Barnton Quarry bunker in Edinburgh (about 4 km west of where I live) is being renovated and will hopefully be open soon:
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/BarntonQu...
This bunker would have been the Regional Seat of Government for Scotland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Seat_of_Government
Given that its location and purpose wasn't a secret I imagine it would have been blown to bits in any conflict.
Re:Subterranea Britannica
by stevetrewick on Sunday May 22, 2016 @11:42AM
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I was under the impression that the RSGs were secret until 1963 when an anti nuke campaign group exposed them?
But then, hey, Britain. We have a load of secrets that aren't technically secret but we'd rather you didn't know and would take a dim view of you trying to find out. Especially true during the Cold War (see e.g. Backbone, etc).
Good point - I'm not sure when Barnton stopped being the RSG - I had assumed it was well after '63.
There was a new RSG type bunker at Cultybraggan near Comrie but, with impeccable timing, that wasn't completed until 1990!
Re:Subterranea Britannica
by scottlilly on Sunday May 22, 2016 @09:40AM
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Outside of Houston, Texas, this former private bunker (http://www.houstonbunker.com/about/) was turned into a secure data warehouse. I believe Continental Airlines used to use it for their data.
Circa 10 years ago I was involved in a project helping transition it from 80s phone exchange into a modern facility built to a good spec. Getting connectivity out there was painful and expensive; at one point it was backhauled wirelessly to Skegness!