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 and locale in the East Reading and Newtown neighbourhoods of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

Region 6 War Room

Categories: university building, building, brownfield land, and military installation
Location: Earley, Wokingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.43897° or 51° 26′ 20″ north

Longitude

-0.93453° or 0° 56′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C3XC3Q8+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 626221441

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=brownfield

OpenStreetMap feature

military=abandoned

Wikidata ID

Q7308962

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Satellite Map

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