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York Cold War Bunker

York Cold War Bunker is a British Cold War command centre in Yorkshire. Its place is inside York’s built-up area. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument.

Photo: York Cold War Bunker, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In York

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Fort in York

Inside York

York Cold War Bunker is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; York has 1,271 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in York

Warmest in York are June to September, at 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in York, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for York. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. York’s full climate →

About

York Cold War Bunker

Care of the site is provided by English Heritage. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages. Look also at York Minster, 2.4 km away, first of 53 more within 15 km.

York’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in York
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/york-cold-war-bunker

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The way to York Cold War Bunker

Orange is York Cold War Bunker; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that list York Cold War Bunker

With 141,696 people, York is the largest of the 8. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Nether Poppleton

727 people · 38 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Upper Poppleton

3,520 people · 37 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km south of it

Bishopthorpe

3,333 people · 40 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where York Cold War Bunker is	People	Places to visit
York	It’s in town	141,696	46
Nether Poppleton	1.8 km northwest of it	727	38
Upper Poppleton	2.1 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Bishopthorpe	3.5 km south of it	3,333	40
Rufforth	3.6 km west of it	652	5
Huntington	4 km northeast of it	12,420	44
Copmanthorpe	4 km south of it	3,671	9
Skelton (York)	4.1 km north of it	1,380	21

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster2.4 km away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1.3 km away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower2.4 km away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum2 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum2.5 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

FortYork city walls2.3 km away 7

Art galleryYork Art Gallery2.1 km away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre2.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about York Cold War Bunker

Where is York Cold War Bunker?

York Cold War Bunker is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is York Cold War Bunker?

British Cold War command centre in Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs York Cold War Bunker?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit York Cold War Bunker?

June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is York Cold War Bunker a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near York Cold War Bunker?

Within 15 km: York Minster (2.4 km), National Railway Museum (1.3 km), Clifford's Tower (2.4 km) and Yorkshire Museum (2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

York Cold War Bunker: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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