This was the highlight of my husbands five days in Liverpool. It gave us goosebumps down in the tunnels which were uncovered 80 years after the second world war. It has been left much as it was found. We moan about conditions that we have nowadays; however, this really makes you realise we have nothing to winge about. Definitely worth going to this museum! Also, don't miss the Mariner's museum. Amazing!

We thoroughly enjoyed the visit to the Western Approaches once we'd found it! There was so much of interest to see and learn about. Amazing that it lay untouched and forgotten for so many years after the war ended Lucky enough to see a reenactment of the Sinking of the Bismarck in the control room . You need more than 1.5 hours to see it all properly.

As an American, born 1945, I learned about the US war endlessly, to the exclusion of our Allies‘ participation, thanks to popular culture and Yank jingoism. Perhaps without intending it, this museum stands as an important corrective to the record fed to us through the mass media. The abundant period artifacts, many of which we are allowed to handle, present a more accurate account. After all, the UK was in the war up to its eyeballs from the very beginning in September 1939. The visitor here can feel British pride in their achievement in World War II but there is no chest beating. Instead, the understated, chiefly informative displays draw us into the world that existed in the Western Approaches HQ and which occupied this protected subterranean warren. It’s a must for any student of the war.