Plotting Room Experience Timed Tours

ME Card says the visit is an immersive, 90-minute hard-hat and head torch tour of the deep shelter, the sound mirrors and the gun emplacement, led by expert, friendly guides. Guided tours of the deep shelter run every 30 minutes and the last tour leaves at 3pm.

The visit includes a guided tour of the deep shelter and a self-guided tour of the Fan Bay No. 3 gun emplacement and magazine; you should allow approximately 90 minutes for your visit. On production of a valid National Trust membership card, voucher or payment of the entrance fee, visitors will be issued with a hard hat and head torch, which is your "ticket" for the duration of your visit. Child-sized hard hats and headtorches are available for younger visitors. The staircase of 125 steps in three flights is the original concrete and steel structure, and during the tour you'll be able to enter the gun-ring.