Site Records

Warning

Few of these sites are open to the public. Attempting to gain unauthorised access is trespass. Often it is very dangerous too: on more than one occasion people have died in the process.

If you attempt to enter a defence related site, even an apparently unused one, you should expect an unpleasant encounter with military police.

Please do not pester site owners to gain access. This causes irritation to many of them and makes Sub Brit's task more difficult.

Instead, please join one of the specialist societies that can organise visits properly. Sub Brit is one, and there are many others.

If you own, live in or are concerned with a site listed here and wish to contribute or modify your site listing please feel free to contact us. Site owners wishes are always adhered to.

About this list

The objective of this list is to produce a brief but authoritative record for each significant site. We are a long way from achieving this. Many sites that deserve an entry here do not yet have one. Most of the entries that do exist are still very short. Sometimes they are inaccurate too.

The process of improving this site is a gradual, evolutionary one, involving trial and error as we meander towards the truth.

Contributions and corrections are always welcome and should be sent to Nick Catford please. This site is an on going collective effort and your contributions of new material and updated information is vital, please contribute.

See also On-Line National Survey of the UK's ROC and UKWMO Monitoring Posts: Details and photo's of over 1566 underground Monitoring Posts!
See also Listing of `ROC Group Headquarters and UKWMO' under `features'
See also Listing of `The Regional War Rooms: 1950's' under `features'
See also Listing of `Anti Aircraft Operations Rooms (AAOR)' under `features'

Site records are sub-divided into the following categories; some sites may be listed under two or more categories as their use changed.

MILITARY LOCATIONS Army Anti Aircraft Operations Rooms (AAOR) Armed Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) Heavy Anti Aircraft Batteries Orange Yeoman Tactical Control Radar Navy Cricklewood - Oxgate Admiralty Citadel RNXS Plymouth Maritime Headquarters (Mount Wise) Area Combined Headquarters Chatham and Local Command Headquarters/HMS Wildfire 20/12/08 Airforce Airfields & other RAF facilities Area Combined HQ Rosyth - Pitreavie Castle 31/1/08 Rotor Radar Stations Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Group Headquarters Missile Sites US Air Force CIVIL LOCATIONS Regional War Rooms Regional Seats of Government (RSG) Sub-Regional Headquarters (SRHQ) and Regional Government Headquarters (RGHQ) Local Authority Controls and Emergency Centres County Emergency Centres London Borough Controls and Emergency Centres		COMMUMICATIONS Electrical & Electronic BT Repeater Stations, other BT facilities and protected telephone exchanges Radio Stations Other electronic communications Transport Railway Bunkers PRODUCTION, STORAGE & UTILITIES Utilities Production Storage NON UK LOCATIONS Belgium Channel Islands East Germany France Sweden MISCELLANEOUS Sites that don't fit into any other category

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Last updated 1st August 2006