The London Tunnel that inspires James Bond creators to be a spy museum |

Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond's novel, often worked with Winston Churchill's spy organization during military intelligence, whose ground-based 30 meters in a tunnel maze in central London.

Kingsway Exchange Tunnels Complex, an 8,000-square-meter extension below High Holborn near Chancery Lane Underground Station, presided over the Director of Special Operations (SOE), which is said to have inspired the Q branch in Fleming's novel.

Thus, plans to breathe new life into this long-standing World War II underground network seem appropriate, including a permanent exhibition on the history of military intelligence and espionage.

The Military Intelligence Museum will work with London Tunnel to develop the complex to showcase its original artifacts, equipment, weapons and documents in a modern high-tech experience and is scheduled to open in 2028 in a proposed £220 million £220 million tourist attraction in London.

Today, the tunnel is still closed, but the interior offers many clues to their fascinating past.

Construction began in 1940 with the aim of protecting the Londoners during the Blitz, but was not completed until 1942, so the tunnel was never used for its original purpose. The remaining stairs remain, and despite being long locked down, those fleeing the Louf Air Force can descend from the Chancery Lane Tube Station.

Construction of the Kingsway Tunnel under the leadership of Holborn in London began in 1940. Photo: David Levene/Guardian

Later in the war, state-owned enterprises moved into dreams to thwart various imaginative ways of the Nazis.

The next incarnation of the tunnel was as Kingsway Theepon Exchange, which in the 1950s, was internal communications during the Cold War. A self-flowing well that provides fresh water to those trapped underground in the event of a nuclear attack.

BT took over the site in the 1980s, creating the world's deepest licensed bar for government workers. The old bar, decorated in stylish brown, orange and yellow, and the long-standing staff cafeteria. The plan now is to create a new bar that claims to be the deepest in any major city.

Under the proposal that has been licensed for a comprehensive program, the site will be developed into a three-in-one appeal – exhibitions, immersive interactive exhibitions and bars. Exhibitions about James Bond and the Cold War and memorials for the Blitz were defended, and subjects would change regularly.

From such Beskin's lamp In Bordeaux, other spaces will offer a completely immersive digital experience.

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London Tunnel said work is scheduled to begin in 2027 and be completed in 2028. Its goal is to attract up to three million visitors a year, resuming a region near the city of London to reduce traffic since the city has been slowed down.

The venue will offer "the most authoritative permanent exhibition of military intelligence in the world", General Jim Hockenhull said, Commander of Strategy, Commander of Intelligence Forces.

“These tunnels will provide a dramatic and historic backdrop for telling stories about the past, present and future of military intelligence.”

The exhibition will feature stories of the Battle of Britain and D-Day, extraordinary espionage in the Cold War, and fighting for peace missions and terrorist threats in the 21st century. The special exhibition created by the museum will be dedicated to state-owned enterprises.

Angus Murray, CEO of London Tunnel, said: “The tunnel was built and designed during the Blitz, a tunnel designed to protect Londoners and an ideal backdrop for excellent and unqualified stories of men and women who were protecting Britain at the time and today’s armed service roles in protecting Britain.”