Museums · East of England
Clifford Road Tunnels
Clifford Road Tunnels is a museum about life on the home front during World War II. The museum is located in a former air raid shelter, and is open to the public and to private and school groups. The
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Clifford Road Tunnels is a museum about life on the home front during World War II. The museum is located in a former air raid shelter, and is open to the public and to private and school groups. The displays in the lengthy tunnels take a visitor through various aspects of life during the war, including rationing and military activity. One section of the tunnels recreates the conditions when the shelter was in use, with dim lighting, wooden benches, and the sounds of an air raid outside. The museum is open the second weekend of each month from April to October, with some additional evening openings. It is also possible to arrange guided tours and group visits at other times.
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From the Wikipedia article
Clifford Road Tunnels is a museum about life on the home front during World War II. The museum is located in a former air raid shelter, and is open to the public and to private and school groups. The displays in the lengthy tunnels take a visitor through various aspects of life during the war, including rationing and military activity. One section of the tunnels recreates the conditions when the shelter was in use, with dim lighting, wooden benches, and the sounds of an air raid outside. The museum is open the second weekend of each month from April to October, with some additional evening openings. It is also possible to arrange guided tours and group visits at other times.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Clifford Road air raid shelter, located under the playground of Clifford Road Primary School in Ipswich, was built during the first months of WWII. It was an unusually solid construction, capable of holding several hundred people. After the war, it was sealed up and largely forgotten. In 1989, workmen digging a pond in the school grounds discovered one of the original stairways leading into the shelter. The structure had survived with little more than a few leaks.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.0553, 1.1763
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- Ipswich
- Parish
- Ipswich, unparished area
- Postcode
- IP4 1PJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ipswich
- Official site
- www.cliffordroadshelter.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Clifford Road Tunnels (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clifford Road Tunnels?
- Clifford Road Tunnels is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP4 1PJ), in the parish of Ipswich, unparished area.
- Who owns Clifford Road Tunnels?
- Clifford Road Tunnels is owned by | employees =.
- How do I get to Clifford Road Tunnels?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IP4 1PJ. It sits within the Ipswich parliamentary constituency.