Last week the thought of nuclear war was little more than a pipe dream for cockroaches, but Russia's aggressive invasion of Ukraine has moved the goalposts.

Following his land grab, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Western nations would face "consequences they have never seen" if they tried to intervene.

Naturally this immediately sparked fears that Russia's hoard of nuclear weapons, which looms over ours, will be put into action.

In the event of nuclear war of course there would be no winners, but thanks to an extensive network of disused nuclear bunkers located across the UK there would be some dusty losers after the smoke cleared.

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At the height of the Cold War as tensions between the East and the West rose to astronomical levels, the UK government build a network of bunkers across Britain.

Hundreds of these grim concrete holes were constructed across the UK and kitted out with communication equipment and supplies for those they housed.

The network was never designed to offer refuge for everyone in the UK, as that would be logistically impossible.

Instead, the project was designed to preserve the functionality of UK society by sending data from each shelter to coordinate the damage done and plan responses.

As tensions thawed between the superpowers, the bunker project was put on the back burner and eventually many fell into states of disrepair.

According to Subterranean Britannica, 258 nuclear bunkers remain spread out across the UK.

A map on the site lists the locations of these bolt holes and gives some indication as to where the government thought an attack was likely to take place.

In London, there are currently 46 bunkers with other urban areas like Manchester and Birmingham also having a good number of shelters.

In Wales, there are apparently 12 bunkers spread out across North and South parts of the country but strangely none in the central valleys.

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Meanwhile, in Scotland there are 23 shelters, with most dotted around the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

There are also a smattering on the northernmost outskirts of the country including one near John O' Groats.

The Isle of Man has just the one shelter and in Northern Ireland people must make do with just 4 safe spaces.

Across the countryside, there are also a good number of nuclear hidey holes on offer so in the event that a horrific bomb does strike the UK some of us will be moderately OK.

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