jersey War Tours in 2015, and it is the only Non-Profit Organisation offering military tours in Jersey. They receive no government or heritage funding, and profits get invested in WW2 research, preservation and education. Phil and Kimberley volunteer their time and are passionate about sharing their work and providing you with an experience you will never forget.

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Daytime Bunker Tours

Daytime tours of WW2 bunkers and a unique chance to see some of our projects.

St Catherine's Bunker Tour

Explore a large Bunker and Tunnel Complex and get hands-on with many WW2 weapons and artefacts. 

Evening Bunker Tours

​Join us on an evening tour exploring bunkers and fortifications and see Jersey's WW2 heritage in a new light

Bunker Openings

St Catherine's Bunker

Explore a large Bunker and Tunnel Complex and get hands-on with many WW2 weapons and artefacts.  ​

Open all year! ​

Batterie Lothringen

Available on private tours 

Will open again in Summer 2025

Millbrook Bunker

Batterie Moltke

2pm - 5pm 

22nd September

Strongpoint Corbiere

15th September

Custom Openings

Custom tours for groups of all sizes maybe available please let us know your requirements 

WW2 Database

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This is a page dedicated to the stories and people of the Occupation, we update it regularly.

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Explore britain's top secret underground war bunker

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You were once required to sign the Official Secrets Act to enter the building, now it’s open for visitors to freely explore the immense bunker.

The labyrinth of rooms and offices is a precious time capsule and although the 300 war time staff have long gone, a visit to the museum will transport you back to that time and make you ask questions about the people who once worked there.

Self-guided tours take approx 1.5 hours

Guided tours can also be pre-booked at £75 per group (up to 15 people), plus entry fee per person.

Walk through hidden rooms and discover the stories locked in the WWII bunker that protected the tactics of the British Armed Forces plotting to bulwark the Western Approaches and aid the Allied victory.

Glimpse the documents and tools the Forces used to monitor enemy convoys and inform the British government of their findings, whilst keeping their intelligence secret from the enemy, including one of only two surviving wartime phones which had a direct connection to the London War Cabinet.

See where Commanders, WRNS and WAAF personnel worked day and night in the Operations Room, the nerve centre of the Battle of the Atlantic. Here they monitored convoy routes and vital shipping lines, pin-pointing enemy locations on a huge map wall, where total accuracy was necessary to enable the Royal Navy to contact and destroy the enemy.

The Operations Room has remained exactly how as it was left when the doors were closed on 15 August 1945.

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Singalong – 27th october, 2nd & 3rd november.

Join our wartime singer Emily as she sings all your favourite tunes. This events and the rest of our events are included with the standard entry fee. We look forward to welcoming you into the bunker this October half term

Wren Talk – 30th October & 1st November

Join our WREN expert Lauren as she talks all about the WRENS and their work. This events and the rest of our events are included with the standard entry fee. We look forward to welcoming you into the bunker this October half term

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Explore by location, explore further, burlington bunker, under raf corsham, wiltshire.

Under the Corsham Cotswalds approximately eighty feet below ground beneath RAF Corsham, lies the UK’s largest underground bunker and for sixty years one of the best kept secrets in modern MOD history. Burlington bunker. Assembled as an emergency relocation site for the British government if the threat of nuclear war ever became reality. The bunker boasts some impressive ‘sections’ from a BBC broadcasting suite to a Hospital all accessible via 10 miles of ‘road’.

Adjacent to Burlington is over 30km of tunnels and passageways belonging to Box Freestone Quarry, part of which taken over by the MOD and turned in to an air inlet. For years, explorers like myself would marvel at the MOD area of Box Mine and the mysterious ‘red door’ that sits at the end of the passage.

Exploring Burlington Bunker

Roll forward to 2010, and a set of certain circumstances which saw an opportunity to go beyond the red door and venture inside…

As we walked closer to the Burlington complex the rough rock edging became smoother as tunnels and passages turned in to roads complete with signs and road markings. Immediately we heard voices and machinery. At the end of a long roadway we could see several workmen upon motorised electrical carts. We waited for them to move on and walked around the corner, in to Burlington.

We didn’t have long to explore the site and without a decent map we had to guess where the best bits would be. After poking around in a few interesting store rooms we happened across one of the main features of the Burlington bunker; The canteen.

Plates & cutlery all laid out make this area look like it’s ready to be used at the drop of a hat, or as if previous inhabitants just upped and left.

The truth is, the bunker was never used. This mock setup was more than likely arranged for the hand-full of public and press tours held at the bunker shortly after it was decommissioned in 2004.

As we walked through the canteen and took in the incredible, brand-new coffee makers we made our way into the Kitchens where thousands of pounds worth of utensils, cookers & mixers sit having never warmed up so much as a tin of beans.

Behind the canteen is the laundry area. Industrial sized washing machines and tumble dryers alongside banks of ironing boards – labelled up with stickers advising on asbestos.

Among the exploring world, the main “attraction” in Burlington is no doubt the Telephone Exchange. Immaculately preserved and the biggest exchange of its type in the world, it takes your breath away.

Time was running out and we needed to get out before we were locked in for the night! In hindsight, it would have been a lot better if we had been! I’d have got a lot more photos and seen much more of the bunker, that’s for sure!

On our way out we decided to see what would happen if we just walked around, bold as brass. We must have walked past seven or eight workers, none of them even batting an eyelid, one even acknowledged us with an, “alright” as we made our way to the exit.

I don’t think this will be the last of Burlington, but what exactly were the workmen doing down there? Asbestos removal was definitely being carried out. Perhaps it’ll just turn in to a glorified storage unit?… Until next time, Burlington.

Thanks to Kinger for using some of his photos

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I am doing a project on underground bunkers and I need to study plans and layouts of underground bunkers for better understanding. Could you please let me know how I can find the plans for Burlington? I was not able to find any on the internet.

I am an artist, poet and writer. In 1982 I wrote a play called ‘Fallout’.

I never knew anything about a bunker until quite recently. But would really like to visit the site. Perhaps even to have the play performed within it.

My wife went to Corsham College back in the 80’s.

If you would like information about the play please contact me at [email protected]

Hello fellow explorers.

I have lived in Corsham all my life but have never been able to find a way into this bunker. It has been a dream of mine for years.

If anyone is willing to give details on how to get in or show me in/around I would be forever grateful.

I will be able to share other points of interest in the local area that have not been documented as well. Please email [email protected]

Thanks in advance

Alright mate, good luck with that, Hanson have blocked it all off. The last three years of people kept going to certain places in the cave system

Have you found it yet? Very interesting how living there you have not been able to locate it.

Hi Cam, did you have any luck? This looks amazing

Hi Kevin! Unfortunately I’ve still not found a way in :(

I worked underground building the tunnels while still at school in the Holidays in 1956. No hard hats or safety equipment given. Entrance was via a shaft in Neston rather like a coal mining lift

My Dad before he was called up worked and met my Mother, married, and I was born there 77 years ago. However, he was on a night shift and it was very quiet he heard someone swear in German, reporting this it turned out to be a spy and was arrested. In his digs they found the wireless set. Ironically he was blonde and spoke with an accent.

I was doing my national service with the RAOC in 1952 at Basil Hill Barracks.

My duties was working down the Tunnel for over 18 months we would march from the Barracks to the tunnel and go down the long stairs where the conveyer belts are to transport the ammunition to the storage districts.

The Korean war was on at that time and we would inspect the ammunition before it was sent out. We would be down the tunnel at least eight hours every day.

Hi Allan thank you for sharing this I like to learn about the history of UK didn’t now we were in war with the Koreans

By pure coincidence, I have just spoken to the owners of the manor house that used to be owned by the RAF which has the access shaft into the bunker.

Bit of context:

My uncle and aunt own a house with a large garden which they open for charity a few times a year. This year, I was helping out just at the begining and one of the first people to come in were the new owners of the manor. The manor itself is not in good condition as the RAF have not been very good at maintaining it, however, they did tell me that the bunker is open twice a year. I have looked into it very breifly and have not been able to find anything, however, it is worth looking for.

Can you tell me who the new owners of Rudloe Manor House are?

Hi there Harry,

I hope this finds you well. I’d be very grateful if you could email me at [email protected] – I need a bit of local knowledge about who is responsible for the site.

Kind regards,

Hello Harry. I read your post with great interest. I do hope that the bunker infrastructure is still as the photos depict. I too would love to see a vital part of our history. Please keep in touch. Kevin

I moved to Corsham in 2019 and I believe my house sits close to this underground haven!

I’d love to get down there one day for an explore. I’ve spoken to fellow dog walkers who say there’s an entrance via Box Woods but would assume there’s something closer to Corsham centre still possible?

Hi Rob. I was just wondering if you ever found a way to get it. I’ve been wanting to go there to ages and haven’t be able to find it please contact me via my email [email protected]

Hello mate I was in them today it is all steal frames with steal bars but if you are good enough you can squeeze through the gap and get in. We was exploring for couple hours there was so many ways to go message me on Facebook and I’ll send you one way in… Obee donn

Hi, I never managed to find a way in, looks a bit too secure… Interested where you got in Obee.

Check out my YouTube channel Exploring with ukGs there some footage on there

What you’re showing on your channel is Box. I think Rob is referring to Burlington.

Yo-yo I’m in Wiltshire at the moment but I don’t drive so if anyone is up for checking the tunnels out let me know.

SZPERACZE PL TV Hello, my friend and I are Urbex EXPLORATION and we are looking for the entrance to these tunnels in Wiltshire Corsham, we can exchange places for Urbex Exploring, we have a lot of places for Exploring, we would be grateful for information about Corsham and places to enter the underground city

Yo bro, I’m going up on the 28th so I’ll send you an email closer the time if you are available at that time you can come along but I will say anyone who is larger in size will not get it as you have to squeeze through the smallest gap.

[Apologies from ADMIN for the late publishing of this comment – but it’s never a good idea to announce your arrival anyway!]

Hello mate not a problem I’m in Wiltshire now but I don’t drive but I’m game for taking you to where I got in and if you can squeeze through the same way you’ll see it’s amazing.

Hi Obee Donn,

Could you also let me know an entrance would realy appreciate it.

Thanks, Martyn

Hi, would you be able to email me directions?

[email protected]

Hi, good evening, hope you’re good I’m just wondering if you would be able to share where the access points are to the telephone exchange bunker as I would like to explore. Thank you.

You would think they would do the place up for this day and age… nukes on the cards etc. We’re sitting ducks if it goes tits up.

I’m sure there’s an even bigger & better “Burlington” somewhere in the country, after all, no one really knew about this until the late 90s.

I live in Neston (5mins from Box) and heard about these tunnels, would love to explore. Please get in touch when your next going. c****@*****ance.co.uk

Lucky you, Christian!

The Neston area is actually home to a few underground spots itself! The whole area is rich with them!

[email protected] if anyone else other than the admin wants to email me. Cheers

Hi Max give me a email a lot has been going on around Corsham [email protected]

Lots of changes and stuff getting blocked up and fenced.

There’s a way mate I’m going back in a couple of months if you like I’ll get in touch and you can join my team for the experience

Hi mate would love to get into Corsham could you possibly give me directions or is it all blocked off now?

I’d really like a step-by-step guide on how you do it/did it if that’s ok? Planning on going there myself soon and would love to find my way around. Thanks!

I can do just that my friend it’s not hard though where we went through I hear that there is a better way of getting in as the way I went in may be shut off now but if you’re slim you’ll be ok. I’ll send you a picture of where we climbed in.

Hi, this is a really interesting blog. I live in Corsham, and during my morning runs I see the police patrolling the MOD, especially with that construction (or whatever all those containers are for) going on at the edge of Pockeredge Dr. I’ve heard of people going into the Burlington Bunker, but lately there’s been talks about cyber security and all sorts of other funny business going on below. Maybe all those containers near Pockeredge Dr have something to do with it.

Anyway, I’ve been contemplating doing some exploring myself. Can you pinpoint the entrances, including those that are rigged with CCTV and alarms? Also, any other useful tips would be helpful. I’m putting a map together using all the old images that are online just so that I can better navigate the place. Thanks in advance.

I used to work at the construction site up there. They are building a big data centre owned by Bladeroom Group, storing data for clients such as Microsoft, Bank of England and such, hence all the tight security in the area. I expect it is linked to the MOD somehow but lord knows how.

Are there some pictures of these ‘containers’? They could indeed be datacenter modules. Repurposing the underground for datacenter usage makes a lot of sense as well and it happening all around the globe (heck, it literally used to house a telephone exchange, practically a datacenter). But would love to find some factual sources on this.

Hello Max. How far did you get with you plan to visit the bunker? I am intrigued with the history of it. Best wishes Kevin

I’ve been looking for an entrance, even if its just to the red door, for months. If anybody knows how to get into the bunker, and/or any words of warning, Please email me, it would be hugely appreciated. [email protected]

The red door is now off limits to the public thanks to some YouTube monkeys but the mines are still accessible you’ve just gotta know where to look or know people who know the mines well as it’s too easy to get lost down there.

I’ve been in the mines a couple times. (I actually got to the end earlier this month). It’s a shame there are people who disrespect the bunkers or break entry. Ruins it for the rest of us.

Off limits to what extent? The entire place is technically off limits to anyone without specifically granted access permission. Did they erect some solid structure to block access or is it just a wire fence? If the latter then its inevitably already been cut down.

I explore different bunkers mainly around SE Kent. I’ve done Dumpy in Dover but Burlington intrigues me. Myself and a couple of explorers want to drive to explore it. Can somebody send me co-ordinates of entrance. I have watched various YouTube and seems a long walk to the red door. The red door is what intrigues me and I would like to get footage. Any help much appreciated please email [email protected] I would like to do this when tiers are lowered thank you.

I spent hours and days in these caves/bunkers as a kid we used to go in them to explore (madness now I look back). You can get a map we was given one on one creepy day when we was down there and came across two other cavers and they gave us one. The best way in was the back door but it has since been closed off, you can still get in the front door but be prepared to go in some crazy small gaps. The only other way I know in the devils mouth I think it was called, a very thin slot that the bats come out from and save our asses one day :)

Best to just go in the field and look down at the cathedral it’s very cool even better looking up from it but that’s only the start of these caves deep in you will come across military doors that are hard to pass unless you know how…

I’ve been looking for the entrances for at least a year now, how on earth do you get in? If you could send coordinates from google earth, or even just a description, that would be mental. [email protected] cheers!

Look on Google Earth Box tunnel west portal, in the woods are two 3D photos one is backdoor.

Sweet thanks

In 2002 I was setting up an interview with a company that had purchased surplus MOD buildings at Corsham when my host said he had a million sq ft underground!

This rang a bell with me as my Dad said he had been underground near Bath during the war, and sure enough it was the same place. He dealt with naval munitions, running around on one of those stand up scooters we used to see in railway stations. He came up on VE night to see the glow of the lights of Bath for the first time.

I had a trip down in a huge goods lift and was staggered at the height of the caverns. It was the days before camera phones.

Thanks for the fantastic pictures and information. Looking to set up some explores with my friend and love the look of this site, could you email me any details that may help also if you have any information on sites in North Yorkshire then that would be brilliant as well.

Keep up the great work, big fan.

AJWS [email protected]

Is there still access to this place guys

Did you find out if there was access?

Did you find the exact location mate?

Hi. I’m so curious about the whole underground world. Does anyone know any entrances to the mines or Burlington? If so please email me [email protected] I’d really love the chance to explore. Thanks, Iain

Is there still access as I would love to have look round and are there any do’s and dont’s when down there. If anyone knows please contact me at [email protected]

All the equipment there would have been top of line of that time. Can you imagine what the current secret bunker looks like?

My grandparents lived in Corsham their whole lives, I have a vivid memory of my Grandad taking me and my brother when we were just small to a bunker like this under Corsham, seem to remember that we were made to wait in the car while he went to have a chat with someone (guess he must have known one of the security) and then we were allowed to go in for an explore (long time ago now and my memory is hazy). It looked a lot like this but I’m 90% sure the entrance we used was down a slope next to a train line, huge pair of blast doors (with a small door on the side) and then you were in and the train line continued on the other side down into the bunker) so trains could drive straight down inside the bunker. Does anyone know if this was Burlington bunker? the images I’ve seen the entrance don’t look like that or another entrance maybe?

Sounds like Tunnel Quarry perhaps? Also under Corsham, it has quite a famous underground train platform.

Hi I remember visiting the site you describe in 1976 when part of the system failed, there was a knock on my front door late at night and I was taken by police to the factory where my boss briefed me on the problem, we collected tools and spares and I was taken [at some speed!] by the police to a place in Wiltshire, I remember huge blast doors, and a small guage railway which took us further in. Happy days!

Visiting the area after this coming weekend just wondering how I go about visiting the tunnels

Did anyone get back to you? Me and my friends have been trying to get down there for years

I was looking for something else and just came across this forum. What a find. It has brought back many merories. Great photos. Thanks for sharing. I spent quite a bit of time down there back in the 80’s. I even have some old photos and videos in the loft. Would be fun to go back and have a walk, scramble down memory lane. If I do I will post again.

Hi there, I went to Corsham today and we managed to find west portal Box tunnel. Any info on how to get to the Red door or any entrances email me please desperate to explore the area [email protected] just can’t find a way in.

You need the east portal. There’s a second parallel tunnel just before on the right under the steps but it’s blocked not far in would be great to see someone knock through and have an explore

What you’re referring to is the old entrance to Tunnel Quarry. And what you’re suggesting is that someone trespasses on the railway – not a great idea that! There’s no way in to Burlington through that portal, maybe there was in the past but I just can’t see it now.

That’s right Gary, this is the entrance to Tunnel Quarry (rail access). I find it a bit of a myth that trains would decant passengers from the mainline to transfer to Spring and Burlington. The loading gauge of Tunnel Quarry is lower than mainline tunnels, and the locomotives would have had to be restricted in height. The entrance to Tunnel Quarry is bricked up in a small tunnel on both sides, and is alarmed with pressure sensors on the outside.

I have walked through Box tunnel whilst on a site survey for Network Rail, there is actually a side room off the upside towards London, but no connection with any MOD works, other than a subway culvert running under the tracks which has been filled in when the track was lowered for electrification. Also don’t try and break in at Sands Quarry, MOD police will race and nick you, just as trying to break in to the emergency access point at Ennox Lane.

Hello Dave, I was interested to read your comments. I must admit that I’m not too familiar with the area. However, during the early 1980s whilst travelling to Cheltenham from Dorchester on leave, by train late evening. I had been chatting to another soldier that I had met en-route when the train started to slow down and moved onto old-fashioned clicky-clack rails. We seemed to be crawling along for ages when I saw clearly the internal lights of Box tunnel to the left of the carriage and then we disappeared into a different tunnel.

After a few minutes we stopped, and for about an hour there was the sound of machinery loading or unloading something from the very front part of the train. I remember smoking a cigarette out of the door window and the bare rock was only inches away but I could see flashes of light and movement further along. My companion said that he had had the experience before on the same late train. Neither of us had a clue what it was all about. But we definitely entered a tunnel in a normal train carriage!

Best regards, Martin.

Just come across this nice Burlington city site, brought back a lot of memories of my fire watch duties at RAF Corsham in the 70s, part of the watch was to go down to inspect the city spent a good couple of hours down there on each watch.

Hi Michael was wondering if you could email me [email protected] thanks

Hi there I live in Wiltshire and have been trying to find a way in for a couple of years has anyone got any ideas on here please [email protected] . Many thanks

Hi just wondering if you can still get into this as me and a few friends love exploring and would love to go here at the weekend

There there is away into it still I can’t tell you but I can help you, it’s very, very dangerous me and a few mates found the 2 red doors, crane country, air shafts and all. Go on Google and look for [** REMOVED **] look around and you will find it all the best take care don’t get lost. Torches, bring 4 or 5 and spray marks so you can find your way out use your own signs so you can find your way out.

Leon, I appreciate you trying to help but the information you provided on the current open areas will ensure it gets blocked up. I’d recommend you talk to each other offline or privately.

Also, I wouldn’t recommend spray painting way markers. Instead, invest in some maps and learn how to read them. There’s a ton of spray marking down in Box already, we don’t need any more and it’s really not necessary when you have a map.

I don’t have one me and my friends just know where everything is and been there. If there are maps how do I get hold of them? For the other places if you could email me Urban Explorer.

The Quarrymans Arms always used to sell copies of laminated maps. Central, Southern & Northern sections. If you can’t get hold of them there let me know.

Hi any help with finding maps or a decent entrance. Few friends went last year now that entrance is shut off I want to go down myself with a friend but need a little direction please. Will be going down next weekend so 24th or 25th of Aug any helps appreciated Clive [email protected]

Hi urban explorers are u the team that went down Burlington bunker few days ago and come across green smoke?

Hi Leon, no not me, not part of any “team”. Also not been in the Corsham area for years. What happened? Sounds exciting!

Leon, afternoon. Do you have any detailed instructions on post 2019 ways into Burlington Bunker. Previous details that I were kindly given by a local have sadly yielded no luck due to previous accessible access being blocked.. kind regards, Dan.

Any info on entrance could you email pls

Hi Kev Cornwall, put your email address on and I’ll email you all you need to know.

Hi Leon could you email me the details too please [email protected] Thanks

Leon Sorry for the delay on this but I would now be in a position to explore if that’s still possible. My Grandfather worked as a joiner in this place for many years!

Yeh that’s fine Kevin look for my email on this site and email me privately. 👍

Hi Leon could yo send me details on how to get in as a few of my friends are keen to check it out.

Leon, Thanks kind regards…

[email protected]

Checking out an abandoned bunker later on today that I’ve got the heads up on. However may take some finding but will update page later. Can’t see it listed or find any information on it so may be a wild goose chase.

[email protected] me too please!

Hello please send me information [email protected] thanks

Any chance you can email me some details on how to get into Burlington bunker? Would love to explore this area, and don’t worry I wont share the details with anyone. [email protected]

Hi Leon could you please help me been looking for entrances to the bunker for years live local could you please tell me the entrance points and how to find them please xx please email me

Shelley email me [email protected]

Hey Leon. I have just seen your comment on here and was wondering if you could help with any info on an accessible way into Burlington would be much appreciated as me and a few mates are planning to go there soon. I realise this is short notice but we are really keen to get in as we have already been to Box on multiple occasions. Cheers man

Email me James

Hey Leon, please could I have your email address in order to email you. Cheers

James Kent [email protected]

A couple of us have been trying to find this for a while. Please can you email to give us a helping hand.

What are you looking for? Very sorry for the long wait been very busy.

What’s your email for the entrance bud

What’s your email address mate? Would love to find this entrance. Been down the mines myself a couple of times

Hi mate, where about is the entrance as want to go ASAP mate

Can you help me with a way in the one I went to is blocked now

I’ve been to Burlington bunker, I live there I found the stairs for emergency exit but I set alarm off and was arrested by MOD you know any other entrances email me.

I believe they have sensors on the fences protecting the building for the emergency exit. There was a YouTube video showing the sensors.

I live local too and wouldn’t dream of breaking in to the bunker. Even people who work above ground for the MOD don’t get access. It is very restricted. I have been down most of the mines in the early 1990s long before it became popular online.

When you have a location that controls much of the communications for the armed forces 24/7, also does cyber security for the nation and handles around 15% of the nations internet traffic which passes through Corsham, it is going be rather secure, to prevent pesky intruders trying to get in! You could be Russian, Chinese for all they know.

Hello, Robbie did you get an answer back about a way in? Email me ;)

No mate I didn’t

Hi, I used three entry points to get access to the mines around the bunker. There were places where we faced a door, like the ones you see in films in submarines, with large circular ‘handles’. The MOD is behind those doors.

I haven’t been down there for many years and guess that the roof will have collapsed in may places now.

Watch YouTube channel called The Secret Vault, it’s a cool guy named Matt.

I used to have a lot of respect for Matt. He was part of a group of explorers (truth seekers) in the 90’s that pulled together a lot of information on the Corsham bunkers, however these days most of his videos seem to be click bait and collaborations with YouTube explorers that don’t know their arse from their elbow.

Did you ever find a way in?

I have just found out that my father (who started the war with the Royal Engineers… later SOE F Section) was a (or the) concrete supervisor for the bunkers :)

Fabulous looking at your blog. Thank you

That’s a really great claim to fame! If you haven’t already I’d suggest you buy the book Secret Underground Cities by Nick McCamley. It’s a really interesting read and details all of the wartime bunker constructions. Who knows, your Father might even be mentioned in it!

I was stationed at Basil Hill Barracks in the 80’s and have been down it. There was a massive underground lake with huge trout in at the time, also my grandfather was a carpenter involved in building the rail entrance from the tunnel during WW2

Hi, not sure if anyone will see this as it seems the last post was back in Feb. My Dad used to be stationed at RAF Rudloe Manor in the 80’s and I went to see him many times at work. He worked at 3 sites that I remember.

The actual manor itself, the RAF base on (post office hill) as we used to call it and an underground site which I think is now CCC. I went down the tunnels many times with him and remember the RAF fireman used to do training exercises down there. There was an entrance next to Basil Hill Barracks that was on like a roundabout covered in trees and quite concealed.

My now husband was stationed at HMS Royal Arthur which is also now derelict I believe.

Royal Arthur is no more! It has houses built over the area. I do not know what has happened to the ventilation and lift shafts. Some house owners may have a surprise in store in a few years time!

Wow. This is really cool! I live literally right on top of Burlington. Great photos by the way. Thanks for sharing this. I was thinking about seeing if I could go down with a couple of friends sometime. I’ve got a map of the place, torches two-way radios and cameras, but no matter how much I’ve looked, I can’t find an entrance that hasn’t bricked up by the MOD. I imagine that many people have asked this, but do you know any entrances that I could use? You can email me here: [email protected] . Thanks.

We got into Box not long ago the quarry was amazing very easy to negotiate once we got the correct info and miles of walking 6/12 hrs underground we experience the amazing cathedral, red brick status, the red sub door and many other things that this place had to offer. Yes, the famous red door is alarmed and luckily enough not discovered coming out we will return and do it all again.

Would be amazing if you could email me the location of the entrance you found. Email: [email protected]

Hi would love some information on the most recent access please email at [email protected]

Hi, I’ve been told the entrance is being blocked up soon but there are other ways into Box.

Be careful mate, one of my mates went in there last week the alarm is turn off by the red and the other red door, when he got out police were waiting be careful.

The alarm is activated at the command centre not by the red door

[removed] is still open, it looks as if its been blocked up by metal bars but when you get closer you can see the bars have been cut. Just be smart enough to cover the gap up after you with rocks so it doesn’t get blocked up again.

And you be smart enough to not mention locations and access in a publicly viewable comment! ;)

Hi could you email a description of how to get in would be greatly appreciated [email protected]

R, afternoon. Any details for access would be grately appreciated, not on the website, direct email is [email protected]

Hey Hellen was towards the opposite side of the mines to the red door I believe over by the quarrymans pub

Found an entrance to the Box mines a few weeks back and had a look around today after being lost in there for a good few hours! Didn’t find the red door which was a shame!

Do you not have a map?

I found a map after leaving haha wasn’t meant to get lost and now we have a map we want to go again isn’t very clear though

Ahaha! That may well be the map we left outisde one of the entrances!

Can I get a map please?

I was in the last of the National Service Army in 1960, and as part of the civil support force of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was posted to the British Southern Cameroons, West Africa, in 1961 on the troop ship Devonshire.

On our return the same year, shortly after the Berlin Wall had been constructed, a small detachment of us were posted to RAF Corsham, for a few months, and to be honest we had no real idea what the place was meant for! Later I was posted to BAOR Germany, and spent time in a similar underground system in Belgium! It was so large we could drive vehicles inside it, and we were told it was a reserve NATO HQ, in the event the Russians broke through from East Germany! Happy days!

Hi Cameron,

I’d be interested to know where you found the entrance as I thought they had all been blocked last year, could you give me an idea of the location please?

I have been to the Red Door a couple of times with the help of someone very familiar to the quarry. Surveys of Box cover North, South and Central then it’s uncharted territory! Incidentally, you can’t gain access through the Red Door to the MOD section the Urban Explorer shows in his great pics.

If you are keen to get a good tour of Box I would recommend contacting one of the local mining clubs down there.

Just wanted to say it was interesting reading through your posts. Photos are amazing too and brought back memories. Back in the 80’s and 90’s my dad worked with the maintenance company that looked after all the bases in the Box/Corsham area. As kids in the 90’s during school holidays he would take either me or my brother to work with him. We would mainly go to the bases on the surface, HMS Royal Arthur, RAF Rudloe Manor and Colerne and it was amazing to see inside all these places. Having to read though a security statement, sign your name and then told to wear a pass and not take it off was really exciting. Also when there was a security incident the pill boxes would be manned with armed guards which for a kid was amazing.

On the really rare occasions we would go down into the bunkers, I can’t remember which ones now, but all I can remember is going in to a small concrete ‘shed’ getting in to a lift and then descending into the bunker. There would be carts driving around, people going back and forth, I can remember a rescue team practising a rescue operation with a dummy. In one of the bunkers I remember a railway track which I presume came from the branch just by the Box tunnel, but just carried on in to the darkness. There were lots of offices and carpeted areas that looked modern, but also as we went further there were older looking things. On one occasion I helped my Dads team remove an old generator.

I’ve always wondered what went on down there and what happened to it over the last 20 or so years. I noticed Royal Arthur has been turned in to houses. There used to be an old helicopter there that the soldiers would pull around. We were allowed to play on it a couple of times.

All the best

Thanks Matt, that’s a great account! I too had to sign official secrets act documents when going to work with my Dad at the former HMS Osprey site in Dorset.

I’m sure you already do, but think yourself extremely lucky to have seen these places operational! The railway sidings would have indeed been from the Box tunnel branch, in a section of Tunnel Quarry.

There is definitely a rail link straight to the bunker which does come from the Box tunnel and was supposed to be for the Queen primarily. There is also a closed off shaft from Thingley rail junction where nuclear missiles were off-loaded into the rail tunnel. Interestingly in the late nineties there were major works taking place down there which doesn’t quite fit with an obselete bunker.

Found an entrance to the mines two weeks ago had a little wonder, went back today for a further look and to get lost for two hours definitely recommend it didn’t come across the red door like we was hoping to but still had a bloody good time!

If anyone can please help me I used to have an entry point but has been sealed very tight with brickwork and bars. If anyone could please send me either a picture and rough location or even a screen shot on Google Maps I would be immensely grateful.

Hi, we’re a group of urban explorers and we’re looking at exploring Burlington ASAP. Does anyone have any information regarding; possible entry points, security, safety etc. Thanks

You have to remember that in the late 1960s Britain had test-fired a thermo-nuclear device, The Soviets were developing bigger, better and more accurate delivery missiles and had stolen nuclear secrets from the UK and US which they had then built on so they had a huge stock of “H-bombs”.

The UK was America’s unsinkable aircraft carrier with bases all over the country with free-fall, stand-off and, later, “fire-and-forget” cruise missiles. At Fylingdales there was (still is) an RAF radar monitoring station and every sensor looked east. In 1962 we came right to the brink during the Cuban missile crisis. Having been caught with their trousers down in 1939, the Government really believed it could happen, indeed, it might well happen.

The Soviets could launch a land attack from East Germany and be in Bordeaux in six weeks, Every Police officer, regular or special, was issued with the Police War Duties Manual. Every Police Station and rural office was fitted with the repeater from Fylingdales which would give “the four minute warning” and it was checked every duty shift. In 1968 the Soviets rolled their tanks into Czeckoslovakia (as it then was) and brutally suppressed a democratic rising.

A system was devised to preserve the Country, the civil power, the means of retaliation and what of the civil population could be saved, exercises were carried out, planning was done so that we would be ready if the Soviets really did press the button. We knew they could, we believed that given the chance of getting away with it, they would and that the UK was the prime target in Europe.

Yes, all that expenditure turned out to be “wasted” but if Kruschev had said “GO” then it might all have turned out very differently. Perhaps it also warned the Soviets that we had prepared, we might not be annihilated in the first strike, that we might mete out retaliation and destroy an equal number of their cities before the UK was fried from end to end which might just not make the game worth the candle.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

“War Plan UK” has quite a bit about the Corsham tunnel system as well as the “Rotor” bunkers that would be regional seats of gorvernment. The Rotors are now well known though they were still secret when Duncan Campbell wrote the book. One was recently busted because it was being used as a cannabis growing factory!

Is it accessible? Could I make a YouTube video on it?

Hi I’m working in the area and trying to get a group of us to go and explore I don’t know if you have any leads on how to get in or from what part to get in to.

Do you still fancy doing a YouTube video would be good to get 6-10 people involved to have a look and explore.

Was this complex used in WW2? As I heard they used to assemble crated jeeps around here, also was there a stock of steam locomotives stored here, in “readiness” for the cold war?

Hello, Just to give you some info on Burlington.

Back in the early 70s my Grandfather drove me around the secure site above this place. I think it was called HMS Arthur with lots of individual huts and all looked very well kept. He used to work underground there as a carpenter for many years most probably helping to develop the bunker in Burlington.

My Mother was a stage dancer back in the 40s before she married and once her group performed down there. They were blindfolded and escorted down in a lift. She says it was all military personnel and they had a proper stage arena to entertain!

She didn’t know too much as her father didn’t talk about the work he was doing in later years. He did bring home some nails and screws in tobacco tins which I still have a couple of!

Unfortunately he died in his early 60s from cancer and apparently many of his fellow work mates suffered the same fate. Strange?

He also took me to the entrance to Box Tunnel Corsham side and I could see the light at the other end which was most rare. Vaguely remember the side rail entrance into Spring.

I spoke with my mother about this recently and I have some other stories… which compelled me to write you a few lines. Would love to visit!

Hello just read your account of your Grandfather working at HMS Royal Arthur don’t know if I knew him but I too worked there also Spring Quarry RAF sites Basil Hill Bks etc. 1971 – 1979 for PSA

All the best, Colin Grubb Carpenter & Joiner

Hi Colin Just read your reply sorry for delay. My grandfather was called Percy Lodge and my uncle also worked there as a painter decorater…he was called David Lodge.

Any further info let me know

Hello Kevin. Just received your text, I can’t remember Percy but I knew Dave quite well and John and there was a Roly as well.

Hello Colin. Thanks for your reply. My dear Uncle David unfortunately passed away at quite a young age. He left the job he was doing at Royal Arthur and started his own business doing decorating. He lived in Box at that time and was a frequent visitor to the local pub and a member of their darts team if I remember?

I don’t recall the other names you mention but so nice to hear from someone who knew David. Do you live in Corsham?

Regards Kevin

Hello Kevin. Sorry to here about Dave. No, I’m not from Corsham I’m from Bath but I now live in Radstock, I think most came from Corsham or Chippenham at the time Dave used to work with Ivor Gullis. Regards

There is a secret looking bunker on Equine Way Newbury, with a hidden entrance at Haysoms Drive. It is right next to/on the old Greenham Common, but conveniently left off the map! There is a space for it on the map, it’s just totally blank. There are loads of private keep out signs and deep water signs. The entrance seems to be under a bridge at the entrance to Haysoms Drive. There are houses built on top too with new looking ventilation pipes sticking out of the ground. Would love to know what it is and if it is still in use! Also why it was left off the map. You used to be able to see the entrance better but fully grown trees seem to have been planted there since. It looked like a rather large bunker entrance door. What intrigues me is the new looking ventilation pipes on the surface, surely the biggest giveaway to any bunker. I think I read on planning permission it is a “landfill site”, although why the huge metal bunker door and all the keep out private property warning signs, and all the fully grown trees suddenly planted there.

I’ve done a bit of research on this and can’t find anything that suggests the field is any more than an old landfill site and before that a ‘gravel pit’. I suspect the door under the bridge is a service room. I’d love to be proved wrong but without seeing it with my own eyes it’s hard to pass judgement.

Have you been inside I want to go look!

Hi Urban, When I was a kid (13) I lived above this complex. We lived 5 minutes from the old iron back door on the A4 and spent every weekend in the mines. We knew every rock, turning, crane, junction, camera ladder, cistern, etc etc from Box to Corsham (all underground) we even found a huge horse shoe bat colony that no one knew existed :-) We got chased out of the MOD sections now and again but just treated it as a bit of harmless fun :-)

About a year or so after we’d stopped going down there I got an opportunity to go on an official guided MOD tour (setup by a friend of the family who was retiring from a senior mod post).

We saw a lot of very sensitive stuff including – computers (the size of houses!) And a large map on the wall showing the Queens bunker and a lake! All very interesting and stuff I’d never seen.

What a lot of people don’t know is that at the time (Cold War) this was the first strike in a nuclear attack as it would have severed all western communications! Everyone living in the area knew it!

About halfway through the tour our guide (senior MOD) recognised me as ‘one of those little bastards who kept breaking in’ lol. We were both chatting and laughing after that, but he told me that in all of the mines history, me and my mate were the only 2 to get in and out without being caught (a feat even the SAS never achieved) lol

I’ve got great memories of Box mines :-)

What a brilliant story! From an era when kids knew how to have fun, get out the house and explore! I like the mention of the SAS, it goes to show if you know the underground workings well enough, familiarity & experience trumps all!

Can you take me!? I make YouTube videos and love going on adventures!

Hi Nicco, sorry mate last time I was over there the iron door now has a padlock on it – you’ll need to ask about on here for an entrance. It’s a great place to visit, haven’t been down there in over 30 years! Lol

Is this place still open maybe thinking going there? Thanks in advance.

Burlington is mad, never been there, but been to the “red door” countless times, you do a 360 and you’re lost, you can go very, very deep where there’s no graffiti, that’s when it’s scary, it becomes manmade, brickwork, pillars, tunnels, cables, random doors and platforms, brickwork robots, there is art down there, and great carvings and maths on the stone, from ancient all sorts of machinery, rotting woods, tools that are so rusted, wells, tank, cathedral, it kills it literally good day out. You gotta be good on your feet though, Spring Quarry back door entrance, got escorted out of there for trespassing last night by MOD police, the bloke was pretty sound to be fair but boy did that shit us up when they came, he was stern but fair had a dog as well, think we just got a caution but not sure. Hope we don’t here nothing else back there was 5 of us, such a interesting complex, don’t wanna get fucked for what was a great day out, thanks for anyone reading. Daniel Marshman

Sounds like you had a good day out! Spring is partially used for underground data storage now so will be monitored even heavier than before. Box though is a great place to explore and you’ll find something new every time – just don’t rely too heavily on the graffiti to navigate, a lot of it is completely wrong and you don’t know what you’re following. Get some maps & a compass to be 100% sure.

Will a compass work down there?

I’ve always taken a compass when caving or exploring mines & underground spaces. It’s worked for me.

Do you know if it was just bad luck that you were caught or was it a sensor that alerted the MOD Police? Thanks

Hi Mr. Urban. I have explored the Box mines side many times and have seen some great and some very weird things but have never made it through the large red door that connects the 2. It’s been several years since I have been in the mines and am now wondering if it’s worth a return visit if the door is now useable. Have you explored Box much and seen all the strange red brick sculptures and the area known as the cathedral? Rich

Is this a good place for a teen to go explore with his dad? If so please write back. If it is not please tell me where there is a better place to go exploring thanks.

can’t say I’d advise going all the way round here as just a teen maybe just to the cathedral and back, personally I’d say to check out Swan mine it’s much easier to navigate (you literally can’t get lost) and its not much further, Remember to go prepared

Last I was at the red door (few weeks ago) it’s still dead shut, wouldn’t have thought it will be open again but we can always hope!

Have you ever been or found any entrances to brentwater?

RAF Brentwaters? Isn’t it a museum and basically a business park now?

Hi there love this site a few months back I went down Box with a few friends but we would all love to visit Burlington is there any information on entrances into the complex?

I’ve been fascinated by Burlington ever since I heard about it a few years ago. I’m ex MOD but unfortunately I never got the opportunity to go anywhere near it.

Are you planning any excursions to Box/Freestone any time soon? Or Monkton Farleigh? It’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to go, especially to see the “Red Door”, but I’ve lost contact with a lot of my old exploring partners now, and people on 28DL don’t seem particularly helpful, despite the fact I’ve been on there since the early days.

No plans I’m afraid, but there’s always groups of explorers heading to Box. Sorry I can’t be more helpful mate.

Hello, does anyone know of my good places to explore around Swindon and surrounding areas Please email me on [email protected] with any idea you have

Hi mate I can take you to the red doors in Box Mine if you like there is more than one been there many times so wouldn’t take too long to get to them :)

Hey, I’ve been to Box quite a few times but never seen the red door, not even sure which way to get to it. I’ve been to the Cathedral, which signs (graffiti) do I need to look out for to get to the red door. Plus is it easier getting there from back door or jacks? Thanks

Hi me and some mates have been exploring the caves/mines in Box wouldn’t mind meeting up with you, you seem to know your stuff I’ve got a ton of pictures I could show you. We went again last night we have been struggling to find the red door we have seen the crane though.

Can you take me to this, I document and have a film crew. I urban explore and have a website facebook me search Lola Cavey

Anyone able to send a picture marking a or the red doors on a map of the mine please?

This all looks amazing have been looking everywhere to find an entrance to this been told there is some hidden ones but can’t find the information I need. Anyone help?

Hi, came across this place on sunday…. I am amazed, what a place. I so want find information about the site.

There’s plenty online about it. Happy researching! It’s taken many hours from many people that’s for sure!

Can anyone tell me a way in to Box mine?

Hi these are amazing. I’ve got the book and I’m really interested in this place and in all your photos. Thanks for sharing them. Did you get any of the murals that are in the book?

Thanks Beth, the murals are part of Spring Quarry – not visited on this occasion. I have previously seen them, but foolishly didn’t take any photos!

hey adam. tell you what mate i love the site and am blown away with the amount of exploring you have done, keep it up. so jealous I’ve been living in london for the past 3 years now and have been looking at places to go explore myself, me and a couple of mates plan on going on a road trip down south of england somewhere in the near future, is there any places you can recommend, we are defiantly no professionals at this so maybe a few more of the easier places would be great. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance. luke

Thanks Luke, the truth is, this is only half of it!! Most sites I can’t publish as they’re too precious! Ha!

As for your South Coast trip. Where exactly? Exploring definitely gets easier the more rural you are, less eyes on you than in London and suburban areas

living the dream mate. i bet some of the places you have been are incredible. super jealous. as for the south cost trip man we don’t really have any plans as yet we where thinking of get down around bournemouth way just working our way down slowly. but then again if there isn’t much to see or explore we are open to any suggestions. what would you recommend mate? thanks in advance.

Well, most of the South Coast reports on here are pretty simple to explore give or take a couple. If there’s any in particular you fancy give me a shout and I’ll try and help

You may be interested to know there is a book about Burlington: http://www.bradford-on-avon.org.uk/burlington.html – my wife got me it for Christmas last year and it is ace. Even more so when our house is pretty much over it! Great site!

You’re so lucky to live close to the site! I’m sure you’re aware there’s plenty more to the area you live in other than Burlington! I’ve read the book you linked, and a couple of others too. Great reads

Yep – the West Country is a pretty strange place and so much to explore. I’ll try to get some pointers from your site! :-)

Absolutely fascinating read Adam! I’m from Birmingham in the West Midlands and recently became fascinated by the underground when I came across articles on ww2 tunnels underneath the rover car plant in longbridge and the birmingham anchor exchange underneath the city centre built in the 50’s. Burlington blows both out of the water though, the extent of this place is incredible. All three are places I hope to explore one day. I understand safety is paramount when approaching these kind of explorations and would be greatful if you could give a rookie any tips on how to approach these tasks, general research, rules etc. Hope to see more from you, thanks again for the read!

Fantastic photos Adam, thanks for posting them. I heard part of this was given listed status by English Heritage? Does that mean it will be open to the public at any point? Or is it already accessible? Cheers.

Where did you hear that, Steve?

I doubt it’ll be open for public tours because of it’s location inside an active MOD base, but I’d love to be proven wrong.

hi adam im been fascinated with these secretive things all my life i new about the bunker for years only now finding out where it is is there any tips you have for gaining access to it at all i need to get in side badly plz mail me

Like I’ve said to others in the comments, this place is locked down tighter than a ducks arse! You’ll be lucky to find a way in, but if you do… Call me! Haha!

Hello Adam,

Great pictures, I’ve been trying to find out more about this place for a while, it looks amazing. Having been to Chernobyl (yes really) this kind of cold war stuff really interests me… Any tips on how to get in there?

Yours hopefully, Ed

Sorry mate but you wont get anywhere near it now. Or maybe you will, all I can say is keep doing your research and you might get lucky one day!

It’s where they kept XXX files on UFO’s in the 70’s until they were relocated. 😉

Go to Corsham and make friends with the big cheeses of the MOD there?????? I don’t know how else to do it………. :D

I live in rudloe which is where the MOD is based. You will never ever be able to get in it now people ever you’d have to be friends or close with the tight arses that own it

Your site makes some fantastic viewing. I am very envious of your access to Burlington having seen the clips of what lies within – what an incredibly spooky place it must be !

I live in Wareham, close to Holton Heath and my son and I have been fascinated by the old RN cordite factory since we moved here, but have only seen the various mounds through the trees and the perimeter fence from the Sandford Rd. Was it fairly easy to get into and do you think if anyone caught us in there would be much fuss ? I’ve never seen anyone patrolling or anything.

All the best, Geoff.

I live in Poole too an have explored the Holten Heath site and Burlington. There are a few interesting bits in Holten Heath and i found it fairly easy to access but recently they have improved the perimeter fence probably due to bunker explorers like myself we went through and underground bit and even climbed a ladder to a kind of pill box at the top. There’s lots of random structures there too but its such a large area. As for Burlington I did alot of research before staying there for 3 days. I used maps and google with a bit of photoshop and overlayed them. I did find a way in but it led me to a huge door plus i wasn’t properly kitted out and after a few junctions in the tunnels decided i may get lost so turned back. I used the idea of the ventilation system which has inlets scattered around the whole area. I found my way in a group of random trees which had steps to an iron gate which already someone had cut. Anyway would like to hook up as you sound like me and are local. Plus in Sopley area is another bunker which i found and visted but cant get anywhere near and its well hidden by just a random bungalow on top. It use to be a command post for RAF Sopley which funny enough had a barracks near by which is derelict today. Would love to share info and if any one knows anymore bunkers in the Dorset area to contact me. I have also visted the smaller roc bunkers that are all over Dorset one good one is in six penney handley still accessable but empty in a camping site. Anyway if anyone knows more or would like to contact please email me. Adam

Hi, my names Toby, I live just outside Salisbury and have done a fair bit of exploring including a few places not mentioned on here. I would love to share my stories and also find out more info on a few places around the Salisbury area.

• A tunnel leading from the railway station to the old manor.
• A zero bunker in Wilton and a secret door in the centre of Salisbury that I have never seen mentioned online and I’ve have spent a long time trying to find out what’s behind it and help would be welcome.

Hi, I saw your comment on The Urban Explorer, I know of a few places in Wiltshire and I was wondering if you would like to share experiences and maybe a bit of exploring too?

Hi Adam,What interesting reading your website is, my eight year old son is researching the second world war at school so we’ve been looking into local sites (nr Ringwood). I don’t think we’ll be delving as deeply as you but its amazing how many interesting sites are on our doorstep! Thanks again,David

Thanks for the comments David. There definitely plenty of sites around the Ringwood area I could point you in the direction of if you’re interested? All publicly accessible and above board too. Fire me an e-mail :)

I am doing World War Two for my project at school and I chose to do Burlington. It’s really interesting but quite hard to find different information :( :). It’s so cool because my Dad has been down there and it’s basically under my feet!!!!!!!!!!

Hello, I like your story of burlington, me and a few friends have been trying to find a way in for a few years now, we have come across a couple of doors like this one but cant get through them, is that the only way in? Couldd you email me explaining where it is? I would be very grateful if you could. P.s do you know where do get the map from? s

Sorry for the delay. Burlington isn’t accessible and probably won’t be for a long time. There’s lots of resources online and maps are easy to find with a google search.

A good place to start is burlingtonbunker.co.uk

Good times :)

Seems like a lifetime ago already…

I know dude… until next time eh! ;)

Hi, interesting to read your story and look at your photographs. What I think is most extraordinary is that in the 1970’s I was aware of stories that told of these mysterious places, underground bunkers that were put aside for government, councils and other people of prominence to take to in the event of a nuclear war. Nothing was ever made public of course. Now we know that the rumours were in fact based on truth. Another rumour of the time was that of the local university being a target for an enemy attack (a nuclear target) and the reason being was that it was some how involved in an experiment that was related to the defence of the country. It would appear that the truth was in fact to do with the computer and computing development that was going on at the university which was connected to the early development of the internet.

The other rumour that was prolific at this time was that Phillips had developed an electric light that would burn forever.

What intrigues me now of course is that although these ideas were just rumours when I first heard about them with the fullness of time they have become established as having a lot of truth to them. Whilst it is difficult to proove any of this as a) I did not keep records and b) there was never any written evidence it does seem to me to be more of a coincidence that with time these things have developed as they have.

What intrigues me now is what rumours about today will become far more than just rumours in years to come.

best wishes,

Simon banks

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Secret Underground Wartime Bunker Tour - Fort Southwick, Portsmouth

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Unique historical experience! Built in 1942 as a Combined Operations Headquarters, this huge underground bunker, hidden deep beneath Portsdown Hill and Victorian Fort Southwick, was the operations centre that coordinated the D-Day Landings. This labyrinth of tunnels was home to 700 men and women of the Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Allied nations that directed Operation Neptune - the naval phase of D-Day. The Fort Southwick UGHQ had a direct link to nearby Southwick Park where Supreme Commander General Eisenhower was based in the weeks leading up to D-Day. Information from the UGHQ Operations Room was relayed and duplicated in the Southwick Park Operations Room, giving Eisenhower the latest situational information on the Normandy Beaches and English Channel. Find out more on this incredible journey underground.

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THE BIGGEST & DEEPEST COLD WAR BUNKER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE SOUTHEAST OF ENGLAND

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Take a ‘virtual’ walk around the Bunker with owner Mike Parrish and discover the complex installation that is hidden underground.

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This website offers a brief insight into the working life of the bunker. To get the whole story, a tour of the bunker is absolutely necessary. For more information, please visit the Admission Details page.

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Welcome to RGHQ 5.1

Come and witness the three lives of the bunker starting with its role as an RAF ROTOR Station, then a brief period as a civil defence centre through to its most recent life as a Regional Government HQ.

Designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister, their collective task being to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war.

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The Bunker site is huge… and so we’ve a few other things you could consider doing when you are here.

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Secret Nuclear Bunker Kelvedon Hall Lane Kelvedon Hatch Brentwood Essex CM14 5TL

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Please note: The Secret Nuclear Bunker will be closed for tours from 26th October 2024 to the 2nd November 2024 inclusive. We will reopen on 3rd November 2024.

March 1st to October 31st

Weekdays: 10.00am to 4pm Weekends & Bank Holidays: 10.00am to 5pm

November 1st to end of February

Thursday to Sunday: 10.00am to 4pm (Usually open during school holidays)

The last entry is usually 1 hour before closing time.

Admission Prices

Adults: £12

Children (5-16 Years): £10

Family (up to 2 Adults + 2 Children): £30

Group prices min 15: Adult £11 pp Child £9 pp

Please note: Sometimes being underground there is no WiFi signal for card payment. As payment is at the end we strongly recommend you bring some cash to save embarrassment.

Skelmorlie Secret Bunker

Guided tours are available 1300-1700hrs at weekends, April-September.

Pre-booking essential. Admission free.

See and experience what information would have been provided using the original equipment and instrumentation to determine the ground zero, blast and fall-out effects of a nuclear missile attack on the West of Scotland.

An atmospheric, underground, hands-on experience, you'll be accompanied by members of 25 Group (AYR) Royal Observer Corps Association who served at Skelmorlie until 1991.

Due to underground space restrictions, the guided tour MUST be booked in advance. The tour takes approximately one hour.

Access to the bunker is via a vertical steel ladder with the monitoring post being some 15 feet underground. Small children and those with mobility or health issues are not allowed inside the post. Visitors attending should ensure that they are warmly clothed with sensible footwear.

The cabin unit museum will also be available to visit and contains a number of exhibits to describe the role of the Corps and the equipment used.

To book your visit, call Frank Alexander on 07513 504 115 or email [email protected]

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How To Visit the Churchill War Rooms in 2024: Tickets, Hours, and Facts

Eddie Saint-Jean Last Updated: April 30, 2024

This top-secret war-time bunker in London was once only accessible to those with the highest security clearance. Now, you too can visit the Churchill War Rooms — the actual site where Winston Churchill operated in WWII. In this guide, we share everything you need to know about how to visit the Churchill War Rooms including how to get tickets, the best tours, what to see, and more.

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Visiting the Churchill War Rooms: What We’ll Cover

The Churchill War Rooms is where Britain’s greatest Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, led the allied response against Hitler. If you’re interested in WWII, you’ll enjoy exploring the secret underground halls and corridors of the famous War Rooms. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about how to visit the Churchill War Rooms.

• Opening hours and tickets
• How much time to budget for your visit
• What to see in the Churchill War Rooms
• Guided tour options
• Facts and history of the Churchill War Rooms
• Where to eat nearby

Churchill War Rooms Opening Hours and Tickets

Opening Hours:

Open every day, 9:30 am – 6 pm. Last entry 5 pm.

• Adults (Ages 16-64), £27.25
• Children (Ages 5-15), £13.60
• Children under 5, free entry
• Concessions priced at £24.50 are available for those over 65, students, and the disabled. Free admission for one personal assistant accompanying a disabled person.

Pro Tip: Ease the ticket-buying tension by snagging skip-the-line tickets beforehand. It’s the smart move to dodge the crowds and enjoy your day hassle-free.

Address: Clive Steps, King Charles St.

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How Long To Spend at the Churchill War Rooms

Short answer: 2.5 hours

It’s possible to go through the War Rooms and the museum in an hour and a half. But if you want to read every interactive display attentively and study each item closely, it will take around 3 hours and 30 minutes. So, 2 hours and 30 minutes will give you ample time to absorb a considerable amount of info and see all the exhibits at a comfortable pace.

For example, you may want to spend an hour and a half in the Cabinet War Rooms, where Winston Churchill directed the war effort. This is, obviously, a very important section of the bunker. The Churchill Museum will take around an hour. 

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What To See in the Churchill War Rooms

There’s plenty to see in the secret rooms and corridors of the WWII bunker. Don’t miss these top things to see when you visit the Churchill War Rooms.

• The Cabinet Room
• The Churchill Museum
• The Map Room
• The Transatlantic Telephone Room
• Recordings of Churchill’s Famous Speeches 
• Churchill’s Personal Letters
• Churchill’s Bedroom
• Maze of underground corridors

Churchill War Rooms Tour Options

Audio Guides

An audio guide to accompany you on your visit to the Churchill War Rooms is included in your admission ticket. Various languages are available, as well as a family guide or a descriptive guide for visitors with visual impairment.

Churchill War Rooms Private Tours

For anyone interested, the museum offers private “behind-the-glass” tours . An expert guide will give you an exclusive-access tour and deeper insight into this important moment in history. Private tours start at £500 for a group of no more than 10 people.

Facts and History of the Churchill War Room 

• The War Rooms were fully operational and ready to receive Churchill, the Cabinet, and British military chiefs on August 27, 1939.
• The rooms were used 115 times during the war, most often during the Blitz and V-weapon attacks.
• The rooms are protected by a concrete slab three meters thick.
• All the typists and switchboard operators were women. They sometimes worked overnight and slept in a basement called The Dock.
• To stave off health problems caused by the lack of sunlight underground, staff had to strip to their underwear and stand in front of a purpose-built sun lamp.
• The telephones in the War Rooms were inscribed with warnings about the need for secrecy, particularly when using phones.
• The War Rooms opened in 1984, and the Churchill Museum opened in 2005.
• After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the War Rooms were closed on August 16, 1945.
• Parliament decided to make it a historic site in 1948, and preservation work at the Imperial War Museum began in the 1970s.

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The War Rooms have their own café, but there are other eateries nearby, some of which have interesting political and royal connections. Here are a few suggestions. For more options, see our article on the best restaurants in London.

Churchill War Rooms Café: £ | Quick Snacks —Homemade sandwiches and sausage rolls, also soups and stews. A selection of hot and cold drinks.

Storey’s Gate Café : ££ | Coffee Shop —This building was originally the home of Edward Storey, who was King Charles II’s Keeper of the King’s Birds. Now it’s a perfectly located cafe selling snacks, sandwiches, paninis, and soups. The breakfast, lunches, juices, and beverages tend toward the healthy and green, so you’ll find the likes of sustainably sourced coffee here.

One Twenty One Two Restaurant : ££££ | Modern European —Situated in Whitehall in Westminster’s political heart. Exquisite fine dining, but fish and chips are also on the menu! 

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Five secret bunkers to visit around the UK

Once the threat of nuclear war appeared to die down with the end of the Cold War in 1991, secret bunkers were revealed around the UK. Some were new designs built in the wake of fear of nuclear attack, and many were much older. While these bunkers aren’t quite so secret anymore, in fact, many are actually museums. There is still quite a bit of mystery and intrigue that comes in visiting such places. There are many bunkers dotted around the UK, and we’re looking at just five secret bunkers of note you can visit.

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The UK’s Secret WW2 Bunkers

The churchill war rooms, london.

As the name suggests, this bunker is not a Cold War creation. The Churchill War Rooms is one of the five Imperial War Museums and is a huge space hidden under Westminster. The bunker was the hub of World War II activity. It was the base where Churchill and his cabinet directed the war effort. As well as meeting rooms, this bunker also had living quarters and a warren of corridors that staff had to navigate during the war years. Anyone can visit this museum and get a feel for Churchill’s experience during World War II.

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Hack green nuclear bunker, nantwich.

Hack Green was a secret nuclear bunker originally built in the 1950s. The bunker was renovated and revamped in the 1980s when the threat of nuclear war became even more prominent. Hidden in a top-secret location, Hack Green was the designated home of regional government in the event of nuclear war. Now, you can visit it as an exhibition centre and museum. It is home to the largest public display of decommissioned nuclear arms and weapons in the whole of Europe. There is also an in-sit cinema that shows once-secret films and a simulator which gives you a feel for bunker conditions during a nuclear attack.

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Western approaches museum, liverpool.

The Western Approaches Museum is also known as the Liverpool War Museum. The bunker lies under the streets of Liverpool and was where they directed the Battle of the Atlantic from during World War II. Naval officers spent their time monitoring convoy routes and hunting the enemy via the central operations room. The bunker used to have over 300 staff working tirelessly for the war effort, and it remains as it was in 1945 when the war ended. The museum is always organising events, including Time Traveller weekends.

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Scotland’s secret bunker, fife.

A seemingly normal farmhouse is the hidden entrance to an underground nuclear command centre in Fife. The centre was built in 1951, and the plan was for government and military commanders to successfully manage warfare from the bunker in the event of a nuclear attack. The bunker included a nuclear command centre, RAF control room, BBC broadcasting room, a chapel, weapons store and even a cinema. Today, the bunker is mainly a recreation of how it would have looked in the 1950s, and it remains a popular tourist attraction not far from St. Andrews.

Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Brentwood

Hidden deep underground and built for Cold War purposes, Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker was designed as a safe space for government and council officials in the event of nuclear warfare. The bunker retains much of its appearance from the time. It is packed with original 1980s machinery and technologies with plenty of fax machines and retro telephones left in situ. The bunker acts as a historical monument and tourist attraction showing informational footage from the time about sheltering from nuclear bombs. Visitors have a chance to step back in time and imagine the fear and stress the potential of nuclear warfare caused.

The UK is home to many fascinating formerly secret bunkers. Many are relics of our brush with nuclear warfare in the late 20th century, while some have a history that dates back further in time. These are just a handful of the fascinating bunkers hidden around the UK, both in cities and rural spaces.

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THE UNDERGROUND BUNKER HOSTED WWII CABINET MEETINGS

Churchill war rooms, part of imperial war museums (iwm), includes the original cabinet war rooms, the wartime bunker which sheltered churchill and his staff during the blitz..

These historic rooms once buzzed with planning and plotting, strategies and secrets. Today visitors can explore the underground headquarters for themselves, see where Churchill and his War Cabinet met, sometimes late into the night, and look through the lens of history into the Map Room, where the books and charts have remained exactly where they were left on the day the lights were switched off in 1945.

The Churchill Museum, also part of Churchill War Rooms, has a vast collection of objects, which together explore the stories of Churchill’s life and legacy. Highlights from the current display include a rattle used by Churchill as a baby, a drawing by Graham Sutherland commemorating Churchill’s 80th birthday and the flag used to drape Churchill’s coffin at his State funeral.

UK schools, further education colleges and youth groups can learn about leadership and decision-making and how lives in Britain were affected by the Second World War by booking a self-guided site visit or a site visit with a Learning Session. Learning Sessions use original artefacts, documents, photographs, posters and film from our collections. IWM also undertakes and supports academic research, and our collections are open to the public.

Churchill War Rooms are open daily except for the Christmas holiday and many of our collection items are available for non-commercial usage at the IWM website .

IWM, including Churchill War Rooms, tells the story of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the First World War. Our unique Collections, made up of the every day and the exceptional, reveal stories of people, places ideas and events. Using these, we tell vivid personal stories and create powerful physical experiences across our five museums that reflect the realities of war as both a destructive and creative force. We challenge people to look at conflict from different perspectives, enriching their understanding of the causes, course and consequences of war and its impact on people’s lives.

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WWII Secrets of Westminster, Churchill’s War Rooms & Museum Walking Tour

• Experience WWII from the point of view of an inside operative on this eye-opening walking tour of Westminster, as you pass iconic London sites, including: 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Foreign and Commonwealth Buildings, Westminster Abbey and the Cenotaph National War Memorial , among others.
• Next, head underground to the secret lair and wartime bunker of Sir Winston Churchill as your expert, English-speaking guide describes the tense days and nights living in this strategic labyrinth during the Blitz . Unchanged since 1945, history has been frozen in time in the hallowed halls of the Churchill War Rooms . Enjoy interactive exhibits and an audio guide of the Churchill Museum including recorded speeches of the future Prime Minister himself.
• Spies, secrets and international espionage. For the history aficionado and battle enthusiast, this is a tour not to be missed. A captivating glimpse into Wartime London in the company of a local guide who will bring this rich living history to life. Nowhere else can you walk in the footsteps of men and women who have changed the world quite like this.

Tour Description

What's included.

• Expert, English-speaking tour guide
• Ticket to Churchill War Rooms and reservation fee

Sites Visited

• Churchill War Rooms (inside)
• Houses of Parliament
• No 10 Downing Street
• Foreign and Commonwealth Buildings
• Westminster Abbey

World War II was a difficult time in London. A time when rations were scarce and Nazi bombings split families, sending unaccompanied children to take shelter with guardians in the countryside. As the people of London struggled to stay alive, their leader Winston Churchill battened down the hatches. He took his most trusted cabinet ministers and assistants to a secret bunker under the treasury, where they set up planning rooms wallpapered with maps and carefully planned the downfall of Hitler.

Learn about some of the most important events in recent history and hear stories of great personal sacrifice and triumph on our Churchill War Rooms tours. We combine a guided Westminster tour with a visit to Churchill War Rooms to introduce you to what life was like in London during World War II. With an expert guide on hand throughout (specially chosen for their passion and knowledge of this fascinating time), you’ll travel through the political heart of London, getting acquainted with one of its most controversial leaders and with the personal stories that bring this fascinating time to life.

The tour begins with a guided walking tour of Westminster. Here you’ll explore British politics at 10 Downing Street and hear an introduction to Winston Churchill, a man who inspired love and hatred in equal measures. Your guide will tell you about his close relationship with President Roosevelt and how the two leaders worked together to defeat Hitler. You’ll see Westminster Abbey, the iconic clock at Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the Cenotaph – the national monument for victims of war.

Westminster was the base for the exiled government and its spies, who gathered here to plot the overthrow of Hitler and his fascist allies. We’ll take you to the heart of this underground world when you visit the Churchill War Rooms.

Left exactly as they were in 1945, with pots still on stoves, maps hung on walls, and beds made up and ready for Churchill and his ministers, these corridors offer a glimpse into this time. You’ll use the official audio guide to hear speeches by Churchill and personal testimonials from those who worked here. You’ll see original furnishings like the special sun lamps they used to ensure that they got enough Vitamin D, and the meeting rooms where D-Day was planned.

You'll learn about the men and women who risked their lives to work here, transferring transatlantic calls to President Roosevelt and carefully plotting the routes of the Allied forces. Of course, the biggest character in this story is the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

Using the fantastic interactive displays at the Churchill Museum – including video excerpts, original radio broadcasts, newspaper caricatures, and testimonials – your expert guide will teach you all about the man behind the overthrow of Hitler. Famous for his inspirational (and often irreverent) speeches, Churchill is a man whose words you won’t soon forget.

Travel back to another time in London’s history and get acquainted with the men and women who helped to shape, not just the course of the city, but the world as we know it today.

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• Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with 'Skip the Line' access.

Cancelation Policy

This tour is subject to a 24-hour cancelation policy. If you wish to cancel or amend your booking, you can do so without charge by contacting us up to 24 hours in advance of your expected departure time.

Yes. After the walking tour outside with your guide, they will escort you to the Churchill War Rooms, where you will be given an audio guide, leaving you are free to explore at your own pace. We allocate one hour in our tour time for this, however you can stay longer, until closing time (6 pm) if you wish.

You should expect to receive an email within minutes of booking with your confirmation voucher.

Our City Wonders guides will be holding a sign or a flag with the name City Wonders written on it at the meeting point.

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THE ROOM WHERE HISTORY WAS MADE: INSIDE THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BUNKER

The Battle of Britain Bunker at Uxbridge, near London, opened to visitors in 2018. This incredible bunker housed Fighter Command’s Operations Room, which controlled the RAF’s command of the Battle of Britain during those desperate days in 1940.

The bunker and exhibition tell the story of all of the crucial RAF Fighter Command operations of World War II including the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Blitz and D-Day. Opened to the public in March 2018 and staffed by some enthusiastic and knowledgeable guides, it is a must for anyone still amazed at how a number of ordinary men and women doing their allocated jobs, combined with the skill of young pilots, saved Britain at a critical moment in World War II.

The bunker is in the grounds of Hillingdon House, which was purchased by the government in 1915 and used as a military hospital for Canadian soldiers wounded at Vimy Ridge.

After 1918 it was taken over by the RAF and used for training RAF recruits. One of the men trained here was T E Lawrence, who, seeking anonymity from fame as Lawrence of Arabia, signed up under the pseudonym John Hume Ross ( you can read more about Lawrence here >> ).

By World War II it was the HQ of the Observer Corps, 11 group and RAF Bomber Command.

The bunker was completed just eight days before the outbreak of war in 1939 and saw its first action only six days after the outbreak of hostilities. Sixty feet underground, with walls a metre thick and under 30 feet of soil, the bunker was impenetrable to bombs of the era, and had its own ventilation, water and electricity systems, which still work to this day.

Churchill stood where the small path ends and first said the immortal words which became the most fitting tribute to the pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain

The tour begins with, appropriately, a visit to the exact spot where Churchill stood after emerging from a visit to the bunker at the height of the battle. Visibly shaken by what he had just witnessed, he said to General Ismay,

“Don’t speak to me; I have never been so moved. Never has so much been owed by so many to so few”.

That last phrase he was to repeat some days later in the House of Commons, and has become the best known tribute to the pilots who flew in that battle.

Now a memorial stands here to the men and women of the Operations Room from which the greater part of the Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons were controlled. Nearby there is a further memorial to 303 Squadron, most of whom were Polish; the Polish red and white flag picked out in red and white begonias. The guide informed his attentive group that the most successful squadron in the battle was this one.

It was time to enter the bunker and in the 76 steps downward we trod in the footsteps of the 280 people who worked here every day and night in four watches, as well as those of significant visitors like Churchill, Eisenhower, de Gaulle and George VI.

You are greeted immediately by the sound of air blasting through the ventilation shafts, through countless pipes and shafts running along the bare walls. At a sharp bend in the steps, we were told that this was deliberately put there to avoid a direct hit from German bombs, which could have caved in the entrance and trapped those within it.

It’s an eerie and awe-inspiring moment when you enter the actual Operations Room, most of which is authentic, appearing exactly as it did at the height of the battle on 15 September 1940 at 11.30 am.

The huge table, covered in a map of the French and English coasts, has the little wooden blocks, covered in numbers, at various locations on the map. Behind the map, the whole wall is covered in a confusing array of lights and names, weather details, pictures of barrage balloons and in the middle of them all, a small clock, with segments in red, yellow and blue. A mannequin of a WAAF stands by the map, headphones on, plotter at the ready to move the wooden blocks around.

It is a sight familiar to many through films and documentaries, yet here you actually are, standing in the very place where commanders and ranked personnel of the RAF held their nerve and conducted the operations which prevented Hitler from gaining mastery of the skies and the subsequent seaborne invasion of Britain in his planned Operation Sealion.

The Commander could see the map and board from his vantage point, as every second counted when it came to making decisions.

This air integrated defence system, initiated by Air Chief Marshal Dowding, was unique to Britain and was responsible for its ultimate victory; and we were there, in the heart of it. We could only wonder at the bravery of the pilots directed from here, average age 22, many with less than six hours in the cockpit of a Spitfire before they were sent into battle, or the courage needed by the staff around this table, knowing their split second decisions could have such a dramatic impact on the lives of others.

We sat enthralled as the excellent guide explained how the system worked.

Information came in from the radar stations and the Observer Corps (awarded the title Royal by George VI after the battle) and went through to the filter room at Fighter Command, RAF Bentley Priory, where those on duty had only four minutes to decide if the reported aircraft

were friend or foe, or indeed could be explained by flocks of birds or atmospheric conditions. Wooden blocks were moved around the plotting table, which held details about the amount of planes and if they were friendly or hostile.

Once identified as foe, the details of numbers, type of aeroplane, height and direction went directly to Uxbridge. Under intense time pressure, the commander had to study the Tote Board on the back wall, which gave updated information on the air readiness of his available squadrons, and give the order to the airfields to scramble their pilots.

We were almost holding our breath as we began to understand that snap decisions needed to be made instantly – the Germans would be above London in just 20 minutes if not intercepted. The lives of civilians on the ground and pilots in the air hung on the skill and mental strength of those in that room in 1940.

The guide explained what all of the wooden blocks meant, talking us through the Tote Board and how it worked, explaining the colour coding systems, the function of the coloured clock, the numbers and the impact of the weather on the whole thing. It was utterly engrossing and I finally understood how the whole system worked. After years of watching war films, I could now appreciate the details of what was going on.

The critical last days of the battle are well documented, how the terrible damage done by German bombing had damaged the airfields, how the young pilots flew on through their exhaustion often on four sorties a day, how close Britain was to disaster.

On 15 September 1940, now known as Battle of Britain Day, every squadron available was in the air to meet the massive threat as Goring sent his Luftwaffe across in huge numbers.

There was a dramatic moment when the guide switched on the red lights for ‘Enemy Sited’ across the entire Tote Board and we could imagine for ourselves the tension that must have crackled in the air at that point.

Churchill happened to be present that day (apparently always insisting on sitting next to the Commander rather than in the remote Visitors’ Viewing Gallery where he should have been) and asked how many planes were held in reserve. ‘None’, was the reply. But that day turned out to be decisive. It was an overwhelming and decisive defeat for the Luftwaffe.

Hitler decided he could not gain the air superiority he needed and switched his attention fully to the terror bombing of the Blitz and the forthcoming invasion of Russia.

In February 1941 Operation Sealion was cancelled and Britain was safe from invasion.

Want to know more about the events on that historic day? This documentary covers that day in detail.

Also from that Operations Room, nearly four years later, all fighter operations were conducted on D-Day. Lines of communication were set up between the Fighter Direction Ships, the Bunker and the RAF squadrons. The Bunker’s Controller gave the order to scramble a squadron towards Normandy, and the Fighter Direction Ships directed the squadron according to events on the ground.

Being in that room truly felt like standing in the footsteps of greatness, and was an incredible moment for all of us.

Visitors were then able to go to the upstairs rooms to view the plotting table and Tote Board from the perspective of the overall commander, (during the Battle of Britain usually Air Chief Marshall Keith Park or Lord Willoughby de Broke) where there were also plenty of artefacts, uniforms and small displays, before returning up the 76 steps to the reality of modern life above.

The main exhibition hall is really well laid out with plenty of clear information boards, some great displays and good interactive stations to attract all ages. Following lines painted on the floor you can follow the steps of the Dowding System to really see the stages of how it worked.

Bakelite telephones ring as you approach them and issue instructions, including sounding the air raid siren or ringing the scramble bell. I couldn’t resist several goes at sounding the air raid siren and imagining the effect it would have had on ordinary civilians who then had to rush for shelters.

I tried plotting on the operations map, wearing a set of 1940s headphones and struggling to interpret the information coming through and act fast enough within the allotted minutes. ‘Hurry up’ it kept shouting at me as I tried to work out where the different sectors were, wielding my plotting rod and trying to move the blocks smoothly over the surface without much finesse.

Through personal speakers you can listen to the voices of the women who worked there, read their letters and see items of their personal lives like lisle stockings and a nightdress made from parachute silk.

For those who want more detailed military knowledge, one area deals with the controversy over Leigh-Mallory’s Big Wing policy and its effectiveness, a subject still under much debate by historians.

The exhibition also covers the foundation of the RAF and its formation after World War 1, as well as small exhibition about D-Day. There is also plenty for kids to do here, including dressing up as a pilot or WAAF, lots of interactive displays and a trail to follow.

It turned out to be a fascinating visit, with much to attract families and casual visitors as well as dedicated military historians and academics, and is one I heartily recommend.

VISITING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BUNKER

Opening hours.

Visitor Centre : 7 days a week, 10am - 4.30pm except for Christmas Bank Holidays

Bunker: Visits are by tour only at 10.15am, 11.30am, 12.45pm, 2pm and 3.15pm

See website for Winter tour times

Ticket Prices

Adult: £7 with bunker tour, £4 without

Child (0-18 yrs): Free

Getting there:  Use postcode UB10 0BE but bear in mind it is difficult to find as there is a new housing estate being built in the area and it is very easy to get lost. There are signs to the bunker from the A4020.

Parking:  There is plenty of free parking on site

Food:  There is a good café on site

Accessibility:  The Visitor Centre is fully accessible but the bunker can only be accessed by 76 steps

Battle of Britain Bunker Website >>

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