Nuclear Nottingham

Nottingham War Rooms: Tours
Tuesaday 17 September 2024
11:30 am - Group 1 - SOLD OUT
12.45 pm - Group 2 - SOLD OUT
2.00 pm – Group 3 - SOLD OUT
3.00 pm – Group 4 - SOLD OUT
Wednesday 18 September 2024
11:30 am - Group 1 - SOLD OUT
12.45 am - Group 2 - SOLD OUT
2.00 pm – Group 3 - SOLD OUT
3.00 pm – Group 4 - SOLD OUT
Monday 23 September 2024
11:00 am – Group 1 - SOLD OUT
12.15 am – Group 2 - SOLD OUT
1.30 pm – Group 3 - SOLD OUT
Venue: Nottingham War Rooms, Robin's Wood Road, NG8 3LD
Price: £15 per ticket plus booking fee 
Please note that this tour is suitable for 16+
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Hidden away in a patch of  wasteland in suburban Nottingham, a Cold War relic lies abandoned. This is Regional Seat of Government 3, a nuclear bunker from which a Regional Commissioner would have presided over a society and landscape devastated by nuclear war.

Built in 1952-53, the Nottingham War Rooms were decommissioned in the late 1960s and have mostly lain undisturbed since. Visitors to the space will see the remains of a BBC studio with the original acoustic panelling, the tank room, an intact 1960s kitchen, dormitories, and a Lamson tube system for moving messages around the building via compressed air. This is a unique opportunity for members of the public to explore an important architectural legacy of the Cold War.

For more information about Nottingham War Rooms, as well as its plans for development, please click here.​​​​

For your convenience, here are some important details to ensure you have a smooth and enjoyable visit:
Arrival: Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled start time.
Parking: On street parking is available in a close proximity to the venue. However, if you do require an onsite parking we have a limited number available so please let us know at least 4 working days before the event on marketing@marketingnottingham.uk. We will require your license plate number to secure your parking spot.
Dress Code:  We suggest wearing casual, comfortable clothing and flat shoes. The tour involves stairs and some steep inclines.
Health and Safety Guidelines: Please note that for the War Rooms Tours you will not be required to wear protective gear and no PPE is required. 
Accessibility: Please note that the War Rooms Tours currently do not have accessible facilities. The tour includes several flights of stairs with steep inclines and is dimly lit. There are no toilet facilities or refreshments available on site.
Photography - You are allowed to take photographs of the building and its interiors. 

Book Launch - Bunker: Stories and Poems from the Nuclear Age 
Monday 23 September 2024, 6pm – 7pm
Broadway, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL
This event is FREE 
You can also pre-order your 'Bunker' book with your ticket


In 2024 Nottingham War Rooms opened its steel doors to a group of writers and experts, giving them privileged access to this strange and haunting space before the developers moved in. Bunker: Stories and Poems from a Nuclear Age, edited by Daniel Cordle and Sarah Jackson, is the outcome of that visit. Published by Five Leaves, and featuring work by award-winning writers including Ailbhe Darcy, Jay Gao and Jon McGregor, its stories and poems wander the windowless corridors and offices, kitchens and canteens, dormitories and washrooms of a place from a terrible alternate reality. Breathing life into the dead rooms and peopling them with figures from past and present, it is both a memorial to a key moment in history and a reflection on a twenty-first century world with its own existential fears: new nuclear threats, environmental catastrophe and social dislocation.

Threads 40th Anniversary Screening + Introduction
Monday 23 September 2024, 7pm
Broadway, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL


A rare opportunity, on its 40th anniversary, to see the BBC’s landmark depiction of nuclear war. In Sheffield, Ruth and Jimmy’s lives are changed by an unplanned pregnancy. Meanwhile, increasing tension between the superpowers threatens a more terrible crisis. Controversial when first broadcast, this remains the most gripping, convincing and influential portrayal of nuclear war on the screen.

This screening will be introduced by Dr Daniel Cordle, expert in nuclear literature and film.