History was made in churchill war rooms the underground nerve centre that allowed britain s leaders to plot the allied route to victory during the second world war.
Cabinet war rooms visit.
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.
At least one other secret underground government complex was constructed during 1939 in the london area code name paddock at dollis hill nw2 this was specifically designed as a back up to the whitehall operation and parts of it are still there underneath a housing estate.
Hidden beneath the streets of westminster.
Navigate the winding corridors and hear the stories of those who lived worked and slept in the cabinet war rooms around the clock.
Step back in time and walk the top secret corridors of the cabinet war rooms.
The churchill war rooms is a museum in london and one of the five branches of the imperial war museum the museum comprises the cabinet war rooms a historic underground complex that housed a british government command centre throughout the second world war and the churchill museum a biographical museum exploring the life of british statesman winston churchill.
These historic rooms once buzzed with planning and plotting strategies and secrets.
The cabinet war rooms were first used on the 15th october 1940 the day after a bomb hit 10 downing street.
See first hand the historic rooms including the map room the cabinet room churchill s bedroom and many other offices and facilities.
Today visitors can explore the underground headquarters for themselves see where churchill and his war cabinet.
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London s cabinet war rooms became fully operational just a week before war was declared on 3 rd september 1939.
Below are 10 reasons to visit winston churchill s cabinet war rooms.
Explore the historic rooms that once buzzed with strategies and secrets and also visit the interactive churchill museum.
From that day on the war rooms were occupied 24 hours a day 7 days a week until august.