Overview
- Pindar sits roughly 200 feet beneath the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall and is designed to keep government leadership operating after a nuclear strike.
- Built over about a decade and reported to have cost around £126.3 million, the facility includes a situation room, a broadcast studio and about 400 bunks.
- The bunker can be sealed within minutes and has its own air and filtration systems to sustain operations in a contaminated environment.
- Access is limited to ministers and senior military and civilian staff, with the prime minister reportedly the only person allowed family accommodation.
- The site has reportedly only been used for training, with rare, MoD‑vetted photos by David Moore offering the public’s best glimpse, and tunnel links to Downing Street are described as believed rather than confirmed.