Northamptonshire is home to several Cold War nuclear bunkers according to underground structure experts. There are 20 dotted across the county with all of them built to a similar design structure. Officially called Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Posts, they consist of a 14-foot-deep access shaft, a toilet/store and a monitoring room.
Northamptonshire is home to several Cold War nuclear bunkers according to underground structure experts. There are 20 dotted across the county with all of them built to a similar design structure. Officially called Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Posts , they consist of a 14-foot-deep access shaft, a toilet/store and a monitoring room. The posts were constructed as a result of the Corps' nuclear reporting role and operated by volunteers during the Cold War between 1955 and 1991.
Half the posts were closed in 1968 during a reorganisation of the ROC and several others shut over the next 40 years as a result of structural difficulties. They were prone to issues such as flooding and vandalism with the final ones decommissioned in 1991 after the break up of the Soviet Union
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