The secret nuclear bunker built as the UK’s last hope

The secret nuclear bunker built as the UK’s last hope William Park Dug for an underground ‘shadow factory’ for aircraft during World War Two, the Drakelow tunnels were re-purposed as a nuclear bunker to be used by the UK government. William Park An emergency bell inside Drakelow's ‘safe room’, which has no windows and a heavy steel door Having seen the effect of a nuclear attack in Japan, the British government commissioned the Strath Committee, led by head of the Central War Plans Secretariat William Strath, to analyse the potential effects of a nuclear attack on the UK. William Park In case of attack, announcements would have been broadcast from a machine like this one, which was donated by a BBC Radio station and is not the original To find suitable locations for these bunkers, Padmore looked for sites far enough away from populated areas to not be at risk of a direct hit, deep enough underground to protect the inhabitants from nuclear fallout but still practical enough to support life for months at a time. We might never want to know what’s behind here.” There’s still so much about the site that we don’t know… We might never want to know – Scott From 1958 until 1980, Drakelow was a Regional Seat of Government on standby – in case of nuclear attack.