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Cambridgeshire is home to several Cold-war era nuclear bunkers, according to an online database.

There are 18 of them dotted around the county, each with similar design structures.

Officially called Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Posts, they consist of a 14-foot-deep access shaft, a toilet/store and a monitoring room.

The posts were constructed as a result of the Corps’ nuclear reporting role and operated by volunteers during the Cold War between 1955 and 1991.

Half the posts were closed in 1968 during a reorganisation of the ROC and several others shut over the next 40 years as a result of structural difficulties.

They were prone to issues such as flooding and vandalism, with the final ones decommissioned in 1991 after the break up of the Soviet Union.

Here are the ones you can find in Cambridgeshire, according to online database Subterranea Britannica – along with another historic relic from the Cold war era.,,,,,,,,,,,

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/cold-war-nuclear-bunker-cambridgeshire-19590971