Stockport Air Raid Shelters

The Stockport Air Raid Shelters are a system of almost 1 mile of underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport, six miles south of Manchester, during World War II to protect local inhabitants during air raids.

Four sets of underground air raid shelter tunnels for civilian use were dug into the red sandstone rock below the town centre. Preparation started in September 1938 and the first set of shelters was opened on 28 October 1939; Stockport was not bombed until 11 October 1940. The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 3,850. It was subsequently expanded to take up to 6,500 people.^[1]

The largest of the Stockport Air Raid Shelters have been open to the public since 1996 as part of the town's museum service.^[2]

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Museums and galleries in Greater Manchester

Art	Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Bury Art Museum Castlefield Gallery Central Art Gallery Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Cornerhouse HOME The Lowry Manchester Art Gallery Gallery Oldham Richard Goodall Gallery Salford Museum and Art Gallery Stockport Art Gallery Touchstones Rochdale Whitworth Art Gallery

Historic house	Bramall Hall Clayton Hall Dunham Massey Elizabeth Gaskell's House Haigh Hall Hall i' th' Wood Heaton Hall Ordsall Hall Smithills Hall Staircase House Wythenshawe Hall

Local history / culture	Bolton Museum Museum of Wigan Life Park Bridge Heritage Centre Portland Basin Museum Rochdale Pioneers Museum Saddleworth Museum Stockport Museum

Military and war	Fusilier Museum Imperial War Museum North Museum of the Manchester Regiment Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Natural history	Manchester Museum

Science, engineering, transportation	Bolton Steam Museum Ellenroad Engine House Heaton Park Tramway Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Museum of Transport in Manchester Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine

Specialized	Astley Green Colliery Museum British Muslim Heritage Centre Gallery of Costume Hat Works Manchester Jewish Museum National Football Museum Manchester United Museum Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum

See also	List of museums in Greater Manchester List of public art in Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°24′35″N 2°09′39″W / 53.4098°N 2.1608°W / 53.4098; -2.1608

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