🪖 Drakelow Tunnels

United Kingdom · Europe · 52.42°N, 2.26°W

Drakelow Tunnels are an underground former military complex beneath the Blakeshall Estate north of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, covering 285,000 sq ft (26,500 m2), with a total length of around 3.5 miles (5.6 km). They were originally built as a Second World War shadow factory, and were developed during the Cold War to be a fall-back government centre.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	52.42°N, 2.26°W · view on map

Drakelow Tunnels is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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