Battle of Britain Bunker


The Battle of Britain Bunker housed RAF Fighter Command’s No.11 Group Operations Room throughout the Second World War, the room from which most of the RAF Fighter Command’s side of the Battle of Britain was co-ordinated. Key decisions that would decide the fate of the nation were taken in the Bunker throughout 1940 and it was thanks to the tireless work of the plotters and controllers that the RAF’s fighter pilots managed to keep the Luftwaffe at bay. The Bunker is a series of rooms on two levels some 60 feet (18 metres) underground. The Operations Room- or plotting room- with its large map table, squadron display boards, balloon and weather states, is exactly how it was when Winston Churchill visited on 15 September 1940, and where he first spoke his famous phrase: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
Battle of Britain Bunker Wren Avenue, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, UB10 0GG Tel: 01895 238154 Website	(click map for directions)

Opening times:
7 days a week 10.30am - 16.30pm (last entry at 15.30pm) Bunker Tour times: 10am, 12pm, 2pm (weekdays) and 10am, 11.30am, 13.00pm, 14.30pm (weekends)

Admission Prices:
Bunker & Visitor Centre Adults - £12.00 Senior (over 65's) - £9.50 Under 16's - FREE Defence Discount Service, Blue Light, Students (one card per visitor)- £6 HillingdonFirst: 50% Discount (one card per visitor) Visitor Centre only Adults - £7.00 Senior (over 65's) - £5.50 Under 16's - FREE Defence Discount Service, Blue Light, Students (one card per visitor)- £3.50 HillingdonFirst: 50% Discount (one card per visitor)

Amenities:
Cafe Toilets Free Parking (incl Blue & Brown badge parking) Picnic Area Visitor Centre (full disabled access) Second World War Bunker Kids Trails & Family Activities

Aircraft exhibits:
Full-scale replicas of Mk I Hurricane 303 Squadron / Mk 9 Spitfire with D-Day markings Interactive exhibit explaining the Dowding System Tours of the Operations Room Polish Air Force exhibition

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