Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker

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. Since being decommissioned in 1992, the bunker has been open to the public as a tourist attraction, with a museum focusing on its Cold War history.

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  Battle of Londinium ⓘ
  battle between the Iceni and Roman Empire in Londinium, Britain (60 AD)

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  Battle of Crayford ⓘ
  457 battle

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  Battle of Benfleet ⓘ
  894 battle between Vikings and Wessex

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  1326 rebellion in the Kingdom of England

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  First Battle of St Albans ⓘ
  1455 conflict

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  Siege of the Tower of London ⓘ
  1460 battle in the English Wars of the Roses

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  Siege of Sidney Street ⓘ
  1911 siege in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney

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  air raid by Germany against London 29–30 December 1940

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  Battle of Lewisham ⓘ
  1977 clash between fascist demonstrators and counter-protesters in London, UK

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  Anti Aircraft Site At Tq 48738975 ⓘ
  building in Barking and Dagenham, London, England, UK

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  Avery Hill Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS7) ⓘ
  WW2 anti-aircraft site in eltham

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  Bostall Heath Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS4) ⓘ
  WW2 anti-aircraft site in Erith

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  Cold War Heavy Anti-aircraft gun site, 330m and 220m north east of Halls Green Farm ⓘ
  anti-aircraft mount in Roydon, Epping Forest, England, UK

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  East Tilbury Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Thurrock, Essex, England, UK

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  Erith Marshes Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery ⓘ
  ww2 anti aircraft battery in Bexley, London, England, UK

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  Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Lippitts Hill, 370m north west of Springfield Farm ⓘ
  anti-aircraft mount in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, England, UK

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  Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Sandpit Hill ⓘ
  remains of a World War II fortification in Hadleigh, Essex, England, UK

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  Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent ⓘ
  fortification in Canvey Island, Castle Point, England, UK

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  Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm ⓘ
  anti-aircraft mount in Canvey Island, Castle Point, England, UK

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  Royal Dockyard Gun Emplacements ⓘ
  artillery battery in Woolwich, London, England, UK

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  Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm ⓘ
  anti-aircraft battery in Thurrock, Essex, England, UK

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  World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite at Burnt Farm Camp ⓘ
  anti-aircraft mount in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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  Park 20 ARP Bunker ⓘ
  ARP post in Blackheath Standard, Greenwich

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  Bexley Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Castlepoint Borough Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Essex, UK

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  Chelmsford Essex County Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Essex, UK

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  Dagenham Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Dagenham WW2 Civil Defence Control Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Dartford Emergency Centre ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Kent

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  East Ham Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Edmonton Borough Control Site 1 ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Edmonton Borough Control Site 2 ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London, UK

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  Finsbury Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in

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  Hackney Air Raid Precaution Centre ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Hackney, London, England, UK

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  Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Hertford bunker ⓘ
  Cold War control bunker in Hertford, UK

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  Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker ⓘ
  ROTOR air defence control bunker converted to a Regional Seat of Government  

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  King William Street tube station ⓘ
  former C&SLR Station in Central London: the First Deep Level Tube Station

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  Lippitts Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  architectural structure in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, England, UK

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  Stoke Newington Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Stratford Newham Borough Council Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Tottenham Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Tower Hamlets Borough Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in London

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  Upminster Report Centre ⓘ
  WW2 civil defence centre in Upminster, London, England, UK

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  Vange Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  British air defence bunker

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  Woolwich Sub Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in Woolwich

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  One Tree Hill Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
  WW2 civilian air raid shelter in Greenwich Park, London

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  Gravesend Cold War Bunker ⓘ
  Cold War control bunker in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK  

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  Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1 ⓘ
  Cold-war regional control bunker

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  Stansted Mountfitchet Castle ⓘ
  Norman ringwork and bailey fortification in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, UK

• File:Waytemore Castle, Bishop' s Stortford - geograph.org.uk - 1764727.jpg

  Waytemore Castle ⓘ
  castle in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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  Hertford Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in East Hertfordshire, England, UK  

• File:Tower of London viewed from the River Thames.jpg

  Tower of London ⓘ
  castle in central London, United Kingdom  

• File:HadleighCastle.jpg

  Hadleigh Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Castle Point, Essex, England, UK  

• File:New Tavern Fort magazines exterior.jpg

  New Tavern Fort ⓘ
  historic artillery fort in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK  

• File:Shornemead Fort exterior view 2.jpg

  Shornemead Fort ⓘ
  fort in Shorne, Kent, England, UK

• File:Tilbury Fort - Parade ground - geograph.org.uk - 1640070.jpg

  Tilbury Fort ⓘ
  bastioned fort on the Thames Estuary  

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  Cliffe Fort ⓘ
  fortification  

• File:Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury UK.jpg

  Coalhouse Fort ⓘ
  artillery fort at Coalhouse Point in Essex, England, UK  

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  North Weald Redoubt ⓘ
  London Mobilisation Centre in Epping Forest, England, UK

• File:John Cleveley the Elder, The Royal George at Deptford Showing the Launch of The Cambridge (1757).jpg

  Deptford Dockyard ⓘ
  former naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames

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  Essex Regiment Museum ⓘ
  military museum in United Kingdom

• File:North Weald Airfield Museum - geograph.org.uk - 250662.jpg

  North Weald Airfield Museum ⓘ
  military museum in North Weald, United Kingdom  

• File:RAF Museum London 182.jpg

  Royal Air Force Museum ⓘ
  museum dedicated to the Royal Air Force, with sites in London and Cosford, United Kingdom

• File:Napoleonic battle reenactment at Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.jpg

  Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills ⓘ
  Grade I listed military museum in the United Kingdom

• File:Britain at War Experience 1.jpg

  Winston Churchill's Britain At War Experience ⓘ
  

• File:Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, Woolwich.jpg

  Royal Arsenal ⓘ
  former arsenal in Woolwich in south-east London, England

• File:EH1211481 National Maritime Museum 10 (cropped).JPG

  National Maritime Museum ⓘ
  museum in London, England, United Kingdom  

• File:HMS Belfast (C35) (9899954683).jpg

  HMS Belfast ⓘ
  1938 Edinburgh-class light cruiser

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  Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre ⓘ
  museum in Purfleet, Essex, UK

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  Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome ⓘ
  museum in Purleigh, England, United Kingdom

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  White Tower ⓘ
  central tower, the old keep, at the Tower of London

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1911 Siege of Sidney Street

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1940 Second Great Fire of London

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1977 Battle of Lewisham

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1938 — 1946 One Tree Hill Air Raid Shelter

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1954 Gravesend Cold War Bunker

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1954 Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1

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1066 Hertford Castle

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1066 Tower of London

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1539 Tilbury Fort

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1861 Cliffe Fort

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1877 Coalhouse Fort

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1890 North Weald Redoubt

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1671 Royal Arsenal

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1937 National Maritime Museum

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1939 — 1963 HMS Belfast

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1995 Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre

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2008 Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

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Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker

Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker

Kelvedon Hatch (282552614)

Kelvedon Hatch (283763667)

Kelvedon Hatch (283763659)

Kevedon Hatch (283750340)

Caterpillar track military vehicle Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Essex England

Caterpillar track military vehicle Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Essex England

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	527	Kingdom of Essex		Wikidata
class	weapon		Mallet's Mortar	siege artillery, mortar	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	60	Battle of Londinium	Roman Empire, battle, Iceni	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	296	Battle of Londinium	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	457	Battle of Crayford	Saxons, Celtic Britons, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	894	Battle of Benfleet	Vikings, Kingdom of Wessex, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1326	Capture of London	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1455	First Battle of St Albans	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1460	Siege of the Tower of London	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1911	Siege of Sidney Street	siege, police raid	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Second Great Fire of London	Nazi Germany, city fire, airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1977	Battle of Lewisham	British National Front, battle	Wikidata
link	channel		Facebook channel@		Wikidata
link	page		Mapping Museums page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
link	page		The TimeChamber page@		Wikidata
link	page		Subterranea Britannica page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-6	Type UC I submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1947	HMS Stalker	tank landing ship, preserved watercraft, Royal Navy	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1816	Royal Small Arms Factory	rifle factory, small arms industry	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Blackwall Yard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1512	Woolwich Dockyard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1800	King and Queen Shipyard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1856	Westwood, Baillie	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1843	Samuda Brothers	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company		Millwall Iron Works	holding company, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1859	J & W Dudgeon	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Anti Aircraft Site At Tq 48738975	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Avery Hill Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS7)	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Bostall Heath Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS4)	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Cold War Heavy Anti-aircraft gun site, 330m and 220m north east of Halls Green Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		East Tilbury Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Erith Marshes Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Lippitts Hill, 370m north west of Springfield Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Sandpit Hill	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Royal Dockyard Gun Emplacements	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite at Burnt Farm Camp	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Park 20 ARP Bunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bexley Emergency Centre	civil defense center, London Borough of Bexley	Wikidata
site	bunker		Castlepoint Borough Emergency Centre	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Chelmsford Essex County Emergency Centre	Essex County Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Dagenham Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	Wikidata
site	bunker		Dagenham WW2 Civil Defence Control Centre	civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	Wikidata
site	bunker		Dartford Emergency Centre	Dartford Borough Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		East Ham Borough Control	East Ham, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Edmonton Borough Control Site 1	civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield	Wikidata
site	bunker		Edmonton Borough Control Site 2	civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield	Wikidata
site	bunker		Finsbury Borough Control	civil defense center, Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hackney Air Raid Precaution Centre	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Hackney	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hertford bunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker	Royal Air Force station, military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		King William Street tube station	underground station, metro station, air-raid shelter, railway station	Wikidata
site	bunker		Lippitts Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stoke Newington Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site	civil defense center, London Borough of Hackney	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stratford Newham Borough Council Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Newham	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tottenham Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tower Hamlets Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Tower Hamlets	Wikidata
site	bunker		Upminster Report Centre	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Vange Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Woolwich Sub Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker	1938	One Tree Hill Air Raid Shelter	destroyed building or structure, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1954	Gravesend Cold War Bunker	military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1954	Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1	civil defense center, Royal Borough of Greenwich	Wikidata
site	castle		Stansted Mountfitchet Castle	ringwork castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Waytemore Castle	motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1066	Hertford Castle	city hall, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1066	Tower of London	independent museum, archaeological site, tourist attraction, museum, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1230	Hadleigh Castle	ruins, English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		New Tavern Fort	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Shornemead Fort	Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, archaeological site, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1539	Tilbury Fort	military museum, fort, English Heritage	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Cliffe Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Coalhouse Fort	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	North Weald Redoubt	fort	Wikidata
site	military base		Deptford Dockyard	shipbuilding, Royal Navy Dockyard, former entity	Wikidata
site	museum		Essex Regiment Museum	independent museum, regimental museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		North Weald Airfield Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Royal Air Force Museum	non-departmental public body, military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills	military museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum		Winston Churchill's Britain At War Experience	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1671	Royal Arsenal	military museum, arsenal	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	National Maritime Museum	national museum, military museum, maritime museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1939	HMS Belfast	national museum, Imperial War Museums, preserved watercraft, light cruiser, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre	heritage center, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2008	Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome	aviation museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	tower		White Tower	keep	Wikidata
commons	image		Radio Antenna at Kelvedon Hatch		Commons
commons	image		Radio Antenna at Kelvedon Hatch		Commons
commons	image		Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker		Commons
commons	image		Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker		Commons
commons	image		Kelvedon Hatch (282552614)		Commons
commons	image		Kelvedon Hatch (283763667)		Commons
commons	image		Kelvedon Hatch (283763659)		Commons
commons	image		Kevedon Hatch (283750340)		Commons
commons	image		Caterpillar track military vehicle Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Essex England		Commons
commons	image		Caterpillar track military vehicle Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Essex England		Commons