York Cold War Bunker

Started using my English Heritage pass with a visit to the York Cold War Bunker.

The York Cold War Bunker is a two-storey semi-subterranean Cold War bunker.

It was in active service from the 1961-1991 the bunker was designed as a nerve-centre to monitor nuclear explosions and fallout in Yorkshire in the event of a nuclear attack, the building was used throughout its operational existence as the regional headquarters and control centre for the Royal Observer Corps's No. 20 Group YORK

It is an English Heritage Scheduled Monument