15 Feet below a field on the outskirts of Portadown lies a relic of the Cold War.

The former monitoring bunker was once part of a wider network of similar structures all over the United Kingdom built to study and report the effects of Nuclear explosions and the resulting Radioactive Fallout.

Manned by Men & Women of the Royal Observer Corps, they would be expected to spend 3 weeks below ground during a Nuclear Exchange, they would have given their lives to help save ours.

The bunker was closed in 1991 but it has now been fully restored to as it would have been in the 1980’s at the height of the Cold War.

We offer you the chance to step back in time and witness how our country would have coped if the Cold War had ever turned hot.

Admission is free but we ask that you consider making a donation of any size that will go to the Royal Observer Corps Association.

Please be aware that access to the bunker is via a ladder, there is no disabled access. There are currently no toilet facilities. Suitable clothes/footwear must be worn.

For any further information please click on the ‘Visit’ link at the top of the page, we aim to answer all enquiries within 24hrs.

There are no valuables kept at the bunker, all exhibits are removed after each open day.

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"The Soviets are most likely to use the one-megaton SS-4 missile or an SS-11 intercontinental ballistic torpedo. Both warheads have a terrifying nuclear payload 50 times larger than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945. The strategic position of the province, the facilities offered by ports and airports, and the fuel stocks make it highly likely that Northern Ireland will be a target.” - ‘Do You Want to Die for Nato?’ Patrick Comerford, 1984, Mercier Press.