Churchill War Rooms
The Churchill War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in London
- Also known as: “Cabinet War Rooms”, “Churchill Bunker”, and “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- Address: King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AQ
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Big Ben.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Churchill War Rooms.
Westminster Abbey
Church
Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Westminster Abbey is situated 1,100 feet south of Churchill War Rooms.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of West End theatre.
St James’s
Neighborhood
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.
Churchill War Rooms
- Categories: architectural structure, military museum, biographical museum, national museum, bunker, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50221° or 51° 30′ 8″ northLongitude
-0.12925° or 0° 7′ 45″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV2C+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 197206542OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Churchill War Rooms” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرف حرب تشرشل”
- Arabic: “غرف عمليات الحربية”
- Catalan: “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- Catalan: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Chinese: “丘吉尔战时办公室”
- Chinese: “帝國戰爭博物館邱吉爾戰爭紀念館”
- Czech: “Churchillovo muzeum a Cabinet War Rooms”
- Dutch: “Cabinet War Rooms”
- Dutch: “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- French: “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- French: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Georgian: “ჩერჩილის ომის ოთახები”
- German: “Cabinet War Rooms”
- German: “Churchill Bunker”
- German: “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- German: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Hebrew: “חדרי המלחמה של הקבינט”
- Hebrew: “חדרי המלחמה של צ’רצ’יל”
- Hebrew: “חדרי הממשלה המלחמתיים בלונדון”
- Hebrew: “חדרי הממשלה המלחמתיים”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון צ’רצ’יל וחדרי המלחמה של הקבינט”
- Italian: “Cabinet War Rooms”
- Italian: “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- Japanese: “チャーチル博物館”
- Japanese: “内閣戦時執務室”
- Korean: “처칠 박물관”
- Korean: “처칠 전쟁실”
- Portuguese: “Churchill Museum e Cabinet War Rooms”
- Portuguese: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Slovak: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Slovak: “Churchillovo múzeum a Cabinet War Rooms”
- Spanish: “Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms”
- Spanish: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Spanish: “Museo Churchill”
- Turkish: “Churchill War Rooms”
- Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Thời chiến Churchill”
- Welsh: “Ystafelloedd Rhyfel Churchill”
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