London Bomb Shelters - how do you go about hiring one?

[sleep envy]

Does anyone know of any bomb shelters that you can hire for an event?

[Tycho]

Is that while the event is happening all over London or for an event inside the shelter?

[sleep envy]

event inside the shelter

[Cara Van Man]

sleep envy said:

Does anyone know of any bomb shelters that you can hire for an event?

I'll paint my caravan in camouflage and place some cam netting over the top. It looks like a bomb has hit it.

Sufficient?

Edited by Cara Van Man on Thursday 16th April 16:58

[DrTre]

Oh riiiiiiight!!

I've been idly googling "bomb shelter renting", hoping for a "Handy Hire" sort of thing..like an Anderson shelter...you want to have the event inside!

[sleep envy]

Cara Van Man said:

Sufficient?

no but I may have to rely on that as a back up

DrTre said:

like an Anderson shelter...you want to have the event inside!

like an anderson shelter but a propper bunker

[Mexico.]

Ask the 28days later lot

[DrTre]

Does such a thing exist? Thought it was all tube stations and the like?
What about those BT /GPO tunnels that were sold off recently?

Not a bomb shelter but could be dressed up as one, the RSA vaults seem to rememeber someone on here's OH works there?

[Mattygooner]

Do you know something we don't?

If i remember correctly, the Anderson shelter wasn't to big, and the other shelter used involved hidding under the kitchen table....

unless it is a birthday party for Ken Livingston, you might have trouble getting people in.

[Plotloss]

You can hire that secret nuclear bunker, the one that is signposted.

Essex way though, not London.

[sleep envy]

yeah, thought about kelvedon hatch but it needs to be central

big enough for 100+ people too

[sleep envy]

Mattygooner said:

Do you know something we don't?

yes

[Plotloss]

Cabinet War Rooms?

Hireable, I suspect pricey though.

[Cara Van Man]

Ric, you seem to be running out of options.

Don't let pride get in the way of asking me for help.

[Los Palmas 7]

DrTre said:

Does such a thing exist? Thought it was all tube stations and the like?

Three of them, located at Goodge Street, Belsize Park and Clapham Common. All now rented for document storage, I believe.

[sleep envy]

would you mind if we burried it 100ft under the ground?

[G'kar]

http://london.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/corp_hosp_broc...

IWM has a Blitz experience that includes an underground shelter.

[sleep envy]

Los Palmas 7 said:

Three of them, located at Goodge Street, Belsize Park and Clapham Common. All now rented for document storage, I believe.

do you know who rents them out?

[sleep envy]

G'kar said:

http://london.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/corp_hosp_broc...

IWM has a Blitz experience that includes an underground shelter.

big enough for 100+?

[Los Palmas 7]

sleep envy said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

Three of them, located at Goodge Street, Belsize Park and Clapham Common. All now rented for document storage, I believe.

do you know who rents them out?

Sorry, no - I just learned about them here.