Western Approaches Museum: Entry Ticket

Explore an underground bunker that helped win World War Two

★ 4.8 · 91 ratingsFlexible visit

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A black-and-white room with tables, ladders, large wall maps, and a board listing aircraft statuses. Flags and documents are on display.

A person in period costume sits behind a desk with newspapers, a rotary phone, and a coat rack in a dimly lit room.

A large, multi-story building on a corner with numerous windows, some lit from inside, on a cloudy day.

A storefront with a "Closed for the Duration" sign and a recycling area with bins for tins, paper, bottles, and jars, under a sign reading "SALVAGE."

A large, open room with desks, maps on the walls, overhead lights, and some military or control room equipment.

DurationFlexible visit

LocationLiverpool

The experience

Explore an underground bunker that helped win World War Two

Derby House was a key operational hub during World War Two. Where once you had to sign the Official Secrets Act to enter, now you just need a smartphone ticket!

This labyrinthine bunker, once the nerve-centre for the war-defining Battle of the Atlantic, is just as it was in 1945. Now home to the Western Approaches Museum, it's a time-capsule hidden beneath Liverpool City Centre.

See original documents, tools, and maps used to analyse the enemy, plus one of two surviving phones that had a direct line to Churchill's War Rooms!

What’s included

Admission to the museum

Where to go

Western Approaches Museum

1-3 Rumford St

View meeting point mapLocal timezone: Europe/London

Before you book

Important visitor information

Must know

Due to the historic nature of the building, the only way up or down is via staircases. Visitors with reduced mobility can access some rooms on the upper floor, just not via the intended route.

Before purchase

A valid ID is required for reduced tickets

Children under 5 years get in for free, no ticket required

How to use

Show your smartphone ticket at the entrance

The museum is opposite the NCP car park on Rumford Street; you can see it from Chapel Street and the corner of Rumford Place (close to Mercure Thistle Hotel, Hotel Indigo and Travelodge on Exchange Street)

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