WWII bunker along A417 Missing Link turned into bat cave:
Part of major road bypass scheme to improve links between M4 in Wiltshire and M5 in Gloucestershire
gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/second-world-war-bunker-becomes-8765614
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