SHOP AND cAFÉVisit our new shop, café and rooftop bar by the shore. Check out our newly designed menu and stop by the shop to browse our new range of HMS Belfast gifts including exclusive stationary, prints and clothing.

The Walrus Café on board will be open from 10.30am until last admission during school holidays and bank holiday weekends. During term time, it is available for group bookings.

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If you would like to receive information about events and activities on board HMS Belfast, fill in a comments card today (available on the Quarterdeck) or sign up 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 hms.belfast@sodexo.com.

OPeNING TImeSOpen 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.

VISITOR MAPEXPLORE LIFE BELOW DECK

TOP TIPS ON THe SHIPWith nine decks to explore, there is plenty to see on HMS Belfast, but don’t miss out on the following highlights:

Interactive Operations Room – experience the sights and sounds of controlling a fleet of ships

Gun Turret experience – discover what it would have been like to be in the midst of a battle

The Fo’c’sle at the bow of the ship – take in the fabulous view up the Thames

Boiler and engine Rooms – explore the powerful machines that drove the ship during operations across the world (access via steep ladder only)

Arctic messdeck – see the tightly packed hammocks where the sailors slept during the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War

Sailors’ stories – visit the Life at Sea exhibition or speak to one of our Yeomen or volunteers to find out more about those who lived and served aboard HMS Belfast

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KeeP HmS BelFAST SHIPSHAPeWe need your help to ensure HMS Belfast is preserved for future generations. Continual conservation work is carried out by staff and volunteers to keep her in tip-top condition – you may even see some of them in action on your visit today.

If you can, please make a donation towards the important work that goes into caring for the ship.

You can make a donation today on the Quarterdeck, or visit iwm.org.uk to donate online or to find out how to become a volunteer.

Audio guide points: tune in as you tour HMS Belfast

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Introduction

Mailroom

Chapel

Boiler Room

Engine Room

Butcher and Potato Store

Baker and 1950s Mess Deck

Galley

Sick Bay, Dispensary and Dentist

Gyro Compass and Forward Steering Position

NAAFI

Provision Issue Room (Rum Ration)

Arctic Messdeck

Punishment Cells

‘B’ Turret 6-inch Shell Room and Magazine

Fo’c’sle

Admiral’s Bridge

Bridge Wireless Office and Electronic Warfare Office

Gun Direction Platform

Compass Platform

Operations Room

Admiral’s and Captain’s Sea Cabins

VHF Room

Boat Deck

4-inch HA/LA Guns

Quarterdeck

Gun Turret Experience (‘Y’ Turret)

Torpedo Flat

Laundry

Sound Reproduction Room

Ramp

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Your tour:follow the route to explore the ship.

Right: The guns on bothforward turrets couldreach a target about14 land miles(22.5 kilometres) away

Scale: HMS Belfast compared to Tower Bridge

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Safety: HMS Belfast is a warshipdesigned for active service atsea. Please take great care asyou tour the ship, especially onthe stairs. Look out for overheadand floor level hazards. Areasmay be closed for conservation.

Access: For assistanceplease contact a memberof staff on arrival.

Where it all happens: Upper decks

How it works: Below decks

Life on board: Main exhibition decks

Café

Upper Deck bar:Opening for summer

Viewpoints

Shop

Lift

Toilets

Conservation andInformation Centre

Exhibition Galleries

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Walrus Café

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Recycle me!

Please hand this map back to the Yeomen on the Quarterback to allow it to be reused