Region 6 War Room
Nuclear bunker in Berkshire, UK
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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. It is one of a number of such Regional War Rooms built during the 1950s and designed to co-ordinate civil defence in the event of an attack on the country using conventional bombs or atom bombs.
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University of Reading
University in Berkshire, England
0.5 mi away
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
European intergovernmental weather computation organisation based in the UK
1.5 mi away
Museum of English Rural Life
Agricultural museum in Reading, England
1.3 mi away
Whiteknights Park
Main campus of the University of Reading, Berkshire, England
0.4 mi away
Harris Garden
UK university botanical garden
0.4 mi away
Watlington House
Listed building in Reading, England
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