Fort Southwick, D-Day Bunker, Portsmouth - Underground Guided Tour, 10am

Join us on an underground, torchlit, tour to explore this vast wartime complex of tunnels hidden deep beneath Fort Southwick. Built in 1942 as a Combined Operations Headquarters, this huge underground bunker, hidden deep beneath Portsdown Hill and Victorian Fort Southwick, was the operations centre that coordinated the D-Day Landings. This labyrinth of tunnels was home to 700 men and women of the Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Allied nations that directed Operation Neptune - the naval phase of D-Day. The Fort Southwick UGHQ had a direct link to nearby Southwick Park where Supreme Commander General Eisenhower was based in the weeks leading up to D-Day. Information from the UGHQ Operations Room was relayed and duplicated in the Southwick Park Operations Room, giving Eisenhower the latest situational information on the Normandy Beaches and English Channel. Find out more on this incredible journey underground. Duration approx 2 hours. Post Code PO17 6AR. DO NOT TRY TO ENTER FORT SOUTHWICK ITSELF. Detailed directions will be sent prior to the event. Please wear sturdy shoes - no high heels, flip flops etc. Bring an individual torch. Portaloo toilet facilities on site. As well as this 10am tour, there are also 12.30pm and 3pm tours listed separately on Eventbrite - click here for details of both of these, plus tours of many other secret and hidden locations across the UK. Why not also book to see General Eisenhower's Map Room at nearby Southwick Park - part of the same epic D-Day story. Click here for details.