Listen to an extract from the BBC Radio 4 documentary The Human Button where historian Professor Peter Hennessy pays a visit to the Burlington secret underground bunker in Corsham.

* The Corsham bunker is spread over 34 acres outside Bath, Wiltshire. Built in 1957, it would accommodate the Prime Minister, his Cabinet and 6,000 government apparatchiks. It was only ...

In December 2004, a short announcement was posted on the Ministry of Defence's website. It read: "A formerly secret Government underground site near Corsham in Wiltshire, which was a potential ...

She was offered a commission by Bristol Aircraft Company owner Sir Reginald Verdon Smith, to go around 150ft underground into his factory at Spring Quarry, Corsham, Wiltshire to paint murals on ...

The Corsham bunker, as well as similar ones across the country, has been mentioned in the world of TV. More specifically, the underground facility just up the road featured in BBC drama Spooks, ...

The huge bunker, which sits 100ft below ground in an quarry in Corsham, Wiltshire, had more than 60 miles of roads. It could fit 4,000 people, including the Prime Minister and the royal family, in ...

A "secret" underground telephone exchange has been included on a list of buildings at risk from neglect. Parts of the Burlington Bunker, near Corsham in Wiltshire, have been included on Historic ...

Explore some of the world’s largest nuclear bunkers, from Cold War relics and secret Chinese nuclear shelters to a government bunker built for the US Congress ...

Between the towns of Corsham and Box near Bristol stands the mysterious underground Ministry of Defence site, formerly known as Basil Hill Barracks. This is unlike any other Ministry of Defence ...

It would have seen Whitehall and Downing Street operations move to a vast bunker staffed by 4,000 civil servants in Corsham, Wilts. The underground HQ - codenamed Burlington - even had a BBC ...

Corsham, a small village between Bath and Chippenham, is filled with caverns of secrets. The village includes an incredible underground world filled with tunnels and rooms, constructed for a ...