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thismonkeyhere
6,845 posts
100 months
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Was down in 'Burlington' the other day. Awesome.
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Smiler.
5,395 posts
99 months
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Robbie B said: I did some research about places near me the other day and I stumbled across something interesting. There's a big forest near me that's on private land but not too difficult to get on (no houses/security or offices nearby). It's at the back of a disused war time runway and apparently inside this forest are still bomb shelters. I'm positively buzzing with excitement about trying to get in there. No one has got any pictures of inside yet. I just need the weather to buck up its ideas. I'll keep you chaps posted. Is that near the "market" 
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DannyScene
1,724 posts
24 months
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thismonkeyhere said: Was down in 'Burlington' the other day. Awesome. Oh I would f  king love a piece of Burlington!!
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thismonkeyhere
6,845 posts
100 months
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DannyScene said: Oh I would f king love a piece of Burlington!! It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring. 'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit.
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RobbieKB
5,344 posts
52 months
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Smiler. said: Robbie B said: I did some research about places near me the other day and I stumbled across something interesting. There's a big forest near me that's on private land but not too difficult to get on (no houses/security or offices nearby). It's at the back of a disused war time runway and apparently inside this forest are still bomb shelters. I'm positively buzzing with excitement about trying to get in there. No one has got any pictures of inside yet. I just need the weather to buck up its ideas. I'll keep you chaps posted. Is that near the "market" I don't think so but my ears have pricked up  If you don't want to post a location on here please PM me it!
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DannyScene
1,724 posts
24 months
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thismonkeyhere said: DannyScene said: Oh I would f king love a piece of Burlington!! It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring. 'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit. Yeah from my online snooping it looks like I'd want a good 2 days at least. Is it possible to pro hobo it?
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Smiler.
5,395 posts
99 months
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RobbieKB said: I don't think so but my ears have pricked up If you don't want to post a location on here please PM me it! PM sent 
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Morningside
16,798 posts
98 months
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thismonkeyhere said: DannyScene said: Oh I would f king love a piece of Burlington!! It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring. 'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit. Photos? Is it really as amazing as I read about and still that large?
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thismonkeyhere
6,845 posts
100 months
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Morningside said: Photos?
Is it really as amazing as I read about and still that large? Could do some photos - didn't think anyone would be that interested, there seems to be quite a few online already. (And I forgot my camera so they're all 'phone pics - not too bad though) It is amazing and it is very big, and Burlington is only a small part of what's down there. Highlights - many, but maybe the BBC studio, the telephone exchange, the library and the huge split level dining hall with circa-1960s coffee machines, immaculate and unused, filter papers next to them, just sat waiting for the coffee order that'll never come. Oh, and the stores - the piles and piles and piles of Government stores just sat there, rotting.
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Smiler.
5,395 posts
99 months
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Morningside said: thismonkeyhere said: DannyScene said: Oh I would f king love a piece of Burlington!! It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring. 'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit. Photos? Is it really as amazing as I read about and still that large? I have some MOD DVD's of that place
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pidsy
1,975 posts
26 months
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wow, burlington is huge! - over 60 miles of tunnels. their main site gives an interesting map overlay on this page: http://www.burlingtonbunker.co.uk/maps/gives you an idea of scale. looks very secure though.
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hidetheelephants
5,598 posts
62 months
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Jabbah said: Panama canal?
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DannyScene
1,724 posts
24 months
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thismonkeyhere said: It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring.
'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit. Was it burlington where the lads from 28dl got the electric cart running and drove round on it? It was on youtube and in the news as well
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PumpkinSteve
1,804 posts
25 months
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I love looking at stuff like this, I wish I could own a bunker myself
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thismonkeyhere
6,845 posts
100 months
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PumpkinSteve said: I wish I could own a bunker myself There was a house with bunker for sale fairly recently. I may have read about it in this thread? I so wanted it, but the practicalities of family and work life got in the way....
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Vieste
9,116 posts
29 months
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Some R4 ROTOR bunkers are still for sale in the uk.
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AJLintern
3,450 posts
132 months
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So if there was some sort of incident these days, where would the government go? I guess there must still be a bunker they can use which is prepared and ready? If so, is it known about? Or is it as secret as many of these decommissioned facilities were in the past? 
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hora
16,579 posts
80 months
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AJLintern said: So if there was some sort of incident these days, where would the government go? I guess there must still be a bunker they can use which is prepared and ready? If so, is it known about? Or is it as secret as many of these decommissioned facilities were in the past? I imagine ones they've subsequently built on the secret that no one now knows about except for the Chinese and Russian spies.
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pidsy
1,975 posts
26 months
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Vieste said: Some R4 ROTOR bunkers are still for sale in the uk. there was a cool one for sale by auction not long ago - came with 2 acres of forest, access road and a 5 room reinforced bunker. guide was £14k - sold for £60k (no planning permission for anything)
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The Don of Croy
1,015 posts
28 months
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AJLintern said: So if there was some sort of incident these days, where would the government go? I guess there must still be a bunker they can use which is prepared and ready? If so, is it known about? Or is it as secret as many of these decommissioned facilities were in the past? They'd need a pretty big bunker since ole Cleggy would insist that EVERYONE was included (all 62 million).
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