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We are a 30 minute walk from Brighton station. By bus. Buses 26, 46 and 50 run up and down Ditchling Road. Through the kind support of Brighton & Hove Buses, listen out to the announcements on the No. 26 and they will let you know when you reach Take Shelter.
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Book here for one of our monthly open days. We are open for...
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Take Shelter Downs Junior School, Rugby Road, Brighton, East...
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Book here for one of our monthly open days. We are open for tours and much more on the first Sunday of each month during term time. At each of our community open mornings you can: Explore our unique underground air raid shelter with our friendly volunteer guides (tickets required).
Take Shelter Downs Junior School, Rugby Road, Brighton, East Sussex. BN1 6ED. T 01273 558422. E TakeShelter@downsjun.brighton-hove.sch.uk. Registered charity: 1202472
Sep 7, 2022 · A new staircase entrance to an underground air raid shelter in Brighton will enable more people to experience what life was like during the Second World War. Until now, Take Shelter, underneath Downs Junior School, in Ditchling Road, could only be reached via its old cramped hatch and steep metal ladder.
Take Shelter, Brighton. 693 likes · 11 talking about this · 3 were here. Rare underground museum of the fully restored WW2 Air raid shelter, situated underneath Downs Junior
Step back in time to discover a unique part of Brighton's wartime history with one of our air raid shelter tours. During the war, every school would have had its own air raid shelter, now one of the only surviving examples in the UK is under the playground at Downs Junior School.
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Take Shelter is an immersive museum that we’ve installed inside an original World War Two air raid shelter at Downs Junior School. Visitors experience what life was like during the war years with first hand stories brought to life with rare local photographs, archive video clips and a bombing simulation.