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At each of our community open mornings you can: Explore our unique underground air raid shelter with our friendly volunteer guides (tickets required). School bookings open & booking up fast! Book now to bring your class to Take Shelter to support your WW2 topic. Find out more about our schools offer here.
- The Shelter
Today the only school shelter open to the public is...
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At the end of their visit pupils will receive a worksheet...
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Come and meet Alan, Ann or David in the Take Shelter Museum...
- Support Us
A formal open was held in April 2023 with the Lord...
- Plan Your Visit
Buses 26, 46 and 50 run up and down Ditchling Road. Through...
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Take Shelter Downs Junior School, Rugby Road, Brighton, East...
- About Us
Take Shelter Downs Junior School, Rugby Road, Brighton, East...
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How to find us. By road. Downs Junior School is situated on...
- The Shelter
How to find us. By road. Downs Junior School is situated on the corner of Rugby Road and Ditchling Road in Brighton. Parking – Pay and display parking is available on the residential streets surrounding the school. Tickets can be bought from the on-street machines or via the paybyphone app.
Today the only school shelter open to the public is underneath a playground at Downs Junior School in Brighton. The shelter, or ‘trenches’ as it was known, are a series of interconnecting tunnels made from pre-cast concrete panels approximately 3 metres below the playground.
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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 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.
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View map. 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…