IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Bouthwaite Drive, YORK, YO26 4TE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Bouthwaite Drive, YO26 4TE by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (70 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Park near Sowerby Road
Surrounded by flats and housing.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.04 miles
2
Howe Hill Close
Looking along Howe Hill Close mainly consisting of semi-detached houses.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 25 Apr 2021
0.06 miles
3
Side of the bunker
Looking around part of the York Cold War Bunker, former home of No 20 Group Royal Observer Corps Headquarters.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.09 miles
4
York Architecture : York Cold War Bunker, Monument Close, York
The Cold War bunker, just off Acomb Road in York, was headquarters of the Royal Observer Corps No.20 Group. It was opened in 1961. One of 31 such bunkers, it was part of a nationwide network of semi-secret posts manned and primed specifically to observe and monitor a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom.
The bunker was stood down in September 1991 and closed on the 31st March 1992. It remained empty until it was acquired by English Heritage in 2000, scheduled, restored and opened to the public.
Source of information: Roger J C Thomas (2010) : York Cold War Bunker - English Heritage Guidebook
Image: © Richard West
Taken: 26 Apr 2017
0.09 miles
5
York Townscape : York Cold War Bunker, Monument Close, York (side view)
The Cold War bunker, just off Acomb Road in York, was headquarters of the Royal Observer Corps No.20 Group. It was opened in 1961. One of 31 such bunkers, it was part of a nationwide network of semi-secret posts manned and primed specifically to observe and monitor a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom.
The bunker was stood down in September 1991 and closed on the 31st March 1992. It remained empty until it was acquired by English Heritage in 2000, scheduled, restored and opened to the public.
Source of information: Roger J C Thomas (2010) : York Cold War Bunker - English Heritage Guidebook
Image: © Richard West
Taken: 26 Apr 2017
0.09 miles
6
Blast doors
Looking out of the York Cold War Bunker, former home of No 20 Group Royal Observer Corps Headquarters.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.09 miles
7
Plotting fallout
Inside the York Cold War Bunker, former home of No 20 Group Royal Observer Corps Headquarters. On the left is AWDREY (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Weapons_Detection_Recognition_and_Estimation_of_Yield ) and ahead a plotting table to calculate the centre of an atomic attack.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.09 miles
8
Bunker generator
Inside the York Cold War Bunker, former home of No 20 Group Royal Observer Corps Headquarters. This generator would have powered the bunker in the event of an attack.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.09 miles
9
Coordinating reports
Inside the York Cold War Bunker, former home of No 20 Group Royal Observer Corps Headquarters. These desks would have taken the reports from the smaller three person bunkers.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.09 miles
10
Command centre
Inside the York Cold War Bunker, former home of No 20 Group Royal Observer Corps Headquarters. This is the main command centre of the bunker where twenty volunteers would have been working.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 22 Jan 2017
0.09 miles