20th December 2008 18:42
A top secret semi-submerged nuclear bunker was built in Acomb, York, as a refuge against nuclear attack. It was operational until 1991 but is now a national monument managed by English Heritage.
Read More | Source: Mirror.co.uk
12th October 2008 20:44
Forget free running – the buzz of sneaking into empty hospitals and factories is the latest high-adrenalin cult. Jerome Taylor takes a tour with the Urban Explorers.
Read More | Source: The Independent
12th October 2008 20:36
Tourists in Switzerland can soon sleep in the world's first "zero-star hotel," a former nuclear bunker. Organizers said the price per night will be between $9 and $13 if the hotel gets full approval.
Read More | Source: Seattle Times
21st September 2008 23:16
When John Harris decided to investigate a tunnel near his home, he discovered a labyrinth of subterranean gardens which had been lost for more than 50 years.
Read More | Source: Wales Online
16th September 2008 03:47
It sounds like something out of the BBC drama Spooks – but the Ministry of Defence's secret command centre deep beneath Whitehall lacks the glamour of a TV set.
Read More | Source: Daily Mail
21st February 2007 15:16
They call themselves urban explorers. Actually they're trespassers, a bunch of hare-brained pests with a limited mental age and unlimited arrogance.
Read More | Source: Swindon Advertiser
7th August 2006 10:00
The precise locations of dozens of secret military and spy bases are to be revealed on Ordnance Survey maps for the first time, ending one of the last remaining legacies of the Cold War.
Read More | Source: The Independent
28th October 2005 15:43
Britain's deepest pub is up for a £40million revamp. The 120ft-deep Rose & Crown is part of the underground town built in Wiltshire as a secret base for the PM after a nuclear attack.
Read More | Source: Mirror.co.uk
8th September 2005 00:55
Town councillors have approved plans for a giant care village at HMS Royal Arthur, saying it would be the lesser of a number of evils on the site.
Read More | Source: Gazette and Herald
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Built as a reservoir in 1905, the site was taken out of use in 1962. Later, it was incorporated into Britain's cold-war nuclear protection plan. It was converted into a bunker in 1990, with room for 3.
Severn Trent, which supplies thousands of homes in the East Midlands, claims a small number of people have started exploring the sewer network.
Think of just about any major military operation involving British forces in the past couple of decades and you may be surprised to learn that the key commanders were based underground.