IT company eyes nuclear bunker
6:18am Sunday 11th May 2008
THE former nuclear bunker under a Hampshire hillside is being sold.
Its owner, Southern Water, had put the bunker, off Hazeley Road, Twyford, near Winchester, up for auction.
It had a guide price of £300,000 for the freehold.
The property, which has 2ftthick concrete walls and 6in steel doors. To get inside, you have to pass through two steel doors set into the hillside.
But shortly before the auction date in February the property was withdrawn from sale.
A company spokesman said: "The bunker was put up for sale at auction and then withdrawn when one of Southern Water's external contractors, which provides IT support to the company, approached Southern Water with an interest in purchasing the bunker.
"There has been no completion at this time. I understand the contractors are looking at the suitability of the building for the purposes they are considering using it for."