Horror map reveals 10 worst locations to dwell in UK if WW3 breaks out
A new online tool allows Brits to enter their postcodes to see how at risk their council area is the event of a Third World War. Donald Trump may have suffered a bruising midterm defeat earlier this week, but the US war with Iran is far from over; in fact, it may be about to intensify.
Trump renewed his threats this week to obliterate the besieged Middle Eastern nation, saying he’d “rather not destroy the rest of the country if possible”, but “maybe I’ll have to”.
Tucker Carlson – once a staunch Trump loyalist and now a prominent critic – also claimed this week that Israel had been pushing the POTUS towards a nuclear strike on Iran, and the administration “may be within days of launching”.
An alarming picture in Europe
Europe, meanwhile, is facing sustained hybrid attacks across the continent as countries including the UK continue to rally support for Ukraine while it bears up against continued Russian bombardment and drone attacks.
And in October, the UK Government urged Brits to stock up on bottled water and food under the Be Ready campaign, while defence secretary Wes Streeting warned that the UK has a “little over 1,000 days” to prepare for war.
As alarming as it all sounds, there may be some hope of avoiding the worst in the UK – if you steer clear of 10 specific council areas, particularly Gosport.
A tool allows Brits to enter their postcodes to see how at risk their council area is
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Identifying the most at-risk postcodes
Serhii Kashevko, the man behind the Inspector Walls doomsday tool, says his postcode checker, part of Inspector Walls, draws inspiration from the UK’s council tax band system and calculates how at risk your postcode would be in a hypothetical Third World War, based on a range of factors.
He told us exclusively: “It’s a thought experiment, but it’s built on public maps and public data, and it faces a dozen other factors. So when you enter your postcode, it analyses it.
“It looks for the strategic targets nearby, like Ministry of Defence, any targets that we learned in war that had become strategic targets to hit enemies. It also calculates the hills between you and the targets.
“It calculates the wind, the rain, the geographical position of this place. Like, how is the weather? How is the winter? It also looks through the EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) data of this particular home”.
For example, Serhii says the tool estimates the proximity of a home’s walls and windows to a strategic target, but draws from about a dozen factors in total.
Gosport is near HM Naval Base Portsmouth
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10 most dangerous postcode areas.
As reflected in the map above, the 10 most dangerous areas are as follows:
- Gosport (F, 67)
- Portsmouth (F, 65)
- Westminster (F, 65)
- Cheltenham (F, 64)
- Rushmoor, Aldershot and Farnborough (F, 64)
- City of London (F, 63)
- Southwark (F, 62)
- Plymouth (F, 62)
- Islington (F, 62)
- Hammersmith and Fulham (F, 61)
It works much like a home’s EPC rating: the higher the score – and the further up the alphabet the letter – the greater the risk.
Why are they so dangerous?
Serhii suggests that it’s predominantly about their proximity to key military targets. Gosport is near HM Naval Base Portsmouth (as well as the Royal Navy’s engineering and air engineering training site, HMS Sultan), while Cheltenham houses the Government’s intelligence HQ, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
London boroughs like Westminster, Southwark, Islington, and Hammersmith and Fulham earn their high ranking due to their proximity to the UK Government’s administrative heartland, Whitehall (the City of London is also nearby).
Aldershot Barracks, known as the “home of the British Army”, are located in the Rushmoor district. And Plymouth has HMNB Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe.
The town of Gosport(Image: GETTY)
Safest royal homes
Serhii also had a look at royal homes, concluding that William and Kate’s Anmer Hall in Norfolk is the safest royal home in Britain, followed by Sandringham, Clarence House (tied with Buckingham Palace), and Highgrove.
He added: “I built this so I wouldn’t rent a flat next to a building site. Things went slightly further than planned, and now it ranks the whole country for the apocalypse.
“It’s a thought experiment built on public data. Not a forecast. If I could forecast the end of the world, I’d be charging for it.”
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