Subterrenea Britannica

Borough Control Bunker ARP / Air Raid Precautions / Bunker / Shelter Come with us to be shown around a Borough Control Bunker that was once the central management for air raid precautions for… WW2 Borough Control Bunker

Gosport Borough Control was built during WWII and modified for Cold War use in 1954. The single storey partly burried blockhouse remained in use until 1968. It's now the office of the Diving Museum.

The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.

The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair

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Archaeologist finds WW2 air raid shelter in garden.

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Topic of Cancer - Award-winning Cancer Charity - Surrey ToC is an award-winning charity supporting Immunotherapy, a cancer treatment that's saving lives and bringing hope for a better future.

If you would like to make a donation in Martin's memory, this would be much appreciated. The charity www.topicofcancer.org.uk was chosen by the oncology team who supported Martin over the last 5 years. Your donation will help their research.

The service ended with 'Going Underground' by The Jam
His wife Linda, who was always by his side, having fun and organising things together, "thanks you all for the great deal of kindness and support shown to her over recent weeks and for all the lovely messages."

Today, we gathered in Bracknell for a service of thanksgiving for the life of Martin Dixon.
A packed crematorium heard that our much-loved former chairperson and outstanding volunteer was always full of laughter and enjoyment, whether working at BA, travelling, flying or exploring subterranea.

Fancy a fort of your own? Rare military monument listed on market for £50k A historic military fort constructed around 150 years ago to protest access to a nearby naval dockyard is going under the hammer.

If you've ever thought "darn it, I wish I had a fort"...
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Hallen, Bristol | David Plaister Ltd For sale by Public Auction on Tuesday 9th December 2025 at Leigh Court, Pill Road, Abbots Leigh, BS8 3RA and online at 7.00pm. A rare opportunity to acquire a secure underground Royal Observer Corps…

Auction rescheduled
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Let's go for a ride on Mail Rail! The Postal Museum near Clerkenwell / Farringdon is where you can go for a ride on this underground railway - and take an after hours tunnel walk as well. Mail Rail… Let's Ride ... Mail Rail the Post Office Underground Railway

VIDEO about Mail Rail.
Includes a visit to the train graveyard area not included on the standard visit at 10 minutes in

Top-secret Bedfordshire WW2 communications base women honoured A plaque is unveiled to Q Central in Leighton Buzzard, which played a key role in World War Two.

Women who worked at top secret communications base Q Central, near Leighton Buzzard, Hertfordshire which was said to help shorten WW2 to be honoured. The group operated in underground tunnels employed 5,000 men & women who operated more than 1,100 teleprinters. 👇
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Hidden Danger Beneath Manchester: How Engineers Saved a Metrolink Tunnel | Rail Technology Magazine Essential work to repair a key Manchester Metrolink tunnel, securing its long-term operation and safety has been completed.

Report with pictures of repair works to a Manchester Metrolink tunnel in October
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Landward - 2025: Episode 21 In this autumn special, Dougie is on Ben Alder Estate to track stags for the annual deer rut. Meanwhile, Rosie is in an Aberdeenshire orchard picking apples to make champagne-style cider.

Mushroom growing at Barnton Quarry bunker in Edinburgh features from 11.36 in this BBC programme
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Tickets Alert: Visit the West India Docks Impounding Station If you live near Canary Wharf, you might regularly pass a rather modest brick building, but hidden within is an industrial delight.

Tickets Alert: Visit the West India Docks Impounding Station next to Canary Wharf

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The next World Congress on Artificial Cavity Speleology, "#Hypogea" will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia in September 2026.
Details at hypogea2026.com
There's a call for papers and to save to the dates.

The wartime tunnels in Kent which were home to thousands Thousands of people lived in Ramsgate Tunnels during World War Two.

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I was really excited to join a special tour of Clapham South Deep Level Shelter this afternoon with IWM's patrons. A fascinating history beyond the Second World War, with an afterlife including being a hostel and labour exchange for those on the Windrush, and a hotel for the Festival of Britain

Bearded Martin, wearing a red helmet, smiling as he pokes his head up through a opening in an overgrown man made hole in the ground.

With much sadness, we announce the death of Martin Dixon on 15/10/2025, having had cancer for over 5 years. He was a long-time member, former chairman.
He & Linda enjoyed many happy times together, including organising numerous Sub Brit trips.
We'd love to hear your anecdotes & memories of Martin.

Planning applications to Dover Council include proposals for removing defective concrete, reconstructing cappings, repairing the rampart and a new bridge to improve access - at #FortBurgoyne

On our website, there are few follies and artistic underground sites
A challenge to you:
* Write 1-3 paragraphs about a site that we can include (longer if you wish). Ideally add some photographs too
* Submit text/photos to webupdates@subbrit.org.uk
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There are original features like door hinges and valves, while also new tube skylights through the 2m thick concrete ceiling for natural light.
Since completion it been on sale for about a year.

Descend beneath Russell Square for a talk in the atmospheric basement of the Horse Hospital.
The @miskatonicihs.bsky.social presents Antony Clayton, talking about a century of celluloid horror lurking beneath the capital.

Thanks again to our friends at Wealden Cave and Mine Society for showing us around Godstone Mine.
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I visited Inverness’s ‘top secret’ nuclear bunker and it felt like travelling back in time The P&J joined a tour of the historic bunker, which was designated as an emergency centre if a nuclear attack took place.

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Restored Barton WW2 bunker reopens for Heritage Open Days The bunker, in Barton upon Humber, is open to visitors for the first time in five years.

This air raid shelter opened on 15 September 2025 in #BartonOnHumber www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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Longdown Railway Walk – longdownvillage.com Opened in 1903, Longdown Railway Station was built as part of the Exeter Railway, itself an extension of the earlier Teign Valley Railway Line.

TOUR: A historian and the landowner invite you to visit this branch line and walk through the remaining open tunnel, as far as the site of Dunsford Halt. longdownvillage.com/events/longd... #Exeter #Devon

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Job opportunity in the old Kingsway exchange, and future London Tunnels tourist attraction.
The Military Intelligence Museum is looking for a new curator.
Get the job specification on their homepage: www.militaryintelligencemuseum.org
Deadline 19th September

Check out this Property for sale on Rightmove Property for sale in Berwick Lane, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 for £20,000. Marketed by David Plaister Ltd, Auctions

Hallen ROC post is for sale.
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