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The disused Mayfair station where the railways were run from, and Churchill slept, through the Blitz.
Guided tourHistoryUnderground
Hidden London is the London Transport Museum's programme of guided tours into parts of the Underground that passengers never see: stations closed decades ago, passages sealed off during rebuilds, and deep-level wartime shelters. A guide takes you down in a small group, and the museum runs each tour on a handful of dates that are released in batches and sell out quickly, so these are booked ahead rather than turned up for.
Down Street opened in 1907 and closed in 1932: it sat between Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, both close enough to make it pointless, in a neighbourhood whose residents had cars. That was exactly what recommended it in 1939. The Railway Executive Committee bricked up the platforms, ran offices and dormitories into the tunnels, and coordinated the whole national railway from underneath Piccadilly. Churchill used it while the Cabinet War Rooms were being reinforced and called it the Barn. The tour goes down into the passages, past the tiled walls the trains still rush by behind, and the traces are all still there — the bath, the switchboard room, the arrows painted for staff finding their way out.
Booked tours, Wednesday to Sunday.
About 90 minutes; £90, £87 concessions, and the ticket includes a day at the London Transport Museum. Tours at 10.15, 12.25, 3.20 and 5.30 Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, without the last one on Friday and Saturday. Not for under-10s, and 10 to 16-year-olds must come with an adult.
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Data is compiled from public sources including OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL. Hours change often, so check before making a journey.