Western Approaches Self Guided Tour

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1. Western Approaches HQ is a secret WW2 bunker underneath Liverpool's City Centre, close to The Town Hall. Walk through hidden rooms and discover the stories locked in the wartime bunker that protected the tactics and secrets of the British Armed Forces plotting to bulwark the Western Approaches and aid the Allied victory. Glimpse the documents and tools the forces used to monitor enemy convoys and inform the British government of their findings whilst keeping their intelligence secret from the enemy, including one of only two surviving wartime phones which had a direct connection to the war cabinet in London. See where commanders and WRNS and WAAF personnel worked every day and night in the Map Room, the nerve centre of the Battle of the Atlantic. Here they monitored convoy routes and vital shipping lines, and pin-pointed enemy locations on a huge map laid across the table; total accuracy was necessary to enable the Royal Navy to contact and destroy the enemy. The Map Room which was the nerve centre of the bunker has remained exactly how as it was left when the doors were closed on 15 August 1945. Experience a self guided tour of the museum where you can walk through the corridors, sit at desks, play with typewriters and teleprinter machines, look at the telephone exchange and try on uniforms. There is also a room at the end of the tour where hot drinks are available at war time prices and there are traditional games to play and a film to watch about life in Liverpool during the war.

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Annulation

Annulation gratuite jusqu’à 24 heures avant le début de l’expérience, avec remboursement intégral.

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Les notes proviennent de 572 avis recueillis par notre partenaire de réservation. Ce sont les mots des voyageurs, dans l’ordre où ils ont été écrits — jamais réorganisés pour flatter l’expérience.

Les avis affichés sont rédigés en anglais.

• 5Informative, Very interesting and a delight.

  I adored it and learned so much. The fee was reasonable and I am going to pay for an annual ticket because I would like to go back. Very informative, it was approx an hour, the staff were lovely and an important museum to remember all those that sacrificed so much for our freedoms today. Highly recommend.

  simoneavamoctobre 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Excellent great value independent museum

  Absolute gem Really interesting on the work that went on in Liverpool during WWII Great exhibitions and interpretation

  I3420AZsueboctobre 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Fantastic “top secret” museum

  Excellent museum! So much information, well laid out, welcoming staff at the desk. Really good value for money.

  ruthgL1609ODseptembre 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5A great museum

  A great museum, located in the centre of Liverpool. You feel a great sense of history walking around this building. It really is very evocative. Highly recommended.

  BluePeteseptembre 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Great museum

  Really great to see it being kept so well. Everyone should go.

  mattjX3879AYseptembre 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Well worth a visit

  Very interesting time-capsule and it showed how we nearly lost WW2 in the Battle of the Atlantic. The front entrance of the building has flags hanging outside it, otherwise you would walk past it

  AnnPalmerUKseptembre 2026via Tripadvisor

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How it compares in Liverpool

• Its from-price is 18% below the median of the 14 attractions et musées we list in Liverpool.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 3 of 14.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

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