KeeP HmS BelFAST TOP TIPS ON THe SHIP SHOP AND cAFÉ SHIPSHAPe With nine decks to explore, there is plenty to see Visit our new shop, café and rooftop bar by the shore. We need your help to ensure HMS Belfast is preserved on HMS Belfast, but don’t miss out on the following Check out our newly designed menu and stop by the for future generations. Continual conservation work highlights: shop to browse our new range of HMS Belfast gifts is carried out by staff and volunteers to keep her in including exclusive stationary, prints and clothing. Interactive Operations Room – experience the tip-top condition – you may even see some of them The Walrus Café on board will be open from 10.30am sights and sounds of controlling a fleet of ships in action on your visit today. until last admission during school holidays and bank If you can, please make a donation towards the Gun Turret experience – discover what it would have holiday weekends. During term time, it is available for VISITOR MAP important work that goes into caring for the ship. been like to be in the midst of a battle group bookings. You can make a donation today on the Quarterdeck, The Fo’c’sle at the bow of the ship – take in the EXPLORE LIFE BELOW DECK or visit iwm.org.uk to donate online or to find out fabulous view up the Thames cONTAcT US how to become a volunteer. Boiler and engine Rooms – explore the powerful HmS Belfast machines that drove the ship during operations across The Queen’s Walk the world (access via steep ladder only) London SE1 2JH T 020 7940 6300 Arctic messdeck – see the tightly packed hammocks where the sailors slept during the Arctic Convoys of the London Bridge Station Second World War London Bridge, Monument, Tower Hill
Sailors’ stories – visit the Life at Sea exhibition or If you would like to receive information about events speak to one of our Yeomen or volunteers to find and activities on board HMS Belfast, fill in a comments out more about those who lived and served aboard card today (available on the Quarterdeck) or sign up HMS Belfast online. You can also find out more about our learning programme online. For more information on booking a private tour with one of our Yeomen, visit the website or call 020 7766 0141. To enquire about hiring HMS Belfast for corporate or private events, call the events team on 020 3116 4457 or email [email protected]. OPeNING TImeS Open seven days a week except 24, 25 and 26 December Summer: 1 march – 31 October Open 10am – 6pm (last admission 5pm) Winter: 1 November – 28 February Open 10am – 5pm (last admission 4pm) Please note: children aged 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
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25 1 Café Life on board: 1 Introduction 2 23 Main exhibition decks 30 2 Quarterdeck Upper Deck bar: 3 3 Gun Turret Experience (‘Y’ Turret) Opening for summer How it works: Below decks
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!! 4 Torpedo Flat !! !! Viewpoints Where it all happens: 5 Laundry Upper decks Shop 29 6 Mailroom Access: For assistance 7 Chapel Lift please contact a member of staff on arrival. 8 Sound Reproduction Room Toilets 4 9 Boiler Room Safety: HMS Belfast is a warship Conservation and designed for active service at 10 Engine Room 28 5 Information Centre sea. Please take great care as 11 Butcher and Potato Store you tour the ship, especially on 6 Exhibition Galleries 12 Baker and 1950s Mess Deck the stairs. Look out for overhead 7 Walrus Café 8 and floor level hazards. Areas 13 Galley may be closed for conservation. 11 14 Sick Bay, Dispensary and Dentist
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19 Punishment Cells ‹ 16 ‹ 9 Right: The guns on both 17 20 ‘B’ Turret 6-inch Shell Room and Magazine forward turrets could 14 land miles 21 Fo’c’sle reach a target about (22.5 km) 15 ‹ 22 Admiral’s Bridge 14 land miles (22.5 kilometres) away 23 Bridge Wireless Office and Electronic Warfare Office GREATER LONDON 18 24 Gun Direction Platform 613.5ft 20 25 Compass Platform (187m) ‹ 19 26 Operations Room 27 Admiral’s and Captain’s Sea Cabins 262ft 28 VHF Room (80m) Scale: HMS Belfast 29 Boat Deck compared to 30 4-inch HA/LA Guns Tower Bridge ‹ ‹
Recycle me! Please hand this map back to the Yeomen on the Quarterback to allow it to be reused