Fife’s Secret Bunker British Heritage


Fife’s Secret Bunker British Heritage

Nuclear Explosion Maps & Simulations. Today, nuclear explosion maps allow you to simulate blowing up a city close to where you live. This gives you a good idea of how large the blast radius ( and radioactive fallout) will be. And if they will affect you. Watch the video below to see a simulation of such a blast:


SECRET BUNKER 5 'The Dormitory' (Fife,Scotland) Flickr

Scotland's biggest Cold War bunker is buried deep beneath an Edinburgh hill - and its existence has remained unknown to most people for decades. Barnton Quarry Nuclear Bunker was built in 1944.


Scotland's Secret Bunker, St Andrews, Fife a visit to explore

Scotland's Secret Bunker, Fife. A seemingly normal farmhouse is the hidden entrance to an underground nuclear command centre in Fife. The centre was built in 1951, and the plan was for government and military commanders to successfully manage warfare from the bunker in the event of a nuclear attack. The bunker included a nuclear command.


Scotland's Secret Bunker, St Andrews, Fife a visit to explore

Scotland's Secret Bunker was built at the start of the Cold War in 1951 underneath an innocent-looking "farmhouse" near St. Andrews, Fife, as part of the British response to the Cold War. Now a tourist attraction, the Bunker gives a unique opportunity to understand what life would have been like during and after a nuclear attack.


Scotland's Secret Bunker, St Andrews, Fife a visit to explore

Exploring Scotland's Secret Bunker, St Andrews, Fife. This huge underground bunker was built in 1951. In the event Britain came under nuclear attack it would have been where the government and key figures would have been scrambled to. During many of the years after it was built, it was full of army personnel.


Fife’s Secret Bunker British Heritage

Discover Fife's towns, villages and the city of Dunfermline.. Hidden beneath an innocent Scottish farmhouse, a tunnel 100ft underground leads to Scotland's Secret Bunker. The bunker was built by the RAF is 1953 in response to the threat of nuclear war with the USSR - a 24,000sq feet of command centre, incorporating the latest radar.


RAF Troywood aka Scotland's Secret Bunker, Fife bsh David Gilmour Flickr

Hidden 30m underground and encased in nearly 5m of reinforced concrete, it houses two levels of austere operations rooms, communication centres, broadcasting studios, weapons stores and dormitories, filled with period artefacts and museum displays. The bunker is 3 miles north of Anstruther, off the B9131 to St Andrews.


Scotland's Secret Bunker, St Andrews, Fife a visit to explore

Hidden beneath an innocent-looking Scottish farmhouse, lies Scotland's Secret Bunker, Scotland's best-kept secret. Had there been a nuclear war this is where Scotland would have been governed. A purpose-built 24,000 sq ft labyrinth, (the size of 2 football pitches) on two levels, 100ft below ground. Construction of the bunker began in 1951.


Cycling to Scotland's Secret Bunker in Fife. The Cycling Scot

Fife From £0 per ticket Hidden beneath a Scottish Farmhouse, a tunnel leads to Scotland's Secret Underground Nuclear Command Bunker. Scotland's best kept secret for over 40 years, Hidden beneath an innocent Scottish farmhouse, a tunnel leads to, Scotland's Secret Bunker. 24,000 square feet of Secret accommodation.


RAF Troywood aka Scotland's Secret Bunker, Fife bsh David Gilmour Flickr

Scotland's biggest Cold War bunker is buried deep beneath an Edinburgh hill - and its existence has remained unknown to most people for decades. Barnton Quarry Nuclear Bunker was built in 1944.


Scotlands secret bunker Banque de photographies et d’images à haute résolution Alamy

Table of Contents. 1 How to survive a nuclear attack; 2 Find your nearest fallout shelter. 2.1 Option 1: Underground Mines; 2.2 Option 2: Caves; 2.3 Option 3: Government Bunkers; 3 Look out for warning alerts; 4 What should I do if the only fallout shelter near me is quite far away?; 5 Understanding fallout shelter signs; 6 Safe disposal practices; 7 Clean up; 8 What else should you do when.


RAF Troywood aka Scotland's Secret Bunker, Fife bsh David Gilmour Flickr

Scotland's Secret Bunker, Fife . Scotland's Secret Bunker in Fife attracts visitors from all over the world. It is one of Scotland's quirkiest tourist attractions and one of its most popular military attractions, with a vast collection of weapons on display. The only underground nuclear bunker in Scotland is hidden beneath an innocent.


Fife’s Secret Bunker British Heritage

The Secret Bunker lies 100 feet underground and is the size of two football pitches, one on top of the other so there is plenty of exploring to do! Come and discover how Scotland would have been governed from the depths of Fife and how they would have survived a nuclear attack from the most deadly bombs! Suggest edits to improve what we show.


Secret bunker, anstruther hires stock photography and images Alamy

To tour the Secret Bunker, our visitors will need to be able to manage stairs. We have one flight of stairs to the main tunnel which consists of 16 stairs with two turns which leads to the top floor of the bunker. To gain access to the lower level of the bunker, there's a further flight of 24 stairs with one turn to encounter.


RAF Troywood, the entrance corridor, Scotland's secret bunker, Fife Stock Photo Alamy

Image Source: Key Response Planning Factors for the Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism (PDF), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 3. Underground Parking Garages. Try to get to the lowest level and the most interior part of the parking garage. One study found that the -1 level of parking garages had PFs ranging from 491 to 794. At the -4 level, the protection was up to 6,397.


Fife’s secret bunker how Scotland planned for nuclear war

An atmospheric relic of the Cold War, Scotland's Secret Bunker, in Fife, gives a glimpse into an alternate future where Scotland's elite would have governed from underground