Guidebook: York Cold War Bunker

" Outstanding quality and value

" Beautifully illustrated

" Written by leading English Heritage experts

" The most modern and spine-chilling of English Heritage's properties

An eerie reminder of the Cold War, the protected headquarters of the Royal Observer Corps No.20 Group are sunk several metres below the ground on the outskirts of York. Here up to 60 scientists and trained civilians worked in preparation against nuclear attack. An open secret, the very existence of the bunker would have warned the Soviet Union of Britain's preparedness to withstand attack and to seal off its workforce from a potentially contaminated outside world. This new guide contains a tour and history of a site which evokes a chilling period of recent history.

Extent:12pp

Illustrations:32 illustrations(colour and b&w)

Publish date:Sept 2010

About the Series

English Heritage Red Guides bring history to life, with fascinating eyewitness accounts and exquisite drawings that recreate each site at the most exciting point in its history.

Written by leading experts in their fields, they feature specially commissioned photography, fold-out plans, bird's-eye views and reconstruction drawings. Each new guide contains a tour of the site, followed by a history of the property and the people who lived and worked there.