Air Raid Shelters
Carved into the natural sandstone cliffs, the intriguing network of underground tunnels offers you an unparalleled insight into life in wartime Britain in the 1940s.
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Did you know...?
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The shelters had basic amenities: electric lights, benches and bunk beds, flushing toilets, first aid post and sick bay; there were even facilities for nursing mothers
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In the war the shelters were nicknamed the Chestergate Hotel because of the ‘luxurious’ standard of accommodation they offered
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The shelters had 16-seater toilets
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Everyone had to have a gas mask and carry it with them wherever they went