Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:56 am
A Short history
Kelvedon Hatch bunker was constructed between 1952 and 1953, the Kelvedon Hatch bunker was originally an air defence station(an 'R4' Sector Operations Control or SOC) as
part of the RAF ROTOR air defence project., where men kept watch for enemy aircraft.
A few years later, the bunker was converted into a Home Office regional seat of government. The purpose was, if a nuclear war should occur, the Kelvedon Hatch bunker would
act as a headquarters for government operation. With the threat of nuclear war eventually diminishing the bunker was sold back to the family who owned the land in the 1950s.
The bunker is built 125 feet (38 m) underground and the entrance is through an ordinary looking bungalow (a standard ROTOR 'Guard House') set amongst trees. The inside of the
bungalow leads to a 100-yard-long (91 m) tunnel entering the R4 at its lowest floor (of three). Above are two more floors, the 'hill' which covers it, and a radio mast some distance
away. The bunker was able to accommodate some hundreds of personnel (the numbers changing as function and form varied over the years) and could sustain them for up to three
months. The bunker has air conditioning and heating (using the original ROTOR AC-Plant but replacing the original coolant with a more 'modern' type (1980s), its own water supply
(mains water and its own deep bore hole) and generators, and was equipped with many types of radio equipment, protected (EMP) telecommunications, teleprinter (MSX) networks
and various military systems: MOULD (system to provide communications between Regular Army, TA Battalions and the Army District and Regional Headquarters) and CONRAD
(radio government communications systems post nuclear strike) etc.
The Hauntings
It’s believed that when the bunker was constructed, a bronze age settlement and Roman burial ground was disturbed but there are more sinister happenings to report at this site.
When the concrete was being poured for the Kelvedon Hatch bunker, a foreman mysteriously went missing. And, foul play was suspected. After searching the entire facility, the
foreman’s hardhat was found floating in wet concrete.
No one ever found the body and whoever killed him got away and it’s believed a disgruntled employee grew tired of the foreman and murdered him. Disposing his body in a floor
of concrete. When the bunker reopened for tours, patrons reported catching the fleeting glimpse of a middle aged man in workman’s clothes.
Military personnel were also stationed at the bunker throughout the years in particular, an angry woman in RAF uniform, walks up to people and screams into their face demanding
to know why they are there. She then turns and angrily stalks away.Whenever someone goes to complain of the conduct of what they believe to be an actor, they are quickly informed
the bunker doesn’t employ actors. They realise what they saw was a ghost.
The sick bay is also reported to have something lurking among the shadows of the empty beds of this location.Dark apparitions have been witnessed walking among the beds of the
medical facility. Visitors also claim, when they stand quietly in the room, they get the feeling that something evil is watching them closely and doesn’t want them there.
Lastly the theory of a disturbed bronze age burial ground brings us the ghoulish figure of an unusually tall man in a grey robe has been witnessed gliding silently from room to room
and down the tunnels of the bunker. His appearance is said to be preceded by bad rotting smells and loud bangs are heard whenever he walks into a room.
Kelvedon Hatch bunker was constructed between 1952 and 1953, the Kelvedon Hatch bunker was originally an air defence station(an 'R4' Sector Operations Control or SOC) as
part of the RAF ROTOR air defence project., where men kept watch for enemy aircraft.
A few years later, the bunker was converted into a Home Office regional seat of government. The purpose was, if a nuclear war should occur, the Kelvedon Hatch bunker would
act as a headquarters for government operation. With the threat of nuclear war eventually diminishing the bunker was sold back to the family who owned the land in the 1950s.
The bunker is built 125 feet (38 m) underground and the entrance is through an ordinary looking bungalow (a standard ROTOR 'Guard House') set amongst trees. The inside of the
bungalow leads to a 100-yard-long (91 m) tunnel entering the R4 at its lowest floor (of three). Above are two more floors, the 'hill' which covers it, and a radio mast some distance
away. The bunker was able to accommodate some hundreds of personnel (the numbers changing as function and form varied over the years) and could sustain them for up to three
months. The bunker has air conditioning and heating (using the original ROTOR AC-Plant but replacing the original coolant with a more 'modern' type (1980s), its own water supply
(mains water and its own deep bore hole) and generators, and was equipped with many types of radio equipment, protected (EMP) telecommunications, teleprinter (MSX) networks
and various military systems: MOULD (system to provide communications between Regular Army, TA Battalions and the Army District and Regional Headquarters) and CONRAD
(radio government communications systems post nuclear strike) etc.
The Hauntings
It’s believed that when the bunker was constructed, a bronze age settlement and Roman burial ground was disturbed but there are more sinister happenings to report at this site.
When the concrete was being poured for the Kelvedon Hatch bunker, a foreman mysteriously went missing. And, foul play was suspected. After searching the entire facility, the
foreman’s hardhat was found floating in wet concrete.
No one ever found the body and whoever killed him got away and it’s believed a disgruntled employee grew tired of the foreman and murdered him. Disposing his body in a floor
of concrete. When the bunker reopened for tours, patrons reported catching the fleeting glimpse of a middle aged man in workman’s clothes.
Military personnel were also stationed at the bunker throughout the years in particular, an angry woman in RAF uniform, walks up to people and screams into their face demanding
to know why they are there. She then turns and angrily stalks away.Whenever someone goes to complain of the conduct of what they believe to be an actor, they are quickly informed
the bunker doesn’t employ actors. They realise what they saw was a ghost.
The sick bay is also reported to have something lurking among the shadows of the empty beds of this location.Dark apparitions have been witnessed walking among the beds of the
medical facility. Visitors also claim, when they stand quietly in the room, they get the feeling that something evil is watching them closely and doesn’t want them there.
Lastly the theory of a disturbed bronze age burial ground brings us the ghoulish figure of an unusually tall man in a grey robe has been witnessed gliding silently from room to room
and down the tunnels of the bunker. His appearance is said to be preceded by bad rotting smells and loud bangs are heard whenever he walks into a room.