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South Heighton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is seven miles (12 km) south of Lewes. In the 1890s the village's population grew from less than 100 to over 500 after a cement manufacturing plant opened nearby. The village is now associated with the urbanised area of Newhaven.
Longest road tunnel in UK: 1934: Merseyside: Victoria Tunnel & Waterloo Tunnel: Railway: 3,254: 3,559: The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels - 2,475 and 862 metres (2,707 and 943 yd) - form a single tunnel divided by an air shaft, and having different names on each side of the shaft: 1849: Merseyside: Wapping Tunnel: Railway: 2,030: 2,220
The Williamson Tunnels are a series of extensive subterranean excavations in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, England. They are thought to have been created under the direction of tobacco merchant, landowner and philanthropist Joseph Williamson between 1810 and 1840. Although popularly described as "tunnels", the majority comprise brick or ...
Some 30 meters (98 feet) below central London lies a mile-long network of tunnels that is set to be the UK capital’s glitziest new tourist attraction, according to the company that’s secured ...
Railway tunnels in England (6 C, 102 P) Road tunnels in England (20 P) B. Tunnels in Bedfordshire (3 P) Tunnels in Bristol (1 P) Tunnels in Buckinghamshire (2 P) C.
Claimed to be the first canal tunnel with a towpath throughout. Berwick Tunnel, northern portal: Blisworth Tunnel: Grand Union Canal: 3,056 yards (2,794 m) [2] Northamptonshire: Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal: Branwood Tunnel: Stratford-upon-Avon Canal: 352 yards (322 m) [3] Brandwood Tunnel, eastern portal: Braunston Tunnel: Grand Union Canal
The full extent of the tunnels has not been explored as part of the site was split by a rail tunnel. The caves are believed to extend further than the currently visible area stretching to the south of the rail line. [18] The explored and mapped area covers over 1 acre (0.40 ha) and extends nearly as a far as Bristol General Hospital.
The table below lists many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the most tunnelled cities in the world. The tunnels are used for road vehicles, pedestrians, Underground and railway lines and utilities.
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