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 constructed in 1872 as part of the Great Northern and London North Western Joint Railway, more specifically the Market Harborough to Newark line. There were two other tunnels built in East Leicestershire on this line including the Hose Tunnel and Ingarsby Tunnel. East Norton also had its own railway station which closed when passenger trains stopped running on the line in 1952 or 1953 due to lack of use. Freight trains still used the line for a further ten years. The tunnel itself is 131.6 metres in length and is lined in brick with refuges located each side.
The tunnel under construction:
The Explore
We parked in a lay-by on the nearby A47 and went across a couple of fields. Summer probably isn’t the best time to do this place due to overgrowth but we managed to get through without too much difficulty. Jake found some sort of manhole cover that went underground, he climbed down and took a couple of pics but I didn’t fancy it. The tunnel itself was lovely, certainly not as nice as some of the others I visited though. The tractor which is seen in previous reports has now been removed. Inside there are some hay bales and a few random items towards the far end, there is also an old trailer inside. We probably spent around an hour inside then it got dark and we started to head home.
Photos
Approaching the tunnel from the nearby stretch of A47:
Heading on inside:
The old trailer dumped down here as mentioned above:
One of the refuges to the left of the image, these appeared a bit deeper than a lot of the other tunnels I have visited but I am not sure of the reasoning behind this:
The crap dumped down the other end:
And a final shot on the zoom lens:
Thanks for looking.
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 constructed in 1872 as part of the Great Northern and London North Western Joint Railway, more specifically the Market Harborough to Newark line. There were two other tunnels built in East Leicestershire on this line including the Hose Tunnel and Ingarsby Tunnel. East Norton also had its own railway station which closed when passenger trains stopped running on the line in 1952 or 1953 due to lack of use. Freight trains still used the line for a further ten years. The tunnel itself is 131.6 metres in length and is lined in brick with refuges located each side.
The tunnel under construction:
The Explore
We parked in a lay-by on the nearby A47 and went across a couple of fields. Summer probably isn’t the best time to do this place due to overgrowth but we managed to get through without too much difficulty. Jake found some sort of manhole cover that went underground, he climbed down and took a couple of pics but I didn’t fancy it. The tunnel itself was lovely, certainly not as nice as some of the others I visited though. The tractor which is seen in previous reports has now been removed. Inside there are some hay bales and a few random items towards the far end, there is also an old trailer inside. We probably spent around an hour inside then it got dark and we started to head home.
Photos
Approaching the tunnel from the nearby stretch of A47:
Heading on inside:
The old trailer dumped down here as mentioned above:
One of the refuges to the left of the image, these appeared a bit deeper than a lot of the other tunnels I have visited but I am not sure of the reasoning behind this:
The crap dumped down the other end:
And a final shot on the zoom lens:
Thanks for looking.
