The secret sights of London

 
London

London is full of abandoned and long forgotten secrets. From underground bunkers, government hideouts, forgotten passageways, escape tunnels, disused tube stations and derelict industrial buildings.

 

Admiralty Citadel

Horse Guards Parade, London, United KingdomVisited by 0 explorers

The Admiralty CitadelA huge, protected Second World fortress right in the middle of Central London, sat in between Horse Guards Parade and Saint James's Park.

Aldwych Station

Westminster, London, United KingdomVisited by 0 explorers

Aldwych StationAldwych Stastion, originally know as Strand Station was closed in 1994. The disused street level entrance can still be seen on The Strand.

Cabinet War Rooms

Whitehall, London, United KingdomVisited by 1 explorers

Cabinet War RoomsOne of London's most famous tourist attractions. Situated under Whitehall in the centre of the Capital, the Cabinet War Rooms was Prime Minster, Winston Churchill's hideaway during the second, built in a reinforced basement beneath the treasury building.

COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room)

Whitehall, London, United KingdomVisited by 0 explorers

Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBRA)COBRA is an acronym commonly used in the press for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, the briefing rooms are a suite of secure, hardened meeting rooms used in times of national crisis by various government departments. COBR is now a term used to refer to both the facility and the committee.

Down Street Station

Piccadilly, London, United KingdomVisited by 0 explorers

Down Street StationDown Street is a London Underground station between Hyde Park Corner and Green Park on the Piccadilly line, it was closed in 1932 and later used as an air raid shelter.

Paddock

Dollis Hill, London, United KingdomVisited by 2 explorers

PaddockPaddock was Winston Churchill's alternate Cabinet War Room bunker for World War II, constructed in 1939 but only visited once by the Prime Minister before it was abandoned in 1944.

PINDAR Bunker

Whitehall, London, United KingdomVisited by 0 explorers

Ministry of Defence, WhitehallPINDAR is a secure government bunker complex, constructed in the 1990s beneath the Ministry of Defence headquarters on Whitehall in Central London.

Stockwell Deep Level Shelter

Stockwell, London, United KingdomVisited by 0 explorers

Stockwell StationDuring the Second World War eight deep level shelters were built underneath stations on the Northern Line. The Stockwell shelter was completed in 1942 and was used as a public shelter for a year in 1944. The shelter is now used as document archiving warehouse.

 

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clive

6th October 2012 21:43
back in the late 60s as kids we mapped and played in the deep shelter
accessed from studley road from kennington to the oval through stockwell to clapham north[roy riddley ct to clapham common to balham then tooting bec and onto colliers wood .
we lit the tunnels with old car batteries linked to 24v bulbs stolen from busses in stockell bus garage .
contact me for detail.

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netty in reply to clive

22nd January 2013 21:34
Please e.mail. Me as I have live in mitcham coilserwood all me life now I knew of a old bunker round there but never knew about the place you are talking about and would love to see it or try to if you no of any more round mitcham /croydon all around that way please email me thank you
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