Subterranean
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Queensway, River Mersey Tunnel
Main Queensway Tunnel | The Old Dock The Queensway Tunnel, was the first of two road tunnels to be built under the River Mersey, connecting Liverpool to the Wirral. The second being the newer Kingsway Tunnel, which opened in 1971.…
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Creep Inn, Munitions Factory & WWII Bunker
A network of Top Secret subterranean Tunnels, passages and chambers, beneath Wirral’s New Brighton Palace amusement arcade, have quite an interesting historic story to tell… The New Brighton Palace Tunnels, said to date back over 200 years and thought to…
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River Jordan, Aigburth
In Liverpool’s historic past, there were ancient rivers, which strangely do not seem to exist anymore. However, many of these rivers still flow down to the Mersey. There existance largely hidden from view, flowing through a network of underground brick…
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Beneath Renshaw Street, Liverpool
The discovery and exploration of a long lost, little known subterranean passage and tunnel under Renshaw Street, Liverpool City Centre. Located beneath what was once a former tyre fitting garage, next door to the Dispensary Pub. This small but interesting…
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Culvert of the Ancient Garston River unearthed
During construction of the new Garston Way bypass (A561) back in the early 1980’s. An old culvert was discovered on ‘Church Road’. The discovery was made where the new Garston Way bypass bridge was being built. The culvert is thought…
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Drakelow Tunnels
An organised trip for members of FoWT, to the historic Drakelow Tunnels, the former Top Secret subterranean complex near Kidderminster. The Drakelow complex was built in 1941/1942 as a Shadow Factory for the Rover car Company. Rover manufactured engines and…
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Wapping Tunnel Vent, from above
Aerial view of the Wapping Tunnel vent, in Crown Street park, where the original Crown Street Station was located. This is the first of a series of ventilation shafts, built throughout the length of the tunnel. The grass bank in…
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Standedge Canal Tunnel
The Standedge Tunnel is the longest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain, at 5,189m long, 194m below ground at its deepest point and 196m above sea level. The canal Tunnel took 17 years to construct, before finally opening in 1811.…
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Olwyn Goch and the Milwr Tunnel
I am fortunate to have visited and explored this astonishing former Limestone and Lead mine, not once but twice. Access into Olwyn Goch and Milwr Tunnel was a challenge to say the least, certainly not for the faint-hearted. The descent…
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360° VR – Williamson’s Tunnels
Wine-Bins | Sandstone Arch & Gash | Banqueting Hall | New Chamber Along Side The Banqueting Hall | Paddington Williamson’s Tunnels I become fascinated with 360°, Virtual Reality Equirectangular Images. So started to dabble with the process of creating these…
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