Cold War nuclear bunker map reveals each single shelter within the UK if missiles fly

On Dec 4, 2023

A useful map tells you precisely the place you may go within the occasion of a nuclear assault.

No one needs to consider the horrors of nuclear warfare, particularly not on their very own entrance door, however world conflicts have left the problem entrance and centre within the minds of many. The UK has a collection of nuclear bunkers dotted across the nation, which whereas they’ve by no means been utilized in anger function a chilling reminder of the opportunity of atomic annihilation.

Russia’s ongoing battle with Ukraine, horrific occasions in each Israel and Gaza, simmering tensions with North Korea and army manoeuvres round Taiwan make up solely a handful of the conflicts occurring on this planet however their excessive profile, world nature places escalation on the forefront of the thoughts.

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If the worst had been to occur then this community of bunkers may lastly get their run-out – however the place are they and how will you discover out? Luckily the reply to that lies in a map stuffed in on Google.

Escape ladder of a decontamination shower inside the nuclear bunker on the outskirts of Ballymena in Northern Ireland — Escape ladder of a decontamination bathe contained in the nuclear bunker on the outskirts of Ballymena in Northern Ireland
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These shelters aren’t essentially going to be essentially the most high-tech belongings you’ve ever seen as they had been primarily constructed in the course of the Cold War when tensions with the West and the USSR (now Russia) reached an all-time excessive. The authorities constructed a community of bunkers across the nation throughout this era and geared all of them up with communication tools and provides to assist these inside survive.

Chillingly although, by no means was it thought that this community could be sufficiently big for everybody within the UK to take shelter in. But, as tensions between east and west cooled, most of the bunkers fell into disrepair. Despite this, some 258 stay unfold out throughout the nation, as per Subterranea Britannica.

The map shows the nation's bunker network — The map reveals the nation’s bunker community
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The spacing of the bunkers across the nation provides some indication of the place the federal government thought an assault may happen, with 46 bunkers situated in London. Other main cities like Birmingham and Manchester even have a great variety of bunkers dotted round.

Wales has 12 dotted within the north and south though none are situated within the central valleys. Scotland in the meantime has 23 bunkers. The map additionally provides particulars on the bunkers describing their state of disrepair.

Not somewhere you want to have to go (stock) — Not someplace you need to need to go (inventory)
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For instance, one in Southwark, South London, has water sitting on the ground however the hand driers nonetheless work.

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