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Encyclopedia > List of tunnels in the United Kingdom

Tunnels in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road, railway, waterway or other form of tunnel, anywhere in the United Kingdom. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ...

Contents

England

Cheshire

  • Disley Tunnel, Railway (2 miles, 346 yards; 3535 m)
  • Prestbury Tunnel, Railway, near Macclesfield
  • Sutton Tunnel, Runcorn (1 mile, 125 yards)

Disley Tunnel was built by the Midland Railway in 1902 on its line between New Mills South Junction, and Manchester Central, which was more direct than the congested and difficult lines through Stockport Teviot Dale. ... Statistics Population: 61,330 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ525815 Administration District: Halton Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Cheshire Services Police force: Cheshire Constabulary Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: RUNCORN Postal district...

Cornwall

The Tamar Bridge during widening and strengthening work, 1999 The Tamar Bridge is a major road bridge in southwest England carrying traffic between Devon and Cornwall. ... A38 passing under M50 in Worcestershire The A38 is a major trunk road in England. ...

Derbyshire

The Eastern Portal of Butterley Tunnel in 2006 The Butterley Reservoir Adit where it enters the Butterley Tunnel about 600 yards along the tunnel from the Western Portal in 2006 The View from inside Butterley Tunnel in 2006 Tunnel Roof Supported by Timbers about 60 yards from East Portal photographed... Clay Cross Tunnel is a 1784-yard tunnel on the former North Midland Railway line near Clay Cross in Derbyshire now part of the Midland Main Line. ... Airshaft, Colborne The Cowburn Tunnel is a railway tunnel at the Western end of the Vale of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District in the English Midlands. ... Dove Holes Tunnel was a tunnel built by the Midland Railway between Peak Forest and Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire. ... Haddon Tunnel is a tunnel in Derbyshire, built by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway between Rowsley and Bakewell, opened in 1863. ... North portal of Milford Tunnel Milford Tunnel in Derbyshire is a twin track railway tunnel on the Midland Main Line which runs under a hill called the Chevin between Duffield and Belper. ... The Chesterfield Canal has been restored up to the Eastern Portal of Norwood Tunnel in 2006 The Western Portal of Norwood Tunnel in 2006 Norwood Tunnel was a 2884 yard (2633 m) long, 9 feet 3 inch wide and 12 feet high brick (3 million of them)[1] lined canal... Toadmoor Tunnel portal showing elliptical shape of bore. ... Western Portal SK250787 Totley Tunnel is a 6230-yard (5. ... Whatstandwell railway station is a railway station serving the village of Whatstandwell in Derbyshire. ... The western portals of the Woodhead Tunnels in 2004, from the former Woodhead Station. ...

Devon

  • Whiteball Tunnel, Railway (1092 yards; 990m), broad gauge.

Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ...

Dorset

  • Beaminster Tunnel, Road (A3066), approx 150m long

East Sussex

The A26 road is one of the two cross-country two-digit numbered roads in the southeast of England. ... Statistics Population: 16,000 Location OS grid reference: TQ414101 Administration District: Lewes Shire county: East Sussex Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: East Sussex Historic county: Sussex Services Police force: Sussex Police Fire and rescue: East Sussex Ambulance: South East Coast Post...

Essex

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge The Dartford Crossing joins Dartford and Thurrock across the River Thames and effectively forms part of Londons orbital M25 motorway. ... The A282 is a road linking the two ends of the M25 at Dartford and Thurrock, via the Dartford Crossing. ...

Gloucestershire

Categories: UK geography stubs | South Gloucestershire | Towns in Gloucestershire ... The Sapperton Tunnels are located about seven miles ESE of Stroud in Gloucestershire. ... The Sapperton Canal Tunnel is a tunnel on the Thames and Severn Canal near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England. ... The Sapperton Tunnels are located about seven miles East South East of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. ... The approach to the tunnel. ...

Greater Manchester

Disley Tunnel was built by the Midland Railway in 1902 on its line between New Mills South Junction, and Manchester Central, which was more direct than the congested and difficult lines through Stockport Teviot Dale. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Guardian Exchange is an underground telephone exchange built in Manchester in the 1950s. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Kent

  • Channel tunnel (to France), Railway (31 miles, 635 yards; 50470 m)
  • Dartford Tunnel (1436 m), A282 road northbound (M25 connector)
  • Royal Harbour Tunnel, (800m) Ramsgate - Road
  • Shakespeare Tunnel, Railway, Dover

Map of the Channel Tunnel. ... The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge The Dartford Crossing joins Dartford and Thurrock across the River Thames and effectively forms part of Londons orbital M25 motorway. ... The A282 is a road linking the two ends of the M25 at Dartford and Thurrock, via the Dartford Crossing. ...

Lancashire

  • Sough Tunnel, Railway tunnel near Darwen (1 mile, 255 yards)

Arms of the former Darwen Borough Council Darwen is a small market town in Lancashire, which extends onto the West Pennine Moors. ...

Leicestershire

  • Ashby de la Zouch Tunnel, Railway
  • Husbands Bosworth Tunnel, Grand Union Canal
  • Saddington Tunnel, Grand Union Canal

Lincolnshire

Mount Pleasant Mill Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, situated about 10 miles south of Scunthorpe, near the A15. ...

London

See also Tunnels underneath the River Thames. The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... Morden is a place in the London Borough of Merton. ... East Finchley is an area in the London Borough of Barnet. ... The Blackwall Tunnel is the name given to a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Greenwich side entrance, with a similar Tower Hamlets side entrance visible in the distance to the right The Greenwich foot tunnel is a pedestrian tunnel crossing beneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich to the south with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to... The Regents Canal is a canal across an area just to the north of central London. ... Kingsway telephone exchange was a Cold War-era hardened telephone exchange underneath High Holborn in London. ... The western portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel. ... The London deep-level shelters are eight deep level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. Each consists of a pair of parallel tunnels 16 feet 16 inches (5. ... The Rotherhithe tunnel is a road tunnel crossing beneath the River Thames in east London. ... Interior of the Thames Tunnel, mid-19th century The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel, 35 feet wide and 1,300 feet long, beneath the River Thames in London, between Rotherhithe and Wapping. ... The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, close — as the name suggests — to the Tower of London. ... The Woolwich foot tunnel is a tunnel crossing under the River Thames in east London from Woolwich in the London Borough of Greenwich to North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham. ... There are many tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the most tunnelled cities in the world. ...


Merseyside

The Kingsway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside, northwest England, between Liverpool and Wallasey. ... The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... The Mersey Railway Tunnel, between Liverpool and Birkenhead, was opened in 1886 and was the first tunnel to be built below the River Mersey. ... The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... The main entrance to Liverpool Lime Street Station Liverpool Lime Street railway station on Lime Street is the mainline railway station serving Liverpool, England. ... The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. ... The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 2,475 metre long rail tunnel. ... Liverpool skyline. ... Wapping Tunnel is 2030 m long, and runs downhill from the Crown Street Station goods yard to Park Lane Goods Station, in Liverpool. ... Liverpool skyline. ... The Waterloo in Liverpool is a 862 metres long rail tunnel, it opened in 1849. ... Liverpool skyline. ... Graffiti circa 1960s on the wall of The Williamson Tunnels The Corner tunnel and arch constructed out of individual sandstone blocks with view of Biddulphs factory rubbish chute. ... Liverpool skyline. ...

Norfolk

The Aylsham Bypass Tunnel is the only railway tunnel in Norfolk, England currently open to trains. ... The Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway built it to take their Cromer Beach to Mundesley line under the Great Easterns Cromer High to Norwich line. ...

Northamptonshire

Southern entrance to Blisworth Tunnel Blisworth Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England between the villages of Stoke Bruerne (southern end) and Blisworth (northern end). ... Kelmarsh Tunnels are disused railway tunnels in Northamptonshire. ... The Kilsby Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the West Coast Main Line railway in England. ... Oxendon Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel in Northamptonshire. ...

Northumberland

The Tyne Tunnel is a two-lane toll vehicular tunnel under the River Tyne, England, completed in 1967, and connecting Jarrow on the south side of the river with Howdon on the north. ... The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ...

North Yorkshire

  • Bramhope Tunnel, Railway (2 miles, 241 yards; 3439 m)
  • Prospect Tunnel, Railway. Disused

Nottinghamshire

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... // Four Railway Companies built lines in and around Nottingham, England. ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ...

Oxfordshire

Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Shropshire

Knowlesands Tunnel is a very short railway tunnel between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire, England. ... Oakengates railway station serves the town of Oakengates, part of the new town of Telford, England. ...

Somerset

Combe Down Tunnel on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway was a narrow mile-long single-line bore with a grade of 1 in 100 on a line with a ruling grade of 1 in 50, approximately two miles south of Bath, beneath the hill that is the suburb/village of... Statistics Population: {{{Population}}} Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST761625 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Western Post office and... Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... White Ball is a hamlet in the English county of Somerset. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ...

South Yorkshire

Bradway Tunnel, 2027 yards long, was built in 1870 about 1 mile north of Dronfield, in Derbyshire. ... The Chesterfield Canal has been restored up to the Eastern Portal of Norwood Tunnel in 2006 The Western Portal of Norwood Tunnel in 2006 Norwood Tunnel was a 2884 yard (2633 m) long, 9 feet 3 inch wide and 12 feet high brick (3 million of them)[1] lined canal... Thurgoland Tunnel is on the Penistone Line between Penistone ad Wortley. ... Western Portal SK250787 Totley Tunnel is a 6230-yard (5. ... The western portals of the Woodhead Tunnels in 2004, from the former Woodhead Station. ...

Staffordshire

Harecastle Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal. ... Map sources for Kidsgrove at grid reference SJ8354 Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. ... The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal linking the River Trent at Shardlow in Derbyshire to the River Mersey at Runcorn in Cheshire. ...

Tyne and Wear

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

Warwickshire

  • Shrewley Tunnel, Grand Union Canal near Shrewley

West Yorkshire

  • Morley Tunnel, Railway (1 mile, 1609 yards; 3081 m)
  • Standedge Tunnels, Canal and railway (3 miles, 64 yards; 4887 m)
  • Summit Tunnel, Railway (1 mile, 1125 yards; 2638 m)

The tunnel entrance at Marsden The Standedge Tunnels (Standedge is normally pronounced Stannige) are four parallel tunnels that run beneath the Pennines at the traditional Standedge crossing point between Marsden and Diggle, on the edges of the conurbations of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester respectively, in northern England. ... The Summit tunnel in England is one of the oldest railway tunnels in the world: it was built between 1838 and 1841 beneath the Yorkshire Dales. ...

Wiltshire

Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through the Box Hill. ... Bruce Tunnel - Eastern Portal (as seen in 1992) The Bruce Tunnel (grid reference SU244624) is on the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Wootton Top Lock and Crofton Locks in Wiltshire, England. ...

West Midlands

Anchor Exchange is an underground telephone exchange built in Birmingham in the 1950s. ... Birmingham (pron. ... The station entrance Birmingham Snow Hill station is a railway station located in the centre of Birmingham, England. ... Dudley Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Dudley No. ... The Dudley Canal is a canal in the West Midlands, England. ... The Lapal Tunnel (old spelling Lappal Tunnel) is a disused 3,470 metre canal tunnel on the five mile dry section of the Dudley No. ... The Dudley Canal is a canal in the West Midlands, England. ... Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal in the West Midlands, is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, (BCN). ... Queensway is used to refer to several locations or roads: Queensway is a road in west London the Queensway is a highway running east-west through Ottawa Queensway is a neighbourhood in Ottawa. ...

West Sussex

The Clayton Tunnel is located just north of Brighton on the main line to London. ... The Southwick Hill Tunnel is a 490 metre twin-bore road tunnel in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England. ... The A27 near Southwick The A27 is a major road in England. ... Southwick is the name of several places: Southwick in West Sussex, England Southwick in Northamptonshire, England Southwick in Wiltshire, England Southwick in Massachusetts This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Portslade By The Seaside is the name of a lovely littlevillage, now a developed part of the city of Brighton & Hove. ...

Scotland

Glasgow

The south entrance of the Clyde Tunnel The Clyde Tunnel is a crossing beneath the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The River Clyde, looking eastwards upstream, as it passes beneath the Kingston Bridge in Central Glasgow. ... An Inner Circle train arrives at West Street station. ...

Scottish Borders

Whitrope Tunnel is 1,208 yards long, situated 12 miles South of Hawick on the disused Railway line, the Waverley Route. ...

Scottish Highlands

  • Nevis Tunnel, part of Lochaber hydroelectric scheme

Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Abar) refers to a large area of the central and western Scottish Highlands. ...

Wales

Monmouthshire

  • Severn Tunnel, Railway (4 miles, 628 yards; 7012 m)
  • Brynglas Tunnels, Newport (M4 motorway)
  • Gibraltar Tunnels, Monmouth
  • Bryn, Hengoed, (Railway, disused)
  • Clydach Tunnels, Abergavenny, (Railway, Disused)
  • Gaer, Newport (Railway, Active)
  • Gelli-felen Tunnels, Brynmawr (Railway, Disused)
  • Hillfield Tunnels, Newport (Railway, Active)
  • Monmouth, (Railway, Disused)
  • Pennar, Crumlin (Railway, Disused,239 yd)
  • Usk, Usk (Railway, Disused, 256 yd)

The approach to the tunnel. ... The eastern portal. ...

Glamorgan

  • Cwmcerwyn, Maesteg (Railway, Disused,1012 yd) Built by the Port Talbot and Docks Railway. Single track, curved.
  • Cymmer, Afan Valley (Railway, Disused,1591 yd) Built by the Great Western Railway. Single track. Straight. North end relandscaped
  • Gelli, Afan Valley (Railway, Disused) Built by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway. Single track. Short
  • Gylfichi, Afan Valley (Railway, Disused,1019 yd) Built by the South Wales Mineral Railway. Single track. North end collapsed 1947.
  • Nottage, Porthcawl (Railway, Disused) Built by the Great Western Railway. Single track. Short, south portal relandscaped
  • Abernant / Merthyr (Railway, Disused, 2497 yd) Built by the Great Western Railway. Mainly single track, curved at ends.
  • Cefn-Glas, Abercynon (Railway, Disused, 703 yd) Built by the Great Western Railway. Single track
  • Garth, Taff's Well (Railway, Disused) Built by the Barry Railway Company. Double track. Partly breached by operations at Garth Quarry.
  • Morlais, Merthyr Tydfil (Railway, Disused, 1040 yd) Built by the London and North Western Railway. Double track, curved at west end. 3 airshafts.
  • Quaker's Yard, Abercynon (Railway, demolished) Built by the Taff Vale Railway 1840. Demolished in 1857 when track dualled.
  • Rhondda, Treherbert (Railway, Disused, 3443 yd) Built by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway. Single track. Longest tunel in Wales at 3443 yards
  • Tinworks, Treforest (Railway, not completed) Built by the Taff Vale Railway in 1907 to carry mineral line under exchange sidings of the Cardiff Railway at Treforest. Mineral line never completed.
  • Treforest (Railway, Disused, 1323 yd) Built by the Barry Docks Railway. Double track.
  • Union, Cardiff (Railway, Active, Beneath Student's Union building, Cardiff University.
  • Queensgate Tunnels, Cardiff

The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway connected the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley to the Swansea Bay ports. ... The Barry Railway Company was promoted by interests in coal mining and steel in the South Wales valleys as an alternative to the existing rail service to Cardiff docks in Tiger Bay. ... The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway connected the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley to the Swansea Bay ports. ...

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