So with the declassification of "R Hour" I can finally post this...

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cogito

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I don't normally post reports on the interweb, despite doing a lot of urbex. But this I've been waiting for...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8110000/8110678.stm

I present to you, a Cold War era Nuclear Sub-Command HQ, complete with all the trimmings. From documents in still-sealed envelopes marked "top-secret" and leaflets on advising home-owners on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack, right down to some Gordon's Gin left in it's original bottle, decades old.

Can't give full details for obvious reasons, but it HAS been sealed properly. Despite the fact it was under lock and key anyway.

Firstly, an office:

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6. Full records of all staff. Yes, the light in that room still works.
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7. A roll of 35mm negs, very difficult to distinguish images.
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Next up, the comms/radio room:

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10. There were loads of dose rate meters, essentially personal Geiger counters that hooked up to the gas masks.
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11. Have a game of see what you can spot, there's loads of articles of interest!
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Planning/meeting/cabinet/party room:

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15. Note: map was still left on back wall, but fell over time due to damp.
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Store Room and Bunk Room, which was also being used for storage:

20. Helmets and back-up batteries for the radio equipment.
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23. Rolled up maps, incredibly delicate. And loads of stretchers.
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Kitchen:

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Sorry it's picture heavy with minimal worded info, but seriously it's best that way. The pictures say more than words can.

All images are subject to my Copyright with all rights reserved, no use or publication without prior expressed permission by myself.

Update: Thanks for the positive responses on my choice to keep this place quiet.

More than anything I wanted this post to highlight the fact that there ARE good new places to explore out there, and that sometimes it's best not to splash everything all over the interweb. There are literally hundreds of places in the country that are being done again and again with new reports popping up on a daily basis... Each time they appear more and more trashed. I'm very glad that people have been very respectful and appreciative of this opinion. Thanks.
 
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Incredible find top marks well done!

Id love to find a place with lots of old bits and pieces still there, most of the sites i have been to iv been beaten by the chavs and been to late! :(
 
One of the most complete intact Nuclear Bunkers I have ever seen. I do not know how you managed that but its enthralling. Well Done.:)
 
Enjoy it, I most certainly did.

Is that 37 pattern webbing I spy? Looks as if there is a real flavour through the ages in that place.

Not at all jealous. I'm not. REALLY I'm not. No, honestly, not one iota of jealousy whatsoever. :D
 
Wow!!! You get a gold star!! You could spend days in there just looking through all the stuff. Top job... very top job:)
 
Quite chilling to think how serious the threat of a nuclear strike was at the time. All the effort that the goverment put into building and manning places like this and countless other bunkers and ROC posts.

Makes you think!!

Good film to see is "Threads" its on Youtube...its shows these command bunkers in actual operation post nuclear strike...scared the crap out of me when i was a young lad in the early eighties!!:eek:

Excellent post and pics..thanks for putting it up.
 
Absolutely fantastic, what a place! Well done on the find & pics. For me this is one of the best reports i've seen, simply due to the amount of items left in there. I could spend hours in there! Thanks for posting :)
 
Thats amazing. Why has it been sealed and why hasnt the stuff been transported to a museum or something?
 
10 out of 10 for that one Cogito, what a find. My Dad had a record player like that when I was a lad
 
That, is fudging awesome! i'm sure there's a few of these around, but i've never seen one as complete as this!
There's a rumour that there's a similar bunker (but many times larger) near the Alford ROC post, but i can't track down it's entrance so it could be hear say.

Stunning dude, great report.
 
that is incredible, a real treasure chest of goodies, it looks like u entered it a week after is was abandoned
such a good find.

fair play for not saying where, the last thing any one would want is for it to get damaged or chaved up

u could spend a month looking throught the papar work, i bet there is some interesting reading in there :)
 

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