RAF North Weald SOC and Epping Forest District Council Emergency Centre Click here to follow Essex Live on Instagram. You can also join our local Facebook groups here.įollow us on Twitter - For breaking news and the latest stories, click here to follow us on Twitter.įollow us on Instagram - On the Essex Live Instagram page we share amazing pictures of our stunning county, and if you tag us in your posts, we could repost your picture on our page. Our daily newsletter - To get the latest headlines direct to your email inbox every day, click here.įollow Essex Live on Facebook - Like our Facebook page to get the latest news in your feed and join in the lively discussions in the comments. Here are all the secret nuclear bunkers in Essexīrightlingsea Urban District Council Control It is now a Cold War museum and retains many of its original features. Then, during the 1960s, 70s, 80s and early into the 90s, the UK government maintained the bunker as an emergency regional government defence site.Įventually, in the early 1990s when the nuclear threat was seen as diminished, the bunker was sold back to the farming family who had owned the land in the 1950s. Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker (Image: Essex Ghost Hunters) Subterranea Britannica explores all the underground and secret sites in the UK and has released a map of all the 67 nuclear bunkers in Essex.ĮssexLive used the map to create a list of the sites and secret nuclear bunkers that sit right underneath the county.Īrguably, the most famous Essex nuclear bunker is in Kelvedon Hatch, which was built in the 1950s to provide command and control of the London Sector of Fighter Command. The secret nuclear bunkers were made as the threat of nuclear war was a source of constant worry and kept many awake at night in the 20th century.Īs a result, a number of nuclear shelters were designed across the UK in order to withstand the blast of a nuclear bomb. We all know about Essex's worst kept secret, the 'secret nuclear bunker' in Kelvedon Hatch, but there are a whopping 67 secret nuclear bunkers that sit right underneath our county, all spread out across Essex. Have you ever driven past a sign pointing you towards a 'secret nuclear bunker' or ever hear someone speaking about them?

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