A subterranean bunker-city under a UK military base is for sale. The city is 100 hectares in area and has 100km of underground roads. It even includes a pub called the Rose and Crown. It was intended to house a Tory PM and 4,000 bureaucrats in the event of a nuclear attack. Already two uses are being considered: a massive data store for City firms or the biggest wine cellar in Europe. More outlandish ideas put forward include a nightclub for rave parties, a 1950s theme park or a reception centre for asylum seekers. The Ministry of Defence has ruled out any suggestion of using it to store nuclear waste or providing open public access because of the dangers that still lurk below — via Boing Boing
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