Cabinet War Rooms

Inside, you’ll hear bombs drop, and air raid sirens go off. You’ll see the bed where Churchill slept, and original maps of where bombs landed and people killed in the London area. Anyone who loves the history of this era, will be amazed at this place.

I was alone in London once for a day back in 2003. Since I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering I had decided to pay a visit to and get some pictures of the Royal Institution for Mechanical Engineers, which I had seen in London a few years earlier.

While taking some pictures of the Institution from across the street I noticed that I was standing almost in front of the Cabinet War Rooms.

The history of World War II has always captured my imagination, so how could I resist?

The place was very interesting. It was the underground command center for Winston Churchill and his War Cabinet. As soon as the war had ended the center was abandoned. It was pretty much forgotten for years. Then one day someone discovered it again. It was made into a museum. So many maps, papers, and other artifacts had been left from the war and remained untouched for many, many years. They are now on display.

As you walk through the many underground rooms you develop a feel for how miserable it must have been to have spent so many days and nights in these underground chambers in an effort to stay safe from the bombs of Hitler’s Third Reich.

were fascinating! It was as if the day the war ended, people just stopped what they were doing and left. This museum & the War rooms have been preserved for all to observe. The headphones that are provided as you enter the museum are highly recommended. They allow you to listen to the informative tour guide and actual recorded conversations between Churchill & Roosevelt as well as old radio broadcasts.

You get to see exactly how the people who led the UK out of one it’s darkest periods lived and worked together. Incredible museum that doesn’t get the attention it diserves. Skip the Tower of London or some other tourist overrun destination and go here instead.

Also contains the incredible Churchill Museum. Really interesting historic place.