Secret site

Churchill War Rooms

Westminster, London

The underground rooms where Churchill ran the war.

Beneath government offices in Westminster lies a maze of basement rooms, protected by a thick slab of concrete. From here Churchill and his War Cabinet directed the Second World War.

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When: 1939–1945
Where: 51.5020, -0.1290
Group: Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

Run by the Imperial War Museum, open daily.

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