{"id":405116,"date":"2026-01-13T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405116\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:34:10","slug":"nuclear-bunker-nears-collapse-due-to-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405116\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear bunker nears collapse due to erosion"},"content":{"rendered":"

A nuclear bunker is “just a few days” away from falling into the sea due to coastal erosion.<\/p>\n

The brick building, near Tunstall on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old and was designed as a look-out post in the event of nuclear war.<\/p>\n

Amateur historian Davey Robinson, who is filming its final days, said: “We live on one of the most eroded coastlines in Europe and this bunker hasn’t got long left, perhaps just a few days,” he said.<\/p>\n

East Yorkshire has some of the fastest eroding coastline in the UK, according to the Environment Agency.<\/p>\n

\"Davey<\/p>\n

Davey Robinson and Tracy Charlton have been documenting the impact of erosion in the area [BBC]<\/p>\n

Robinson and his partner Tracy Charlton have visited the site at Tunstall for the last nine mornings in the expectation that the bunker will fall into the sea.<\/p>\n

“We are posting the footage on our YouTube channel and it’s getting interest from around the world,” Robinson said.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The cold war structure is falling victim to rapid erosion on the East Yorkshire coast [BBC]<\/p>\n

The clifftop bunker is one of a number of nuclear monitoring posts<\/a> around the UK coastline, according to the historical research group Subterranea Brittanica.<\/p>\n

Known as the Tunstall ROC (Royal Observer Corps) Post, it is believed to have been built in 1959 and decommissioned in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

Robinson said it contained sleeping and “very basic” living facilities.<\/p>\n

“It was designed so that people could live inside it and just wait for a nuclear explosion to register and they could tell other people in other bunkers around the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It never got used thank goodness.”<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

The bunker is precariously perched on the clifftops at Tunstall [BBC]<\/p>\n

The Holderness coastline is eroding at an average annual rate of about 6.5ft (2m), according to the Environment Agency.<\/p>\n

Approximately 3 miles (5km) of land is thought to have been lost since Roman times, including 23 villages, according to Internet Geography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robinson said the Tunstall bunker “adds a lot of meaning” to this process.<\/p>\n

“It’s a symbol of erosion in this area,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This whole area is eroding at a rapid rate and to see an actual physical thing moving it just shows what’s happening really.”<\/p>\n

\"Waves<\/p>\n

East Yorkshire has some of the fastest eroding coastline in the UK, according to the Environment Agency [BBC]<\/p>\n

Charlton said they intended to keep visiting the site and filming the bunker in the days ahead as it “only had days left” before falling into the sea.<\/p>\n

“We’re invested in this and I guess we’re obliged to keep visiting for the sake of the thousands of people who are now watching our videos on the YouTube channel,” she said.<\/p>\n

Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, watch the latest episode of Look North<\/a> or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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