Travelodge Stockport
✓ Four minute walk from Redrock leisure complex with shops and cinema
Stockport
Museums & Galleries · Peak District
Stockport Air Raid Shelters
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Photo: Ian S (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Explore nearly a mile of underground wartime tunnels
- Learn how the shelters housed thousands during WWII
- See wartime displays and local memories throughout the tunnels
- Take an evening Explorer Tour around the shelters
- Browse the shop for 1940s-themed mementos
Stockport Air Raid Shelters is an underground museum carved into sandstone cliffs beneath the town centre, offering a remarkable network of wartime tunnels to explore. Nearly a mile long, the shelters once housed up to 6,500 people during the Second World War, and you can see displays and wartime memories around every corner, plus a shop selling 1940s mementos. Evening Explorer Tours are also available for a closer look at the shelters. It's well suited to anyone curious about life in 1940s Britain. The attraction is in Stockport, within the Museums & Galleries category, just 0.4 miles from Stockport station, with 83 bookable places to stay nearby on BritStays for those planning an overnight visit.
Practical details
- Open
- Closed Mondays and bank holidays; open afternoons Tue–Sun
- Booking
- Evening Explorer Tours available, e.g. 3 November at 7pm
- Accessibility
- Underground tunnels carved into sandstone cliffs
- Best for
- Visitors interested in wartime history and air raid shelters
From the attraction's own website on 11 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Guided Tours
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