Cold War Civil Defence Control Centre in the basement of Gravesham Borough Council's Civic Centre, Wrotham Road, Gravesend. Full details of design and layout are not yet known but it occupied a suite of rooms from c. 1975, one of which was a communications centre, containing a government Emergency Communications Network terminal and radios for the RAYNET organisation. The entrance was from within the eastern side of the ground floor of the Civic Centre, with an emergency exit into the open air on the Woodville Halls (theatre) side of the building. The Control Centre was decommissioned in late 2005, with all equipment removed, to become a suite of council offices and stores.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The suite of rooms formerly used as a Control Centre is within a secure and publicly inaccessible part of the Civic Centre.
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : 23/01/06

Description from record TQ 67 SW 186:
Room used as control centre for handling war and civil emergencies in the Gravesham area. Believed to still be in use.

Victor Smith, 01/08/05, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13966.

Victor Smith, 01/08/05, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13966.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 1995 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.