Aldwych Station: Explore WWII Underground History

Explore a hidden Edwardian tube station, hear WWII stories, and discover its secret past. Join our exclusive underground tour today.

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Aldwych Tube Station - London Transport Museum, the world’s leading museum of urban transport, invites you to join us on an exclusive guided tour of Aldwych station, one of London’s secret places, holding myths and memories of times gone by. Opened to the public in 1907, it was never as heavily used as originally intended and closed nearly 100…
What's Included
  • 75 minute tour of Aldwych Disused Tube Station
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to and from the site.
Additional Information

Descend over 130 stairs underground to experience a preserved disused Edwardian tube station with your group, You’ll be accompanied by two knowledgeable guides who will take you through the history of the station including its use as a WWII shelter and as a storage facility for priceless treasures during the Blitz.
Your group you’ll visit the original…

Location
Hidden London - Aldwych Station
The meeting point for this tour is outside the entrance of Aldwych station on Surrey Street, WC2R 2ND. Please note that this entrance is different to the one that is facing the Strand.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Johnl536
Nov 14, 2025
Interesting disused station . Great guides - Really interesting brought to life by two excellent guides who provided information in an entertaining way. Would recommend
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Afcmorant
Nov 13, 2025
Absolutely wonderful, one of the best experiences ever! - If you are interested in the underground as I am and especially disused tube stations then this is heaven. Having had my appetite whetted by the TV programme Secrets of the London Underground I've longed to follow in the presenters' footsteps. Aldwych was my first such tour and it won't be my last, it's atmospheric and thrilling to be in a tube station closed for 30 years and which I haven't set foot in for about 40 years. The guides were friendly, informative and clearly love what they do so a big thanks to all three of them. This was just staggeringly wonderful and I can't praise it highly enough!
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G
Sep 1, 2025
Fascinating and educational - I took a teenage family member on this tour, he’s been wanting to do it for many years and is now old enough to- 12 years old. This station is frozen in time. Very educational to hear the guides talk about how the station was used as a shelter in the wars. Interesting to hear about how the station has been used for filming TV, movies and videos for music tracks. (The Prodigy and The Kinks) We later visited the TFL transport museum in Covent Garden and upon production of the tour ticket we only paid half price. Under 17’s entry is free. Nearest Tube is the Piccadilly line (Dark Blue). Will definitely be doing the other ghost station tours too.
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Blueskiesjersey
Aug 29, 2025
A must for those who wonder how and why? - Super interesting early evening underground walking tour for London history and train buffs. About 60 mins. Great value and recommend to others.
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Danielbe9032ws
Aug 28, 2025
Fascinating tour of an abandoned tube station - Had a great time on the hidden tour of Aldwych station. A fascinating glimpse of a tube station frozen in time. Our tour guides, Sophie and Philip were engaging, informative and friendly. The tour covered lots of different aspects of the stations life - how/why it was built, what the early underground system was like and how it was used for other reasons during wartime and for filming. Highly recommended. I am keen to do more of the hidden tours.
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Nigelli2342zb
Aug 21, 2025
Very interesting and informative tour. - As someone who is interested in the London Underground, I found the tour to be be extremely interesting. Staff were very friendly , efficient and informative. It is great this station remains as it was when it was last used, so many interesting historical details. If you love London Underground tiles, you won't be disappointed. If like me you are of a certain age you will see things like to the original lifts, you remember. If you are younger, you will a see station as it used to be, and one that is a good representative of that style of station. All in all a great tour and I will certainly be attending others.
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E2744swjuliec
Aug 20, 2025
Excellent tour of Aldwych Station - Excellent tour. Entertaining and engaging guides. Thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone with even a passing interest in the history of the underground.
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860louiseg
Aug 20, 2025
Amazing walk back in time - This was such a great experience if you’re interested in the history of London or even if not. Our guides Gill and Eesa (sorry about the spelling) were so interesting and enthusiastic which made.
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Snixy
Aug 17, 2025
One of the best Hidden London Tours - We have been on several of these tours, and they are all fascinating but this was possibly one of the best we have done. I think it was because it was a truly abandoned station - mostly, on Hidden London tours you get to see hidden areas of operative stations, but this was like walking into a time capsule as it has been closed for at least 40 years, but the decor and fittings date to much earlier than that. There are also reproductions of wartime posters as well as some old London Undergrounds maps which really add to the atmosphere. The guides, as always with Hidden London, were excellent, knowledgeable and entertaining and always happy to answer questions. Please take into account that there are 150 steps on a spiral staircase which take you down and must therefore be climbed on the way back up - obviously you climb at your own pace, but it's something to consider when looking at booking this tour. That said, we would highly recommend it and will probably do it again at some point!
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675margueritep
Nov 13, 2025
Aldwych Tube Station tour - The tour itself was interesting and enjoyable. Finding the station less so. An actual address would be helpful as Google Maps does not indicate the correct location. I was lucky that one of the guides heard me knocking on the after the tour had begun.
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From $60
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).