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Wilkinson Eyre unveils plans to transform secret London spy tunnels into £220m visitor attraction

By 2023-09-27T06:00:00

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Source: DBOX for The London Tunnels

Labyrinthine spy headquarters beneath High Holborn had been kept secret for nearly 70 years

An Australian banker has unveiled plans to transform a labyrinth of secret World War Two tunnels beneath the City of London into one of the capital’s largest visitor attractions.

More than 8,000sq m of tunnels were built 40m beneath High Holborn in the early 1940s to shelter Londonders during the Blitz.

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