Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Four sets of underground air raid shelter tunnels for civilian use were dug into the red sandstone rock below the town centre.

[2] Due to the 'luxurious' amenities such as 16-seater chemical toilets, electric lighting and a canteen, local people dubbed the shelter the 'Chestergate Hotel'.

[1] In 2014, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council announced plans to cut funding to the museum and place it under an independent trust.

[13] The air raid shelters were depicted in Geraldine O'Neill's 2020 book The Nightingales in Mersey Square, written under the pen name Lilly Robbins.

During her research for the book, O'Neill visited the Stockport Air Raid Shelters in order to ensure the work was authentic.