Region 6 War Room
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.Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bunker
- Description: nuclear bunker in Earley, Berkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Reading Regional War Room”, “Reading War Room”, “Reading War Room (‘The Citadel’), University Of Reading”, and “Reading War Room Region 6”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University of Reading Atmospheric Observatory and Harris Garden.
University of Reading Atmospheric Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Tim Landy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The University of Reading Atmospheric Observatory, is an atmospheric observatory and weather station located on the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading. University of Reading Atmospheric Observatory is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Region 6 War Room.
Harris Garden
Garden
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harris Garden is a botanical garden of the University of Reading, situated about 2 miles from the centre of the English town of Reading. It was established in 1972 and expanded into its current form in 1988. Harris Garden is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Region 6 War Room.
Whiteknights Park
Park
Whiteknights Park, or the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading, is the principal campus of that university. The park covers the area of the manor of Earley Whiteknights, also known as Earley St Nicholas and Earley Regis. Whiteknights Park is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Region 6 War Room.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Earley and Lower Earley.
Earley
Suburb
Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Earley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of Reading Borough Council.
Lower Earley
Suburb
Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Earley is a suburb of Earley, a town in Berkshire, England. Lower Earley is a predominantly lower-density residential area lying on the northern banks of the River Loddon.
Cemetery Junction
Locality
Photo: Walton Adams, Public domain.
Cemetery Junction is a road junction in East Reading, bordering on Newtown, in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is a notorious bottleneck for traffic during rush hour, with the main A4 road meeting the A329 road from Wokingham.
Region 6 War Room
- Categories: university building, building, brownfield land, and military installation
- Location: Earley, Wokingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.43897° or 51° 26′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.93453° or 0° 56′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3XC3Q8+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 626221441OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldOpenStreetMap feature
military=abandonedWikidata ID
Q7308962
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