The Region 6 War Room is a nuclear bunker dating from the early days of the Cold War, on the Whiteknights Park campus of the University of Reading in the English town of Reading.

The Region 6 War Room is a nuclear bunker dating from the early days of the cold war, on the Whiteknights Park campus of the University of Reading in the English town of Reading.

Jul 22, 2023 · Region War Room 6 was constructed in complete secrecy in the 1950s to withstand a potential atomic bomb attack. Built over two levels, the first is above ground with thick concrete...

Sep 30, 2017 · The university's Whiteknights campus is home to the nuclear bunker known as the Region 6 War Room, which was built during the Cold War. The "remarkably intact" bunker was designed to...

Oct 30, 2021 · It had a map room, control rooms, satellite cabins, offices, a communications room, dormitories and even a canteen that would've been used in the event of an attack. However, in …

Reading War Room, completed in 1953, was the regional base for Home Defence Region 6 during the early Cold War, and was designed to protect the functions of regional government from the atomic bomb and to co-ordinate defence.

Jun 2, 2007 · This is the above ground portion of the former Region 6 War Room, which would have housed the regional government for South Central England (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, and the Isle of Wight) in the event of a nuclear strike on Britain during the 1950s and possibly later.

Mar 13, 2013 · The Region 6 War Room is a nuclear bunker dating from the early days of the cold war, on the Whiteknights Park campus of the University of Reading in the English town of Reading.

Apr 7, 2018 · Regional War Room at Whiteknights Park is said to be one of only four surviving in England built to the two-storey semi-sunken design bunkers. The Region 6 War Room is a nuclear bunker dating from the early days of the Cold War, on the Whiteknights Park campus of the University of Reading.

The Region 6 War Room survives to this day, having been Grade II listed in 2009. It is currently under the administration of the University of Reading, which utilises the building as a secure storage facility for the university library.