Thames Water Ring Main

The Thames Water Ring Main is a system of approximately 80 km (50 mi) of concrete tunnels which transfer drinking water from water treatment works in the Thames and River Lea catchments for distribution within central London.

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London Water Ring Main
water pipe, tunnel, United Kingdom, 

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  Ashley Road Deep Shelter ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Epsom, Surrey, UK

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  Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire County Standby Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Buckinghamshire, UK

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  Boys' Air Raid Shelter at St John’s Primary School, Redhill ⓘ
  air raid shelter in Redhill, Surrey, England, UK

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  Camden Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Carshalton Park Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Carshalton, London

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  Cheam South West London Group Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Clapham South deep level shelter ⓘ
  Deep shelter under Clapham South tube station

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  Easthampstead Park - Bracknell and East Berkshire (Sub) County Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Berkshire, UK

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  Finchley Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Finsbury Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in

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  Godalming Waverley District Council Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Surrey

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  Hayes Sub Area Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Hillingdon Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  King William Street tube station ⓘ
  former C&SLR Station in Central London: the First Deep Level Tube Station

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  Merstham Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  British air defence bunker

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  Middlesex County Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in

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  Mill Hill North West London Group Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Northolt Sub Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Oxgate Admiralty Citadel ⓘ
  military bunker in north London, England: now privately owned

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  Paddington Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Paddock ⓘ
  alternative Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill

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  Pear Tree House ⓘ
  former nuclear control centre

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  Reigate Borough Emergency Centre and Surrey County Standby Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Surrey

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  Richmond Borough Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Southall London North West Group War HQ ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Southwark Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  St Leonard's Court Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK

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  St Pancras Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Tower Hamlets Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Uxbridge Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  British air defence bunker

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  Walton on Thames Sub Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Surrey

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  Warren Row ⓘ
  chalk quarry used as an aircraft factory and regional seat of government

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  Watford Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
  British Cold War command centre in Hertfordshire

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  Woking Borough Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Woking, Surrey

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  Stoughton Barracks ⓘ
  barracks in Guildford, Guildford, England, UK

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  St Leonard's Court ⓘ
  four-storey block of flats in East Sheen, London

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  Battle of Britain Bunker ⓘ
  Royal Air Force WWII operations room  

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  Coulsdon Deep Shelter ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Coulsdon, Surrey, UK

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  Churchill War Rooms ⓘ
  museum in London  

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  Baron's Cave ⓘ
  cave in Reigate, Surrey, UK

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  Grotto At Dropmore ⓘ
  grotto in Taplow, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Grotto In Grounds Of Hampton Court House ⓘ
  grotto in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK

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  Grotto in the Grounds of Ascot Place, to South of House at West End of Lake ⓘ
  grotto in Winkfield, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, England, UK

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  Grotto Including Steps And South Boundary Wall At 6 Monk's Walk, Reigate ⓘ
  grotto in Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England, UK

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  Grotto Or Shell House In The Grounds Of Thames Eyot ⓘ
  grotto in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK

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  Grotto South Of Clandon Park ⓘ
  grotto in West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

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  Grotto to east of Wotton House ⓘ
  grotto in Wotton, Surrey, England, UK

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  Grotto To North End Of Lake In Claremont Landscape Garden ⓘ
  grotto in Elmbridge, Surrey, England, UK

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  Pope's Grotto in Grounds of St Catherine's High School ⓘ
  structure in Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom

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  Reigate Caves ⓘ
  cave in the UK

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  Waterwork grotto to south west of Wotton House ⓘ
  grotto in Wotton, Surrey, England, UK

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  Harefield Pit ⓘ
  Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harefield, London

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  Seale Chalk Pit ⓘ
  chalk quarry in the UK

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  South Lodge Pit ⓘ
  protected area in Buckinghamshire, England

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  Stocker's Lake ⓘ
  artificial lake in Hertfordshire/Greater London, England, UK

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  Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits ⓘ
  

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  Bankside–Charing Cross cable tunnel ⓘ
  utility tunnel in London, England, UK

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  Belsize Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Canal Tunnels ⓘ
  thameslink public works near St Pancras

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  Dorking Caves ⓘ
  tunnels in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK

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  Elstree to St. John's Wood Cable Tunnel ⓘ
  power cable tunnel in north London

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  Euston Tunnel ⓘ
  twin-bore tunnel for HS2 railway

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  Gasworks Tunnel ⓘ
  East Coast Main Line section near King's Cross, London

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  Gerrards Cross Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire

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  Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel ⓘ
  tunnel at London Heathrow Airport

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  Heathrow Cargo Tunnel ⓘ
  road tunnel in Heathrow that serves London Heathrow Airport

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  Highgate East Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Kingsway tramway subway ⓘ
  Camden, Greater London, WC1B

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  Maida Hill Tunnel ⓘ
  canal tunnel in the UK

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  Merstham tunnels ⓘ
  pair of railway tunnels at Merstham, Surrey, UK

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  Northolt tunnel ⓘ
  twin-bore tunnel for HS2 railway

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  Paxton Tunnel ⓘ
  Disused railway tunnel in Crystal Palace, Upper Norwood

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  Pedestrian Subway Under Crystal Palace Parade (That Part In London Borough Of Southwark) ⓘ
  subway in Bromley, Greater London, UK

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  Redhill Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Sandilands Tunnel ⓘ
  former railway tunnel, now tram tunnel, in Croydon, London, UK

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  Snow Hill Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in London

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  South Kensington Subway ⓘ
  pedestrian tunnel in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK

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  Strand Underpass ⓘ
  vehicle tunnel in central London connecting Waterloo Bridge to Kingsway near Holborn

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  Thames Water Ring Main ⓘ
  London water supply infrastructure

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  The Nursemaids' Tunnel ⓘ
  tunnel in Regent's Park, London, UK

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  Tower Subway ⓘ
  1870 tunnel under the Thames

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  Waterloo & City Line ⓘ
  London Underground line

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  Waterloo and Whitehall Railway ⓘ
  1860s partly constructed pneumatic railway in London, England

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  Watford Tunnels ⓘ
  pair of railway tunnels in Hertfordshire, England

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  West Portal And Islington Tunnel (Regents Canal) ⓘ
  tunnel in Islington, London, England, UK

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  Eyre's Tunnel ⓘ
  short canal tunnel on the Regent's Canal that passes under Lisson Grove in St John's Wood, north London

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  Islington Tunnel ⓘ
  Tunnel on the Regent's Canal

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  Primrose Hill Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in Camden, Greater London

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  Thames Tunnel ⓘ
  tunnel beneath the River Thames in London

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  Copenhagen Tunnel ⓘ
  Triple bore, six track railway tunnel linking London King's Cross, and Belle Isle.

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  City & South London Railway tunnels ⓘ
  tunnel under Thames

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  Waterloo & City line tunnels ⓘ
  tunnel for Waterloo & City line under the Thames

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  Northern Line (Bank branch) tunnels ⓘ
  tunnel carrying Northern Line under the Thames between London Bridge and Bank stations

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  Bakerloo line tunnels ⓘ
  tunnel carrying Bakerloo line under the Thames

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  Rotherhithe Tunnel ⓘ
  tunnel in London, England, UK

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  Battersea exhaust tunnels ⓘ
  

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  Northern line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels ⓘ
  tunnels carrying the Northern Line under the Thames

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  Bankside Cable Tunnel ⓘ
  

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  Victoria line tunnels ⓘ
  tunnels carrying Victoria line under the Thames

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  Wimbledon – Pimlico cable tunnel ⓘ
  

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  Jubilee Line Extension tunnels ⓘ
  tunnels carrying the Jubilee line under the Thames

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  Battersea steam tunnel ⓘ
  

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  King’s Cross Light Tunnel ⓘ
  artwork in King’s Cross, London

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  New Cross to Finsbury Market cable tunnel ⓘ
  utility tunnel in London, England, UK

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1876 Stoughton Barracks

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1938 St Leonard's Court

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1939 Battle of Britain Bunker

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1941 Coulsdon Deep Shelter

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1984 Churchill War Rooms

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1816 Eyre's Tunnel

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1818 Islington Tunnel

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1838 Primrose Hill Tunnel

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1843 Thames Tunnel

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1850 Copenhagen Tunnel

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1890 City & South London Railway tunnels

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1898 Waterloo & City line tunnels

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1900 Northern Line (Bank branch) tunnels

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1906 Bakerloo line tunnels

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1908 Rotherhithe Tunnel

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1920 Battersea exhaust tunnels

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1926 Northern line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels

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1940 Bankside Cable Tunnel

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1971 Victoria line tunnels

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1996 Wimbledon – Pimlico cable tunnel

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1999 Jubilee Line Extension tunnels

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2000 Battersea steam tunnel

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2016 King’s Cross Light Tunnel

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2017 New Cross to Finsbury Market cable tunnel

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Shaft and pump house, London Water Ring Main

New River Head

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
classes	subterranea	1971	British Tunnelling Society	subterranea, learned society, tunnel construction	Wikidata
organisation	business	1904	The Huelva Copper and Sulphur Mines	mining, business	Wikidata
organisation	organisation	1984	Historic England	restoration, non-departmental public body	Wikidata
site	bunker		Ashley Road Deep Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire County Standby Emergency Centre	Buckinghamshire County Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Boys' Air Raid Shelter at St John’s Primary School, Redhill	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Camden Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Camden	Wikidata
site	bunker		Carshalton Park Air Raid Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Cheam South West London Group Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Clapham South deep level shelter	bomb shelter, underground structure, London deep-level shelters, architectural structure, building	Wikidata
site	bunker		Easthampstead Park - Bracknell and East Berkshire (Sub) County Control	Bracknell Forest, Berkshire County Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Finchley Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Barnet	Wikidata
site	bunker		Finsbury Borough Control	civil defense center, Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	Wikidata
site	bunker		Godalming Waverley District Council Emergency Centre	Waverley, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hayes Sub Area Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Hillingdon	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hillingdon Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Hillingdon	Wikidata
site	bunker		King William Street tube station	metro station, underground station, air-raid shelter, railway station	Wikidata
site	bunker		Merstham Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Middlesex County Control	civil defense center, Middlesex County Council	Wikidata
site	bunker		Mill Hill North West London Group Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Haringey, London Borough of Enfield, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Camden, City of Westminster, London Borough of Barnet, City of London	Wikidata
site	bunker		Northolt Sub Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Ealing	Wikidata
site	bunker		Oxgate Admiralty Citadel	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Paddington Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Paddock	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Pear Tree House	Royal Borough of Greenwich, apartment building, civil defense center, London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Bromley, London Borough of Bexley, London Borough of Croydon, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Reigate Borough Emergency Centre and Surrey County Standby Emergency Centre	civil defense center, Surrey County Council	Wikidata
site	bunker		Richmond Borough Emergency Centre	civil defense center, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	Wikidata
site	bunker		Southall London North West Group War HQ	civil defense center, London Borough of Ealing	Wikidata
site	bunker		Southwark Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Southwark	Wikidata
site	bunker		St Leonard's Court Air Raid Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		St Pancras Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tower Hamlets Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Tower Hamlets	Wikidata
site	bunker		Uxbridge Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Walton on Thames Sub Control	Elmbridge Borough Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Warren Row	chalk quarry, aircraft factory, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Watford Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Woking Borough Emergency Centre	Woking Borough Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker	1876	Stoughton Barracks	bunker, barracks	Wikidata
site	bunker	1938	St Leonard's Court	revenue house, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1939	Battle of Britain Bunker	military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Coulsdon Deep Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1984	Churchill War Rooms	national museum, biographical museum, military museum, architectural structure, bunker	Wikidata
site	cave		Baron's Cave	show cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto At Dropmore	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto In Grounds Of Hampton Court House	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto in the Grounds of Ascot Place, to South of House at West End of Lake	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto Including Steps And South Boundary Wall At 6 Monk's Walk, Reigate	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto Or Shell House In The Grounds Of Thames Eyot	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto South Of Clandon Park	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto to east of Wotton House	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto To North End Of Lake In Claremont Landscape Garden	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Pope's Grotto in Grounds of St Catherine's High School	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Reigate Caves	sand mine, cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Waterwork grotto to south west of Wotton House	grotto	Wikidata
site	mine		Harefield Pit	chalk quarry	Wikidata
site	mine		Seale Chalk Pit	chalk quarry	Wikidata
site	mine		South Lodge Pit	chalk quarry	Wikidata
site	mine		Stocker's Lake	artificial lake, gravel pit	Wikidata
site	mine		Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits	gravel pit	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Bankside–Charing Cross cable tunnel	utility tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Belsize Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Canal Tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Dorking Caves	tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Elstree to St. John's Wood Cable Tunnel	power cable, tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Euston Tunnel	proposed rail infrastructure, railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Gasworks Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Gerrards Cross Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel	road tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Heathrow Cargo Tunnel	road tunnel, Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Highgate East Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Kingsway tramway subway	tramway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Maida Hill Tunnel	canal tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Merstham tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Northolt tunnel	high-speed railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Paxton Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Pedestrian Subway Under Crystal Palace Parade (That Part In London Borough Of Southwark)	subway	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Redhill Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Sandilands Tunnel	tramway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Snow Hill Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		South Kensington Subway	pedestrian tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Strand Underpass	road tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Thames Water Ring Main	water pipe, tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		The Nursemaids' Tunnel	subway	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Tower Subway	pedestrian tunnel, tube railway, utility tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Waterloo & City Line	rapid transit railway line, ELR railway line section, subway tunnel, Southern Railway, TfL, London and South Western Railway	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Waterloo and Whitehall Railway	proposed rail infrastructure, abandoned project, tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Watford Tunnels	Network Rail, London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London and Birmingham Railway, railway tunnel, Railtrack	Wikidata
site	tunnel		West Portal And Islington Tunnel (Regents Canal)	canal tunnel, portal	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1816	Eyre's Tunnel	canal tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1818	Islington Tunnel	canal tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1838	Primrose Hill Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1843	Thames Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1850	Copenhagen Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1890	City & South London Railway tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1898	Waterloo & City line tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1900	Northern Line (Bank branch) tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1906	Bakerloo line tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1908	Rotherhithe Tunnel	pedestrian tunnel, road tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1920	Battersea exhaust tunnels	utility tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1926	Northern line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1940	Bankside Cable Tunnel	utility tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1971	Victoria line tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1996	Wimbledon – Pimlico cable tunnel	utility tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1999	Jubilee Line Extension tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	2000	Battersea steam tunnel	utility tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	2016	King’s Cross Light Tunnel	subway tunnel, pedestrian tunnel, installation artwork	Wikidata
site	tunnel	2017	New Cross to Finsbury Market cable tunnel	utility tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		Shaft and pump house, London Water Ring Main		Commons
commons	image		New River Head		Commons