Huge nuclear bunker site could be yours after it was put on rental market

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Hannah Al-Othman4 March 2016

A huge site which is home to historic nuclear bunkers in Berkshire could be yours after it was put up for rent.

The site - billed as a secure storage facility – was previously home to the famous Greenham Common Airbase.

It is described in an advert on property website Rightmove as offering "probably the most secure above ground storage in the UK".

The bunkers are made from reinforced concrete and sit on a 1,679 sq ft area of land surrounded by secure fencing.

Situated near Newbury, the bunkers have been listed on Rightmove - although the price is only available on asking.

The advert also states that planning permission has been granted for a huge car park on the site.

Greenham Common airbase, which first opened in 1942, was made famous by the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp anti-nuclear protest which was held outside its gates in the 1980s.

The airfield was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, and by the United States Air Force during the Cold War.

Placed by Quintons in Newbury, the advert reads: "The bunkers and igloos are the former nuclear missile silos for the former Greenham Common Airbase.

"The bunkers are constructed of concrete with steel doors and are considered to be highly secure, probably the most secure above ground storage in the UK.

"The bunkers occupy part of a site which again is secure with quadruple fencing. The remaining land has planning consent for over 6,000 cars."

In 1993, two years after the Cold War came to an end, the infamous airbase was declared surplus to requirements by the Secretary of State for Defence and the facility was closed and put up for sale.

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