Anderson shelter
Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker and Kelvedon Hall.
Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
Bunker
Photo: Genesisman26, Public domain.
The Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, in the Borough of Brentwood in the English county of Essex, is a large underground bunker maintained during the Cold War as a potential regional government headquarters.
Kelvedon Hall
Building
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelvedon Hall is a country house in the village of Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex, England. Originally the site of an important medieval manor, the current house was built in the mid-18th century by a family of Catholic landowners, the Wrights, who had bought the manor in 1538. Kelvedon Hall is situated 2,300 feet north of Anderson shelter.
Trinity School
School
Trinity School was an independent school in Essex, England. The school was located in Brentwood and was closely linked to Trinity Church. The school closed in 2018. Trinity School is situated 1 mile southeast of Anderson shelter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Navestock Side and Marden Ash.
Navestock Side
Hamlet
Navestock Side is a hamlet near the A128 road, in the Navestock civil parish of the Brentwood District, in the county of Essex, England. It is about three miles from the town of Brentwood. It has a small country house called Abbotswick.
Marden Ash
Hamlet
Marden Ash is an urban settlement in the Ongar civil parish of the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The settlement, previously a village of High Ongar parish, is contiguous with the small town of Chipping Ongar. Marden Ash is situated 1½ miles north of Anderson shelter.
Coxtie Green
Village
Coxtie Green is a small settlement in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It was a settlement in the parish of South Weald. Coxtie Green is situated 2½ miles south of Anderson shelter.
Anderson shelter
- Type: Bunker
- Description: cheap and simple type of shelters used by British citizens during the Blitz in WW2
- Categories: air-raid shelter, building, and military installation
- Location: Kelvedon Hatch, Borough of Brentwood, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.67192° or 51° 40′ 19″ northLongitude
0.25589° or 0° 15′ 21″ eastOpen location code
9F32M7C4+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13120416058OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q26882883
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Anderson shelter” goes by many names.
- German: “Anderson Shelter”
- Hebrew: “מקלט אנדרסון”
- Turkish: “Anderson sığınağı”
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