Historic houses · South East England
Region 6 War Room
Region 6 War Room — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Roger Templeman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Region 6 War Room is a Grade II*-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.4390, -0.9346
- District
- Wokingham
- Parish
- Earley
- Postcode
- RG6 6EU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Earley and Woodley
Sources
- wikidata: Q7308962 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Region 6 War Room (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Region 6 War Room?
- Region 6 War Room is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RG6 6EU), in the parish of Earley.
- Who owns Region 6 War Room?
- Region 6 War Room is owned by | current_tenants =.
- Is Region 6 War Room a listed building?
- Region 6 War Room is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to Region 6 War Room?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode RG6 6EU. It sits within the Earley and Woodley parliamentary constituency.