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Ardsley Tunnel. The Midland Railway opened a strategically significant connecting line between Cudworth and Stairfoot in September 1899, with the intention of benefiting coal trade. Despite being only 2½ miles long, it was heavily engineered incorporated two substantial viaducts - one of which...

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...

A fairly in-depth look at Mapperley Tunnel.. A brief history.. At 1,132 yards, the longest of the tunnels in the area by some distance penetrated a ridge to the north-west of Gedling, approached through a cutting 70 feet in depth which was crossed by a brick aqueduct. Mapperley Tunnel’s...

Ingarsby Tunnel - 516yards* March 2020. Ingarsby Tunnel sometimes referred to as Thurnby tunnel or Square Spinney tunnel although I’ve only ever known it as Ingarsby, lies to the east of Leicester. Opened in 1882, and closed in 1964. It has been infilled at the eastern portal, but the western...

Evening All, Ingarsby Tunnel - 516yards* March 2020. Ingarsby Tunnel sometimes referred to as Thurnby tunnel or Square Spinney tunnel although I’ve only ever known it as Ingarsby, lies to the east of Leicester. Opened in 1882, and closed in 1964. It has been infilled at the eastern portal...

This is my first post on the site, despite having used it for many years to check out buildings, so apologies if its a bit unpolished or if the photos arent the best quality. Having recently moved to London, and found some like-minded friends, I was eager to find some places nearby to explore...

Visited with @obscurity and @TheFerret, cheers for another cracking day! :thumb History : Golgotha tunnel in Shepherdswell, Kent, first became operational in 1912 and made up a section of the East Kent Light Railway which was established just one year earlier to serve the Kent Coalfields. The...

This is hardly the juiciest report I've done, in fact, I'm not sure it's actually worth a report, but either way, here it is. There's not actually a great deal to say regarding this location, but thought it might be worth putting up a couple of it. So, after a failed attempt at trying to access...

The Kingsway Tram tunnel in Holborn, completed in 1906, only served as part of an active tram line until 1952, shortly before trams were removed from London's streets altogether. Over the years the tunnel has been repurposed several times and was even utilised in 2008 as a film set for "The...

Once again, it was troll imitation time, back under the bridged we go! On a rather dreary, wet October's morning, myself and @James Cross found ourselves scratching our heads for ideas of what to do for our next outing. And after being stuck inside all week due to the atrocious weather, I think...

I noticed this one hadnt been done recently and its been on my list for a long time so i jumped at the change when i got asked to go. If you plan on going in through the Eastern end dont make the mistake i did and park near the farmers house as he doesnt like people going through his field so...

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting, so new to all this. Recently We took a trip & a good light to the 501 Yard long Spinkhill Tunnel in Derbyshire. The 501 yards long tunnel was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (later part of the Great Central Railway and...

Monkton Farleigh Down old ammunition tunnel in Wiltshire, This location has been done to death but I guess I could add my own experience of it. Had a long drive there and bumped into some builders just before the convenient parking area (quite a lot of broken glass though), I was worried they...

I visited in October 2018 but only now been able to post. While looking around I bumped into the police as I was coming out. They where nice and let me finish looking around. The tunnels are regularly used by drug users so the police walk through most of the time. 3 main areas to this site...

Hi i was in the doctors not long ago and this old man was talking about a tunnel from the old grange farm which was located on the current site of grange farm medical centre, he said the tunnel was located in the scouts fenced off area and runs from there to wollaton hall and was used supposedly...

Does anyone know of any accessible tunnels in or around Brighton? Want to experiment on lighting tunnels for a project. I'm aware of the one from Brighton Pavilion to the Dome and various access tunnels to the beach, as well as the disused Kemptown railway tunnel and an of air raid shelter. Any...

Today I decided to pay darkies tunnel a visit with two non 28D members. I don’t have any pictures of the end as sadly my phone battery got too low, but I thought what I had was still worthy of a report. Darkies tunnel (otherwise know as devonport and ford) is two disused railway tunnels that...

Sooooo I found a door way to a tunnel in Blackpool it’s been confirmed by workmen to deffo be a tunnel but has apparently got lots of rubbish in it this area was only dug out this week to begin foundations for a new build they filled it back in over the door way until I asked a worker about it...

Hillhead Tunnel is located in Northern Northumberland; near the rural village of Edlingham. Built in the 1880s, It was once used to bypass a steep gradient in the landscape to ensure trains could continue travelling safely on the now disused, abandoned and overgrown Alnwick to Cornhill line...

This was the second place we hit up on a jaunt to Dover with my exploring buddies @KHurbanX and her partner. I finally made a trip to their neck of the woods and boy was it a treat! The battery at St Margaret's was one of the earliest to be established in the Dover area. Its four 5.5" guns...