Fancy buying your own James Bond spy base?


Updated on 22 February 2019 | 0 Comments

A former NATO airfield, built to withstand nuclear attacks and monitor ballistic missile activity, can now be yours

A former NATO airfield, built to withstand nuclear attacks and monitor ballistic missile activity, can now be yours.

Fancy yourself as something of a spy, or even a survivalist?

Once a top-secret spy base, Scotland's iconic Golf Ball airfield has just hit the market for a reasonable £950,000 ($1.24 million).

Built on the site of a World War II military base where Polish pilots once trained with Spitfires and Hurricanes, this unique Kinross-shire estate has seen plenty of covert action.

Its name is derived from the airfield's striking 60-foot white dome, which houses a large antenna, said to resemble a giant golf ball. Back in the Cold War, this tech played a vital role as NATO's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar.

The golf ball structure at the NATO spy base houses an antenna to pick up on ballistic missile activity. Image: Amazing Results

Opened in 1985 by Princess Anne, the radar was used by spies to intercept satellite communications for two decades – real-life secret service officers may have listened in to the launch orders of Russian ballistic missiles, right here.

Many people may recognise the airfield as the location for the T in the Park festival, held here until 2014, but the site has many other unique selling points.

With panoramic views of the beautiful Kinross-shire countryside, it's an ideal base for exploring Scotland's rural idylls. Plus, just a 30-minute journey from Edinburgh, it offers lots of commuting options too.

On the market with Amazing Results, the property comes with nine acres of grounds and plenty of other MI5-worthy defence precautions to keep you safe and sound in the face of global disaster.

The property was also the home of the T in the Park festival until 2014. Image: Amazing Results

The site boasts an emergency power generator room, plus added protection in the form of a double-layered security fence. What's more, the structure's corridors and doors are all built to withstand a nuclear, biological or chemical attack.

Though you’ll need to have true vision to see past the rather austere, utilitarian architecture of the main equipment building and accommodation block (which houses the station mess, offices and recreation spaces), it could prove a fruitful development opportunity.

And should the zombie apocalypse ever happen, at least you’ll be safe. We know where we’ll be heading...

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