This is a list of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO).

Notes:-

  • 1. Many of these underground bunkers still exist under private ownership, permission of the owner is paramount before attempting to locate them.
  • 2. With a few exceptions the surviving bunkers are in varying states of dereliction and are unsafe.
  • 3. Counties listed are contemporary which may differ from present counties.
List[1][2]
Post LocationCountyOS National Grid
reference		1st Opening1st Closing2nd Operating period
ROC Post LairgSutherlandNC58306019591991
ROC Post LakenheathSuffolkTL7266826119681991
ROC Post Lampeter Master PostCardiganshireSN5821484119591991
ROC Post LampheyPembrokeshireSN0416008319601968
ROC Post LancingSussexTQ1716035419621968
ROC Post Langham Master PostEssexTM0084305019611991
ROC Post Langholm Master PostDumfriesshireNY3656857719611991
ROC Post LangportSomersetST4174284119581991
ROC Post LangtoftYorkshireTA0046664019591991
ROC Post LarneAntrimID3958040619611991
ROC Post LatchingdonEssexTL8826009519601968
ROC Post LatheronCaithnessND2033334219591991
ROC Post LauderBerwickshireNT5258467119631991
ROC Post LaugharneCarmarthenshireSN3002099019631991
ROC Post LauncestonCornwallSX3346840619611991
ROC Post LaurencekirkKincardineshireNO71372619591968
ROC Post LavenhamSuffolkTL9173486319591968
ROC Post LeaHerefordshireSO6718220319611991
ROC Post Leigh-on-Sea (L3)EssexTQ8351872819661991
ROC Post LeightertonGloucestershireST8294893719631991
ROC Post LenhamKentTQ9018536819621968
ROC Post Leominster Master PostHerefordshireSO5145577219611991
ROC Post LerwickShetlandHU4471423719611991
ROC Post LeslieFifeNO25000519631968
ROC Post LesmahagowLanarkshireNS7987383519591968
ROC Post LetchworthHertfordshireTL2015326619601968
ROC Post Letham Master PostAngusNO5270498519591991
ROC Post LetterstonPembrokeshireSM9490293519601968
ROC Post LevenFifeNO3892016919611968
ROC Post LewesSussexTQ3930112619601991
ROC Post LexdenEssexTL97092257Unknown1968
ROC Post LeyburnYorkshireSE1194914519661968
ROC Post LiddesdaleRoxburghshireNY4785879719621968
ROC Post LilliesleafRoxburghshireNT5237275619611968
ROC Post LimavadyLondonderryIC6837219319571991
ROC Post LindholmeYorkshireSE6906075719621991
ROC Post Linton, CambridgeshireCambridgeshireTL5539465019611991
ROC Post Linton, KentKentTQ7640509719621991
ROC Post LintrathenAngusNO2914549119571968
ROC Post LiskeardCornwallSX2565646719611991
ROC Post LisnaskeaFermanaghIH3645342219571991
ROC Post Little WalthamEssexTL7102133819571975
ROC Post Little Sodbury Master PostGloucestershireST7665838519601991
ROC Post Little SteepingLincolnshireTF4256618319621991
ROC Post LittleportCambridgeshireTL5638852419601968
ROC Post LittlehamptonSussexSU9959032719601991
ROC Post LlanannoRadnorshireSO0969744819601991
ROC Post LlanbedrMerionethshireSH5855261219601991
ROC Post LlanboidyCarmarthenshireSN2061232319601991
ROC Post LlanbrynmairMontgomeryshireSH9006028719611968
ROC Post LlandoveryCarmarthenshireSN7657353419611991
ROC Post Llandrindod WellsRadnorshireSO0602602719581991
ROC Post LlandudnoCaernarvonshireSH7758813719611991
ROC Post LlandysulCardiganshireSN3925431519601968
ROC Post Llanfaethlu Master PostAngleseySH3113869319591981
ROC Post Llanfair CaereinionMontgomeryshireSJ1018062419611968
ROC Post Llanfair TalhaiarnDenbighshireSH9293699919601991
ROC Post LlanfairfechanCaernarvonshireSH67774219601968
ROC Post LlanfyllinMontgomeryshireSJ1462201819651968
ROC Post LlangadfanMontgomeryshireSJ0199116119621968
ROC Post Llangammarch WellsBreconshireSN9283475919581991
ROC Post LlangefniAngleseySH4562765819601981
ROC Post Llangollen Master PostDenbighshireSJ2153427719581991
ROC Post LlanidloesMontgomeryshireSN94785719601991
ROC Post LlanishenGlamorganshireST1898850819661991
ROC Post LlanonCardiganshireSN5174668019591991
ROC Post Llanrhaeadr-yng-NghinmeirchDenbighshireSJ1311260819651991
ROC Post LlanrwstDenbighshireSH80862419601968
ROC Post Llantilio CrossennyMonmouthshireSO4041141019611991
ROC Post Llantwit MajorGlamorganshireSS9734692219601968
ROC Post LlanuwchllynMerionethshireSH87842936196019681981-1991
ROC Post LlanwyddynMontgomeryshireSJ0260186919621991
ROC Post LlanymynechMontgomeryshireSJ2645213019601991
ROC Post LlysfaenDenbighshireSH8887773619621968
ROC Post Lochaline Master PostArgyllshireNM6744451719631991
ROC Post LochboisdaleInverness-shireNF7709202819631991
ROC Post LochcarronRoss & CromartyNG94724450Unknown1991
ROC Post LochearnheadPerthshireNN60322231 (probable)Unknown1968
ROC Post Lochgilphead Master PostArgyllshireNR8498859319601991
ROC Post LochmaddyInverness-shireNF9137689319631991
ROC Post LockerbieDumfriesshireMY14481619641968
ROC Post LockerleyHampshireSU312724941966Ca1975 to 1983
ROC Post LocktonYorkshireSE8423892419611968
ROC Post LoddonNorfolkTM3696982519611968
ROC Post LoftusYorkshireNZ7209198019621968
ROC Post DerryLondonderryIC3998174219571991
ROC Post Long AshtonSomersetST5391693719601968
ROC Post Long ComptonWarwickshireSP2964309719611991
ROC Post Long StrattonNorfolkTM2023920819591968
ROC Post Long SuttonLincolnshireTF4440255319621968
ROC Post LongformacusBerwickshireNT68658019631968
ROC Post LonghorsleyNorthumberlandNZ1418943219601991
ROC Post LonghoughtonNorthumberlandNU2588155319621968
ROC Post LongparishHampshireSU4359434619611968
ROC Post LongridgeLancashireSD6213388319601991
ROC Post Longton, LancashireLancashireSD47622605Unknown1968
ROC Post Longton, StaffordshireStaffordshireSJ93044519651968
ROC Post LongworthBerkshireSU4122996219591968
ROC Post LouthLincolnshireTF3373847419591991
ROC Post LowestoftSuffolkTM5465958819591991
ROC Post LudlowShropshireSO5040743619611991
ROC Post LurganArmaghIJ0965971957Before 1991
ROC Post LutterworthLeicestershireSP5203855919631991
ROC Post Lydbury NorthShropshireSO3601859619651991
ROC Post Lydeard St. LawrenceSomersetST1243313319611968
ROC Post LydfordDevonshireSX5273855719601991
ROC Post LymingeKentTR1675408019601968
ROC Post LyndhurstHampshireSU2887088419621991
ROC Post Lynton Master PostDevonshireSS7265482119611991
ROC Post LyonshallHerefordshireSO3252563819631991
ROC Post LythamLancashireSD 3362273919631991
ROC Post MablethorpeLincolnshireTF5030863319611991
ROC Post MacclesfieldCheshireSJ9249725619651968
ROC Post MacduffBanffshireNJ70864419591991
ROC Post Machrihanish Master PostArgyllshireNR6682224719631991
ROC Post MachynllethMontgomeryshireSH7412007719611991
ROC Post Madron Master PostCornwallSW4383335419621991
ROC Post MaenclochogPembrokeshireSN0708278819601991
ROC Post MaestegGlamorganshireSS8467907419611991
ROC Post MalboroughDevonshireSX70940719591968
ROC Post MaldonEssexTL8374071019601968
ROC Post MallaigInverness-shireNM67595419631991
ROC Post MalmesburyWiltshireST9544854719621968
ROC Post MalpasCheshireSJ4945479519621991
ROC Post MaltonYorkshireSE782267225219611968
ROC Post ManatonDevonshireSX764782Not opened
ROC Post ManeaCambridgeshireTL4740889019611968
ROC Post ManningtreeEssexTM1015316719601968
ROC Post MarazionCornwallSW54023029 (Approx)19581968
ROC Post MarchCambridgeshireTL4046949519611991
ROC Post MarchwoodHampshireSU3922086419621968
ROC Post Marianglas Master PostAngleseySH50148395196019681981-1991
ROC Post Market DeepingLincolnshireTF1417082719601991
ROC Post Market DraytonShropshireSJ6602346219651991
ROC Post Market RasenLincolnshireTF0905877119621991
ROC Post Market WeightonYorkshireSE9109416219601968
ROC Post MarkfieldLeicestershireSK4860108019661968
ROC Post MarkyateHertfordshireTL0574156219601991
ROC Post MarlowBuckinghamshireSU8538869519601968
ROC Post MarshfieldGloucestershireST7726729419581991
ROC Post Marston MagnaSomersetST5902254819621991
ROC Post MarthamNorfolkTG4284166619581968
ROC Post MedsteadHampshireSU6637365019631968
ROC Post MeikleourPerthshireNO1652391319581968
ROC Post MelbourneDerbyshireSK36492497196119681975-1991
ROC Post MellorLancashireSD6572313219591968
ROC Post Melton ConstableNorfolkTF0412377819581991
ROC Post Melton MowbrayLeicestershireSK7420216919591968
ROC Post MelvichSutherlandNC87565519591991
ROC Post MereWiltshireST8028350619651991
ROC Post MeridenWarwickshireSP2617824519651991
ROC Post Merthyr TydfilGlamorganshireSO0281069719591991
ROC Post Methlick Master PostAberdeenshireNJ8703377819611991
ROC Post MethvenPerthshireNO0159265219641991
ROC Post MevagisseyCornwallSX0068423219581991
ROC Post MiddlesmoorYorkshireSE0855753419591991
ROC Post MiddletonNorfolkTF67341598196019681989-1991
ROC Post Middleton on the WoldsYorkshireSE9412504519601968
ROC Post Middleton StoneyOxfordshireSP5418237419591991
ROC Post MiddlewichCheshireSJ7085662919651991
ROC Post MidhurstSussexSU8657196219601968
ROC Post MilfordSurreySU9470431019601968
ROC Post Millbrook Master PostCornwallSX4325515219601991
ROC Post MilfieldNorthumberlandNT9304345719601991
ROC Post MillomCumberlandSD1768790819641968
ROC Post MilnathortKinross-shireNO0969038319601991
ROC Post MilngavieDunbartonshireNS55375719611968
ROC Post MilnthorpeWestmorlandSD4850805019651968
ROC Post MinardArgyllshireNR9759965819601991
ROC Post MineheadSomersetSS94284741 (Possible)19611968
ROC Post MinsterKentTR3154656819621991
ROC Post MinsterleyShropshireSJ37190538651991
ROC Post MitchellCornwallSW8417536819631991
ROC Post Modbury Master PostDevonshireSX6766546819591991
ROC Post MoldFlintshireSJ2433619119641968
ROC Post MoniaiveDumfriesshireNX7696901819621975
ROC Post MontgomeryMontgomeryshireSO2193966019601968
ROC Post MorebattleRoxburghshireNT7775248019611991
ROC Post MoretonhampsteadDevonshireSX7412845419591968
ROC Post MortlakeSurreyTQ2111747619661968
ROC Post Moulton ChapelLincolnshireTF3227177219601968
ROC Post Mountain AshGlamorganshireST0547966919611991
ROC Post Much HadhamHertfordshireTL4359199519621991
ROC Post Much WenlockShropshireSO6139985919611991
ROC Post MuckhartPerthshireNO0074015819601968
ROC Post Muirkirk Master PostAyrshireNS6929280019591991
ROC Post MundesleyNorfolkTG3017367219601991
ROC Post MundfordNorfolkTL8066951619611991
ROC Post NairnNairnNH89856819611968
ROC Post NanpeanCornwallSW974539919591968
ROC Post NantglynDenbighshireSJ0051629919661968
ROC Post Napton-on-the-HillWarwickshireSP4592613719591968
ROC Post NarberthPembrokeshireSN1112124019601991
ROC Post NarboroughNorfolkTF7410072819591991
ROC Post NavenbyLincolnshireSK9834547319581991
ROC Post NazeingEssexTL4225062219601968
ROC Post NefynCaernarvonshireSH2784407419601991
ROC Post NesscliffeShropshireSJ3885186919651991
ROC Post NestonCheshireSJ3148796219631991
ROC Post New BuckenhamNorfolkTM0963907319601968
ROC Post New CumnockAyrshireNS6167134219641991
ROC Post New DeerAberdeenshireNJ8855465619581968
ROC Post New LuceWigtownshireNX1774660819591991
ROC Post New MaldenSurreyTQ2122696719631968
ROC Post New Mills / New OakleyFifeNT027789831965Before 1977
ROC Post New MiltonHampshireSZ2331930619601968
ROC Post New RadnorRadnorshireSO2173608319621991
ROC Post Newark-on-TrentNottinghamshireSK7555571419631991
ROC Post Newbigging Master PostAngusNO5125376719611991
ROC Post NewboroughAngleseySH4183653219601991
ROC Post Newburgh, AberdeenshireAberdeenshireNJ9953252419611968
ROC Post Newburgh, FifeFifeNO2420184419611991
ROC Post NewburyBerkshireSU4514651419581991
ROC Post Newcastle Emlyn Master PostCardiganshireSN3101418219581991
ROC Post NewhavenSussexTQ4443000519651968
ROC Post NewickSussexTQ4196227119651968
ROC Post Newport, MonmouthshireMonmouthshireST2887902319621991
ROC Post Newport, PembrokeshirePembrokeshireSN0440389919601968
ROC Post Newport, Hampshire - 1HampshireSZ49687819611961
ROC Post Newport, Hampshire - 2HampshireSZ5183891019621991
ROC Post New QuayCardiganshireSN3829601019591991
ROC Post NewquayCornwallSW8496638419611968
ROC Post Newton AbbotDevonshireSX8434691119621968
ROC Post Newton StewartWigtownshireNX4040653719631968
ROC Post NewtownMontgomeryshireSO1142922519611991
ROC Post NewtownardsDownIJ4591748919611968
ROC Post NewtownstewartTyroneIH4031871519571991
ROC Post NewtyleAngusNO28541719631958
ROC Post NinfieldSussexTQ6998127819621991
ROC Post Niton IOWHampshireSZ5075761219621991
ROC Post Norham-on-TweedNorthumberlandNT9068462619601991
ROC Post North BerwickLothian (East)NT5610843219591991
ROC Post North CerneyGloucestershireSP0299082219621991
ROC Post North KelseyLincolnshireTA0539013019591991
ROC Post North SomercotesLincolnshireTF4474946819641968
ROC Post North StainleyYorkshireSE2703763619591991
ROC Post North WalshamNorfolkTG2451325319571968
ROC Post NorthallertonYorkshireSE38491219611991
ROC Post NorthiamSussexTQ8248253719611991
ROC Post NorthleachGloucestershireSP0964146719621968
ROC Post NortholtLondon & MiddlesexTQ0938850519671991
ROC Post NorthwichCheshireSJ6728722519651968
ROC Post OakengatesShropshireSJ6935101419611991
ROC Post OareKentTR0019628219611968
ROC Post ObanArgyllshireNM90735619601968
ROC Post OdihamHampshireSU74449119611968
ROC Post OffleyHertfordshireTL1358271119591991
ROC Post Ogbourne St GeorgeWiltshireSU21575619611968
ROC Post OkehamptonDevonshireSX5393939819621968
ROC Post Old LeakeLincolnshireTF4480488719631968
ROC Post Olney Master PostBuckinghamshireSP8915457019641991
ROC Post OmaghTyroneIH46767423Unknown1968
ROC Post OmbersleyWorcestershireSO8474636419611991
ROC Post OnichInverness-shireNN0255614519631991
ROC Post OrfordSuffolkTM4106492819611968
ROC Post OrsettEssexTQ6440811519591968
ROC Post OsmotherleyYorkshireSE45597719591968
ROC Post OswestryShropshireSJ2967298919611968
ROC Post OtterburnNorthumberlandNY9094950419631991
ROC Post OtterhamCornwallSX1475884519621991
ROC Post OundleNorthamptonshireTL0870861619641968
ROC Post Out NewtonYorkshireTA3695243019651968
ROC Post Overton, FlintshireFlintshireSJ3737441419651991
ROC Post Overton, HampshireHampshireSU5207497719601991
ROC Post OxshottSurreyTQ1463623019621968
ROC Post Oxton Master PostBerwickshireNT4774576119631991
ROC Post Padiham Master PostLancashireSD7960346119631991
ROC Post PaghamSussexSU8941003419631968
ROC Post PaigntonDevonshireSX8466608919631968
ROC Post PakefieldSuffolkTM5357881319571968
ROC Post ParCornwallSX1030555419611991
ROC Post ParboldLancashireSD5275125119621968
ROC Post ParkgateDumfriesshireNY0456909019641991
ROC Post Park Street Master PostHertfordshireTL1539042019611968
ROC Post Parson DroveCambridgeshireTF3792096419601991
ROC Post PartonKirkcudbrightshireNX6886703619601991
ROC Post PattinghamShropshireSO8178970519631991
ROC Post PavenhamBedfordshireSP9714555719641991
ROC Post PeacehavenSussexTQ41430062Not undergroundNot underground
ROC Post Peat InnFifeNO4599097919601968
ROC Post PeeblesPeebles-shireNT2454410219591991
ROC Post PeelIsle of ManSC2564847019681991
ROC Post Pen-y-GroesCaernarvonshireSH4753534319641991
ROC Post PenarthGlamorganshireST1858690319621975
ROC Post PencaderCarmarthenshireSN4513370619611991
ROC Post PenclawddGlamorganshireSS5393953719601991
ROC Post PencoedGlamorganshireSS9630791319611991
ROC Post Pencombe Master PostHerefordshireS06179531419611991
ROC Post PenhowMonmouthshireST4140903819611991
ROC Post PenicuikLothian (Mid)NT2340576319611991
ROC Post PenmachnoCaernarvonshireSH7934505619631968
ROC Post PenmaenGlamorganshireSS5378885219661968
ROC Post Penrith Master PostCumberlandNY5041291119601991
ROC Post Penryn Master PostCornwallSW7586353019581991
ROC Post PenshurstKentTQ5261470519651991
ROC Post PentrefoelasDenbighshireSH8707510819581991
ROC Post PentyrchGlamorganshireST0994824519611968
ROC Post PenyfforddFlintshireSJ3091621719581968
ROC Post PershoreWorcestershireSO9400465319611968
ROC Post Peterchurch Master PostHerefordshireSO3621393419611991
ROC Post PetworthSussexSU9598159219661968
ROC Post PevenseySussexTQ6458027519621991
ROC Post PickeringYorkshireSE7929844419611991
ROC Post PiercebridgeDurhamNZ2332152519601968
ROC Post Pinhoe Master PostDevonshireSX9968932619621991
ROC Post Pit HouseDurhamNZ20139919591968
ROC Post PitcapleAberdeenshireNJ7181260019611991
ROC Post Pleasley HillNottinghamshireSK5085644319611968
ROC Post PluckleyKentTQ9217459319611991
ROC Post PlymptonDevonshireSX5309578119581968
ROC Post PlymstockDevonshireSX4994517819641991
ROC Post PocklingtonYorkshireSE8423508019601991
ROC Post PolesworthStaffordshireSK24402219621983
ROC Post PolperroCornwallSX2098549219601968
ROC Post PomeroyTyroneIH70307178Unknown1968
ROC Post PontardulaisGlamorganshireSN5813043519621968
ROC Post PontelandNorthumberlandNZ1560695419621991
ROC Post PonterwydCardiganshireSN7522820319631991
ROC Post PontrilasHerefordshireS0 3877269219611991
ROC Post PontypoolMonmouthshireSO2937006319611975
ROC Post PontypriddGlamorganshireST0672887319601968
ROC Post Port EllenArgyllshireNR 3239517319651991
ROC Post Port WilliamWigtownshireNX3427430119611968before 1987-1991
ROC Post Portadown Master PostArmaghIH9656576019601968
ROC Post PortaferryDownIJ6003491819581968
ROC Post PorthcawlGlamorganshireSS8080774719611991
ROC Post PortisheadSomersetST4483758519641968
ROC Post Portland BillDorsetshireSY6808711919601991
ROC Post PortlethenKincardineshireNO9241961519611991
ROC Post PortmadocCaernarvonshireSH5599372619601968
ROC Post PortobelloMid LothianNT30570519621968
ROC Post PortpatrickWigtownshireNX0046537819571968
ROC Post PortreeIsle of SkyeNG4720448119661991
ROC Post PortsoyBanffshireNJ6069661119601968
ROC Post PoultonGloucestershireSP1005020219621968
ROC Post PowickWorcestershireSO8277519419621991
ROC Post Powrie BraeAngusNO4238348919571968
ROC Post PoyntonCheshireSJ9320826219621991
ROC Post Praze-An-BeebleCornwallSW6732366519611968
ROC Post PreesShropshireSJ56033119651968
ROC Post PrestatynFlintshireSJ0791818619611991
ROC Post PrestonDorsetshireSY7086819019611968
ROC Post Preston on the HillCheshireSJ57181919651968
ROC Post PrestwichLancashireSD8323047519581991
ROC Post PrestwickAyrshireNS34425119571958
ROC Post Princes RisboroughBuckinghamshireSP8020017019641968
ROC Post PrudhoeNorthumberlandNZ0918623319621991
ROC Post PulboroughSussexTQ0643195219681991
ROC Post PuritonSomersetST2914430719631968

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Nuclear Monitoring Posts – Subterranea Britannica". subbrit.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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