Burlington, United Kingdom

In the middle of the 20th century in Great Britain has appeared a secret underground city with a code name Burlington. This city is like a real recessed shelter where the British parliament planed be hold up in case of the nuclear war. The underground city was built at the place of the old stone quarry, its area is about 1 square kilometers. This recessed shelter could save up to 4 000 people at once.

During the cold war, such shelters below ground level were built in different countries. Burlington was fully equipped for long and comfortable living. There was placed a special water treatment capability, pub and highway transportation facilities. One of the most unusual thing was an underground lake. This underground shelter was in a work order until 1991. When the cold war has finished, it has lost its original usage.

Only in 2004 all the equipment and provision were removed from the tunnels. Some rooms in the underground shelter still aren’t dissembled. There you can see a huge telephone station with a great number of facilities and covered new chairs. There also saved a part of the railway station and other interesting rooms with various equipment. Until recently, the underground shelter was classified as a secret but several years ago its place was revealed. Today everyone can come to Burlington, the entrance is on the hillslope. The underground shelter has its own elevator that works until now. Next - Undergrounds of Naur