The western portal of Brierley Tunnel is at the end of a half-mile long flooded cutting. |
The western portals of Standedge's disused single bores. |
Oxenden Up tunnel has a footpath through it. The Down tunnel - next door - has seen better days. |
Litton's east portal can only be accessed by walking through the tunnel. |
Cressbrook is next door to Litton on the former St Pancras-Manchester main line through the Peak District. |
Near the TransPennine Trail, Ardsley's remaining portal is now a canvas for graffiti artists. |
Inside Butterhouse Tunnel on the former Micklehurst loop. |
Rusher Cutting Tunnel is on the Monsal Trail, a mile or so west of Millers Dale. |
The northern portal of Batley Carr tunnel looks out over a scrapyard. |
Eastbound trains used to leave Stalybridge New Tunnel and immediately cross a viaduct. That was demolished in the Nineties leaving the portal isolated on the hillside. |
The north portal of Lordsfield Avenue Tunnel is obscured by landfill, save for a small gap which reveals the wet conditions within. |
Mossdale Head was the only tunnel on the single-track Wensleydale branch. |
On the Brampton Valley Way, the 525-yard Kelmarsh tunnel features a lone ventilation shaft. |
Alfreton Old tunnel is now used by maintenance teams for access along the line between Clay Cross and Nottingham. |
Both portals of Duckmanton tunnel are buried. This is the eastern approach cutting which is now designated as a nature reserve. |
Behind this concrete cap is the western portal of Bolsover tunnel. The eastern portal is at the end of a deep, flooded and overgrown approach cutting and has not been visited for many years. |
While the Up tunnel is now a foot and cycle path, Kelmarsh's forelorn Down tunnel awaits attention next door. |
A 2-foot deep lagoon prevents progress through Spinkhill tunnel, to the south of Sheffield. |
The road bridge 100 yards south of Chipping Norton tunnel has been backfilled. As a result, the trackbed leading to the portal now resembles a canal. |
Next door to Colwall New Tunnel is - you guessed it - Colwall Old Tunnel which some people hope will eventually play host to a footpath to the other side of this very serious hill. |
Hiding alongside a road which bypasses Bacup, Britannia Tunnel featured in the classic film 'Whistle Down The Wind'....before the vegetation took hold. |
In the shadow of Stockport's famous viaduct, a lesser known relics of the town's railway past rots away, forgotten. Let's hear it for Wellington Road Tunnel. |
There's no light at the end of Oakamoor Tunnel due to its curvature. This is the south portal which sits alongside a delightful crossing keeper's house. |
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