Stockport Air Raid Shelters will be closed for improvements from Thursday 2 May – Tuesday 21 May re-opening on Wednesday 22 May. Visitors will be able to enjoy improved facilities including new interpretation telling the stories of local people who shared the wartime experience, a state-of-the-art audio guide, and new reception area and themed shop.
Opened in 1939, the shelters were the largest purpose-built civilian air raid shelters in the country designed to provide shelter for up to 6,500 people.
In 1996 Stockport Council re-opened the shelters as a visitor attraction, and the unique award-winning museum is one of Stockport’s best loved attractions. Carved into the natural sandstone cliffs in the town centre, the intriguing network of underground tunnels offer visitors an unparalleled insight into life in wartime Britain in the 1940s.
Councillor Iain Roberts, Executive Member for Economic Development and Regeneration, said:
“Stockport is proud to be home to this unique museum. The improvement works will further enhance the visitor experience and I encourage everyone to make a date in their diary to come and experience the wonderful new facilities”.
For more information please visit www.stockport.gov.uk/airraidshelters or call 0161 474 1940
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