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A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, is up for sale for £18,000 - although the structure, which is 20ft underground, is currently unsafe to enter.
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Cold War underground shelters adapted to modern comfort by property developers Armoured doors form security doors in which the exit and access are controlled Image Credit: The Kurator
The underground shelters of the Cold War have found themselves the object of an unexpected passion among property developers –monumental buildings adapted to modern comfort and made ultrasecure.
When a bunker is being purchased, the depth, the thick-ness of the rock, the ventilation and the energy self-sufficiency replace the more prosaic concerns about the state of the roof and the floor area. In Cherbourg harbour, Chavagnac Fort will have no problems with her neighbours. This 37-room bunker-island that the navy has just sold is accessible only by boat. Neither the price nor the buyer, a Parisian promoter, have been revealed. In the port, the figure of €50,000 is rumoured. With its obsession about being invaded, Britain is covered with military facilities and