Battle of Britain Bunker
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" - Churchill's famous phrase about the Battle of Britain was first spoken following one of his visits to the bunker in August 1940.
The Battle of Britain Bunker Exhibition and Visitor Centre housed RAF Fighter Command's No.11 Group Operations Room throughout the Second World War, the room from which most of the RAF'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 Operations Room, in reality, a series of rooms on two levels some 60 feet (18 metres) underground, is reached via 76 steps. The 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.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" - Churchill's famous phrase about the Battle of Britain was first spoken following one of his visits to the bunker in August 1940.
- The bunker
- Visitor centre
- Cafe and shop
Wren Avenue
Uxbridge
UB10 0BE
Opening hours
Monday 10am to 4.30pm*
Tuesday 10am to 4.30pm*
Wednesday 10am to 4.30pm*
Thursday 10am to 4.30pm*
Friday 10am to 4.30pm*
Saturday 10am to 4.30pm*
Sunday 10am to 4.30pm*
*Last admission at 3.30pm
Closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Closing at 1pm on New Year's Eve.
