🏠 Indoor12–16EducationalBooking required
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An underground civil defence command post built in 1954 and left largely as it was once operations ended, now open to visitors on guided tours. Rooms include a domestic fallout room, a communications room and a replica radiation monitoring post, and a government film on protecting the public from nuclear attack is shown during the visit. A WE177 air-dropped nuclear bomb is also displayed. The tour suits older children and teenagers with an interest in history, technology or the Cold War, and it works well as a shared activity for a family with a teen. Access is down a flight of steep steps with no lift, so it is not suitable for wheelchair users, and there are no toilets inside the bunker. Tours must be booked in advance through the borough council.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.- Painkillers for grown-ups
Fidget toy
AntihistamineStings and pollen, both far from a pharmacy.
Sick bagsYou only forget these once.- Hand warmers
- Waterproof phone pouch
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