Museum
York Cold War Bunker
Semi-sunken concrete nuclear bunker with blast doors and a two-storey Cold War operations room.
0:00≈ 2 min
Location
0:00≈ 2 min
About this audio guide
This guide to the York Cold War Bunker in Holgate treats the building itself as the story: a semi-sunken concrete shelter opened in December 1961 for the Royal Observer Corps. It looks at what its builders designed it to withstand, what it cost, and how its blast doors, filters and plant were meant to keep sixty volunteers working through a nuclear attack. Best heard standing at the raised entrance before you go in.
This audio guide was created using AI.