A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November. A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.

Underground nuclear bunker built at height of Cold War hits market for £10,000

A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.

An underground nuclear bunker built at the height of the Cold War has been put up for sale for just £10,000.

From the outside it looks like just a full rocks in a field.

The installation was designed to withstand radiation and was fully equipped with radiological instruments.

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It was one of a series built by the Ministry of Defence during the 1950s and 1960s when the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union loomed.

A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.
Outside of the Underground Nuclear Bunker. (Jam Press/Brown&Co)

It was meant to allow people to detect and report a nuclear attack.

The underground protective bunkers are cramped but can hold up to three observers.

Access is via a steep, vertical ladder into the subterranian interior.

A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.
Steep passage to the Underground Nuclear Bunker. (Jam Press/Brown&Co)

Its main space is equipped with a desk.

The bunker is for sale in Repps-With-Bastwick, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, as reported by Luxury Property News.

A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.
Steep passage to the Underground Nuclear Bunker. (Jam Press/Brown&Co)

Trevor Blythe auction manager at estate agent Brown&Co, said: “This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of British post-war history.

A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.
Inside of the Underground Nuclear Bunker. (Jam Press/Brown&Co)

“Observation posts like the one we are selling were built to provide protective but extremely limited accommodation for three observers in the event of a nuclear attack.”

A Cold War-era underground nuclear bunker in Norfolk is up for sale, offering a rare piece of history for just £10,000. Built to withstand radiation, it will be auctioned in November.
Inside of the Underground Nuclear Bunker. (Jam Press/Brown&Co)

The online auction is set to open at 11am on November 12 and the bunker has a guide price of £10,000 to £20,000.

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