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DAILY INSPECTION AT HORSE GUARDS
CHURCHILL WAR ROOMS
King Charles St Westminster 020 7930 6961,
cwr.iwm.org.uk
.Daily 9.30am-6pm.£17.50.
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In 1938, in anticipation of Nazi air raids, the basement of the civil service buildings on the
south side of King Charles Street was converted into the
Cabinet War Rooms
. It was here
that Winston Churchill directed operations and held Cabinet meetings for the duration of
World War II. The rooms have been left pretty much as they were when they were finally
abandoned on VJ Day 1945, making for an atmospheric underground trot through wartime
London. Also in the basement is the self-contained
Churchill Museum
, where you can hear
snippets of Churchill's most famous speeches and check out his trademark bowler, spotted
bow tie and half-chewed Havana, not to mention his wonderful burgundy zip-up “romper
suit”.
