I'll put this report up of Criggleston tunnel near Wakefield, as I've never seen a report of it on an Urbex forum before.
Criggleston has a mega massive portal and today it is the only portal to survive. The East portal been blocked off and buried under landfill several years ago. I visited with Box frenzy Rich and 'all respect' awwrisp
This was our 3rd explore of the day and we were losing the light fast.
We made a bit of a meal locating the portal, Firstly we were looking on the wrong side of the M1 motorway, that now runs only 100 yds away. Sucesfully locating the portal our trip down to it was fun.
Boxfrenzy having the ride of his life navigating the steep muddy cutting en route.
You pay £8.50 for a ride like that in Blackpool lol
This was a light painted shot on the way back out.
Crigglestone is without a doubt the largest bore of any tunnel I've been in.
Criggleston is a relatively short tunnel at only 250 yds long.
These days it sits in a hard to reach, secluded cutting with cars passing by on the M1 only a 100 yards away.
Crigglestone tunnel was built by the Midland railway company in 1906, and closed to traffic in 1950.
The line ran from Hunslet Lane, Leeds to Dewsbury Savile Town goods via Crigglestone (goods) and Middletown (goods)
It had a connection with the Calder Valley line at Thornhill.
In stark contrast to the very dry Miley tunnel I did in Preston the day before.
Criggleston tunnel has lots of water ingress running down the walls, coating them with rich Iron and Calcite deposits.
Men added for scale.
It's seems a little strange stood on this side of the tunnel, knowing there is thousands of tonnes of landfill behind the concrete wall.
Criggleston has a mega massive portal and today it is the only portal to survive. The East portal been blocked off and buried under landfill several years ago. I visited with Box frenzy Rich and 'all respect' awwrisp
This was our 3rd explore of the day and we were losing the light fast.
We made a bit of a meal locating the portal, Firstly we were looking on the wrong side of the M1 motorway, that now runs only 100 yds away. Sucesfully locating the portal our trip down to it was fun.
Boxfrenzy having the ride of his life navigating the steep muddy cutting en route.
You pay £8.50 for a ride like that in Blackpool lol
This was a light painted shot on the way back out.
Crigglestone is without a doubt the largest bore of any tunnel I've been in.
Criggleston is a relatively short tunnel at only 250 yds long.
These days it sits in a hard to reach, secluded cutting with cars passing by on the M1 only a 100 yards away.
Crigglestone tunnel was built by the Midland railway company in 1906, and closed to traffic in 1950.
The line ran from Hunslet Lane, Leeds to Dewsbury Savile Town goods via Crigglestone (goods) and Middletown (goods)
It had a connection with the Calder Valley line at Thornhill.
In stark contrast to the very dry Miley tunnel I did in Preston the day before.
Criggleston tunnel has lots of water ingress running down the walls, coating them with rich Iron and Calcite deposits.
Men added for scale.
It's seems a little strange stood on this side of the tunnel, knowing there is thousands of tonnes of landfill behind the concrete wall.
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