World War 3 Bunker under Wiltshire
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I was just watching a program on Discovery called Vulcans, Victors and Cuba.
It was all about how the Cuban missile crisis affected the V Force (the collective term given to the V bomber fleet) and how they would respond to the seemingly imminent threat of Nuclear war!
Anyway, during the program they mentioned what would happened to the War Cabinet of the day, basically, it would leave Paddington on a special train, and just before Bath, peel off into a tunnel which led to an underground station. A short walk from the station through tunnels in the limestone led them to an underground bunker, 250 feet below ground, underneath Whiltshire.
Anyone know anymore about this?
It makes you wonder how many other 'Top Secret' bunkers there are lying around under the country
It was all about how the Cuban missile crisis affected the V Force (the collective term given to the V bomber fleet) and how they would respond to the seemingly imminent threat of Nuclear war!
Anyway, during the program they mentioned what would happened to the War Cabinet of the day, basically, it would leave Paddington on a special train, and just before Bath, peel off into a tunnel which led to an underground station. A short walk from the station through tunnels in the limestone led them to an underground bunker, 250 feet below ground, underneath Whiltshire.
Anyone know anymore about this?
It makes you wonder how many other 'Top Secret' bunkers there are lying around under the country
like shayler to france Interesting thing here - if you look at the pic of the wagons being shunted into the tunnel you will see that there is limited height clearance - the wagons are all open and the locomotive is cut down. But if you look at the pics of the wagons being loaded inside, they are full height vans. So either they are pics of vans being loaded was taken elsewhere, or there is another, hidden, entrance.
The Corsham complex is one of two locations where a number of almost new steam locomotives are rumoured to be in storage, should something unpleasant happen and there be no oil or electricity to run the railways with. Sure it's probably a conspiracy type theory though...
The Corsham complex is one of two locations where a number of almost new steam locomotives are rumoured to be in storage, should something unpleasant happen and there be no oil or electricity to run the railways with. Sure it's probably a conspiracy type theory though...
Its huge!
Its the control centre for all sorts of military operations, its beneath a big coutry house with drive in underground car parks and all that James Bond stuff.
I'll dig some info up on the net, it's all top secret stuff too, they don't like you going near the place.
Very descreet signage around the place, until you stop for a peek, then your approached by unmarked cars and uo'll think you've arrived in Brusntromnialand all of a sudden.
Its the control centre for all sorts of military operations, its beneath a big coutry house with drive in underground car parks and all that James Bond stuff.
I'll dig some info up on the net, it's all top secret stuff too, they don't like you going near the place.
Very descreet signage around the place, until you stop for a peek, then your approached by unmarked cars and uo'll think you've arrived in Brusntromnialand all of a sudden.
Paul_R said:
It's part of Copenacre at Corsham.
It used to be a big underground store for the MOD but most of it got sold off a few years back.
Some of it is still in MOD use.
It also contained a number of factories. There were a number of alternative seats of government, Copenacre was not the primary one.
If this sort of thing interests you try reading Secret Underground Cities by N J McCamley, ISBN 0-85052-585-3. It deals quite well with the Copenacre Corsham complex and doesn't leave too much out. Its a good starter book but beware most of the books dealing with such things tend to be a bit off beam, quite a bit in some cases, and they are full of fanciful conspiracy theories. Things were much simpler than the authors make out. The really secret sites mostly remain so.
Edited to acknowledge the link in previous post.
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'The Corsham complex is one of two locations where a number of almost new steam locomotives are rumoured to be in storage, should something unpleasant happen and there be no oil or electricity to run the railways with. Sure it's probably a conspiracy type theory though...
I can personally confirm that as a myth, the true story is much more odd but you will have to wait until the papers are declassified in 2012.
>> Edited by gnomesmith on Monday 2nd February 19:25
gnomesmith said:
'The Corsham complex is one of two locations where a number of almost new steam locomotives are rumoured to be in storage, should something unpleasant happen and there be no oil or electricity to run the railways with. Sure it's probably a conspiracy type theory though...
I can personally confirm that as a myth, the true story is much more odd
Some of these then?
Can't really see Blair and Prescott coping very well with one of them.
RAF Rudloe Manor near Bath, this sits on top of Box Tunnel. Lots of extension work was carried out to the tunnels during WW II by Polish Refugees. Basically ammunition trains would come in one end and an identical empty train would then leave the other (in case of spies/serveliance)....In between the train full of ammo would pull off into a siding and the bombs would be unloaded and stored.
After WW II it was converted for use as a Nuclear shelter etc.
After WW II it was converted for use as a Nuclear shelter etc.
Have a look at this site as well for underground complexes in the uk:
[URL]www.subbrit.org.uk/[/URL]
[URL]www.subbrit.org.uk/[/URL]
tuffer said:
RAF Rudloe Manor near Bath, this sits on top of Box Tunnel. Lots of extension work was carried out to the tunnels during WW II by Polish Refugees. Basically ammunition trains would come in one end and an identical empty train would then leave the other (in case of spies/serveliance)....In between the train full of ammo would pull off into a siding and the bombs would be unloaded and stored.
After WW II it was converted for use as a Nuclear shelter etc.
Its part of the Corsham Complex that posts refer to.
[quote=gnomesmith]Yes. When Corsham caught fire virtually the whole of the Wiltshire fire brigade drove in and were not seen for two days. Smoke was comming up through cracks in the ground up to ten miles away.
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Ah yes, the famous 2 day endurance event. The exhaust smoke from the karts has to get out somewhere, you know.
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Ah yes, the famous 2 day endurance event. The exhaust smoke from the karts has to get out somewhere, you know.
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