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Drakelow Tunnels

Drakelow Tunnels are a former underground 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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Drakelow Tunnels are a former underground military complex beneath the Blakeshall Estate north of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, covering 285,000 sq ft...

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Kinver

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Just outside Kinver are Drakelow Tunnels. The tunnels were used for various purposes by the MoD for many years. The tunnels were originally built as...

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Paranormal Lockdown

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visit the Beattie Mansion and attempt to contact spirits. 3.10 (28) "Drakelow Tunnels" Kidderminster, England January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08) (U.S.) February 13...

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Regional seat of government

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build a new RSG at Llandrindod Wells. Region 9 (West Midlands) The Drakelow Tunnels, near Kidderminster. Another underground factory from the World War...

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List of Most Haunted episodes

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October 2014 Ye Olde Kings Head Chester, Cheshire 193 9 October 2014 Drakelow Tunnels Kidderminster, Worcestershire 194 16 October 2014 Saltmarshe Hall (Part...

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Most Haunted

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The National Emergency Services Museum Ye Olde Kings Head, Chester Drakelow Tunnels Saltmarshe Hall (Part 1 Saltmarshe Hall (Part 2 Most Haunted aired...

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Rover Company

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second, larger one, at Solihull, started in 1940 and the third, at Drakelow Tunnels, Kidderminster, started in 1943. All three were employed making aero...

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Kidderminster

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houses the Worcestershire County Museum. A few miles north are the Drakelow Tunnels a former underground military complex, which has an attached museum...

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British shadow factories

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Catalogue. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Stokes, Paul (1996). Drakelow Unearthed. BCS/Paul Stokes. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-904015-40-8. Sherrard, Peter...

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Great British Railway Journeys

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Centre. Returning to the railway, he travels to Kidderminster for the Drakelow Tunnels, where aircraft components were manufactured during World War 2. His...

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Blakeshall

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During the Second World War, the village site became part of the Drakelow Tunnels shadow factory, later developed during the Cold War as a fall-back...

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Calke Abbey

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Hundred of Repton and Gresley". Derbyshire Record Office. Gresley family of Drakelow. Retrieved 8 March 2023. "Will of John Preiste or Preist of Calke, Derbyshire"...

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Clifton Down

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become polished and is now an attraction to visitors. A railway tunnel, Clifton Down Tunnel, passes underneath Clifton on the line from Temple Meads to Severn...

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List of places in Worcestershire

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Dodderhill, Dodford, Dordale, Dormston, Doverdale, Dowles, Dowles Brook, Drakelow, Drakes Broughton, Drakes Cross, Draycott, Drayton, Droitwich Spa, Druggers...

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Mam Tor

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places, demonstrating the numerous efforts to keep the road open. A short tunnel could readily have been made avoiding the landslip zone, but the opportunity...

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Eston Nab

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Eston Hills, of which it is the highest point, had a warren of cavernous tunnels carved into them, to create the ironstone mines that closed in 1949. They...

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Barking Power Station

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the abundant water supply and space on the site for expansion. A cable tunnel was constructed under the river to supply the south bank with electricity...

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Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry

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March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020. Fender, Keith (November 2021). "Channel Tunnel electricity link goes live". Modern Railways. 78 (878): 80. "Hunterston...

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Blyth Power Station

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left over from the demolition process. Underground workings, such as tunnels and culverts, also still exist on the site. The coal storage area to the...

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Cissbury Ring

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uncovered the remains of a young woman who had been apparently killed in a tunnel collapse. This individual was recently radio-carbon dated to c.3700 BC....

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List of Wildlife Trust nature reserves

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(Staffordshire Wildlife Trust) Drake Street Meadow (Worcestershire Wildlife Trust) Drakelow (Derbyshire Wildlife Trust) Draycote Meadows (Warwickshire Wildlife Trust)...

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Poundbury Hill

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through the site, but local outrage at the plan meant that the more expensive tunnel was chosen. The protest against the Poundbury cutting plan also led to the...

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