Vange ROC Post

This Royal Observer Corps post opened in 1958 for the detection of nuclear blasts in the event of the Cold War going hot. The small …

Southminster ROC Post

This Royal Observer Corps observation bunker was constructed in 1959 and closed with the first wave of posts in 1968 (unlike those remaining in operation …

Chipping Ongar ROC Post

This Royal Observer Corps observation post bunker was constructed in 1959 and closed at the end of the Cold War in 1991. Its relatively good …

Woodham Ferrers ROC Post

The post in 2013 pre-demolition of the access structure Woodham Ferrers is a small village in south Essex, north of the largely later and more …

Tendring ROC Post

Situated close to Tendring Primary School are the remains are two observations posts which would have been used during the Cold War, should it have …

Rainham ROC Post

This Cold War-era Royal Observer Corps post is situated in a disused compound on the edge of Rainham Quarry beside a former quarry pool, south …

Cliffe ROC Post

Over 1,500 Royal Observer Corps posts were built across the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s to allow volunteers of the ROC to …

Hatfield Peverel ROC Post

In a field parallel to the A12 lies two remains from the Cold War. Opened in July 1959 is the Royal Observers Corps (ROC) Post …

Wickham Bishops ROC Post

Situated close to the A12, this immaculately preserved ROC Post hasn’t been touched for years and is pretty much a time capsule. Built in the …

Royal Observation Corps Posts

Over a thousand nuclear observation posts were built after the Second World War, but what actually are they? Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Posts were …

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