Secret Nuclear Bunker
1-2 hrs tour | Age 6+
Step underground and into history at the Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker — one of Britain’s most fascinating Cold War sites. Students explore original rooms, government offices, and living quarters while discovering how the bunker would have operated during a nuclear emergency.
Ideal for history, politics, and science groups, visits include self-guided tours with handsets, or even overnight stays inside the bunker for an unforgettable educational experience. Our knowledgeable staff bring the past to life in a way that sparks curiosity and critical thinking.
What's Included:
- Free coach parking
- Meeting spaces
- Flexible packages to suit your timetable
- Toilets
- Handset guided tour
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Tour:
The tour is self guided by personal handsets. This is included in admission price. There is an adult and child tour available which both follow the same route.
There are several films to watch en-route and a dressing up area where you can try on authentic military uniforms and gas masks!
As a rough guide the tour takes about an hour to an hour and a half to complete. However, should you stop to watch all of the included films and take some time out to try on the uniforms then this extends the tour by four hours. Some people find one tour just isn’t enough to take it all in!
There are several films to watch en-route and a dressing up area where you can try on authentic military uniforms and gas masks!
As a rough guide the tour takes about an hour to an hour and a half to complete. However, should you stop to watch all of the included films and take some time out to try on the uniforms then this extends the tour by four hours. Some people find one tour just isn’t enough to take it all in!
A history overview:
Designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister, their collective task being to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war.
The Bunker had three main lives. Initially as an RAF ROTOR Station and latterly a Regional Government Headquarters, with a brief period in the 1960’s as a civil defence centre. There were also spare bunk beds in the tunnel, to help accommodate some of the hundreds of civilian and military personnel that would be stationed here in time of nuclear attack. The bunker was built on land requisitioned from the local farmer J A Parrish.
Paradoxically as the heat of the Cold War died down, the bunker and it’s ancillary systems were no longer required by the Government, and were costing up to 3 million pounds a year to keep on standby. Upon decommissioning in 1992 the bunker was bought back from the government by the Parrish family, at a closed bid public auction, and hence is now privately owned.
Designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister, their collective task being to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war.
The Bunker had three main lives. Initially as an RAF ROTOR Station and latterly a Regional Government Headquarters, with a brief period in the 1960’s as a civil defence centre. There were also spare bunk beds in the tunnel, to help accommodate some of the hundreds of civilian and military personnel that would be stationed here in time of nuclear attack. The bunker was built on land requisitioned from the local farmer J A Parrish.
Paradoxically as the heat of the Cold War died down, the bunker and it’s ancillary systems were no longer required by the Government, and were costing up to 3 million pounds a year to keep on standby. Upon decommissioning in 1992 the bunker was bought back from the government by the Parrish family, at a closed bid public auction, and hence is now privately owned.
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