Strathclyde Regional Council - Dumbarton Emergency Headquarters - Crosslet

West Dunbartonshire

Written by Martin Briscoe on 13 November 2023.

There are several newspaper reports of this being a Standby Headquarters for Strathclyde Regional Council. It is a windowless surface bunker. “built by the MOD in 1940-3 as a telecommunication centre for all three services. Its walls are four foot thick!” - but no building visible on 1947 or 1949 APs so must have been built around 1950. Now used as a Crosslet Community Centre.

Lennox Herald - Friday 18 September 1987 New bunker in event of nuclear war

Lennox Herald - Friday 26 May 1989 NEW LIFE FOR DEFENCE BUNKER

West Dunbartonshire Council World War II Military Installations

[Google Maps]([Crosslet Centre](https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Crosslet+Centre/@55.9450939,-4.5466957,3a,75y,191.54h,77.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skHBtkU71fjLv4J0SjiJe4A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m7!3m6!1s0x48885283309909b3:0x53c87b4bd4a5c4de!8m2!3d55.94499!4d-4.5467801!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1ypmn43qw?authuser=0&entry=ttuCrosslet Centre))

Written by Martin Briscoe on 02 May 2024.

Crosslet Bunker

Crosslet Road, Dumbarton

NS4104975363

Approximately 75ft wide and 50ft deep

It was described as Standby Centre for Strathclyde Region Council in newspaper reports.

One article describes it as “built by the MOD in 1940-3 as a telecommunication centre for all three services. Its walls are four foot thick!” but the building is not visible on 1947 or 1949 aerial photographs.

Now used as a community centre and there appears to be some work taking place at the moment.

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Written by Martin Briscoe on 22 May 2024.

Now found that it appears on an aerial photograph from 27th August 1942 and seems newly built.

Still do not know what its function was.

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