sorry this is late being put on but im behind with my reports
Glenfield was the site of the first station from Leicester West Bridge on the Leicester and Swannington Railway opened on 17 July 1832 as the world's third steam railway. Just before reaching the station the line passed through Glenfield Tunnel, which at 1 mile 36 yards long was at the time the world's longest railway tunnel and was built by Robert Stephenson. The Glenfield end of the tunnel can still be seen.
A public footpath in Glenfield passes close to the western entrance to Glenfield tunnel, , which has been bricked up. The eastern entrance to the tunnel has been buried, while the tunnel as a whole was sold to Leicester city council for a nominal sum, though the council has never decided what use to make of it. The tops of several brick ventilator shafts can be seen among the houses of the estate above the tunnel,; some are in the back gardens of the houses. The tunnel itself underwent in 2008 a retrofit to install strengthening rings that are hoped to prevent a collapse of the extant tunnel shaft. The £500,000 reinforcement project was commissioned by the Leicester city council
the far end has a cover at the top of a ladder that must be on someones drive or backgarden,
i tried to get a gps signal at the very top of the ladder with the gps device next to the metal cover but could not get a signal shame as i would have loved to have found it
this is the work carried out by the coucil theya are all the way to the end of the tunnel
cut in
got to say ive never had so much fun in a tunnel as this vent is right in the middle of a council estate and there were kids up there taking so i started shouting up to them and ended up with stones being chucked at my lol
far side blocked up with ladder going up
ladder with manhole cover at the top
then a long walk back to the big metal gates
vent covers
Glenfield was the site of the first station from Leicester West Bridge on the Leicester and Swannington Railway opened on 17 July 1832 as the world's third steam railway. Just before reaching the station the line passed through Glenfield Tunnel, which at 1 mile 36 yards long was at the time the world's longest railway tunnel and was built by Robert Stephenson. The Glenfield end of the tunnel can still be seen.
A public footpath in Glenfield passes close to the western entrance to Glenfield tunnel, , which has been bricked up. The eastern entrance to the tunnel has been buried, while the tunnel as a whole was sold to Leicester city council for a nominal sum, though the council has never decided what use to make of it. The tops of several brick ventilator shafts can be seen among the houses of the estate above the tunnel,; some are in the back gardens of the houses. The tunnel itself underwent in 2008 a retrofit to install strengthening rings that are hoped to prevent a collapse of the extant tunnel shaft. The £500,000 reinforcement project was commissioned by the Leicester city council
the far end has a cover at the top of a ladder that must be on someones drive or backgarden,
i tried to get a gps signal at the very top of the ladder with the gps device next to the metal cover but could not get a signal shame as i would have loved to have found it
this is the work carried out by the coucil theya are all the way to the end of the tunnel
cut in
got to say ive never had so much fun in a tunnel as this vent is right in the middle of a council estate and there were kids up there taking so i started shouting up to them and ended up with stones being chucked at my lol
far side blocked up with ladder going up
ladder with manhole cover at the top
then a long walk back to the big metal gates
vent covers
