As the doors to the bank of england s lifts slide open the underground corridor that greets you doesn t feel like it leads somewhere important.
Bank of england vault door.
This large 24 bolt diebold vault door at the winona national bank was built in the early 1900s.
For the 1962 british crime drama see strongroom film.
The bank also stores cash and bullion in its vaults which gets in and out through the back door.
Our customers are the uk government banks and other governments around the world.
The gold is kept in nine underground vaults and we guard it very carefully.
Our secret gold mine hidden under london s streets it s meant to be one of the most secret vaults in britain but yesterday the bank of england broke its own cast iron rule.
Indeed less than a decade ago the noble metal was trading at a mere 275 an.
Several thousand 28lb bars of 24 carat gold stored in the bank of england s massive underground vault.
This sturdy steel vault door s clean lined design is in keeping with the shift towards futuristic architecture and embodies the era of american optimism.
On the right is the back side of the open door.
If a bank robber was somehow able to get through the solid granite wall perimeter and past the squadrons of machinegun wielding guards and armed military the thief would still have to contend with a 22 ton vault door.
Quick bag search inside the front door make a right and you re into a room that looks just like a normal bank perspex screens and all albeit with impressive paintings of previous governors on.
Which is also the way staff enter on their bicycles or dignitaries arrive in chauffeur driven.
Take a tour inside the vaults at the bank of england.
Bank of england vaults.
A new virtual tour app takes you inside the famous building and its gold vault with 360 degree panoramic views share this video.
Obsolete computers lie abandoned in the corner.
Below the bank of england is one of the largest store of gold anywhere in the world.