Burlington; The UK's underground city

Pav89 · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:36

I just came across this yesterday. I'm pretty amazed that it caters for 4,000 people to live in isolation for 3 whole months! :eek:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/underground_city/

The pictures are awesome! Especially the ventilation system which looks like it has fans which have been stripped off aeroplanes!

It was top secret for many years, but has now been decommissioned, and I know there will be quite a few people here who already know about it, but there are just as many who don't! Now...who wants to live there?

This is like the UK's answer to Chernobyl, where everything is stopped in time.

Anyone know if any TV programs have been aired about this place? Would love to find out more!

Andr3w · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:38

The 360 views are pretty cool

Syngress · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:39

Wow that is cool.. As said those 360 views are good

Adsta · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:43

impressive

gillywibble · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:48

Awesome.

Cosimo · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:49

Do you want to buy it?

Wicksta · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:54

It makes you wonder how good the one they have now is.

eggyoke · 29 Dec 2009 at 15:57

Wicksta said:
It makes you wonder how good the one they have now is.

That's what I was thinking. Surely they must have something planned for themselves.

Ziggy · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:00

Some interesting comments on the site:

david hawkins
bit old fashoned

:/

And some random mentalist who decided it was a good place to go on a rant about prisons. :confused:

peter weston
I think these type of places should be used as prisons & detention centre's the maintenance and upkeep could be carried out by the inmates the "reward" factor being they could "earn" an early release date geared to a points system directly related to the amount of hard work & willingnes they show.We would not have any "issues" about their cheap labour (£1 a day) undermining the local economy as no one local is intersted in working there.I am fed up of prisoners being treated as citizens they are not worthy of the honour, let them re pay their debt to society by means of this type of work, they would be off the streets and not involved is some "wishy washy" scheme invented by the do gooders that puts them out in the community to continue their crimes at our expense.Come on Prime minister show some backbone to the nation start by protecting us citizens that pay the taxes you and your elected take your wages from.

jr1104 · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:00

Awesome, they should turn it into a paintball zone.

Pav89 · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:02

I didn't ever realise that Lamson tubes actually existed! What an amazing piece of technology for that time! :O Hopefully they use some kinda of computer network in their current bunker

Cosimo · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:02

Wicksta said:
It makes you wonder how good the one they have now is.

Do you think they will ever tell us.

eggyoke · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:06

This does have enormous fictional potential I have to say

PermaBanned · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:07

I'd be up for living there, going down is a lot more sensible than going up, as the cities teeming with skyscrapers would have us believe.

mrk · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:08

simulatorman said:
Do you think they will ever tell us.

Only one way to find out....TO THE NUKELURRRR SILO!

Ziggy · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:10

mrk said:
Only one way to find out....TO THE NUKELURRRR SILO!

PhillyDee · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:11

This should be preserved. Big undertaking, but even so it is a museum in its own right!

Incidently, I would live there . . . . Ive always wanted a nuclear bunker!

chrism · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:13

there's a similar sort of thing in the white cliffs at dover its excellent been on the tour a few times

Cosimo · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:13

Some more on these secret places:

Clum · 29 Dec 2009 at 16:21

How long until there's a group of us trying to raise the funds to buy this?!

Wasn't it here there were a load of folk trying to buy an old missile silo in the US somewhere a while back?