{"id":116,"date":"2025-09-25T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/?p=116"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:46:55","slug":"anderson-shelter-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Shelter Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went outside and measured the size of real Anderson shelters in WW2.<\/p>\n<p>They were 2m long, 1.4m wide and 1.8m high.<\/p>\n<p>We were surprised how small they were!\u00a0 Up to 6 people could be in one so it was not a lot of space and was very cramped.<\/p>\n<p>By Livia<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-116 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1536\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085635\/IMG_1536-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1540\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085655\/IMG_1540-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1543\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085718\/IMG_1543-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1546\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085805\/IMG_1546-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1557\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085834\/IMG_1557-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1563\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085902\/IMG_1563-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/09\/25\/anderson-shelter-dimensions\/img_1567\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessp7\/uploads\/sites\/3634\/2025\/09\/25085924\/IMG_1567-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went outside and measured the size of real Anderson shelters in WW2. They were 2m long, 1.4m wide and 1.8m high. We were surprised how small they were!\u00a0 Up to 6 people could be in one so it was not a lot of space and was very cramped. 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