Clapham South Deep Shelter

Clapham, London

A wartime shelter that welcomed the Windrush generation.

Clapham South is one of eight deep-level shelters built under London's Tube lines during the Second World War. In June 1948 it was used to house around 230 men who had arrived from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush.

When

Built 1942

Where

51.4520, -0.1480

Group

Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

Opens for occasional guided tours with the London Transport Museum.

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