Visit our collection of forgotten tunnels and earthworks by clicking on their names below.
Brusselton incline

1825-1856

Stockton & Darlington

2 miles S of Bishop Auckland, Co Durham
Brymbo & Summerhill tunnels

Dates unknown

Great Western

3 miles NW of Wrexham
Burdale tunnel

1853-1958

North Eastern

7 miles SE of Malton, North Yorks
Clayton tunnel

1878-1963

Great Northern

4 miles W of Bradford, West Yorks
Drewton tunnel

1885-1958

Hull & Barnsley

8 miles NW of Hull, East Yorks
Earlsheaton tunnel

1874-1965

Great Northern

½ mile SE of Dewsbury, West Yorks
Enthorpe cutting

1890-1965

Scarborough, Bridlington & West Riding Junction

4 miles NE of Market Weighton, East Yorks
Gildersome tunnel

1904-1966

London & North Western

4½ miles SW of Leeds,
West Yorks
Gomersal tunnel

1899-1965

London & North Western

4 miles NW of Dewsbury, West Yorks
Greenside tunnel

1893-1964

Great Northern

3 miles E of Bradford, West Yorks
Grove tunnel

1876-1985

London, Brighton & South Coast

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Harrogate (Brunswick) tunnel

1848-1862

York & North Midlands

Harrogate, North Yorks
Hopton tunnel

1831-1967

Cromford & High Peak

4 miles SW of Matlock, Derbyshire
Lees Moor tunnel

1878-1963

Great Northern

2 miles S of Keighley,
West Yorks
Oxendon tunnel

1859-1981

London & North Western

14 miles N of Northampton, Northants
Privett & West Meon tunnels

1903-1955

Meon Valley Railway

5 miles W of Petersfield, Hampshire
Prospect tunnel

1848-1964

Yorkshire & North Midland

2½ miles SW of Harrogate, North Yorks
Queensbury tunnel

1878-1956

Great Northern

4½ miles W of Bradford, West Yorks
Rhondda tunnel

1890-1962

Rhondda & Swansea Bay

1½ miles W of Treherbert
Silkstone tunnels

1880-1981

Great Central

2½ miles E of Penistone, South Yorks
Spinkhill tunnel

1900-1967

Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast

8 miles SE of Sheffield,
South Yorks
St Lawrence tunnel

1897-1952

Isle of Wight Central

2½ miles W of Ventnor,
Isle of Wight
Sugar Loaf tunnel

1885-1958

Hull & Barnsley

3 miles E of North Cave, East Yorks
Thurgoland tunnel

1948-1981

British Rail

3½ miles SE of Penistone, South Yorks
Triangle cutting

1878-1958

Lancashire & Yorkshire

2 miles SW of Sowerby Bridge, West Yorks
Wapping tunnel

1830-1972

London & North Western

Liverpool
Woodhead tunnels

1954-1981

British Rail

7 miles W of Penistone, South Yorks
'One-shot' gallery
Single shots of portals and other features encountered on our travels.
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