United Kingdom
Derived only from currently loaded listing rows. Includes 16 sourced manual research rows, 1 synthetic rows, and 12 certified comparable priced real-estate rows.
Market read
How to read United Kingdom
Adaptive reuse
UK rows include ROC posts, former bunkers, and adaptive-reuse assets where small-area, heritage, access, and planning issues often dominate.
Reading notes
- ROC posts and tiny Cold War structures should show absolute price before price per m2.
- Larger bunker assets need heritage, land title, access, and change-of-use context before comparison.
Certified rows only
3 documented asset types in the certified cohortAsset-type evidence
| Rows | Asset type | Median USD/m² | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | civil defense shelter | $2,082 | priced cohort |
| 3 | command facility | $303 | priced cohort |
| 1 | underground home | $6,600 | thin |
Diligence cues
Transfer / Legal Friction
Blockers, row notes, and dataset-scope cautions from the loaded evidence only.
Source blockers
- Source blockertiny floor area
- Source blockerheritage or listed constraints
- Source blockerunclear access rights
- Source blockerlocal-news price gaps
Row-level jurisdiction notes
- Legbourne Royal Observer Corps nuclear bunkerArchived auction article; current ownership not confirmed
- Brislington Grade II war room and bunkerListed building status and auction transfer terms require due diligence
- Newquay disused Cold War bunkerHistoric disposal context and current ownership unknown
- Hallen ROC nuclear bunkerAuction guide price and small ROC shelter title require buyer diligence
- Hope Cove former ROTOR nuclear bunkerHistoric guide price and later marketing history require date caveat
- Ballymena Woodside Road nuclear bunkerNorthern Ireland row classified under United Kingdom after prior Ireland exclusion
- West Beckham ROC underground nuclear bunkerFormer UKWMO ROC post auction result with explicit sold price and internal bunker dimensions
- Ugborough Ridge Road ROC Cold War bunkerFreehold auction lot had foot right-of-way access no services and viewing risk caveats requiring buyer diligence
Dataset scope flags
- Broader-property contamination2 loaded rows price the broader property rather than a separated shelter value.
- Transfer scope ambiguity4 loaded rows carry lease, usage-right, broader-property, non-transferable, or unknown transferability classes.
- Public-use or readiness context11 loaded rows sit in civil-defense, public-disposal, or liability-transfer lanes.
- Planning or condition diligence2 row-level jurisdiction notes mention planning, protected status, obligations, contamination, or similar reuse friction.
Listing distribution
16 sourced rows, 1 synthetic rows. Median values use only certified comparable source-backed real-estate rows with direct or converted underground area, defensible asking, sale, or auction prices, and acceptable current source health.
2 active sourced rows, 13 priced sourced USD/m² rows,12 comparable priced real-estate rows, and 1 priced rows excluded from the comparable cohort.
- Civil Defense Shelter
- Command Facility
- Underground Home
Source coverage
- UK manual research queue manual only
- UK broker and property portal manual review manual only
- UK LandSale bunker index review manual only
- UK OnTheMarket auction bunker manual review manual only
- UK public news archive research manual only
- UK property-media bunker review manual only
- UK Rightmove and auction bunker manual review manual only
- UK Hollis Morgan auction bunker review manual only
- UK Auction House South West ROC result review manual only
- UK BBC archived bunker sale review manual only
- UK The National archived bunker sale review manual only
- UK Irish Post Northern Ireland bunker review manual only
- UK Unique Property Bulletin ROC bunker review manual only
- UK Bamboo auction ROC bunker review manual only
- UK Standard ROC auction article review manual only
- UK Guardian ROC auction article review manual only
- UK Big World Tale ROC article review manual only
Market value signal
low relative value, score 35. Transferable RE median is $1,476 across 12 priced rows; the country median across mixed lanes is $1,476* against a global comparable median of $1,382.
- 12 Transferable RE rows.
- Country Transferable RE median is 127% of the global Transferable RE median.
Data gaps
16 rows with price, 0 without price. 13 rows with underground area, 3 without underground area.
Research log: 17 included, 20 excluded, and 9 pending decisions for this country.
- 3 evidence rows are missing stated underground area.
- 1 priced sourced rows are excluded from real-estate value cohorts by certification status, source health, scope, area basis, or price basis.
- 3 evidence rows have blocked, paywalled, unreachable, or unknown source health.
Evidence mix
- Coverage
- News Evidence 6 / Archived Listing 5 / Archived Sale 3 / Active Listing 2
- Sources
- News Article 10 / Broker 3 / Marketplace 2 / Other 1
- Health
- Live 13 / Paywalled 2 / Blocked 1
The lane is the kind of buying, not whether you can buy. Most rows below are real listings or evidence; the badge tells you what type of transaction the row represents.
- Transferable REStandard real estate. Clean title, transferable like any house.
- Shelter built into a broader property. You buy the property, the shelter comes with it.
- Lifestyle undergroundUnderground or earth-sheltered home. Buyable like any house; hardening is usually below bunker grade.
- Public disposalGovernment auction. Buyer may inherit decommissioning, environmental, or readiness obligations.
- Adaptive reuseBunker repurposed (museum, hotel, tunnel reuse). Often heritage-protected with reuse constraints.
United Kingdom listings
Synthetic rows are for product development only| Asset | Region | Market Type | USD/m² | Quality | Value | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synthetic Cold War monitoring bunker | Scotland | Transferable RE | $2,477 | 55 | not comparable | syntheticsyntheticsynthetic demounknownrejectedlownot comparable | Synthetic demo row for UI and scoring development only Unknown source / Not Checked evidence / Unknown / Unknown Rejected: Rejected: row is outside the comparable real-estate cohort by scope, area basis, price basis, or priced USD/m2 support. Missing required evidence fields: asset_scope, area_basis, price_basis. Synthetic demo dataset |
| Station Road Taunton The Bunker | Somerset | Adaptive reuse | n/a | 26 | insufficient data | manual researchactiveactive listingblockedrejectedhighinsufficient datamissing underground area | Public listing summary states The Bunker at Station Road Taunton is for sale at GBP 1m on about 0.44 acres; Cycle 67 source-health refresh returns live but weak evidence for the LoopNet summary Blocked source / Weak evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Rejected: Rejected: row is outside the comparable real-estate cohort by scope, area basis, price basis, or priced USD/m2 support. Missing required evidence fields: area_underground_m2. LoopNet |
| Legbourne Royal Observer Corps nuclear bunker | Lincolnshire | Public disposal | — | 29 | insufficient data | manual researcharchivednews evidenceliverejectedhighinsufficient datamissing underground area | Article states Legbourne nuclear fallout shelter built in 1959 was auctioned with starting price over GBP 25000 and access by shaft Live source / Supported evidence / Brochure Evidence Only / Auction Bid Rejected: Rejected: row is outside the comparable real-estate cohort by scope, area basis, price basis, or priced USD/m2 support. Missing required evidence fields: area_underground_m2, area_basis. Archived auction article; current ownership not confirmed Forces News |
| Jesmond townhouse with lower-ground Bunker room | Newcastle upon Tyne | Price covers broader property — not a separable underground transfer | — | 22 | insufficient data | manual researchactiveactive listingliverejectedhighinsufficient datamissing underground area | Listing states GBP 1m townhouse has lower-ground floor area called The Bunker used as lounge den wine cellar and storage Live source / Supported evidence / Underground Component / Broader Property Price Rejected: Rejected: row is outside the comparable real-estate cohort by scope, area basis, price basis, or priced USD/m2 support. Missing required evidence fields: area_underground_m2, area_basis. OnTheMarket |
| Brislington Grade II war room and bunker | Bristol | Public disposal | $494 | 20 | 3 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived salelivecertifiedhighscored | Hollis Morgan auction page states the Grade II listed War Room and Bunker sold for GBP 130000 with 8709 sq ft total accommodation and 3509 sq ft basement level converted to 326 m2 underground area plus freehold vacant possession Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Sale Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Listed building status and auction transfer terms require due diligence Hollis Morgan |
| Newquay disused Cold War bunker | Cornwall | Adaptive reuse | $222 | 13 | 29 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived listinglivecertifiedhighscored | Guardian article states the 1978 Coswarth near Newquay bunker was on the market for GBP 50000 and covered 3000 sq ft over 12 rooms deep underground Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Historic disposal context and current ownership unknown The Guardian |
| Hallen ROC nuclear bunker | Bristol | Public disposal | — | 29 | 3 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived listingpaywalledcertifiedhighscored | Article result states Hallen bunker guide price GBP 20000 and 128 sq ft area Paywalled source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Auction Bid Certified: Certified: source is paywalled, but retained evidence supports the price and underground area basis. Auction guide price and small ROC shelter title require buyer diligence Independent |
| Hope Cove former ROTOR nuclear bunker | Devon | Adaptive reuse | $303 | 37 | 31 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived listingpaywalledcertifiedhighscored | Article states Hope Cove bunker priced at GBP 750000 with two storeys 28 rooms per floor and 33000 square feet of space Paywalled source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Certified: Certified: source is paywalled, but retained evidence supports the price and underground area basis. Historic guide price and later marketing history require date caveat The National |
| Ballymena Woodside Road nuclear bunker | Northern Ireland | Adaptive reuse | $165 | 73 | 83 (high listing value) | manual researcharchivednews evidencelivecertifiedhighscored | Irish Post article states the Ballymena nuclear bunker was expected to sell for at least GBP 575000 and states 46383 sqft bunker area Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Northern Ireland row classified under United Kingdom after prior Ireland exclusion The Irish Post |
| West Beckham ROC underground nuclear bunker | England | Public disposal | — | 41 | 0 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived salelivecertifiedhighscored | Unique Property Bulletin states the West Beckham ROC bunker sold for GBP 54000 and the bunker measures approximately 5.5m by 2.25m internally Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Sale Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Former UKWMO ROC post auction result with explicit sold price and internal bunker dimensions Unique Property Bulletin |
| Ugborough Ridge Road ROC Cold War bunker | Devon | Public disposal | — | 13 | 25 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived salelivecertifiedhighscored | Bamboo Proptech auction page states the Ugborough ROC Cold War bunker sold for GBP 8000 and is approximately 11.4 m2 internally on a 0.12 acre freehold land parcel Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Sale Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Freehold auction lot had foot right-of-way access no services and viewing risk caveats requiring buyer diligence Bamboo Proptech |
| Hallen Bristol ROC Cold War bunker auction guide | Bristol | Public disposal | — | 41 | 9 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivednews evidencelivecertifiedhighscored | The Standard article states the Hallen Royal Observer Corps bunker near Bristol was offered for auction with a GBP 20000 guide price and a 128 sqft underground room Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Article-backed auction guide rather than confirmed sale price; no mains electricity or water and rural access require diligence The Standard |
| Burton Joyce ROC nuclear monitoring post | Nottinghamshire | Public disposal | — | 29 | 0 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivednews evidencelivecertifiedhighscored | Guardian article states the Burton Joyce bunker was up for auction with GBP 75000 guide price and identifies it as an 11 square metre ROC nuclear monitoring post Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Article-backed auction guide for a small ROC post on arable land subject to planning consent The Guardian |
| St Agnes ROC monitoring post auction result | Cornwall | Public disposal | — | 13 | 0 (recalibrating) | manual researcharchivedarchived listinglivecertifiedhighscored | Auction House lot page states Sold GBP 50500 for the former Royal Observation Corps Monitoring Post bunker at Sevenmilestone Cross St Agnes with freehold tenure 0.15 acre triangular parcel 14ft access shaft toilet monitoring room and 1961 opening; chamber area remains converted from the prior article dimensions of 15ft by 7.3ft Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Sale Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Official auction result for a freehold small ROC post on a triangular land parcel with future uses subject to planning permission and legal-pack diligence Auction House South West |
| Land to rear of Marsh Road underground bunker | England | Public disposal | $67 | 13 | 50 (medium listing value) | manual researcharchivedarchived listinglivecertifiedhighscored | OnTheMarket page for Land to the Rear of 63 Marsh Road states Guide Price GBP 20000 plus a plot of land with an underground bunker measuring approximately 372 sq m (4000 sq ft) and freehold tenure Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Auction Bid Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Freehold auction land parcel with underground bunker; buyer must rely on legal pack for exact boundary, consents, and development potential OnTheMarket |
| Caversfield converted World War II bunker home | Oxfordshire | Lifestyle underground | $6,600 | 40 | 12 (recalibrating) | manual researchactivenews evidencelivecertifiedhighscored | Article states a 1939 RAF Caversfield bunker converted to a two-bedroom home was marketed for GBP 650000 and spans about 122 m2 Live source / Supported evidence / Whole Property / Asking Price Certified: Certified: source is live or archived and the row has price, underground area, asset scope, area basis, price basis, and evidence notes. Secondary property-media article; direct broker status should be confirmed before transaction use Domain |
| Fawley home with underground World War II bunker | Hampshire | Price covers broader property — not a separable underground transfer | — | 36 | not comparable | manual researchactivenews evidenceliverejectedhighnot comparable | Article states a Fawley four-bedroom home has a fully underground World War II bunker about 22 feet by 6 feet and guide price GBP 390000 to GBP 410000 Live source / Supported evidence / Underground Component / Broader Property Price Rejected: Rejected: row is outside the comparable real-estate cohort by scope, area basis, price basis, or priced USD/m2 support. Secondary property-media article; bunker reuse and legal status require buyer diligence Domain |