Fallout Shelters Near Me (UK Edition)
Let’s face it—when it comes to the end of the world, we all like to think we’ll be the cool-headed ones with our well-stocked bug-out bags and fully prepared for all scenarios. But what happens when the apocalypse hits, and your canned beans won’t quite cut it?
That’s when you’re going to need something a bit sturdier—a nuclear fallout shelter. Preferably one with four walls, a thick roof, and no windows to let in radioactive dust. Enter our growing guide to nuclear fallout shelters across the UK.
It might surprise you, but the UK is sprinkled with shelters and bunkers. From the windswept coasts of Cornwall to the misty hills of Scotland, there’s a nuclear bunker for just about every county. Unfortunately, not all of them are active. Many are historical sites, vestiges of the Cold War, when building underground lairs was all the rage. Nowadays, these shelters are more likely to host guided tours than people actually prepping for nuclear fallout.
While we’re talking strategy, here’s a friendly tip from someone who’s spent too much time thinking about this: don’t stay where the bombs might fall. It sounds obvious, but it’s worth repeating. If you live next to an army base, major city, or one of those overly suspicious industrial sites, maybe consider relocating at the first sign of trouble. Anywhere with lots of people or important-looking buildings is probably not where you want to be.
Think rural. Think remote. You want a place so far out that even Google Maps needs a minute to figure out where you are. And hey, it might mean more fresh air and fewer neighbors when the world’s not ending. Win-win.
Now, while this list is a good place to start, don’t rely on it alone. Use it as inspiration for your own research. Check out your local historical societies or give a cheeky call to your local council (they love bunker questions, I’m sure). Some private bunkers might even be available for purchase, assuming you’ve got the cash to spare and don’t mind turning it into the most apocalyptic Airbnb imaginable.
Stay safe, stay informed, and remember: the best bunker is the one you find before things start glowing in the dark.
Nuclear Bunkers in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen Tertowie House Grampian Regional Council Emergency Centre
Buchan R7 Remote Type 7 Radar
Buchan Rotor Radar Station
Inverbervie Rotor Radar Station
Schoolhill ROC Sector Control
Stonehaven Kincardine and Deeside District Council Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Argyll and Bute
Kilchiaran Rotor Radar Station
Oban ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Ayre
Snaefell Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Bedford
Bedford ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Christchurch Hampshire County Council and County Borough of Bournemouth Area Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Buckinghamshire County Emergency Centre
Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire County Standby Emergency Centre
Chiltern District Council Emergency Centre
RAF Daws Hill
Wilton Park Eastern Comman War Headquarters and Armed Forces HQ 5
Nuclear Bunkers in Caithness
Wick Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge Regional War Room RSG and RGHQ
Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District Emergency Centre
RAF Alconbury Cold War Bunkers
Nuclear Bunkers in Cardiff
Cardiff Coryton Regional War Room
Cardiff Landaff Sub Control
Landaff Court WW2 Control Cardiff
Wenallt AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Cheshire East
Hack Green Rotor Radar Station and RGHQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Cheshire West and Chester
Ellesmere Port Emergency Centre
Frodsham AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in City of Bristol
Bedminster Sub Control
Brislington Regional War Room
Nuclear Bunkers in City of Leicester
Leicester Severn Trent Water Emergency Control Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Conwy
Aberconwy Emergency Control Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Cornwall
Bodmin District Council Emergency Centre
Coswarth South West Water Emergency Control Centre
Portreath Reporting Post
St Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centre
Treleaver Rotor Radar Station
Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre
Truro ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in County Antrim
Belfast Mount Eden Park Regional War Room
Lisburn AAOR and ROC Group HQ
Murlough Bay Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in County Down
Belfast Stormont Sub Control
Nuclear Bunkers in County Durham
Cold Hesledon Rotor Radar Station
Durham ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Cumberland
Carlisle ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Denbighshire
Prestatyn Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Derbyshire
Elvaston AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Devon
Exeter Borough Control
Hope Cove Rotor Radar Station and RGHQ
Poltimore Park Exeter ROC Group HQ
Totnes South West Water Emergency Control Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Dorset
Portland Rotor Radar Station
Ridgeway Hill AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Dundee City
Craigiebarns Dundee ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in East Riding of Yorkshire
Bempton Rotor Radar Station
Cottingham Yorkshire Water Emergency Control Centre
Holmpton Rotor Radar Station
Skirlaugh Holderness District Council Emergency Centre
Wawne AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in East Sussex
Beachy Head Rotor Radar Station
Brede Southern Water Emergency Control Centre
Crowborough RGHQ
Fairlight Rotor Radar Station
Hastings Borough Council Control
Wartling GCI Radar Station
Wartling Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Essex
Brightlingsea Urban District Council Control
Castlepoint Borough Emergency Centre
Chelmsford Essex County Emergency Centre
Colchester ROC Group HQ
Harwich RNXS Emergency Port Control
Kelvedon Hatch Rotor SOC and RGHQ
Maldon District Council Emergency Centre
Mistley AAOR
RAF North Weald SOC and Epping Forest District Council Emergency Centre
Saffron Walden Uttlesford District Council Emergency Centre
Vange AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Falkirk
Falkirk Civil Defence Headquarters
Nuclear Bunkers in Fife
Anstruther Rotor Radar Station and Scotland North Zone HQ
Burntisland Railway Control Centre
Pitreavie Castle Combined HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Gloucestershire
Ullenwood AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Greater London
Bexley Emergency Centre
Camden Borough Control
Cheam South West London Group Control
Chislehurst South East London Group Control
Dagenham Borough Control
Dagenham WW2 Civil Defence Control Centre
East Ham Borough Control
Edmonton Borough Control Site 2
Finchley Borough Control
Finsbury Borough Control
Greenwich Borough Control
Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control
Hayes Sub Area Control
Hillingdon Borough Control
Kingsway Telephone Exchange
Middlesex County Control
Mill Hill North West London Group Control
Northolt Sub Control
Paddington Borough Control
Pear Tree House London South East Group War Headquarters
Richmond Borough Emergency Centre
Southall London North West Group War HQ
Southwark Borough Control
St Pancras Borough Control
Stoke Newington Borough Control
Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site
Stratford Newham Borough Council Control
Tottenham Borough Control
Tower Hamlets Borough Control
Uxbridge AAOR
Wandsworth Borough Control
Wanstead South East London Group Control
Woolwich Sub Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Greater Manchester
Guardian Telephone Exchange
Manchester Co-op Tunnels
Oldham Civic Centre
Stockport BT Repeater
Worsley AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Guernsey
Guernsey Civil Defence Headquarters
Nuclear Bunkers in Hampshire
Gosport Borough Control
Portsmouth BT Repeater
Sopley Rotor Radar Station
Twyford Southern Water Emergency Control Centre
Winchester ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Hartlepool
Seaton Snook Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead Dacorum Borough Council Emergency Centre
Hertford Sovereign House SRHQ
St Albans City And District Council Emergency Centre
Watford Roc Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Highlands
Faraid Head Rotor Radar Station
Gairloch AAOR
Inverness Raigmore Highland Emergency Centre
Inverness ROC HQ
Portree bunker
Nuclear Bunkers in Inverclyde
Inverkip AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Isle of Wight
Ventnor Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Kent
Chatham Southern Water Emergency Control Centre
Dartford Emergency Centre
Maidstone ROC Group HQ
Maidstone Springfields Kent County Emergency Centre
Queenborough Sub Control
Sandwich Rotor Radar Station
Sheerness RNXS Emergency Port Control
Tunbridge Wells Regional War Room
Nuclear Bunkers in Lancashire
Lancashire County Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Lincolnshire
Fiskerton Lincoln ROC Group HQ
Langtoft Rotor Radar Station
Lincolnshire County Emergency Centre
Skendleby Rotor Radar Station and RGHQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Liverpool
Birkenhead Wirral Metropolitan Borough Emergency Centre
Bootle Merseyside County Main Emergency Centre 2nd Site
Liverpool Walker Gallery Merseyside County Main Emergency Centre 1st Site
Southport Merseyside County Standby Emergency Centre
Southport Sefton Metropolitan Borough Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Luton
Luton County Borough Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Medway
Fort Bridgewoods AAOR
Gillingham Borough Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Norfolk
Bawburgh Rotor SOC and RGHQ
East Dereham Breckland District Emergency Centre
Kings Lynn Joint Norfolk County Standby and West Norfolk District Emergency Centre
Norwich Broadland District Council Emergency Centre
Norwich ROC Group HQ
Trimingham Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in North Lanarkshire
Uddingston BT Repeater
Nuclear Bunkers in North of Tyne
Gosforth AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in North Yorkshire
Fylingdales Long Range Radar Station
Goldsborough Rotor Radar Station
Shipton Rotor Radar SOC and RGHQ
Staxton Wold Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Northumberland
Blyth Area Control
Boulmer Rotor Radar Station
Hexham Cold Store and RGHQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Regional War Room and RSG
Nuclear Bunkers in Oxfordshire
Banbury Cherwell District Council Emergency Centre
Oxford County Emergency Centre
Oxford ROC Group HQ
RAF Upper Heyford
Witney West Oxfordshire Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Pembrokeshire
Llanion Barracks AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Perth and Kinross
Cultybraggan RGHQ
Tayside Regional Council Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Redcar and Cleveland
Eston Grangetown Area Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Llwynypia Rhondda Cynon Taff Joint Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in Scottish Borders
Crosslaw Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in Shropshire
Shrewsbury Armed Forces HQ 9
Shrewsbury ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire
Carmarthen County Council Control Bunker
Carmarthen South Wales ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Somerset
Bristol Waterworks Emergency Control Centre
West Myne Rotor Radar Station
Yeovil ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in South Ayrshire
Ayr ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in South Gloucestershire
Lansdown AAOR and Bristol ROC Group HQ
Thornbury North Avon District Council Emergency Centre
Warmley BT Repeater
Nuclear Bunkers in South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride Western Zone Regional War Room
Torrance House AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in South Yorkshire
Conisbrough AAOR
Rotherham County Borough Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Staffordshire
Stafford Staffordshire County Emergency Centre
Swynnerton RGHQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Stockton-on-Tees
Kirklevington Hall AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Suffolk
Bawdsey Rotor Radar Station
Hopton Rotor Radar Station
Ipswich USW Autovon Telephone Exchange
Lowestoft Sub Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Surrey
Godalming Waverley District Council Emergency Centre
Guildford Stoughton Barracks SRHQ
Merstham AAOR
Reigate Borough Emergency Centre and Surrey County Standby Emergency Centre
Shalford Thames Water Control Centre
Walton on Thames Sub Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Swansea
Swansea West Cross AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Warwickshire
Brinklow Heath Protected BBC Transmitter Building
Lawford Heath Coventry ROC Group HQ
Stoneleigh Park AAOR
Warwick County Emergency Centre
Nuclear Bunkers in West Berkshire
RAF Greenham Common
Nuclear Bunkers in West Lothian
Kirknewton Regional War Room and Scottish Eastern Zone HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in West Midlands
Birmingham Anchor Exchange
Birmingham Severn Trent Water Emergency Control Centre
Lyndon Green BT Repeater
Queslett BT Repeater
Shirley Regional War Room
Solihull Borough Emergency Centre
Wylde Green AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in West Sussex
Chichester West Sussex County Emergency Centre
Crawley Borough Emergency Centre
Horsham District Council Emergency Centre
Horsham ROC Group HQ
Truleigh Hill Rotor Radar Station
Nuclear Bunkers in West Yorkshire
Birkenshaw AAOR
Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control
Rothwell Haigh Grid Control Centre
Yeadon Leeds ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Westmorland and Furness
Abbottswood AAOR
Nuclear Bunkers in Wiltshire
Salisbury Urban District Control
Nuclear Bunkers in Wokingham
Berkshire Country Council Emergency Control Bunker
Henley WW2 Shadow Factory and Armed Forces HQ
Reading Regional War Room
Nuclear Bunkers in Worcestershire
BBC Wood Norton
Drakelow WW2 Shadow Factory RSG and RGHQ
Nuclear Bunkers in Wrexham
Borras North Wales ROC Group HQ
Nuclear Bunkers in York
Acomb York ROC Group HQ
