List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (L–P)

This is a list of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO).

Notes:-

  • 1. Many of these underground bunkers still exist under private ownership, permission of the owner is paramount before attempting to locate them.
  • 2. With a few exceptions the surviving bunkers are in varying states of dereliction and are unsafe.
  • 3. Counties listed are contemporary which may differ from present counties.
  • 4. The table is sortable by all categories and will toggle ascending / descending alpha-numerically.

data from:- and

Post LocationOrdnance Survey National Grid referenceCounty1st Opening1st Closing2nd Opening2nd Closing
ROC Post LairgNC583060Sutherland19591991
ROC Post LakenheathTL72668261Suffolk19681991
ROC Post Lampeter Master PostSN58214841Cardiganshire19591991
ROC Post LampheySN04160083Pembrokeshire19601968
ROC Post LancingTQ17160354Sussex19621968
ROC Post Langham Master PostTM00843050Essex19611991
ROC Post Langholm Master PostNY36568577Dumfriesshire19611991
ROC Post LangportST41742841Somerset19581991
ROC Post LangtoftTA00466640Yorkshire19591991
ROC Post LarneID39580406Antrim19611991
ROC Post LatchingdonTL88260095Essex19601968
ROC Post LatheronND20333342Caithness19591991
ROC Post LauderNT52584671Berwickshire19631991
ROC Post LaugharneSN30020990Carmarthenshire19631991
ROC Post LauncestonSX33468406Cornwall19611991
ROC Post LaurencekirkNO713726Kincardineshire19591968
ROC Post LavenhamTL91734863Suffolk19591968
ROC Post LeaSO67182203Herefordshire19611991
ROC Post Leigh-on-Sea (L3)TQ83518728Essex19661991
ROC Post LeightertonST82948937Gloucestershire19631991
ROC Post LenhamTQ90185368Kent19621968
ROC Post Leominster Master PostSO51455772Herefordshire19611991
ROC Post LerwickHU44714237Shetland19611991
ROC Post LeslieNO250005Fife19631968
ROC Post LesmahagowNS79873835Lanarkshire19591968
ROC Post LetchworthTL20153266Hertfordshire19601968
ROC Post Letham Master PostNO52704985Angus19591991
ROC Post LetterstonSM94902935Pembrokeshire19601968
ROC Post LevenNO38920169Fife19611968
ROC Post LewesTQ39301126Sussex19601991
ROC Post LexdenTL97092257EssexUnknown1968
ROC Post LeyburnSE11949145Yorkshire19661968
ROC Post LiddesdaleNY47858797Roxburghshire19621968
ROC Post LilliesleafNT52372756Roxburghshire19611968
ROC Post LimavadyIC68372193Londonderry19571991
ROC Post LindholmeeSE69060757Yorkshire19621991
ROC Post Linton, CambridgeshireTL55394650Cambridgeshire19611991
ROC Post Linton, KentTQ76405097Kent19621991
ROC Post LintrathenNO29145491Angus19571968
ROC Post LiskeardSX25656467Cornwall19611991
ROC Post LisnaskeaIH36453422Fermanagh19571991
ROC Post Little WalthamTL71021338Essex19571975
ROC Post Little Sodbury Master PostST76658385Gloucestershire19601991
ROC Post Little SteepingTF42566183Lincolnshire19621991
ROC Post LittleportTL56388524Cambridgeshire19601968
ROC Post LittlehamptonSU99590327Sussex19601991
ROC Post LlanannoSO09697448Radnorshire19601991
ROC Post LlanbedrSH58552612Merionethshire19601991
ROC Post LlanboidySN20612323Carmarthenshire19601991
ROC Post LlanbrynmairSH90060287Montgomeryshire19611968
ROC Post LlandoverySN76573534Carmarthenshire19611991
ROC Post Llandrindod WellsSO06026027Radnorshire19581991
ROC Post LlandudnoSH77588137Caernarvonshire19611991
ROC Post LlandysulSN39254315Cardiganshire19601968
ROC Post Llanfaethlu Master PostSH31138693Anglesey19591981
ROC Post Llanfair CaereinionSJ10180624Montgomeryshire19611968
ROC Post Llanfair TalhaiarnSH92936999Denbighshire19601991
ROC Post LlanfairfechanSH677742Caernarvonshire19601968
ROC Post LlanfyllinSJ14622018Montgomeryshire19651968
ROC Post LlangadfanSJ01991161Montgomeryshire19621968
ROC Post Llangammarch WellsSN92834759Breconshire19581991
ROC Post LlangefniSH45627658Anglesey19601981
ROC Post Llangollen Master PostSJ21534277Denbighshire19581991
ROC Post LlanidloesSN947857Montgomeryshire19601991
ROC Post LlanishenST18988508Glamorganshire19661991
ROC Post LlanonSN51746680Cardiganshire19591991
ROC Post Llanrhaeadr-yng-NghinmeirchSJ13112608Denbighshire19651991
ROC Post LlanrwstSH808624Denbighshire19601968
ROC Post Llantilio CrossennySO40411410Monmouthshire19611991
ROC Post Llantwit MajorSS97346922Glamorganshire19601968
ROC Post LlanuwchllynSH87842936Merionethshire1960196819811991
ROC Post LlanwyddynSJ02601869Montgomeryshire19621991
ROC Post LlanymynechSJ26452130Montgomeryshire19601991
ROC Post LlysfaenSH88877736Denbighshire19621968
ROC Post Lochaline Master PostNM67444517Argyllshire19631991
ROC Post LochboisdaleNF77092028Inverness-shire19631991
ROC Post LochcarronNG94724450Ross & CromartyUnknown1991
ROC Post LochearnheadNN60322231 (probable)PerthshireUnknown1968
ROC Post Lochgilphead Master PostNR84988593Argyllshire19601991
ROC Post LochmaddyNF91376893Inverness-shire19631991
ROC Post LockerbieMY144816Dumfriesshire19641968
ROC Post LockerleySU31272494Hampshire1966Ca1975 to 1983
ROC Post LocktonSE84238924Yorkshire19611968
ROC Post LoddonTM36969825Norfolk19611968
ROC Post LoftusNZ72091980Yorkshire19621968
ROC Post LondonderryIC39981742Londonderry19571991
ROC Post Long AshtonST53916937Somerset19601968
ROC Post Long ComptonSP29643097Warwickshire19611991
ROC Post Long StrattonTM20239208Norfolk19591968
ROC Post Long SuttonTF44402553Lincolnshire19621968
ROC Post LongformacusNT686580Berwickshire19631968
ROC Post LonghorsleyNZ14189432Northumberland19601991
ROC Post LonghoughtonnNU25881553Northumberland19621968
ROC Post LongparishSU43594346Hampshire19611968
ROC Post LongridgeSD62133883Lancashire19601991
ROC Post Longton, LancashireSD47622605LancashireUnknown1968
ROC Post Longton, StaffordshireSJ930445Staffordshire19651968
ROC Post LongworthSU41229962Berkshire19591968
ROC Post LouthTF33738474Lincolnshire19591991
ROC Post LowestoftTM54659588Suffolk19591991
ROC Post LudlowSO50407436Shropshire19611991
ROC Post LurganIJ096597Armagh1957Before 1991
ROC Post LutterworthSP52038559Leicestershire19631991
ROC Post Lydbury NorthSO36018596Shropshire19651991
ROC Post Lydeard St. LawrenceST12433133Somerset19611968
ROC Post LydfordSX52738557Devonshire19601991
ROC Post LymingeTR16754080Kent19601968
ROC Post LyndhurstSU28870884Hampshire19621991
ROC Post Lynton Master PostSS72654821Devonshire19611991
ROC Post LyonshallSO32525638Herefordshire19631991
ROC Post LythamSD 33622739Lancashire19631991
ROC Post MablethorpeTF50308633Lincolnshire19611991
ROC Post MacclesfieldSJ92497256Cheshire19651968
ROC Post MacduffNJ708644Banffshire19591991
ROC Post Machrihanish Master PostNR66822247Argyllshire19631991
ROC Post MachynllethSH74120077Montgomeryshire19611991
ROC Post Madron Master PostSW43833354Cornwall19621991
ROC Post MaenclochogSN07082788Pembrokeshire19601991
ROC Post MaestegSS84679074Glamorganshire19611991
ROC Post MalboroughSX709407Devonshire19591968
ROC Post MaldonTL83740710Essex19601968
ROC Post MallaigNM675954Inverness-shire19631991
ROC Post MalmesburyST95448547Wiltshire19621968
ROC Post MalpasSJ49454795Cheshire19621991
ROC Post MaltonSE7822672252Yorkshire19611968
ROC Post ManatonSX764782DevonshireNot opened
ROC Post ManeaTL47408890Cambridgeshire19611968
ROC Post ManningtreeTM10153167Essex19601968
ROC Post MarazionSW54023029 (Approx)Cornwall19581968
ROC Post MarchTL40469495Cambridgeshire19611991
ROC Post MarchwoodSU39220864Hampshire19621968
ROC Post Marianglas Master PostSH50148395Anglesey1960196819811991
ROC Post Market DeepingTF14170827Lincolnshire19601991
ROC Post Market DraytonSJ66023462Shropshire19651991
ROC Post Market RasenTF09058771Lincolnshire19621991
ROC Post Market WeightonSE91094162Yorkshire19601968
ROC Post MarkfieldSK48601080Leicestershire19661968
ROC Post MarkyateTL05741562Hertfordshire19601991
ROC Post MarlowSU85388695Buckinghamshire19601968
ROC Post MarshfieldST77267294Gloucestershire19581991
ROC Post Marston MagnaST59022548Somerset19621991
ROC Post MarthamTG42841666Norfolk19581968
ROC Post MedsteadSU66373650Hampshire19631968
ROC Post MeikleourNO16523913Perthshire19581968
ROC Post MelbourneSK36492497Derbyshire1961196819751991
ROC Post MellorSD65723132Lancashire19591968
ROC Post Melton ConstableTF04123778Norfolk19581991
ROC Post Melton MowbraySK74202169Leicestershire19591968
ROC Post MelvichNC875655Sutherland19591991
ROC Post MereST80283506Wiltshire19651991
ROC Post MeridenSP26178245Warwickshire19651991
ROC Post Merthyr TydfilSO02810697Glamorganshire19591991
ROC Post Methlick Master PostNJ87033778Aberdeenshire19611991
ROC Post MethvenNO01592652Perthshire19641991
ROC Post MevagisseySX00684232Cornwall19581991
ROC Post MiddlesmoorSE08557534Yorkshire19591991
ROC Post MiddletonTF67341598Norfolk1960196819891991
ROC Post Middleton on the WoldsSE94125045Yorkshire19601968
ROC Post Middleton StoneySP54182374Oxfordshire19591991
ROC Post MiddlewichSJ70856629Cheshire19651991
ROC Post MidhurstSU86571962Sussex19601968
ROC Post MilfordSU94704310Surrey19601968
ROC Post Millbrook Master PostSX43255152Cornwall19601991
ROC Post MilfieldNT93043457Northumberland19601991
ROC Post MillomSD17687908Cumberland19641968
ROC Post MilnathortNO09690383Kinross-shire19601991
ROC Post MilngavieNS553757Dunbartonshire19611968
ROC Post MilnthorpeSD48508050Westmorland19651968
ROC Post MinardNR97599658Argyllshire19601991
ROC Post MineheadSS94284741 (Possible)Somerset19611968
ROC Post MinsterTR31546568Kent19621991
ROC Post MinsterleySJ37190538Shropshire651991
ROC Post MitchellSW84175368Cornwall19631991
ROC Post Modbury Master PostSX67665468Devonshire19591991
ROC Post MoldSJ24336191Flintshire19641968
ROC Post MoniaiveNX76969018Dumfriesshire19621975
ROC Post MontgomerySO21939660Montgomeryshire19601968
ROC Post MorebattleNT77752480Roxburghshire19611991
ROC Post MoretonhampsteadSX74128454Devonshire19591968
ROC Post MortlakeTQ21117476Surrey19661968
ROC Post Moulton ChapelTF32271772Lincolnshire19601968
ROC Post Mountain AshST05479669Glamorganshire19611991
ROC Post Much HadhamTL43591995Hertfordshire19621991
ROC Post Much WenlockSO61399859Shropshire19611991
ROC Post MuckhartNO00740158Perthshire19601968
ROC Post Muirkirk Master PostNS69292800Ayrshire19591991
ROC Post MundesleyTG30173672Norfolk19601991
ROC Post MundfordTL80669516Norfolk19611991
ROC Post NairnNH898568Nairn19611968
ROC Post NanpeanSW9745399Cornwall19591968
ROC Post NantglynSJ00516299Denbighshire19661968
ROC Post Napton-on-the-HillSP45926137Warwickshire19591968
ROC Post NarberthSN11121240Pembrokeshire19601991
ROC Post NarboroughhTF74100728Norfolk19591991
ROC Post NavenbySK98345473Lincolnshire19581991
ROC Post NazeingTL42250622Essex19601968
ROC Post NefynSH27844074Caernarvonshire19601991
ROC Post NesscliffeSJ38851869Shropshire19651991
ROC Post NestonSJ31487962Cheshire19631991
ROC Post New BuckenhamTM09639073Norfolk19601968
ROC Post New CumnockNS61671342Ayrshire19641991
ROC Post New DeerNJ88554656Aberdeenshire19581968
ROC Post New LuceNX17746608Wigtownshire19591991
ROC Post New MaldenTQ21226967Surrey19631968
ROC Post New Mills / New OakleyNT02778983Fife1965Before 1977
ROC Post New MiltonSZ23319306Hampshire19601968
ROC Post New RadnorSO21736083Radnorshire19621991
ROC Post Newark-on-TrentSK75555714Nottinghamshire19631991
ROC Post Newbigging Master PostNO51253767Angus19611991
ROC Post NewboroughSH41836532Anglesey19601991
ROC Post Newburgh, AberdeenshireNJ99532524Aberdeenshire19611968
ROC Post Newburgh, FifeNO24201844Fife19611991
ROC Post NewburySU45146514Berkshire19581991
ROC Post Newcastle Emlyn Master PostSN31014182Cardiganshire19581991
ROC Post NewhavenTQ44430005Sussex19651968
ROC Post NewickTQ41962271Sussex19651968
ROC Post Newport, MonmouthshireST28879023Monmouthshire19621991
ROC Post Newport, PembrokeshireSN04403899Pembrokeshire19601968
ROC Post Newport, Hampshire - 1SZ496878Hampshire19611961
ROC Post Newport, Hampshire - 2SZ51838910Hampshire19621991
ROC Post New QuaySN38296010Cardiganshire19591991
ROC Post NewquaySW84966384Cornwall19611968
ROC Post Newton AbbotSX84346911Devonshire19621968
ROC Post Newton StewartNX40406537Wigtownshire19631968
ROC Post NewtownSO11429225Montgomeryshire19611991
ROC Post NewtownardsIJ45917489Down19611968
ROC Post NewtownstewartIH40318715Tyrone19571991
ROC Post NewtyleNO285417Angus19631958
ROC Post NinfieldTQ69981278Sussex19621991
ROC Post Niton IOWSZ50757612Hampshire19621991
ROC Post Norham-on-TweedNT90684626Northumberland19601991
ROC Post North BerwickNT56108432Lothian (East)19591991
ROC Post North CerneySP02990822Gloucestershire19621991
ROC Post North KelseyTA05390130Lincolnshire19591991
ROC Post North SomercotesTF44749468Lincolnshire19641968
ROC Post North StainleySE27037636Yorkshire19591991
ROC Post North WalshamTG24513253Norfolk19571968
ROC Post NorthallertonSE384912Yorkshire19611991
ROC Post NorthiamTQ82482537Sussex19611991
ROC Post NorthleachSP09641467Gloucestershire19621968
ROC Post NortholtTQ09388505London & Middlesex19671991
ROC Post NorthwichSJ67287225Cheshire19651968
ROC Post OakengatesSJ69351014Shropshire19611991
ROC Post OareTR00196282Kent19611968
ROC Post ObanNM907356Argyllshire19601968
ROC Post OdihamSU744491Hampshire19611968
ROC Post OffleyTL13582711Hertfordshire19591991
ROC Post Ogbourne St GeorgeSU215756Wiltshire19611968
ROC Post OkehamptonSX53939398Devonshire19621968
ROC Post Old LeakeTF44804887Lincolnshire19631968
ROC Post Olney Master PostSP89154570Buckinghamshire19641991
ROC Post OmaghIH46767423TyroneUnknown1968
ROC Post OmbersleySO84746364Worcestershire19611991
ROC Post OnichNN02556145Inverness-shire19631991
ROC Post OrfordTM41064928Suffolk19611968
ROC Post OrsettTQ64408115Essex19591968
ROC Post OsmotherleySE455977Yorkshire19591968
ROC Post OswestrySJ29672989Shropshire19611968
ROC Post OtterburnNY90949504Northumberland19631991
ROC Post OtterhamSX14758845Cornwall19621991
ROC Post OundleTL08708616Northamptonshire19641968
ROC Post Out NewtonTA36952430Yorkshire19651968
ROC Post Overton, FlintshireSJ37374414Flintshire19651991
ROC Post Overton, HampshireSU52074977Hampshire19601991
ROC Post OxshottTQ14636230Surrey19621968
ROC Post Oxton Master PostNT47745761Berwickshire19631991
ROC Post Padiham Master PostSD79603461Lancashire19631991
ROC Post PaghamSU89410034Sussex19631968
ROC Post PaigntonSX84666089Devonshire19631968
ROC Post PakefieldTM53578813Suffolk19571968
ROC Post ParSX10305554Cornwall19611991
ROC Post ParboldSD52751251Lancashire19621968
ROC Post ParkgateNY04569090Dumfriesshire19641991
ROC Post Park Street Master PostTL15390420Hertfordshire19611968
ROC Post Parson DroveTF37920964Cambridgeshire19601991
ROC Post PartonNX68867036Kirkcudbrightshire19601991
ROC Post PattinghamSO81789705Shropshire19631991
ROC Post PavenhamSP97145557Bedfordshire19641991
ROC Post PeacehavenTQ41430062SussexNot undergroundNot underground
ROC Post Peat InnNO45990979Fife19601968
ROC Post PeeblesNT24544102Peebles-shire19591991
ROC Post PeelSC25648470Isle of Man19681991
ROC Post Pen-y-GroesSH47535343Caernarvonshire19641991
ROC Post PenarthST18586903Glamorganshire19621975
ROC Post PencaderSN45133706Carmarthenshire19611991
ROC Post PenclawddSS53939537Glamorganshire19601991
ROC Post PencoedSS96307913Glamorganshire19611991
ROC Post Pencombe Master PostS061795314Herefordshire19611991
ROC Post PenhowST41409038Monmouthshire19611991
ROC Post PenicuikNT23405763Lothian (Mid)19611991
ROC Post PenmachnoSH79345056Caernarvonshire19631968
ROC Post PenmaenSS53788852Glamorganshire19661968
ROC Post Penrith Master PostNY50412911Cumberland19601991
ROC Post Penryn Master PostSW75863530Cornwall19581991
ROC Post PenshurstTQ52614705Kent19651991
ROC Post PentrefoelasSH87075108Denbighshire19581991
ROC Post PentyrchST09948245Glamorganshire19611968
ROC Post PenyfforddSJ30916217Flintshire19581968
ROC Post PershoreSO94004653Worcestershire19611968
ROC Post Peterchurch Master PostSO36213934Herefordshire19611991
ROC Post PetworthSU95981592Sussex19661968
ROC Post PevenseyTQ64580275Sussex19621991
ROC Post PickeringSE79298444Yorkshire19611991
ROC Post PiercebridgeNZ23321525Durham19601968
ROC Post Pinhoe Master PostSX99689326Devonshire19621991
ROC Post Pit HouseNZ201399Durham19591968
ROC Post PitcapleNJ71812600Aberdeenshire19611991
ROC Post Pleasley HillSK50856443Nottinghamshire19611968
ROC Post PluckleyTQ92174593Kent19611991
ROC Post PlymptonSX53095781Devonshire19581968
ROC Post PlymstockSX49945178Devonshire19641991
ROC Post PocklingtonSE84235080Yorkshire19601991
ROC Post PolesworthSK244022Staffordshire19621983
ROC Post PolperroSX20985492Cornwall19601968
ROC Post PomeroyIH70307178TyroneUnknown1968
ROC Post PontardulaisSN58130435Glamorganshire19621968
ROC Post PontelandNZ15606954Northumberland19621991
ROC Post PonterwydSN75228203Cardiganshire19631991
ROC Post PontrilasS0 38772692Herefordshire19611991
ROC Post PontypoolSO29370063Monmouthshire19611975
ROC Post PontypriddST06728873Glamorganshire19601968
ROC Post Port EllenNR 32395173Argyllshire19651991
ROC Post Port WilliamNX34274301Wigtownshire19611968before 19871991
ROC Post Portadown Master PostIH96565760Armagh19601968
ROC Post PortaferryIJ60034918Down19581968
ROC Post PorthcawlSS80807747Glamorganshire19611991
ROC Post PortisheadST44837585Somerset19641968
ROC Post Portland BillSY68087119Dorsetshire19601991
ROC Post PortlethenNO92419615Kincardineshire19611991
ROC Post PortmadocSH55993726Caernarvonshire19601968
ROC Post PortobelloNT305705Mid Lothian19621968
ROC Post PortpatrickNX00465378Wigtownshire19571968
ROC Post PortreeNG47204481Isle of Skye19661991
ROC Post PortsoyNJ60696611Banffshire19601968
ROC Post PoultonSP10050202Gloucestershire19621968
ROC Post PowickSO82775194Worcestershire19621991
ROC Post Powrie BraeNO42383489Angus19571968
ROC Post PoyntonSJ93208262Cheshire19621991
ROC Post Praze-An-BeebleSW67323665Cornwall19611968
ROC Post PreesSJ560331Shropshire19651968
ROC Post PrestatynSJ07918186Flintshire19611991
ROC Post PrestonSY70868190Dorsetshire19611968
ROC Post Preston on the HillSJ571819Cheshire19651968
ROC Post PrestwichSD83230475Lancashire19581991
ROC Post PrestwickNS344251Ayrshire19571958
ROC Post Princes RisboroughSP80200170Buckinghamshire19641968
ROC Post PrudhoeNZ09186233Northumberland19621991
ROC Post PulboroughTQ06431952Sussex19681991
ROC Post PuritonST29144307Somerset19631968

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