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Had been here before on the trip boat ( which went half way then came back out ) and always fancied canoeing through it . The logistics of getting through on your own canoe and transporting it there made the guided trip the best option . Arriving at the standedge end paddling through to Diggle...

Hello everyone just wondering if anybody knows if the Standedge tunnels in marsden are open at the moment? Thanks.

The standedge tunnels are four parallel tunnels passing underneath the pennine hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden in Kirklees, West Yorkshire and Diggle in Oldham, Greater manchester in northern England. There are two disused railway tunnels, a live railway and the Standedge canal...

The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden in West Yorkshire and Diggle in Greater Manchester in northern England. Three are railway tunnels and the other is a canal tunnel I mainly walked the two abandoned train tunnels...

Well worth a look: There is a lot of interesting tunnel footage on narrow boat YT channels.

Standedge tunnels. The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine Hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden and Diggle. 3 are Railway Tunnels the other is a Canal Tunnel. The Double Line North Tunnel is still live, as is the Canal Tunnel, The Central (Nicholson) and...

HISTORY The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden in West Yorkshire and Diggle in Greater Manchester in northern England. Before boundary changes in 1974, both ends of the tunnel were in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Three...

History Work started on the first of three Standedge railway tunnels in November 1846. Two years later it was completed at a cost of £201,608. The work was done in candlelight and used over 150,000 lbs of candles, costing over three and a half thousand pounds. The full length of the railway...

History The Standedge Tunnels, which consist of four parallel passageways, are located beneath the Pennines in England. Two of the tunnels are former railway lines which now function as service ways, one is still part of the live main rail line, and the final one is a canal tunnel. The canal...

Hi everyone, we are new to this so we are a bit amatuerish. This is our video of Standedge Tunnel.

The Standedge Tunnels, which consist of four parallel passageways, are located beneath the Pennines in England. Two of the tunnels are former railway lines which now function as service ways, one is still part of the live main rail line, and the final one is a canal tunnel. The canal tunnel, the...

I won't give a historical preamble here as it has all been done on previous Standedge threads. But I don't think there is a documented passage through the canal tunnel by boat on this site. So here goes. My boat, Dreamcatcher, was steered through the tunnel by my good friend Martin Clark who...

Hello :D Well me & madeye decided to have another look at these tunnels this fine Easter Sunday morning. After having a good look a couple of times, and the place crawling with network rail workers with the gates wide open, we aborted our plans both times. Fast forward to today, Easter...

Visited this one with Mr Beady & Bad Batz To say we planned to spend the evening taking some night shots of a local landmark, plans which quickly got abandoned by the brilliant British weather, tonight ended up being rather enjoyable. Met another new local and had a good laugh! Nabbed the...

First off let me apologise for the pics, I was stuck with the little bridge camera History bit stolen from Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standedge_Tunnels The central tunnel seems to be a cut through for the railway staff so I didn't take any pics in there, I had to dodge down...