east norton

Introduction This is one of a few places me and @JakeV50 headed for on a nice day in August. We fancied a bit of light painting and were running out of light for above-ground explores at this point so decided to head to this old tunnel. Information & History The East Norton tunnel was...

A early start on a chilly Sat morn saw myself & @Down and beyond heading for a few local tunnels. the walk up in sunrise was stunning. East Norton tunnel was one of three tunnels built on the new Great Northern and London North Western Joint Railway (GN&LNW) line in east Leicestershire. The...

History: East Norton tunnel (also known as Hallaton tunnel) was one of three tunnels built on the new Great Northern and London North Western Joint Railway (GN & LNW) line. The other two being Clawson or Hose tunnel and Ingarsby or Thurby tunnel. It is around 144 yards (131.6m) in length and...

Evening all, Made a visit to East Norton Tunnel, Leicestershire back in February of this year, nice tunnel some interesting things to see and very well hidden from the road and general public... So the History..East Norton tunnel was one of three tunnels built on the new Great Northern and...

Revisited here a couple of months back. This tunnel is an old favorite of mine, and although I visited in snowy winter, I returned to do some light painting, and catch some new shots in full summer overgrowth, and thought I would share the photos. The north portal is surrounded in undergrowth...

We had just finished doing some light painting in East Norton Tunnel, The Wombat said he remembers a culvert close to the tunnel. We headed southbound and discovered some sort of shaft. It had no top and steps stick out of, fair game to me. (1) I jumped in to do a scout to see if it was...

Built in 1879 and run jointly by the Great Northern and London North Western Railway, the twin bore runs 444 yards under a hill. It closed in 1957, unusual in that is was long before the Beeching axe. My latest torch arrived, (I’m building up quite an armoury of torches now!) so wanted to...