Members of the public take a look inside the Map Room of Winston Churchill's second secret bunker, in Neasden, north London, and which was opened today for the first time to the general public. * When Whitehall came under intensive bombing during The 2nd World War, Churchill and his cabinet moved to Cabinet War Rooms Two in Neasden. The existence of the war room has remained a secret, with the exception of a few historians and locals, until now but under an agreement with Network Housing Association who bought the site which the bunker sits beneath, the rooms will now open to the public two

Members of the public take a look inside the Map Room of Winston Churchill's second secret bunker, in Neasden, north London, and which was opened today for the first time to the general public.  *   When Whitehall came under intensive bombing during The 2nd World War, Churchill and his cabinet moved to Cabinet War Rooms Two in Neasden. The existence of the war room has remained a secret, with the exception of a few historians and locals, until now but under an agreement with Network Housing Association who bought the site which the bunker sits beneath, the rooms will now open to the public two Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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1380 x 905 px | 23.4 x 15.3 cm | 9.2 x 6 inches | 150dpi

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16 April 2002

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Johnny Green

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Members of the public take a look inside the Map Room of Winston Churchill's second secret bunker, in Neasden, north London, and which was opened today for the first time to the general public. * When Whitehall came under intensive bombing during The 2nd World War, Churchill and his cabinet moved to Cabinet War Rooms Two in Neasden. The existence of the war room has remained a secret, with the exception of a few historians and locals, until now but under an agreement with Network Housing Association who bought the site which the bunker sits beneath, the rooms will now open to the public two days a year.

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