- Stockport used the red sandstone it was built on as a novel way to provide shelter from air raids. Tunnels were specially cut into the rock to provide shelter for...
- [@] Stockport Air Raid Shelters. Deep under the town centre lies a labyrinth of underground tunnels carved into the natural red sandstone cliffs.
- Stockport Air Raid Shelters consist of a labyrinth of underground passages, cut deep into the soft red sandstone underneath the Stockport town center.
- Stockport Air Raid Shelters details... Experience war time as you explore this labyrinth of underground tunnels dug out beneath Stockport and used as shelter...
- Stockport Air Raid Shelters is located in Stockport, United Kingdom on 61 Chestergate, Cheshire
- Stockport’s tunnel air-raid shelters were constructed between 1938 and1939. The Chestergate shelters were a series of tunnels cut into the sandstone.
- When did the air raid shelters start in Stockport? Four sets of underground air raid shelter tunnels for civilian use were dug into the red sandstone rock below...
- Guests attending the official launch of Stockport’s Air Raid Shelters in The Plaza Theatre experienced an authentic air raid and evacuation to the Shelters!
- If you are looking for somewhere a little off the beaten track, then check out the Stockport Air Raid Shelters that imaginatively take you back in time to World War II.