Coley Air Raid Shelter, Reading

Air Raid Shelter situated in Reading Town on a road called Coley Place just off Castle Hill, Theres no access to the air raid shelter due to it being bricked up.
The air raid shelter was used during WW2 and is situated next to where the cobblestone gateway entrance path is which lead to the Former Morris Garages site which is now demolished.
The Air Raid Shelter contains four separate rooms.
It seems originally there was a blast wall in front of the two entrances but later on was either demolished or collapsed, Inside there was four rooms which are all connected by one corridor.
The Air Raid Shelter has been sealed for many years and i dont ever remember it in my lifetime being accessible.

If you head over to Coley Recreational Ground you will see the mounds on the green where there was once two air raid shelters which apparently still remain today but covered over with no access.
        Bricked up entrances into the air raid shelter.
Where the Blast wall would have been.

Air Raid Shelter at Coley School, Reading

Photograph from Reading Chronicle Collection - September 1939

As part of war preparations, these air raid shelters were built in the grounds of Coley School.

This photograph was published in the Berkshire Chronicle on 1 September 1939.

Location: Coley, Reading RG1 6AX, UK

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