Full listing of all public nuclear bunkers within the UK as Putin threatens Europe with warfare
From secret Cold War command centres in London to hidden nuclear bunkers in Cornwall, Scotland, Wales and beyond, discover the full list of Britain’s top-secret underground shelters
As tensions with Russia reach a boiling point and Vladimir Putin rattles his nuclear sabre yet again, Brits are left asking a chilling question, where would you run if the bombs started to fall?
With the threat of World War 3 making headlines and doomsday preppers dusting off their Geiger counters, the hunt for the UK’s best nuclear bunkers has never felt more urgent. From secret government hideouts buried beneath London’s streets to forgotten Cold War shelters scattered across the countryside, we’ve uncovered the full list of Britain’s hidden bolt-holes.
Read on to find out if there’s a nuclear bunker near you, and where the nation’s elite could be heading if the worst ever happens.
England
Bedfordshire
Bedford ROC Group HQ
Berkshire
Berkshire Country Council Emergency Control Bunker
Reading Regional War Room
Reading Thames Water Control Centre
Birmingham/West Midlands
Birmingham Anchor Exchange
Birmingham Civil Defence Bunker
Birmingham Severn Trent Water Emergency Control Centre
Solihull Borough Emergency Centre
Wylde Green AAOR
Bristol
Brislington Regional War Room
Bristol Waterworks Emergency Control Centre
Lansdown AAOR and Bristol ROC Group HQ
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Buckinghamshire County Emergency Centre
Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire County Standby Emergency Centre
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge Regional War Room RSG and RGHQ
Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District Emergency Centre
Ely East Cambridgeshire District Council Emergency Centre
Cheshire
Birkenhead Wirral Metropolitan Borough Emergency Centre
Frodsham AAOR
Cornwall
Bodmin District Council Emergency Centre
Coswarth South West Water Emergency Control Centre
Portreath Reporting Post
Treleaver Rotor Radar Station
Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre
Truro ROC Group HQ
Cumbria
Carlisle ROC Group HQ
Derbyshire
Elvaston AAOR
Devon
Hope Cove Rotor Radar Station and RGHQ
Plymouth Borough Control
Plymouth Emergency Centre
Poltimore Park Exeter ROC Group HQ
Torquay Magistrates Court
Totnes South West Water Emergency Control Centre
Dorset
Nothe Fort, Weymouth
Portland Rotor Radar Station
Durham
Blyth Area Control
Cold Hesledon Rotor Radar Station
Durham ROC Group HQ
Seaton Snook Rotor Radar Station
East Sussex
– Beachy Head Rotor Radar Station
– Fairlight Rotor Radar Station
Essex
Chelmsford Essex County Emergency Centre
Maldon District Council Emergency Centre
Gloucestershire
Ullenwood AAOR
Witney West Oxfordshire Emergency Centre (border with Oxfordshire)
Greater London
Camden Borough Control
Cheam South West London Group Control
Chislehurst South East London Group Control
Edmonton Borough Control Site 2
Finchley Borough Control
Finsbury Borough Control
Friern Barnet Borough Control
Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control
Hillingdon Borough Control
Mill Hill North West London Group Control
Paddington Borough Control
Pear Tree House London South East Group War Headquarters
Southall London North West Group War HQ
Southwark Borough Control
St Pancras Borough Control
Stoke Newington Borough Control
Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site
Tower Hamlets Borough Control
Walthamstow Borough Control
Wandsworth Borough Control
Wanstead South East London Group Control
Woolwich Sub Control
Greater Manchester
Manchester Co-op Tunnels
Manchester Corporation Main Control
Oldham Civic Centre
Stockport BT Repeater
Worsley AAOR
Hampshire
Christchurch Hampshire County Council and County Borough of Bournemouth Area Control
Southampton Bitterne Eastern Sub Control
Southampton City Council Control
Hertfordshire
Hertford Sovereign House SRHQ
Watford Roc Group HQ
Kent
Chatham Southern Water Emergency Control Centre
Dover Castle AAOR (Casemate Level)
Dover Castle RSG (Dumpy Level)
Maidstone ROC Group HQ
Maidstone Springfields Kent County Emergency Centre
Sandwich Rotor Radar Station
Lancashire
Lancashire County Emergency Centre
Preston ROC Group HQ (Langley Lane)
Leicestershire
Leicester Severn Trent Water Emergency Control Centre
Loughborough Cold Store and RGHQ
Lincolnshire
Fiskerton Lincoln ROC Group HQ
Lincolnshire County Emergency Centre
Skendleby Rotor Radar Station and RGHQ
London (General)
London Civil Defence Controls
Anti Aircraft Operations Rooms
Pear Tree House London South East Group War Headquarters
Merseyside
Bootle Merseyside County Main Emergency Centre 2nd Site
Liverpool Mill Bank Sub Control
Liverpool Walker Gallery Merseyside County Main Emergency Centre 1st Site
Southport Dukes House SRHQ
Southport Merseyside County Standby Emergency Centre
Southport Sefton Metropolitan Borough Emergency Centre
Middlesex
Middlesex County Control
Norfolk
Kings Lynn Joint Norfolk County Standby and West Norfolk District Emergency Centre
Norwich Broadland District Council Emergency Centre
Norwich ROC Group HQ
Saffron Walden Uttlesford District Council Emergency Centre
North Yorkshire
Acomb York ROC Group HQ
Bempton Rotor Radar Station
Goldsborough Rotor Radar Station
Yeadon Leeds ROC Group HQ
Northamptonshire
Brackla RGHQ / Royal Ordnance Factory
Northumberland
Boulmer Rotor Radar Station
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Regional War Room and RSG
Oxfordshire
Oxford County Emergency Centre
Oxford ROC Group HQ
Oxfordshire County Emergency Centre
Witney West Oxfordshire Emergency Centre
Shropshire
Shrewsbury Armed Forces HQ 9
Shrewsbury ROC Group HQ
Somerset
Abbottswood AAOR
South Yorkshire
Conisbrough AAOR
Doncaster Borough Control
Rotherham County Borough Control
Staffordshire
Stafford Staffordshire County Emergency Centre
Swynnerton RGHQ
Suffolk
Bawdsey Rotor Radar Station
Lowestoft Sub Control
Surrey
Godalming Waverley District Council Emergency Centre
Reigate Borough Emergency Centre and Surrey County Standby Emergency Centre
Sussex
Chichester West Sussex County Emergency Centre
Ridgeway Hill AAOR
Tyne and Wear
Kenton Bar 13 Group Fighter Command Headquarters and Regional War Room
Warwickshire
Warwick County Emergency Centre
West Midlands
Lawford Heath Coventry ROC Group HQ
Stoneleigh Park AAOR
West Yorkshire
Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control
Leeds Regional War Room
Wiltshire
Chilmark RGHQ
Rudloe Manor 10 Group Operations Centre and ROC Sector Control
Yorkshire (General)
Cottingham Yorkshire Water Emergency Centre
Kirklevington Hall AAOR
Rothwell Haigh Grid Control Centre
Skirlaugh Holderness District Council Emergency Centre
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen Civil Defence Control
Aberdeen Tertowie House Grampian Regional Council Emergency Centre
Buchan R7 Remote Type 7 Radar
Buchan Rotor Radar Station
Northfield Aberdeen ROC Group HQ
Angus
Craigiebarns Dundee ROC Group HQ
Argyll and Bute
Aird Uig Rotor Radar Station
Inveraray ROC Group HQ
Kilchiaran Rotor Radar Station
Portree bunker
Clackmannanshire
Cultybraggan RGHQ
Dumfries and Galloway
Burntisland Railway Control Centre
Dundee
Craigiebarns Dundee ROC Group HQ
East Lothian
Barnton Quarry Rotor SOC and Regional Seat of Government
Edinburgh
Edinburgh City Control
Turnhouse Edinburgh ROC Group HQ
Fife
Anstruther Rotor Radar Station and Scotland North Zone HQ
Glasgow
Uddingston BT Repeater
Highland
Inverness Raigmore Highland Emergency Centre
Inverness ROC HQ
Inverclyde
Inverkip AAOR
Moray
Elgin Pinefields Area Control
Orkney
Saxa Vord Rotor Radar Station
Perth and Kinross
Cultybraggan RGHQ
Renfrewshire
Torrance House AAOR
Scottish Borders
Crosslaw Rotor Radar Station
South Lanarkshire
Stonehouse ROC Group HQ
Stirling
Falkirk War HQ and Civil Defence Headquarters
West Lothian
Cragiehall AAOR
Kirknewton Regional War Room and Scottish Eastern Zone HQ
Wales
Anglesey
Aberconwy Emergency Control Centre
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthen County Council Control Bunker
Carmarthen South Wales ROC Group HQ
Clwyd
Mold Clwyd County Standby Emergency Centre
Conwy
Aberconwy Emergency Control Centre
Denbighshire
Borras North Wales ROC Group HQ
Gwynedd
Gairloch AAOR
Pembrokeshire
St. Twynnells Rotor Radar Station
Powys
Llanion Barracks AAOR
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Llwynypia Rhondda Cynon Taff Joint Emergency Centre
Swansea
Swansea West Cross AAOR
Northern Ireland
Antrim
Ballymena RGHQ
Lisburn AAOR and ROC Group HQ
Belfast
Belfast Mount Eden Park Regional War Room
Belfast Stormont Sub Control
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Guernsey Civil Defence Headquarters
Jersey
Jersey BBC Bunker Les Platons
Jersey Civil Emergency Centre
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