Tunnel visions: London’s wartime shelters
Historian article
By Ronan Thomas, published 14th November 2025
Ronan Thomas describes two different Second World War shelters in London. One was the top-secret Mayfair bunker in which Winston Churchill sheltered during the Blitz and governed the country from underground; the other protected thousands of south Londoners and went on to provide shelter to visitors to the capital for several years after the war ended.
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