London's WWII shelter tunnels to become new tourist attraction
Tunnels built to shelter Londoners during World War II bombings by Germany are set to be transformed into the British capital's biggest new attraction, says on Jan. 29, 2025 by the company tasked to bring the sprawling network of passages back to life. The tunnels, which are a mile (1.6 km) long and tall enough in parts to fit a double-decker bus, lie under Holborn, in central London. They were dug by hand starting in late 1940, when German planes were bombing the city almost every day and night in what was known as the Blitz. Angus Murray, a former investment banker, hopes to turn the tunnels into part museum, part exhibition and part entertainment space. that will cost around 120 million pounds ($149 million). His company hopes up to 3 million people a year will pay over 30 pounds ($37) to visit the space which he says will be ready by late 2027 or early 2028.
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