Permission visit on an organised tour last year. Thought I would share, as it was an interesting place.
I had wanted to see this place for a while, as it is the only derelict tunnel in the county I have not been inside, so jumped at the chance to have a tour round here.
Visited with Juju, Lost Explorer & Burb147.
Thanks to the Leicestershire Industrial history society.
Glenfield Tunnel is 1796 yards long and opened in 1832 and closed in 1966.
It was designed by the famous railway engineer George Stephenson and built between 1829–32 under the supervision of his son Robert. At the time of its construction, it was the longest tunnel in the world. In the last 10 years, Leicester council spent a large sum of money reinforcing the tunnel with over 30 concrete arches.
thanks for looking
I had wanted to see this place for a while, as it is the only derelict tunnel in the county I have not been inside, so jumped at the chance to have a tour round here.
Visited with Juju, Lost Explorer & Burb147.
Thanks to the Leicestershire Industrial history society.
Glenfield Tunnel is 1796 yards long and opened in 1832 and closed in 1966.
It was designed by the famous railway engineer George Stephenson and built between 1829–32 under the supervision of his son Robert. At the time of its construction, it was the longest tunnel in the world. In the last 10 years, Leicester council spent a large sum of money reinforcing the tunnel with over 30 concrete arches.
thanks for looking
