Kelvedon Hatch history
Kelvedon Hatch was built in the early 50s by the Air Ministry on land requisitioned from a local farmer. It was put in to operation in 1953 as an RAF ROTOR station, as part of a project to provided complete radar cover for the UK.
The bunker is spread over three floors and is accessible via a 100 meter long tunnel from an ordinary looking cottage. The cottage is constructed with thick concrete walls and has steel shutter windows.
In the 60s the bunkers role changed after the ROTOR project was wound down, Kelvedon Hatch became a civil defense and UKWMO (United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation) post.
By the end of the decade the bunker was given another new lease of life by the Home Office as a Regional Seat of Government (RSG). The RSG bunker was designed to safely house 600 military staff and civil servants in the event of a nuclear attack on the UK.
In 1992, the threat of the Cold War died down and the bunker was decommissioned and was bought back by the family of the original land owners.
Now in private hands the bunker has been restored and is run as the "Secret Nuclear Bunker" museum.
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