Brookmans Park’s "nuclear bunker"

Brookmans Park Transmitting Station
Photograph by Ron Kingdon, part of the Images of North Mymms Collection

During the Cold War that followed WWII the BBC drew up plans for a Wartime
Broadcasting Service (WTBS) to be activated in the event of a nuclear attack.

The Brookmans Park Transmitting Station, a twin-wave broadcasting facility, was considered to be a crucial part of the Britain's communications strategy at the time.

The London twin-wave broadcasting station Brookmans Park

This history of the London twin-wave broadcasting station Brookmans Park is a "Descriptive Souvenir" published in 1930. It is reproduced on this site with the permission of the BBC.