List of tunnels in the United Kingdom
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Tunnels in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road, railway, waterway or other form of tunnel, anywhere in the United Kingdom.
[edit] England
[edit] Cornwall
- Saltash Tunnel connecting the Tamar Bridge and the A38.
[edit] Derbyshire/South Yorkshire
- Bradway Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 267 yards; 1853 m)
- Butterley Tunnel - canal (1 mile, 1206 yards; 2712 m)
- Clay Cross Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 24 yards; 1631 m)
- Cowburn Tunnel - railway (2 miles, 182 yards; 3385 m)
- Disley Tunnel - railway (2 miles, 346 yards; 3535 m)
- Dove Holes Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 1224 yards; 2729 m). Freight only
- Haddon Tunnel - railway (disused)
- Milford Tunnel - railway, sometimes called Chevin Tunnel
- Norwood Tunnel - canal (1 mile, 1124 yards; 2637m)
- Toadmoor Tunnel - railway
- Totley Tunnel - railway (3 miles, 950 yards; 5697 m)
- Woodhead Tunnel - railway (3 miles, 13 yards; 4840 m). Disused.
[edit] East Sussex
[edit] Essex/Kent
- Dartford Tunnel (1436 m), A282 road northbound (M25 connector)
[edit] Gloucestershire (including South Gloucestershire)
- Chipping Sodbury Tunnel - railway (2 miles, 924 yards; 4064 m)
- Patchway tunnels split level parallel railway tunnels (1 mile; 1609 m)
- Sapperton Tunnels: Sapperton canal tunnel and Sapperton railway tunnel (1 mile, 100 yards; 1701 m)
- Severn Tunnel - railway (4 miles, 628 yards; 7012 m)
[edit] Kent
- Channel tunnel (to France) - railway (31 miles, 635 yards; 50470 m)
[edit] Lincolnshire
- Kirton-in-Lindsey - railway (~1200 m)
[edit] London
- The London Underground includes 171 km of tunnels, with some Northern Line trains running continuously in tunnel for 27.8 km between Morden and East Finchley via Bank.
- Blackwall Tunnel (A102 road tunnel)
- Greenwich foot tunnel
- Islington tunnel and Maida Hill tunnels, Regent's Canal
- Kingsway Exchange
- Limehouse Link tunnel
- London Deep Level Shelters
- Rotherhithe Tunnel (1705 m) (A101 road tunnel)
- Thames Tunnel, Rotherhithe
- Tower Subway
- Woolwich foot tunnel
See also Tunnels underneath the River Thames.
[edit] North West
- Waterloo Tunnel, Liverpool (862 m)
- Victoria Tunnel, Liverpool (2475 m)
- Wapping Tunnel, Liverpool (2030 m)
- Williamson's tunnels, Liverpool
- Mersey Railway Tunnel, Mersey (4 miles, 462 yards; 6860 m) including underground loop to Liverpool Lime Street station
- Queensway Tunnel, Mersey (3237 m)
- Kingsway Tunnel, Mersey (2483 m)
- Guardian Exchange, Manchester
[edit] North Yorkshire
- Bramhope Tunnel - railway (2 miles, 241 yards; 3439 m)
- Prospect Tunnel, railway. Disused
[edit] Norfolk
[edit] Northamptonshire
- Blisworth tunnel canal
- Braunston Tunnel canal
- Kelmarsh Tunnel - railway (disused), now foot/cyclepath
- Kilsby Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 666 yards; 2218 m)
- Oxendon Tunnel - railway (disused), now foot/cyclepath
[edit] Oxfordshire
- Bodleian Library Tunnel under Broad Street, Oxford
[edit] Somerset
- Combe Down Tunnel under Combe Down, Bath
[edit] Shropshire
[edit] Staffordshire
[edit] West Sussex
- Clayton Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 499 yards; 2066 m)
- Southwick Hill Tunnel (490 m, dual bored), A27, Southwick/Portslade
[edit] West Yorkshire
- Morley Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 1609 yards; 3081 m)
- Standedge Tunnel - canal and railway (3 miles, 64 yards; 4887 m)
- Summit Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 1125 yards; 2638 m)
[edit] South Yorkshire
- Totley Tunnel - railway (3 miles, 950 yards; 5697 m)
[edit] County Durham/Northumberland
[edit] Wiltshire
- Box Tunnel - railway (1 mile, 1452 yards; 2937 m)
- Bruce Tunnel - canal (502 yards (459 m))
[edit] West Midlands
- Anchor Exchange (Birmingham)
- Snow Hill Railway Tunnel (Birmingham)
- Dudley Tunnel - Canal, Dudley Canal Line No 1
- Lappal Tunnel - Canal, Dudley Canl Line No 2
- Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal - canal
- Queensway (Birmingham)
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Glasgow
- Clyde Tunnel - road under River Clyde (762 metres)
- Glasgow Subway
[edit] Scottish Highlands
- Nevis Tunnel, part of Lochaber hydroelectric scheme
[edit] Wales
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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 Docks Railway. 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
- 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