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{{Short description|None}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} [[File:Downhill Railway Runnel - geograph.org.uk - 1197950.jpg|thumb|Downhill Railway Tunnels near [[Castlerock railway station|Castlerock]] on the [[Northern Ireland Railways|NIR]] network.]] {{GeoGroup}} This is a list of [[road]], [[railway]], [[waterway]], and other [[tunnel]]s in the [[United Kingdom]]. A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length, though it may be considered to be at least twice as long as wide. Some government bodies define a tunnel as {{convert|150|m|mi}} in length or longer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 2020|title=Design Manual for Roads and Bridges - CD 352 - Design of road tunnels|url=https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/prod/attachments/987a669b-13a1-40b9-94da-1ea4e4604fdd|access-date=4 February 2022|website=Standards for Highways|quote=For the purposes of this document a road tunnel is defined as a subsurface highway structure enclosed for a length of 150m, or more, measured along the centre line of the soffit.}}</ref> A tunnel may be for [[pedestrian]]s or [[cyclist]]s, for general road [[traffic]], for [[motor vehicle]]s only, for [[rail transport|rail]] traffic, or for a [[canal]]. Some are [[aqueduct (watercourse)|aqueducts]], constructed purely for [[water supply|carrying water]]—for consumption, for [[hydroelectric]] purposes or as [[sanitary sewer|sewers]]—while others carry other services such as [[telecommunications]] cables. There are even tunnels designed as [[wildlife crossing]]s for [[European badger]]s and other [[endangered species]]. The longest tunnel in the United Kingdom is the [[Northern line]] at {{convert|27800|m|ft}}. This will be superseded in the 2030s by the {{convert|37,600|m|ft|adj=on}} [[Woodsmith Mine Tunnel]] in [[North Yorkshire]] that will transport [[polyhalite]] from North Yorkshire to a port on [[Teesside]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whipple |first1=Tom |title=Colossal bore gets priest's blessing to dig a giant tunnel at Yorkshire Mine |work=The Times |issue=72820 |date=13 April 2019 |page=22|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ambrose |first=Jillian |date=2024-07-25 |title=Anglo American takes further £1.2bn writedown on Yorkshire fertiliser mine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/25/anglo-american-takes-further-1bn-writedown-on-yorkshire-fertiliser-mine |access-date=2025-03-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Standedge Tunnels|Standedge Tunnel]] at {{convert|5029|m|mi}} is the longest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom. When completed in the late 2020s, the [[Chiltern tunnel]] will be the 2nd longest mainline railway tunnel in the UK at {{convert|16040|metres|ft|abbr=}}.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Bouygues Travaux Publics - Project - HS2, High-Speed Rail Line |url=https://www.bouygues-tp.com/en/projects/hs2-high-speed-rail-line |access-date=2021-08-12 |website=www.bouygues-tp.com}}</ref> ==England== <!--NB: The grids on this page will '''alphabetically sort''' the "Yards" column if too many cells have "yd", "yds", "yards" or "x Miles y yards" etc. manually typed as the value. Citations and footnotes etc may also be causing sort failures. Add these to the "Notes" column instead.--> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! rowspan=2|Location !!rowspan=2|Tunnel !! rowspan=2 width=80|Type !! colspan=2|Length!! rowspan=2|Construction method / Notes !! rowspan=2|Date of opening || rowspan=2|Coordinates |- !(m) !! (yd) |- | Bedfordshire || [[Ampthill Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|715|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 715 || 4 tracks in 2 bores || 1859 || <small>{{coord|52.03361|N|0.51333|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Ampthill Tunnel}}</small> |- | Bedfordshire || [[Linslade Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|272|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 272 || 4 tracks in 3 bores || 1837, 1859, 1876 || <small>{{coord|51.92544|N|0.67611|W|region:GB-CBF_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Linslade Tunnel}}</small> |- | Bedfordshire || [[Old Warden Tunnel]] || Railway || 807 || 883 || Brick construction, Carried the [[Bedford]] to [[Hitchin]] line || 1853 || <small>{{coord|52.08835|N|0.37581|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Old Warden Tunnel}}</small> |- | Bedfordshire || Wymington Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1850|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,850 || Also known as Sharnbrook Tunnel, allows freight trains to avoid the gradients over Sharnbrook summit (elevation 315 feet) || 1859 || <small>{{coord|52.25166|N|0.58266|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Wymington Tunnel}}</small> |- | Bristol || [[Clifton Down Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1751|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,751 || Part of the [[Clifton Extension Railway]] built jointly by the [[Midland Railway|MR]] and [[Great Western Railway|GWR]] || 1874 || <small>{{coord|51.46720|N|2.62531|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Clifton Down Tunnel}}</small> |- | Buckinghamshire || Brill Tunnel || Railway || 175 || 191 || [[Great Western Railway]], now [[Chiltern Main Line]] || 1910 || |- | Buckinghamshire || Whitehouse Tunnel || Railway || 322 || 352 || [[Chiltern Main Line]] || 1905 || |- | Cambridgeshire || [[Wansford Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|616|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 616 || Now on preserved [[Nene Valley Railway]] || 1847 || <small>{{coord|52.56518|N|0.39956|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Wansford Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cheshire & Greater Manchester || [[Disley Tunnel]] || Railway || 3,535 || 3,865 || Bored tunnel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marple-uk.com/railways/c07_01.htm|title=VII. Marple By-Passed 1898-191|publisher=www.marple-uk.com|access-date=26 August 2008}}</ref> || 1901 || <small>{{coord|53.37172|N|2.08576|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Disley Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cheshire || Preston Brook Tunnel || Canal || {{convert|1239|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,239 || || 1775 || |- | Cheshire || [[Manchester and Birmingham Railway#Prestbury Tunnel|Prestbury Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|273|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 273 || <ref name="ggg2">{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/tunnels/tunnels2.shtm|title=UK railway tunnel lengths G-P}}</ref> Brick<ref>{{NHLE|num=1222039|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref> || 1845 || <small>{{coord|53.29551|N|2.14447|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Prestbury Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cheshire || [[Birkenhead Railway#Sutton Tunnel|Sutton Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,724 || 1,885 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cc-publishing.co.uk/Archives/traincrash.html|title=Cheshire Magazine|publisher=www.cc-publishing.co.uk|access-date=27 August 2008}}</ref> See also [[Sutton Tunnel railway accident]] || 1848 || <small>{{coord|53.32020|N|2.67790|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Sutton Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || [[Saltash Tunnel]] || Road || 410 || 448 || Carries the [[A38 road (England)|A38]] || 1988 || <small>{{coord|50.41161|N|4.21496|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Saltash Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || [[Brownqueen Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|88|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 88 || || 1859 || <small>{{coord|50.43466|N|4.68092|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Brownqueen Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || [[Toldish Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|500|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 500 || Used by horse-drawn trams, closed 1874 || 1849 || <small>{{coord|50.40311|N|4.92533|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Toldish Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || [[Trelill Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|333|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 333 || Disused (closed 1966) || 1895 || <small>{{coord|50.56886|N|4.76268|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Trelill Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || Shillingham Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|451|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 451 || aka Wivelscombe || 1908 || <small>{{coord|50.39539|N|4.26427|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Shillingham Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || Treverrin Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|564|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 564 || || 1859 || <small>{{coord|50.38281|N|4.67616|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Treverrin Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || Polperrow Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|381|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 381<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO55006&resourceID=1020|title=Cornwall & Scilly HER|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> || || 1859 || <small>{{coord|50.28615|N|5.01136|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Polperrow Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || Buckshead Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|320|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 320<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO55003&resourceID=1020|title=Cornwall & Scilly HER|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> || || 1859 || <small>{{coord|50.27936|N|5.04071|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Buckshead Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || Sparnick Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|491|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 491 || || 1863 || <small>{{coord|50.24026|N|5.09462|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Sparnick Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cornwall || Pinnock Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1173|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,173<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1245968|title=SX0853 : Former Railway Trackbed used as Private Road|publisher=GeoGraph|work=Geograph – photograph every grid square|access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> || Now converted to private road || 1874 || <small>{{coord|50.35125|N|4.66219|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Pinnock Tunnel}}</small> |- | County Durham || [[Shildon Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1220|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,120 || Single track || 1842 || <small>{{coord|54.636|-1.645|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Shildon Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cumbria || [[Rise Hill Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1213|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,109 || Double track || 1875 || <small>{{coord|54.297|-2.360|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Rise Hill Tunnel}}</small> |- | Cumbria || Whitehaven Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1333|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,333 || Single track, bore widened 1958 || 1852 || <small>{{coord|54.45200|N|3.58200|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Whitehaven Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Alfreton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|840|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 840 || || 1862 || <small>{{coord|53.09200|N|1.36136|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Alfreton Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Ashbourne Tunnel || Railway || 350 || 383 || Now a cycleway || 1899 || <small>{{coord|53.01571|N|1.73483|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Ashbourne Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Bolsover Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|2624|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,624 || Infilled with coal waste 1966-7 || 1897 || <small>{{coord|53.21662|N|1.27669|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Bolsover Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Bradway Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|2026|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,026 || || 1870 || <small>{{coord|53.31721|N|1.49813|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Bradway Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Breadsall Tunnel (also Morley) || Railway || 218 || 238 || || 1878 || <small>{{coord|52.95597|N|1.40889|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Breadsall Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Burbage Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|580|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 580<ref name ="ggg1">{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/tunnels/tunnels1.shtm|title=UK railway tunnel lengths A-F}}</ref> || || 1830 || <small>{{coord|53.26168|N|1.95300|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Burbage Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Butterley Tunnel]] || Canal || {{convert|2966|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,966 || Disused canal || 1794 || <small>{{coord|53.05936|N|1.39487|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Butterley Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Millers Dale|Chee Tor Tunnel (1)]] || Railway || {{convert|430|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 430<ref name="ggg1" /> || || 1863 || <small>{{coord|53.25584|N|1.81063|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Chee Tor Tunnel (1)}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Millers Dale|Chee Tor Tunnel (2)]] || Railway || {{convert|94|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 94 || <ref name="ggg1" /> || 1863 || <small>{{coord|53.25468|N|1.81452|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Chee Tor Tunnel (2)}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Clay Cross Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1784|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,784 || Brick<ref>Driving the Clay Cross Tunnel, Cliff Williams, Scarthin Books, Cromford</ref> || 1839 || <small>{{coord|53.16790|N|1.41363|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Clay Cross}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Cowburn Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|3702|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 3,702 || || 1892 || <small>{{coord|53.35200|N|1.86680|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Cowburn Cross}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Cressbrook Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|471|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 471 || <ref name="ggg1" /> || 1863 || <small>{{coord|53.24949|N|1.74688|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Cressbrook Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Dove Holes Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|2984|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,984 || Closed to passenger traffic in 1967 || 1865 || <small>{{coord|53.30293|N|1.88853|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Doves HolesCross}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Duckmanton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|501|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 501 || Closed to passenger traffic in 1951, closed completely 1957, infilled 1970s || 1897 || <small>{{coord|53|13|44.2|N|1|22|1.3|W}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Eaves Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|431|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 431 || || 1863 || |- | Derbyshire || Great Rocks Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|161|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 161 || || 1863 || |- | Derbyshire || [[Haddon Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1058|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,058 || Constructed with cut and cover methods, closed in 1967 || 1863 || <small>{{coord|53.19644|N|1.65207|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Doves HolesCross}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || [[Headstone Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|533|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 533 || || 1863 || |- | Derbyshire || High Tor Tunnel 1 || Railway || {{convert|321|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 321 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/tunnels/tunnels2.shtm|title=Railway Tunnel lengths G-P}}</ref> || 1849 || |- | Derbyshire || High Tor Tunnel 2 || Railway || {{convert|378|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 378 || || 1849 || |- | Derbyshire || Holt Lane Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|126|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 126 || || 1849 || |- | Derbyshire || Hopton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|113|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 113 || || 1830 || |- | Derbyshire || Hindlow Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|514|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 514 || Now a cycleway || 1832 || |- | Derbyshire || [[Chesterfield Canal#Hollingwood Common Tunnel|Hollingwood Common Tunnel]] || Canal || {{convert|3080|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 3,080 || Disused coalmine canal joining with [[Chesterfield Canal]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGE2AAAAMAAJ&q=Hollingwood+Common+Tunnel&pg=PA157|title=The History of Chesterfield: With … - Google Book Search|access-date=28 August 2008|year=1839|last1=George Hall|first1=Rev}}</ref> || 1777 || |- | Derbyshire || Lea Wood Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|315|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 315 || || 1849 || |- | Derbyshire || Litton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|516|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 516 || || 1863 || <small>{{coord|53.25204|N|1.75534|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Litton Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Mickleover Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|464|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 464 || || 1878 || |- | Derbyshire || [[Milford Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|855|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 855 || || 1839 || <small>{{coord|53.00177|N|1.48672|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Millford Tunnel}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Morley Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|238|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 238 || || 1878 || |- | Derbyshire || New Mills Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|123|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 123 || || 1867 || |- | Derbyshire || [[Norwood Tunnel]] || Canal || {{convert|2884|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,884 || Collapsed 1907 || 1775 || <small>W. {{coord|53.33253|N|1.28921|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name="Norwood Tunnel, west portal"}}<br>C. {{coord|53.33501|N|1.26971|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name="Norwood Tunnel, approx centre point"}}</small>, <small>E. {{coord|53.33744|N|1.25022|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name="Norwood Tunnel, east portal"}}</small> |- | Derbyshire || Norwood End Tunnel No. 10 || Railway || {{convert|300|yard|m|disp=output number only}}<ref>[http://www.kivetonwaleshistory.co.uk/heritage/the-railways/the-midland-railway-branch Killamarsh Branch & Extension: via ''kivetonwaleshistory'']</ref> || 300 || Parallel to [[Norwood Tunnel]] || 1878 || |- | Derbyshire || Pic Tor Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|191|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 191 || || 1863 || |- | Derbyshire || Redhill Tunnel 1 || Railway || {{convert|154|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 154 || || 1839 || |- | Derbyshire || Redhill Tunnel 2 || Railway || {{convert|170|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 170 || || 1839 || |- | Derbyshire || [[Rowthorn Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|929|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 929 || Closed 1930 || 1890 || |- | Derbyshire || Rusher Cutting Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|121|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 121 || <ref name="ggg3"/> || 1863 || |- | Derbyshire || Shirland Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|189|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 189 || || || |- | Derbyshire || [[Spinkhill Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|501|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 501 || Closed 9 January 1967 and subsequently lifted || 1897 || |- | Derbyshire || [[Toadmoor Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|129|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 129 || || 1839 || |- | Derbyshire & Yorkshire – South || [[Totley Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|6230|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 6,230 || || 1892 || |- | Derbyshire || Whatstandwell Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|149|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 149 || || 1849 || |- | Derbyshire || Whitwell Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|544|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 544 || || || |- | Derbyshire || Willersley Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|764|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 764 || || 1849 || |- | Derbyshire || Wingfield Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|261|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 261 || || 1839 || |- | Devon || Aller Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|295|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 295 || Built using 110 concrete bridge beams, [[A380 road|A380]] passes overhead || 2014 || |- | Devon || [[South Devon Banks|Dainton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|291|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 291 || || 1847 || |- | Devon || [[Devonport Leat]] Tunnel || Leat || {{convert|547|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 547 || || 1790s || |- | Devon || Marley Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|869|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 869 || || || |- | Devon || Parson's Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|606|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 606 || Known for the [[Legend of the Parson and Clerk]] || || |- | Dorset || [[Beaminster Tunnel]] || Road || {{convert|345|foot|m|disp=output number only}} || 115 || Carries the [[A3066 road|A3066]], brick lined construction, one of the oldest road tunnels still in use || 1832 || |- | Dorset || Buckhorn Weston Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|742|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 742 || || || |- | Dorset || Bincombe Tunnel (North) || Railway || {{convert|819|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 819 || || || |- | Dorset || Evershot Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|308|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 308 || || || |- | Dorset || Frampton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|651|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 651 || || || |- | Dorset || [[Middlebere Plateway]] Tunnels || Railway || || || Built in two stages || 1807, 1825<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmmmg.org/Middlebere.htm|title=Middlebere railway history|access-date=5 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063415/http://www.pmmmg.org/Middlebere.htm|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> || |- | Dorset || [[Poundbury Hill#Nearby Features#Railway Line|Poundbury Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|267|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 267 || || 1857|| |- | East Sussex || Cuilfail Tunnel || Road || 430 || 470 || Carries the [[A26 road|A26]], built to ease traffic congestion in [[Lewes]] || 1980 || |- | East Sussex || Bopeep Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1318|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 1,318 || || 1846 || |- | East Sussex || Crowborough Tunnel || Railway || 935 || 1,022 || || 1868 || |- | East Sussex || Culver Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|248|yd|m|disp=output number only}}|| 289 || Closed 1958 || 1882 || |- | East Sussex || Falmer Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|490|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 490 || || 1846 || |- | East Sussex || Hastings Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|770|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 770 || || 1846 || |- | East Sussex || Heathfield Tunnel || Railway || 242 || 265 || Closed 1965, now cycleway & footpath || 1880 || |- | East Sussex || Lewes Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|396|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 396 || || 1847 || |- | East Sussex || Mountfield Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|526|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 526 || Reduced from double track to single track in the 1970s || 1851 || |- | East Sussex || Mount Pleasant Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|143|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 143 || || 1851 || |- | East Sussex || [[Patcham Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|488|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 488 || || 1841 || |- | East Sussex || Wadhurst Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1205|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,205 || Reduced from double track to single track in 1985 || 1851 || |- | Essex || Audley End Tunnel || Railway || 417 || 456 || Double track<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 2: Eastern|last=Brailsford|first=Martyn|publisher=Tackmaps|year=2016|isbn=978-0-9549866-8-1|location=Frome}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite book|title=London Railway Atlas|last=Brown|first=Joe|publisher=Ian Allan|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7110-3819-6|location=Hersham}}</ref> || 1845 || |- | Essex & Kent || [[Dartford Crossing|Dartford West Tunnel]] || Road || 1,436 || 1,570 || Carries northbound traffic on the A282 as part of the [[Dartford Crossing]], original tunnel || 1963 || |- | Essex & Kent || [[Dartford Crossing|Dartford East Tunnel]] || Road || 1,436 || 1,570 || Carries northbound traffic on the A282 as part of the [[Dartford Crossing]], carried southbound traffic until 1991 || 1980 || |- |Essex & Kent |Thames Tunnel |Railway |3,115 |3,406 |Part of the High Speed 1 railway<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2013|title=HS1 Sectional Appendix|url=https://highspeed1.co.uk/media/3txaz5b5/sectional-appendix-to-the-hs1-rule-book-ref-c-02-os-05-2002.pdf|access-date=17 November 2021|website=[[High Speed 1]]|pages=A14|quote=THAMES TUNNEL (3115m)}}</ref> |2007 | |- | Essex || [[Dartford Cable Tunnel]]|| Electricity cables || 2,400|| 2,624|| Upriver from Dartford Road Tunnels, carrying 400kV cables || 2004 || |- | Essex || [[Bell Common Tunnel]]|| Road || 470 || 514 || Cut-and-cover tunnel on the [[M25 motorway|M25]] || 1984 || |- | Essex || Littlebury Tunnel || Railway || 372 || 407 || Two tracks, south portal is [[Listed building|Grade 2 listed]]<ref name=":0" /> || 1845 || |- | Essex || Stansted Airport Tunnel || Railway || 1,778 || 1,944 || Single track<ref name=":0" /> || 1991 || |- | Essex & Kent || [[Thames Cable Tunnel]] || Electricity cables || 1,675 || 1,832 || Carries two 400kV electricity circuits<ref>{{cite journal|last=Haswell|first=C.K.|date=December 1969|title=Thames Cable Tunnel|journal=Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers|volume=44|issue=4|pages=323–340|doi=10.1680/iicep.1969.7250}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Anon|date=May 1970|title=Cables Down Under|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5179466|journal=Electronics & Power|volume=16|issue=5|pages=175|via=IEEE Xplore|doi=10.1049/ep.1970.0161}}</ref> || 1970 || |- | Gloucestershire || [[Chipping Sodbury Tunnel]] || Railway || 4,064 || 4,444 || || 1902|| |- | Gloucestershire || Patchway Old Tunnel || Railway || 1,140<ref>{{cite journal|title=A parametric study into the factors affecting the development and alleviation of micro-pressure waves in railway tunnels|journal=The Fluid Engineering Centre|publisher=Mott MacDonald Ltd|first1=J|last1=N'Kaoua|first2=CW|last2=Pope|first3=DA|last3=Henson|citeseerx=10.1.1.621.9034}}</ref> || 1,246 || In use for westbound trains || || |- | Gloucestershire || Patchway New Tunnel || Railway || 1,609 || 1,760 || In use for eastbound trains || 1886 || |- | Gloucestershire || [[Sapperton Canal Tunnel]] || Canal || {{convert|2048|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,048 || || 1789 || |- | Gloucestershire || Larger [[Sapperton railway tunnel|Sapperton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1864|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,864 || On the [[Golden Valley Line]] || 1845|| |- | Gloucestershire || Smaller [[Sapperton railway tunnel|Sapperton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|353|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 353 || On the [[Golden Valley Line]] || 1845|| |- | Gloucestershire || [[Severn tunnel (1810)|Severn Tunnel (1810)]] || Tramroad || 126 || 138 || Abandoned, uncompleted in 1812 after flooding || || <small>{{coord|51.78770|N|2.44598|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Severn tunnel (1810)}}</small> |- | Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire || [[Severn Tunnel]] || Railway || 7,012 || 7,668 || Longest mainline tunnel in the UK until 2007 when tunnels on [[High Speed 1]] opened || 1886 || |- | Gloucestershire || [[Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel]] || Electricity cables || 3,600 || || Carries two 400kV electricity circuits || 1973 ||<small>51.608459°N 2.615454°W</small> |- | Gloucestershire || Micheldean Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|782|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 782 || Portals bricked up || || |- | Greater Manchester || [[Clifton Hall Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1298|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,298 || || 1850 || |- | Greater Manchester || [[Farnworth Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|295|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 295 || Built by the [[Manchester and Bolton Railway]]<ref>{{Harvnb|Bardsley|1960|p=7.}}</ref> || 1832 || |- | Greater Manchester || [[Guardian Exchange]] || Telephone || 1,300 || 1,422 || Concrete and brick<ref>[http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/guardian/ Cold-War History in Manchester<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610124107/http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/guardian/|date=10 June 2008}}</ref> || 1954 || |- | Greater Manchester & Yorkshire – West || [[Standedge Tunnels]] || Canal || 5,029 || 5,500 || Disused 1945, reopened 2001, longest and highest canal tunnel in UK on [[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]] || 1811 || |- | Greater Manchester & Yorkshire – West || [[Standedge Tunnels]] (Central Tunnel) || Railway || 4,880 || 5,337 || First of the three rail tunnels to be opened, used for emergency access || 1848 || |- | Greater Manchester & Yorkshire – West || [[Standedge Tunnels]] (South Tunnel) || Railway || 4,880 || 5,337 || Second tunnel, single track || 1871 || |- | Greater Manchester & Yorkshire – West || [[Standedge Tunnels]] (live tunnel) || Railway || 4,883 || 5,340 || Third tunnel, double track, in use || 1894 || |- | Greater Manchester || [[Summit Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,638 || 2,885 || || 1841 || |- | Hampshire || Fareham Tunnel No. 1 || Railway || {{convert|147|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 147 || Also known as Funtley No.1, [[M27 motorway|M27]] passes overhead || || |- | Hampshire || Fareham Tunnel No. 2 || Railway || {{convert|553|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 553 || Also known as Funtley No.2 || || |- | Hampshire || [[Greywell Tunnel]] || Canal || 1,125 || 1,230 || Brick construction, disused - now a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]|| 1794|| |- | Hampshire || Micheldever Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|198|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 198 || <ref name=PhilDeaves /> Also known as Litchfield Tunnel || 1840<ref>{{cite web|title=The Railway through Micheldever|url=http://www.micheldevervillage.org.uk/archive_railway.html|author=Nick Hurrell|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> || |- | Hampshire || Midhurst Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|276|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 276 || || || |- | Hampshire || Popham No. 1 Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|265|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 265 || || || |- | Hampshire || Popham No. 2 Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|199|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 199 || || || |- | Hampshire || Privett Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1058|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,058 || Closed 1955 || 1903 || |- | Hampshire || [[Southampton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|528|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 528<ref name=PhilDeaves>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/tunnels/tunnels0.shtm|title=Railway tunnel lengths|author=Phil Deaves (Subeditor of The Railway Observer)|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> || Allows the [[South West Main Line]] to pass under the [[Civic Centre, Southampton|Civic Centre]] in [[Southampton]] || 1847 || |- | Hampshire || Wallers' Ash Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|501|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 501 || || || |- | Hampshire || Winchester Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|461|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 461 || Also known as St Giles or Chesil Tunnel || || |- | Hampshire || [[Fawley Tunnel]] || Electricity cables || 3,200 || 3,500|| Two 400 kV electricity circuits || 1965 || <small>50.826°N 1.314°W</small> |- | Hertfordshire & London || [[Elstree to St. John's Wood Cable Tunnel]] || Electricity cables || 19,800 || 21,653 || 3-metre diameter, forced air cooling, 7 ventilation shafts, carries one 400kV circuit, provision for second circuit, battery powered overhead monorail system for access<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jicable.org/Workshops/WETS07/contributions/WETS07%20-%20T3-02%20-%20S-Swingler_lstree%20SJW.pdf|title=Elstree - St John's Wood cable tunnel}}</ref> || 2005 || |- | Hertfordshire || Hatfield Tunnel || Road || 1,147 || 1,531 || Cut-and-cover tunnel on the [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]] between J3 and J4 || 1986 || |- | Hertfordshire || Holmesdale Tunnel || Road || 600 || 656 || Cut-and-cover tunnel on the [[M25 motorway|M25]] between J25 and J26 || 1984 || |- | Hertfordshire || Northchurch Tunnels || Railway || 319 || 349 || Bores consist of Down and Up fast (double track), Down slow (single track), Up slow (single track) || 1838 || |- | Hertfordshire || Ponsbourne Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|2684|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,684 || Part of the [[Hertford Loop Line]], it was the last tunnel constructed using traditional means || 1918 || |- | Hertfordshire || Potters Bar Tunnel || Railway || 1,110 || 1,214 || Bores consist of Down slow & fast, Up slow & fast || 1849 || <small>{{coord|51.6854|N|0.1849|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Potters Bar Tunnel}}</small> |- | Hertfordshire || Welwyn North Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1046|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,046 || Welwyn North Tunnel was the scene of a [[Welwyn Tunnel rail crash|major accident]] in 1866 || 1850 || |- | Hertfordshire || Welwyn South Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|446|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 446 || || 1850 || |- | Hertfordshire || [[Weston Hills Tunnel]] || Road || 230 || {{convert|230|m|yd|disp=output number only}} || Cut-and-cover tunnel on the [[A505 road|A505]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2006/03/15/baldock_bypass_opens_feature.shtml|title=Baldock bypass: it's open!|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> || 2006 || |- | Hertfordshire || [[Watford Tunnels]] || Railway || 1660 || {{convert|1660|m|yd|0|disp=output number only}}|| Part of the [[West Coast Main Line]], first built for the [[London and Birmingham Railway]] || 1837 || {{Coord|51.681507|-0.419055|ergion:GB|display=inline}} |- | Isle of Wight || Ryde Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|391|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 391 || || || |- | Isle of Wight || Ventnor Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1313|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,313 || Closed 1966 || 1866 || |- | Kent & Pas-de-Calais (France) || [[Channel Tunnel]] || Railway || 50,459 || {{convert|50459|m|yd|disp=output number only}} || Consists of two single track railway tunnels and one service tunnel, 26,988 m of the tunnel is on the British side of the UK/France border || 1994 || |- |Kent |Ashford Cut and Cover Tunnel |Railway |1,562 |1,708 |Part of [[High Speed 1]] railway<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2013|title=HS1 Sectional Appendix|url=https://highspeed1.co.uk/media/3txaz5b5/sectional-appendix-to-the-hs1-rule-book-ref-c-02-os-05-2002.pdf|access-date=6 February 2022|website=[[High Speed 1]]|page=A22|quote=ASHFORD CUT AND COVER TUNNEL (1562m)}}</ref> |2003 | |- | Kent || [[Medway Tunnel]] || Road || 240 || 260 || Carries [[A289 road|A289]] || 1996 || |- | Kent || Ramsgate Tunnel || Road || 800 || 875 || Carries [[A299 road|A299]], also known as Pegwell Tunnel || 2000 || |- | Kent || Roundhill Tunnel || Road || 380 || 416 || Carries [[A20 road (England)|A20]] || 1993 || |- | Kent || Abbotscliffe Tunnel || Railway || 1,800 || 1,969 || Double track<ref name="autogenerated1" /> || 1844 || |- | Kent || Badgers Oak Tunnel || Railway || 163 || 178 || Closed 1961 || 1893 || |- | Kent || Bourne Park Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|400|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 400 || Used to hide a giant railway borne artillery piece in World War Two,<ref>[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/World%20War%20II.htm Barham Kent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820115052/http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/World%20War%20II.htm|date=20 August 2008}}, accessed 15 May 2008</ref> closed 16 June 1947 || 1887 || |- | Kent || Charlton Tunnel || Railway || 138 || 154 || || || |- | Kent || Chatham Tunnel || Railway || 272 || 297 || Double track || || |- | Kent || Chelsfield Tunnel || Railway || 545 || 597 || Double track<ref>{{cite book|author=Network Rail|author-link=Network Rail|title=Kent Sussex Wessex Route Sectional Appendix|volume=Module KSW2|date=6 June 2015|page=274}}</ref> || 1868 || <small>{{coord|51.3487|N|0.1178|E|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Chelsfield Tunnel}}</small> |- | Kent || Dover Harbour Tunnel || Railway || 625 || 684 || || 1861 || |- | Kent || Edenbridge Tunnel || Railway || 180 || 197 || || 1888 || |- | Kent || Eynsford Tunnel || Railway || 757 || 828 || || 1862 || |- | Kent || [[Fort Pitt, Kent|Fort Pitt Tunnel]] || Railway || 391 || 428 || Double track || || |- | Kent || Golgotha Tunnel || Railway || 436 || 477 || Single track but partly constructed for double track || 1911 || |- | Kent || Greenhithe Tunnel || Railway || 228 || 253 || || 1849 || |- | Kent || Grove Tunnel || Railway || 167|| 183|| Closed on 6 July 1985 with the rest of the Tunbridge Wells West branch, single track<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grove Tunnel – Subterranea Britannica|url=https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/grove-tunnel/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.subbrit.org.uk}}</ref>|| 1876|| |- | Kent || Grove Hill Tunnel || Railway || 262 || 287 || On the [[Hastings line]] || 1851 || |- | Kent || Guston Tunnel || Railway || 1,287 || 1,408 || || 1881 || |- | Kent || [[Thames and Medway Canal#Higham and Strood tunnel|Higham and Strood Tunnel]] || Railway || 3,595 || 3,931 || Built between 1819 and 1824 for the Thames and Medway Canal, single track railway laid on the tow-path in 1845, was soon doubled by infilling the canal, 100-yard air vent cut in the middle || 1824 || |- | Kent || Little Browns Tunnel || Railway || 111 || 121 || || 1888 || |- | Kent || Lydden Tunnel || Railway || 2,166 || 2,369 || || 1861 || |- | Kent || Mark Beech Tunnel || Railway || 1,226 || 1,341 || || 1888 || |- | Kent || Martello Tunnel || Railway || 500 || 547 || Double track<ref name="autogenerated1" /> || 1844 || |- | Kent || [[North Downs Tunnel]] || Railway || 3,200 || 3,500 || Under [[Blue Bell Hill]], tunnel is to UIC GB gauge on [[High Speed 1]], double track but due to air pressure of opposing trains at high speeds trains are scheduled not to pass at the line speed of 300 km/h.<ref>[http://www.arup.com/tunnels/project.cfm?pageid=5045 Page on construction of tunnel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221002843/http://www.arup.com/tunnels/project.cfm?pageid=5045|date=21 February 2007}}, accessed 15 May 2008</ref> || 2001 || |- | Kent || Polhill Tunnel || Railway || 2,387 || 2,610 || Double track || 1868 || <small>{{coord|51.3250|N|0.1626|E|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Polhill Tunnel}}</small> |- | Kent || Priory Tunnel || Railway || 142 || 155 || || 1861 || |- | Kent || Ramsgate Harbour Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1124|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,124 || Closed 1926 || 1863 || |- | Kent || [[River Medway Cable Tunnels]] || Electricity cables || 1,700 || 1,860 || Twin 2.54 m diameter tunnels, Isle of Grain to Chetney Marshes, each carries a 400kV circuit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trl.co.uk/sites/default/files/SR451.pdf|title=Site investigation aspects of the River Medway cable tunnels|last=Dumbleton|display-authors=et al|first=MJ|date=1978|website=Transport and road research laboratory|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617081835/https://trl.co.uk/sites/default/files/SR451.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 1976 || |- | Kent || Saltwood Tunnel || Railway || 872 || 954 || || 1843 || |- | Kent || Sevenoaks Tunnel || Railway || 3,156 || 3,520 || Double track || 1868 || |- | Kent || [[Shakespeare Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,260 || 1,387 || Two individual single bore tunnels<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-projects/martello-shakespeare-and-abbotscliffe-tunnels-54.html Railway People article on the repair work to the 3 tunnels], accessed 15 May 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.kentrail.org.uk/shakespeare_cliff_halt.htm Kent Rail's page on Shakespeare Cliff Halt], accessed 15 May 2008</ref> || 1844 || |- | Kent || Shepherd's Well Tunnel || Railway || 2,138 || 2,376 || || || |- | Kent || Somerhill Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|410|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 410 || Originally double track but reduced to single track in 1985 || 1845 || |- | Kent || Strawberry Hill Tunnel || Railway || 262 || 286 || Originally double track but reduced to single track in 1985 || 1851 || |- | Kent || Tyler Hill Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|828|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 828 || Underneath the main site of the University of Kent,<ref name="Martin225-231">Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ([[University of Kent]] at Canterbury, 1990) pages 225-231 {{ISBN|0-904938-03-4}}</ref> the line was closed in 1953, part of the tunnel collapsed in July 1974 || 1830 || |- | Kent || Wells Tunnel || Railway || 753 || 823 || Twin track || 1846 || |- | Kent || Wheeler Street Tunnel || Railway || 327 || 358 || Twin track || 1884 || |- | Lancashire || Blackburn Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|435|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 435 || <ref name="ELCRP">{{cite web|url=http://www.communityraillancashire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ELCRP%20History%20Leaflet%20V2.pdf|title=East Lancashire Historical Community Railways|publisher=East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership|date=8 August 2007|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102174904/http://www.communityraillancashire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ELCRP%20History%20Leaflet%20V2.pdf|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> || || |- | Lancashire || Foulridge Tunnel || Canal || {{convert|1626|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,626 || <ref name="Clarke">{{cite book|title=The Leeds & Liverpool Canal: A History and Guide|first=Mike|last=Clarke|year=1994|publisher=Carnegie Publishing|location=Lancaster|isbn=1-85936-013-0|page=175}}</ref> || || |- | Lancashire || Gannow Tunnel || Canal || {{convert|557|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 557 || <ref name="Clarke" /> || || |- | Lancashire || [[Gisburn Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|157|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 157 || <ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Brennan|first1=Joseph |title=When the railways met stately homes|magazine=Rail |date=4 May 2022|issue=956 |publisher=Bauer Media |location=Peterborough |page=61|issn=0953-4563}}</ref> || 1880 || |- | Lancashire || Haslingden (North Hag) Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|146|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 146 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/database/h.html|title=Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Age|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> Closed 1966 || 1848 || |- | Lancashire || Holme Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|265|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 265 || || || |- | Lancashire || Melling Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1230|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,230 || <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gyQjZ7eJgGYC&pg=PA70|title=On the Slow Train Again: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys|first=Michael|last=Williams|publisher=Preface Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84809-285-3|page=70}}</ref> || || |- | Lancashire || Sough Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|2015|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,015 || <ref name="ELCRP" /> || || |- | Lancashire || Upholland Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|959|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 959 || || || |- | Lancashire || Wilpshire Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|325|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 325 || <ref name="ELCRP" /> || || |- | Lancashire || Thrutch Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|592|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 592 || 1 track top section brick lined lower section stone, closed 1966 || 1880 || <small>{{coord|53.691300|N|2.248735|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Thrutch Tunnel}}</small> |- | Lancashire || Newchurch No.1 Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|162|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 162 || 1 track top section brick lined lower section stone, closed 1966 || 1852 || <small>{{coord|53.691400|N|2.248659|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Newchurch No.1 Tunnel}}</small> |- | Lancashire || Newchurch No.2 Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|290|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 290 || 1 track top section brick lined lower section stone, closed 1966 || 1852 || <small>{{coord|53.690653|N|2.244961|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Newchurch No.2 Tunnel}}</small> |- | Leicestershire || Ashby de la Zouch Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|308|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 308 || Also known as Old Parks or Ashby Tunnel || || |- | Leicestershire || Clawson Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|834|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 834 || Also known as Hose Tunnel || || |- | Leicestershire || [[Grand Union Canal|Husbands Bosworth Tunnel]] || Canal || 1,066 || 1,166 || || 1813 || |- | Leicestershire || [[Grand Union Canal|Saddington Tunnel]] || Canal || 805 || 880 || || 1797 || |- | Leicestershire || [[Glenfield Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1786|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1786 || Closed 1966 || 1832 || |- | Lincolnshire || [[Kirton-in-Lindsey]] Tunnel || Railway || 1,200 || 1,312 || || || |- | Lincolnshire || Stamford Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|341|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 341 || || || |- | Lincolnshire || [[Stoke Tunnel (Lincolnshire)|Stoke Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|880|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 880 || || || |- | London || [[Northern line]] ([[Morden tube station|Morden]] to [[East Finchley tube station|East Finchley]] via [[Bank and Monument stations|Bank]]) || Railway || 27,800 || 30,402 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1886 and 1939 || 1890-1939 || |- | London || [[Piccadilly line]] ([[Bounds Green tube station|Bounds Green]] to [[Barons Court tube station|Barons Court]]) || Railway || 19,610 || 21,446 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1902 and 1932 || 1906–32 || |- | London || [[Piccadilly line]] ([[Hounslow Central tube station|Hounslow Central]] to [[Heathrow Terminal 5 tube station|Heathrow Terminal 5]]) || Railway || 8,760 || 9,580 || Deep Level tunnel beyond Hatton Cross || 1975-2008 || |- | London || [[Victoria line]] ([[Brixton tube station|Brixton]] to [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]]) || Railway || 22,040 || 24,103 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1962 and 1972 || 1968–72 || |- |London |[[Lee Tunnel]] |Sewer |6,900 |7,545 |Overflow sewer tunnel part of the [[Thames Tideway Scheme]], 7.2m diameter |2016 | |- |London |George Green Tunnel |Road |295 |322 |[[A12 road (England)|A12]], construction disrupted by [[M11 link road protest]] |2000 | |- |London |Green Man Tunnel |Road |170 |185 |[[A12 road (England)|A12]], construction disrupted by [[M11 link road protest]] |2000 | |- | London || [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] ([[Stratford station|Stratford]] to [[White City tube station|White City]]) || Railway || 17,390 || 19,018 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1896 and 1940 || 1900–46 || |- | London || [[Northern line]] ([[Kennington tube station|Kennington]] to [[Golders Green tube station|Golders Green]] via [[Charing Cross tube station|Charing Cross]]) || Railway || 11,940 || 13,058 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1902 and 1926 || 1907–26 || |- | London || [[Bakerloo line]] ([[Elephant & Castle tube station|Elephant & Castle]] to [[Queen's Park (London) station|Queen's Park]]) || Railway || 10,900 || 11,920 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1898 and 1915 || 1906–15 || |- | London || [[Waterloo & City line]] ([[Waterloo tube station|Waterloo]] to [[Bank and Monument stations|Bank]]) || Railway || 2,226 || 2,434 || Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1894 and 1898 || 1898 || |- | London || [[Barnet Tunnel]] || Railway || 553 || 607 || 3 bores: Down slow / Centre / Up Slow || 1849 || <small>{{coord|51.6295|N|0.1582|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Barnet Tunnel}}</small> |- | London || Belsize Fast Lines Tunnel || Railway || 1,619 || 1,771 || Midland Railway, now Midland Main Line<ref name=":0" /> || 1868<ref name=":1" /> || |- | London || Belsize Slow Lines Tunnel || Railway || 1,707 || 1,867 || Midland Railway, now Midland Main Line/Thameslink<ref name=":0" /> || 1884<ref name=":1" /> || |- | London || Bishopsgate Tunnel || Railway || 573 || 627 || [[Great Eastern Railway]], Down/Up Suburban Lines from/to [[Liverpool Street station]]|| || |- | London || [[Blackwall Tunnel]] (Western bore) || Road || 1,350<ref name="rtoaparticipants" /> || 1,476 || Built using [[tunnelling shield]]s, one of the oldest road tunnels still in use, carries northbound traffic on the [[A102 road|A102]] || 1897 || |- | London || [[Blackwall Tunnel]] (Eastern bore) || Road || 1,174<ref name="rtoaparticipants">{{cite web|url=http://www.rtoa.org.uk/Participants.html|title=The Road Tunnel Operator Association – Participants|publisher=The Road Tunnel Operator Association|access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref> || 1,284 || Newer bore, carries southbound traffic on the [[A102 road|A102]] || 1967 || |- | London || Camden Road Tunnels || Railway || 288 || 315 || Midland Railway. Down/Up Fast, Down/Up Slow, Down/Up Moorgate the latter is two tunnels of 205 and 66 yards || 1867 || |- | London || [[Canal Tunnels]] || Railway || 688 || 628 || 2 bores: both bidirectional. Up Line 688y/628m, Down Line 723y/681m | 2016 || <small>{{coord|51.5400|N|0.1236|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Canal Tunnels}}</small> |- | London || Canonbury Tunnel || Railway || 498 || 545 || Great Northern Railway, Now single track freight line || 1874 || |- | London || Clapton Tunnel || Railway || 260 || 284 || [[Great Eastern Railway]] || 1872 || |- | London || Copenhagen Tunnels || Railway || 543 || 594 || Great Northern Railway. West tunnel Up & Down Slow, Central tunnel Up & Down Fast, East Tunnel disused since 1977 || 1877, 1850, 1886 || |- | London || [[Crossrail#Tunnels|Crossrail]] Royal Oak Portal to Victoria Dock portal || Railway || 15,390 || 16,830 || Twin tunnels 6.2m in diameter<ref name="Building the Rail Tunnels">{{Cite web|year=2015|title=Building the Rail Tunnels|url=http://www.crossrail.co.uk/construction/tunnelling/railway-tunnels/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609023627/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/construction/tunnelling/railway-tunnels/|archive-date=9 June 2015|access-date=7 March 2020|publisher=Crossrail}}</ref>|| 2022 || |- | London || [[Crossrail#Tunnels|Crossrail]] Pudding Mill Lane Portal to Stepney Green || Railway || 2,720 || 2,974 || Twin tunnels 6.2m in diameter<ref name="Building the Rail Tunnels"/>|| 2022 || |- | London || [[Crossrail#Tunnels|Crossrail]] Plumstead to North Woolwich Portal || Railway || 2,640 || 2,887 || Twin tunnels 6.2m in diameter<ref name="Building the Rail Tunnels"/>|| 2022 || |- | London || East India Dock Link || Road || 350 || 383 || || 1993 || |- | London || Fore Street Tunnel || Road || 310|| 339|| [[A406, North Circular Road]] under Edmonton town centre, refurbished 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our work refurbishing Fore Street Tunnel - VVB Engineering|url=https://vvb-eng.com/project/fore-street-tunnel-refurbishment/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=VVB - Electrical & Mechanical Designer and Contractor|language=en-GB}}</ref>|| 1998 || |- | London || Gas Works Tunnels || Railway || 483 || 528 || Great Northern Railway. West tunnel Slow Lines, Middle tunnel Fast Lines, East tunnel disused since 1977<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> || 1892, 1852, 1878 || |- | London || [[Greenwich foot tunnel]] || Pedestrian || {{convert|406|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 406 || Runs beneath River Thames; being refurbished until 2014 || 1902 || |- | London || Hadley Wood North Tunnels || Railway || 212 || 232 || || || |- | London || Hadley Wood South Tunnels || Railway || 351 || 384 || || || |- | London || [[Islington Tunnel]] || Canal || 878 || 976 || On [[Regent's Canal]] || 1818 || |- | London || [[Maida Hill Tunnel]] || Canal || 251 || 272 || On [[Regent's Canal]] || 1816 || |- | London || [[Eyre's tunnel]] || Canal || 48 || 52 || On [[Regent's Canal]] || 1816 || |- | London || [[Bankside Power Station|Bankside power station]] cooling water discharge tunnel || River water || 366 || 400 || 3 metres diameter, 10 metres below river Thames, terminating on the north bank of the river bed adjacent to St Paul's railway bridge, disused since 1981, now sealed || 1952 || |- | London || [[Battersea Power Station|Battersea power station]] tunnels || Electricity cables, steam & hot water pipes || || || 3 tunnels, 2 carrying cables under the Thames to either side of Chelsea bridge, third carrying steam and hot water pipes for a district heating system for the Churchill Gardens estate || || |- | London || Hackney Downs or Queen's Road Tunnel || Railway || 407 || 445 || [[Great Eastern Railway]] || 1872 || |- |London |[[Hanger Lane gyratory|Hanger Lane]] |Road |240 |262 |[[A40 road in London|A40]], passing under the Hanger Lane gyratory |1960 | |- |London |Eltham Tunnel |Road |156 |170 |[[A2 road (England)|A2 road]], underneath [[Eltham railway station]] |1970 | |- | London || Hampstead Heath Tunnel || Railway || 1,066 || 1,166 || Hampstead Junction Railway. Now North London Line || 1860 || |- | London || [[Kingsway Exchange]] || Telephone || || || Originally part of the Holborn deep shelter, it was used for telephone exchanges until closure in the 1990s due to asbestos || 1954 || |- | London || [[Kingsway tramway subway]] || Tramway || || || Constructed using cut-and-cover method. Abandoned in 1952 with the rest of the tram network, now partially used as the [[Strand Underpass]] || 1906 || |- | London || [[Limehouse Link tunnel]] || Road || 1,800 || 1,969 || Constructed with cut-and-cover methods, carries the A1203 || 1993 || |- | London || [[London Deep Level Shelters]] || Air raid shelter || 370 || 405 || Eight built in total || 1942 || |- | London || Hampstead Tunnel || Railway || 632 || 694 || [[Great Central Railway]], now [[Chiltern Main Line]] || 1899 || |- | London || [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Tunnel]] || Road || 630|| 688|| Tunnel linking Airport loop road and [[M4 motorway|M4]]/[[A4 road (England)|A4]] to [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport Central Terminal Area]]|| 1955 || |- | London || [[Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel]] || Road || 1,420 || 1,553 || Links the [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport Central Terminal Area]] with [[Heathrow Terminal 5|Terminal 5]]. Only open to vehicles with security clearance || 2005 || <small>W. {{coord|51.46834|N|0.49059|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name="Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel, west portal"}}<br>E. {{coord|51.46954|N|0.45507|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name="Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel, east portal"}}</small> |- |London |[[Heathrow Express]] Tunnel<br>(Stockley Farm to Terminal 4) |Railway |6,800 |7,463 |Dual bore from Stockley Farm to [[Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station|Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3]], single bore to [[Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station|Heathrow Terminal 4]] |1998 | |- |London |[[Heathrow Express]] Tunnel<br>(Terminal 1, 2 & 3 to Terminal 5) |Railway |2,600 |2,843 |Extension of Heathrow Express tunnels to [[Heathrow Terminal 5 station]], dual bore tunnels |2005 | |- | London || [[Heathrow Cargo Tunnel]] || Road || 885 || 968 || Links the [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport Central Terminal Area]] with [[Heathrow Terminal 4]]. Only open to vehicles with security clearance || 1968 || <small>{{coord|51.46426|N|0.45555|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Heathrow Cargo Tunnel}}</small> |- | London || Kensal Green Tunnels || Railway || 293 || 320 || London and Birmingham Railway: Down/Up Fast, Down/Up Slow. London North Western Railway: Down/Up DC Electric constructed 1915 || 1837 || |- | London || [[London Post Office Railway]] || Railway || 10,500 || 11,483 || Narrow gauge railway built to transport mail between [[sorting office]]s. Now decommissioned but still kept in working order.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.karslake/mailrail/html/the_future.htm|title=Mail Rail unofficial website|access-date=4 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804080805/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.karslake/mailrail/html/the_future.htm|archive-date=4 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 1927 || |- | London || [[High Speed 1#Tunnels|London Tunnel 1]] || Railway || 7,538 || 8,243 || Part of the High Speed 1 railway from [[Stratford International station|Stratford]] to [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2013|title=HS1 Sectional Appendix|url=https://highspeed1.co.uk/media/3txaz5b5/sectional-appendix-to-the-hs1-rule-book-ref-c-02-os-05-2002.pdf|access-date=17 November 2021|website=[[High Speed 1]]|page=A10|quote=LONDON TUNNEL 1 (7538m)}}</ref>|| 2007 || |- | London || [[Primrose Hill Tunnel|Primrose Hill Fast Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,080 || 1,182 || London North Western Railway<ref name=":0" /> || 1879<ref name=":1" /> || |- | London || [[High Speed 1#Tunnels|London Tunnel 2]] || Railway || 10,120 || 11,067 || Part of the High Speed 1 railway from [[Dagenham]] to [[Stratford International station|Stratford]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2013|title=HS1 Sectional Appendix|url=https://highspeed1.co.uk/media/3txaz5b5/sectional-appendix-to-the-hs1-rule-book-ref-c-02-os-05-2002.pdf|access-date=17 November 2021|website=[[High Speed 1]]|page=A12|quote=LONDON TUNNEL 2 (10120m)}}</ref>|| 2007 || |- |London |Temple Mills Tunnel |Railway |300 |328 |Links High Speed 1 railway to [[Temple Mills Depot]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2013|title=HS1 Sectional Appendix|url=https://highspeed1.co.uk/media/3txaz5b5/sectional-appendix-to-the-hs1-rule-book-ref-c-02-os-05-2002.pdf|access-date=6 February 2022|website=[[High Speed 1]]|page=A11|quote=TEMPLE MILLS TUNNEL (300m)}}</ref> |2007 | |- |Kent |Pepper Hill Tunnel |Railway |515 |563 |Part of the High Speed 1 railway, south of [[Ebbsfleet International railway station|Ebbsfleet International]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2013|title=HS1 Sectional Appendix|url=https://highspeed1.co.uk/media/3txaz5b5/sectional-appendix-to-the-hs1-rule-book-ref-c-02-os-05-2002.pdf|access-date=6 February 2022|website=[[High Speed 1]]|page=A16|quote=PEPPER HILL TUNNEL (515m)}}</ref> |2007 | |- | London || [[Primrose Hill Tunnel|Primrose Hill Slow Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,070 || 1,170 || London and Birmingham Railway<ref name=":0" /> || 1837<ref name=":1" /> || |- |London||[[Silvertown Tunnel]] ||Road||1565||1711||Twin tunnels, carries the A1026||2025|| |- | London || [[Rotherhithe Tunnel]] || Road || 1,481 || 1,619 || || 1908<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londontraffic.org/rotherhithe/|title=Rotherhithe Tunnel Traffic|publisher=LondonTrafic|access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> || |- | London || [[Snow Hill Tunnel (London)|Snow Hill tunnel]] || Railway || || || || 1866 || |- | London || St John's Wood Tunnel || Railway || 1,469 || 1,606 || [[Great Central Railway]], now [[Chiltern Main Line]] || 1899 || |- | London || South Hampstead Tunnel || Railway || 1,328 || 1,452 || London North Western Railway. Up tunnel is {{convert|1,264|yd|m|abbr=on}} || 1922 || |- |London |Eastway |Road |290 |317 |Built as the [[East Cross Route]], now the A12 |1974 | |- | London || South Harrow Tunnel || Railway || 187 || 204 || [[Great Central Railway]], now [[Chiltern Main Line]] || 1905 || |- | London || [[Strand Underpass]] || Road || 365 || 399 || Formed from the disused [[Kingsway Tramway Subway]] || 1964 || |- | London || Sydenham Hill (also Penge) || Railway || 1,958 || 2,141 || The tunnel was disliked by Queen Victoria, brick lining was made from clay extracted from the tunnel itself || 1863 || |- | London || [[Thames Tunnel]] || Railway || 396 || 433 || Built by [[Marc Isambard Brunel|Marc Brunel]] and originally opened as a pedestrian link between [[Rotherhithe]] and [[Wapping]], taken over by the [[East London Railway]] and now part of the [[London Overground]] || 1843 || |- |London |Thames–Lea water main tunnel |Water |30,577 |33,440 |Water from the Thames at Sunbury to Chingford reservoirs |1959 | |- | London || Tottenham North Curve Tunnel No.1 || Railway || 146 || 160 || [[Midland Railway]]<ref name=":0" /> || 1883<ref name=":1" /> || |- |London |[[New Cross to Finsbury Market Cable Tunnel]] |Electricity cables |5,700 |6233 |2.85-metre diameter tunnel, carries 132 kV electric cables for [[UK Power Networks]] |2017 | |- |London |[[Lower Lea Valley Cable Tunnels]] |Electricity cables |6,000 |6561 |Built as part of the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]] infrastructure, carries electricity cables (400kV for National Grid, 132kV for UK Power Networks) |2007 | |- |London |[[London Power Tunnels|London Power Tunnels Phase 1]] |Electricity cables |32,000 |34995 |Wimbledon to Willesden and Hackney, carries electricity cables (400kV for National Grid, 132kV for UK Power Networks) |2018 | |- | London || [[Tower Subway]] || Pedestrian || 411 || 450 || Built using [[Tunnelling shield]]s. Closed in 1898 due to the opening of the [[Tower Bridge]]. Now used for water mains only || 1870 || |- | London || Wood Green Tunnel || Railway || 645 || 705 || 3 bores: Down slow / Centre / Up Slow || 1848 || <small>{{coord|51.6050|N|0.1340|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Wood Green Tunnel}}</small> |- | London || [[Woolwich foot tunnel]] || Pedestrian || {{convert|545|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 545 || Under River Thames || 1912 || |- | Merseyside || [[Kingsway Tunnel]] || Road || 2,483 || 2,715 || Also called Wallasey Tunnel || 1971 || |- | Merseyside || [[Mersey Railway]] || Railway || 3,820 || 4,180 || Length of tunnel under the river || 1886–1892 || |- | Merseyside || Tranmere tunnels || Shelter || || || Length of tunnel || || |- | Merseyside || [[Queensway Tunnel]] || Road || 3,237 || 3,540 || Longest road tunnel in UK|| 1934 || |- | Merseyside || [[Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool)|Victoria Tunnel]] & [[Waterloo Tunnel]] || Railway || 3,254 || 3,559 || The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels - {{convert|2475|and|862|m|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 || Originally static steam engine haulage because of the steep gradient, then locomotive hauled. Closed on 15 May 1972 || 1829 || |- | Merseyside || [[Williamson Tunnels]] || Folly || 3,000 || 3,281 || || 1800–40 || |- | Norfolk || [[Aylsham Bypass Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|182|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 182 || On narrow gauge [[Bure Valley Railway]] || 1990 || |- | Norfolk || [[Cromer Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|61|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 61 || || 1888 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Blisworth Tunnel]] || Canal || 2,794 || 3,056 || [[Grand Union Canal]] || 1805 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Braunston Tunnel]] || Canal || 1,887 || 2,064 || [[Grand Union Canal]] || 1796 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Catesby Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,740 || 2,997 || Great Central Railway || 1899 || |- | Northamptonshire || Corby Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1920|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,920 || || 1878 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Grand Union Canal|Crick Tunnel]] || Canal || 1,397 || 1,528 || || 1814 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Hunsbury Hill Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,053 || 1,152 || || 1881 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Kelmarsh Tunnel]] || Railway || 480 || 525 || Was single bore, but doubled. Now pedestrian || 1859 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Kilsby Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,218 || 2,426 || || 1838 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Oxendon Tunnel]] || Railway || 418 || 457 || Was single bore, but doubled. Now pedestrian || 1859 || |- | Northamptonshire || [[Stowe Hill tunnel]] || Railway || 449 || 491 || Single bore, twin tracks. [[West Coast Main Line]] || 1838 || |- | Northumberland || Hillhead Tunnel || Railway || 321 || 351 || Single Bore, brick lined || 1887 || <small>{{coord|55.39217|N|1.83236|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Hillhead tunnel}}</small> |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Robin Hood Line|Annesley Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1001|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,001 || || 1892 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Nottingham Suburban Railway|Ashwell Tunnel]] || Railway || 64 || 70 || || 1889 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Chesterfield Canal#Drakeholes Tunnel|Drakeholes Tunnel]] || Canal || {{convert|154|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 154 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk/index.shtml|title=Chesterfield Canal Trust – Official website|publisher=www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk|access-date=28 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620190526/http://www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk/index.shtml|archive-date=20 June 2008}}</ref> || 1777 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Great Northern Railway|Mapperley Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1132|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,132 || || 1875 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Park Tunnel, Nottingham|Park Tunnel]] || Horsedrawn carriages || 125|| 136|| || 1855|| |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Nottingham Suburban Railway|Sherwood Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|442|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 442 || || 1889 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Great Central Railway|Sherwood Rise Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|662|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 662 || || 1899 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Nottingham Suburban Railway|Sneinton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|128|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 128 || || 1889 || |- | Nottinghamshire || Stanton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1330|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,330 || Railway Test Track, Stanton on the Wolds || 1879 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Nottingham Suburban Railway|Thorneywood Tunnel]] || Railway || 373 || 408 || || 1889 || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Great Central Railway|Victoria Street Tunnel]] || Railway || 266 || 291 || Also known as Weekday Cross Tunnel || 1897 || |- | Nottinghamshire || Watnall Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|268|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 268 || || || |- | Nottinghamshire || [[Nottingham's Tunnels#Great Central Railway|Mansfield Road Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1189|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,189 || || 1898<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/mansfieldroad.html|title=Mansfield Road Tunnel|work=forgottenrelics.co.uk}}</ref> || |- | Oxfordshire || Ardley Tunnel || Railway || 1,056 || 1,155 || [[Great Western Railway]], now [[Chiltern Main Line]] || 1910 || |- | Oxfordshire || [[Bodleian Library]] Tunnel || Library || || || || || |- | Oxfordshire || Horspath or Wheatley Tunnel || Railway || 479 || 524 || [[Great Western Railway]], closed 1963 || 1864 || |- | Oxfordshire || Wolvercot Tunnel || Railway || 133 || 145 || Buckinghamshire Railway || 1850 || |- | Rutland || Glaston Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1842|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,842 || || 1878 || |- | Rutland || Manton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|749|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 749 || || 1846 || |- | Rutland || Seaton Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|206|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 206 || || 1878 || |- | Rutland || Wing Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|353|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 353 || || 1878 || |- | Shropshire || [[Oakengates railway station|Oakengates Tunnel]] || Railway || 430 || 471 || || 1849 || |- | Somerset || [[Combe Down Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1829|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,829 || [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]], between Devonshire Tunnel and {{rws|Midford}} - closed in 1966 || 1874 || |- | Somerset || [[Devonshire Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|447|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 447 || [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]] between {{rws|Bath Green Park}} and Combe Down Tunnel; Closed in 1966 now a cycle path || 1874 || |- | Somerset || [[Somerton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1053|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,053 || Built as part of the [[Langport and Castle Cary Railway]]. Part of the [[Berks and Hants Line]] between {{rws|Taunton}} and {{rws|Castle Cary}} || 1906 || <small>{{coord|51.04344|N|2.75761|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Somerton Tunnel}}</small> |- | Somerset || [[White Ball Tunnel]] || Railway || 990 || 1,092 || [[Bristol to Exeter line]] between {{rws|Taunton}} and {{rws|Tiverton Junction}} on Somerset–Devon border || 1844 || |- | Somerset || Winsor Hill Down Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|239|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 239 || Brick-lined, [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]] between {{rws|Masbury}} and {{rws|Shepton Mallet}}<ref name=WinsorHill>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdjr.net/locations/masbury.html|title=Windsor Hill|work=Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway|first=Kevin|last=Calpcott|date=10 August 2007|access-date=25 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628013934/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/masbury.html|archive-date=28 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rail service closed in 1966 and the tunnel was closed to walkers until the late 1990s<ref name=SheptonMallett>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheptonmallet.info/site/index.php?page_id=406|title=Bowlish, Spring Walk – 3.5 mls|publisher=Shepton Mallett Town Council|access-date=25 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009171350/http://www.sheptonmallet.info/site/index.php?page_id=406|archive-date=9 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 1874 || |- | Somerset || Winsor Hill Up Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|126|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 126 || Brick-lined, [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]] between {{rws|Masbury}} and {{rws|Shepton Mallet}}<ref name=WinsorHill /> Rail service closed in 1966 and the tunnel opened to walkers.<ref name=SheptonMallett /> || 1892 || |- | Staffordshire || Cheddleton Tunnel || Railway || 486 || 531 || [[Churnet Valley Railway]] || 1849 || |- | Staffordshire || [[Harecastle Tunnel#Brindley Tunnel|Harecastle Tunnel (Brindley)]] || Canal || {{convert|2880|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,880 || Closed in 1914 due to subsidence || 1777 || |- | Staffordshire || [[Harecastle Tunnel#Telford Tunnel|Harecastle Tunnel (Telford)]] || Canal || {{convert|2926|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,926 || || 1827 || |- | Staffordshire || [[Harecastle railway tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|220|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 243 || On new diversion replacing three Victorian tunnels || 1965 || |- | Staffordshire || Leek Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|472|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 472 || disused since 1964 || 1849 || |- | Staffordshire || Meir Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|814|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 814 || || 1894 || |- | Staffordshire || Meir Tunnel || Road || {{convert|284|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 284 || Carries [[A50 road|A50]] || 1997 || |- | Staffordshire || [[Oakamoor tunnel|Oakamoor Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|497|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 497 || disused since 1965, though plans are afoot to relay the line and reopen the tunnel || 1849 || |- | Staffordshire || [[Shugborough Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|777|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 777 || || 1847 || |- | Staffordshire || [[Swainsley Tunnel]] || Road || 150 || 164 || former railway tunnel on the [[Leek and Manifold Light Railway]] || 1904 || |- | Suffolk || [[Stoke Tunnel (Ipswich)|Stoke Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|361|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 361 || || 1846 || |- | Surrey || [[Sutton and Mole Valley Lines#Tunnels|Betchworth Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|385|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 385 || South of [[Dorking railway station|Dorking station]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1817219|title=Betchworth Tunnel|author=Capper I|year=2010|work=TQ1849|publisher=Geograph Britain and Ireland|access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> || 1867 || |- | Surrey || Bletchingley Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1327|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,327 || || 1842 || |- | Surrey || [[Hindhead Tunnel]] || Road || 1,830 || 2,001 || Part of the [[A3 road|A3]] bypassing Hindhead and the Devil's Punchbowl || 2011 || |- | Surrey || Limpsfield Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|551|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 551 || || 1884 || |- | Surrey || [[Merstham tunnels#Merstham Tunnel|Merstham Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1831|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,831 || || 1841 || |- | Surrey || [[Sutton and Mole Valley Lines#Tunnels|Mickleham Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|524|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 524 || Runs under the eastern side of [[Norbury Park]] between [[Leatherhead]] and [[Dorking]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semgonline.com/structures/struct_70.html|title=Mickleham Tunnel|author=Beechcroft G|year=2009|work=Railway Structures|publisher=Southern E-Group|access-date=16 August 2011}}</ref> || 1867 || |- | Surrey || Oxted Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|2261|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,261 || || 1884 || |- | Surrey || [[Merstham tunnels#Quarry Tunnel|Quarry Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|2113|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,113 || <ref>{{cite book|author=Quail Map Company|title=Railway Track diagrams|volume=5 England South|date=1 September 2002|page=15A}}</ref> || 1899 || |- | Surrey || [[Redhill tunnel (Surrey)|Redhill Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|649|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 649 || || 1899 || |- | Surrey || [[Reigate Tunnel]]|| Horsedrawn carriages || 91 || 100 || Brick, length is approximate, said to be the first road tunnel<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reigate Road Tunnel – Subterranea Britannica|url=https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/reigate-road-tunnel/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=www.subbrit.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Reigate Tunnel|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/photo/reigate-tunnel|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Roads.org.uk|language=en}}</ref>|| 1823 || |- | Surrey || [[Portsmouth Direct Line|St Catherine's Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|132|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 132 || Built by the [[London and South Western Railway]], runs under St Catherine's Hill south of [[Guildford]], also known as the Guildford Sand Tunnel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sinfin.net/railways/stations/church.html#StC|title=Railway Stations and Church Names|author=Williams G|date=2011|work=Glyn's Trains|publisher=sinfin.net|access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> || 1849 || |- |Surrey |Staines– Kempton aqueduct tunnel |Water |7640 |8355 |River water from the Thames at Hythe End to Kempton Park water works |1963 | |- | Tyne and Wear || [[Tyne Tunnel|Tyne Cyclist and Pedestrian Tunnel]] || Pedestrian || 270 || {{convert|270|m|yd|disp=output number only}} || Cyclist and Pedestrian tunnel from Howdon (North) and Jarrow (South)|| 1951 || |- | Tyne and Wear || [[Tyne Tunnel]] (Western bore) || Road || {{convert|1833|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,833 || Carries northbound traffic on the [[A19 road|A19]], original tunnel || 1967 || |- | Tyne and Wear || [[Tyne Tunnel]] (Eastern bore) || Road || 1,600|| 1,750|| Carries southbound traffic on the [[A19 road|A19]] || 2011 || |- | Tyne and Wear || [[Victoria Tunnel (Newcastle)|Victoria Tunnel]] || Wagonway || || || || 1842 || |- |Tyne and Wear |[[Tyne and Wear Metro]] Tunnels |Railway | | |Carries the Tyne and Wear Metro through the Central Core of the system. |1980, 1981 and 1982 | |- | Warwickshire || Fenny Compton Tunnel || Canal || 1,000 || || 2.75 metres wide with 4.87 metre passing places, opened out to a deep cutting 1838-1870<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=722|title=Fenny Compton Tunnel}}</ref> || 1776 || |- | Warwickshire || [[Shrewley Tunnel]] || Canal || 396 || 433 || || 1799 || |- | Warwickshire || Newbold Tunnel || Canal || || 250 || || 1778 || |- | West Midlands || [[Anchor Exchange]] || Telephone || || || || || {{coord|52.4829|-1.9042|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} |- | West Midlands || [[Snow Hill Tunnel (Birmingham)|Snow Hill Tunnel]] || Railway || 581 || 635 || || 1852 || {{coord|52.48095|-1.89615|region:GB-BIR_type:landmark}} |- | West Midlands || [[Black Lake Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|412|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 412 || Closed 1972, but later reopened for use by the [[West Midlands Metro]] in 1999 || 1854|| |- | West Midlands || [[Dudley Tunnel]] || Canal || 2,884 || 3,154 || || 1792 || {{coord|52.517544|-2.086741|region:GB_type:landmark}} |- | West Midlands || [[Dudley Railway Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|948|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 948 || || 1850 || {{Coord|52.508392|-2.078701|region:GB-DUD_type:landmark}} |- | West Midlands || [[Hockley Tunnel]] 1 || Railway || {{convert|136|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 136 || Closed 1972, but later reopened for use by the [[West Midlands Metro]] in 1999 || 1854|| |- | West Midlands || [[Hockley Tunnel]] 2 || Railway || {{convert|160|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 160 || Closed 1972, but later reopened for use by the [[West Midlands Metro]] in 1999 || 1854|| |- | West Midlands || [[Lapal Tunnel]] || Canal || 3,470 || 3,795 || Disused since 1917 || 1798 || {{coord|52.4450|-2.0017|region:GB_type:landmark}} |- | West Midlands || [[Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal|Netherton Canal Tunnel]] || Canal || 2,768 || 3,027 || || 1858 || {{coord|52.50435|-2.05932|region:GB_type:landmark}} |- | West Midlands || [[Queensway (Birmingham)]] || Road || 548 || 600 || || || {{coord|52.4830|-1.9026|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} |- | West Midlands & Worcestershire || [[Wast Hill Tunnel]] || Canal || {{convert|2726|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,726 || Wide enough to accommodate two narrow boats but there is no towpath || 1796 || |- | West Sussex || [[Balcombe tunnel]] || Railway || 1,036 || 1,133 || || 1841 || |- | West Sussex || [[Clayton Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,066 || 2,259 || || 1841|| |- | West Sussex || [[Haywards Heath Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|249|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 249 || || 1841|| |- | West Sussex || Lywood Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|215|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 215 || Closed 1963 || 1883 || |- | West Sussex || Midhurst Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|276|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 276 || Closed 1964 || 1866 || |- | West Sussex || [[Sharpthorne Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|731|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 731 || Closed 1965, reopened 1994 || 1882 || |- | West Sussex || [[Southwick Hill Tunnel]] || Road || 490 || 536 || Twin-bore tunnel, part of [[A27 road|A27]] Brighton Bypass || 1996 || |- | Wiltshire || [[Box Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,937 || 3,212 || || 1841 || |- | Wiltshire || [[Bruce Tunnel]] || Canal || 459 || 502 || [[Kennet and Avon Canal]] || 1809 || |- | Wiltshire || [[Alderton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|506|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 506 || South Wales main line || 1903 || |- | Herefordshire & Worcestershire || [[Colwall Tunnels|Colwall Old Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1567|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,567 || Closed 1926 || 1861 || |- | Herefordshire & Worcestershire || [[Colwall Tunnels|Colwall New Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1567|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,567 || In service on the [[Cotswold Line]] || 1926 || |- | Herefordshire || [[Ledbury Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1318|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,318 || In service || 1861 || |- | Herefordshire || [[Dinmore Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1060|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,060 || In service on [[Welsh Marches Line]], opened 1853 Up Line and 1891 Down Line || 1853, 1891 || |- | Worcestershire || Redditch Tunnel || Railway || 300 || 330 || Closed 1980s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redditch-mrc.com/Redditch%20Railways%20-%20History.htm|title=Redditch Raily History|publisher=Redditch Model Railway Club|access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref> || 1868 || |- | Yorkshire – East || [[Drewton Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|2114|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 2,114 || Hull & Barnsley, closed 1959 || 1885 || |- | Yorkshire - East & Lincolnshire || [[Humber Gas Tunnel]] || Natural gas || 4,900 || 5,400 || Tunnel boring machine (TBM)/Concrete lining || December 2020 || <small>{{coord|53.701|-0.242|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Humber Gas Tunnel}}</small> |- |- | Yorkshire – East || [[Sugar Loaf Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|132|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 132 || Hull & Barnsley, closed 1959 || 1885 || |- | Yorkshire – East || [[Weedley Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|132|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 132 || Hull & Barnsley, closed 1959 || 1885 || |- | Yorkshire – North || [[Burdale Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1746|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,746 || || 1853 || |- | Yorkshire – North || [[Blea Moor Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,404 || 2,629 || [[Settle–Carlisle line]] || 1876 || |- | Yorkshire – North || [[Grosmont Tunnel|Grosmont Horse Tunnel]] || Railway || 119 || 130 || Whitby & Pickering Railway || 1835 || |- | Yorkshire – North || Prospect Tunnel || Railway || 754 || 825 || In Crimple, Harrogate || 1848 || |- | Yorkshire – North || Falsgrave Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|260|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 260 || || 1885 || <small>{{coord|54|16|35.9|N|0|24|33.8|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Falsgrave Tunnel}}</small> |- | Yorkshire – North || [[Yorkshire Dales Railway#History|Haw Bank Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|220|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 220 || || 1888 || |- | Yorkshire – North || Kettleness Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|308|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 308 || || 1883 || |- | Yorkshire – North || Ravenscar Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|279|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 279 || Also Peak Tunnel || 1885 || |- | Yorkshire – North || [[Sandsend Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1652|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,652 || || 1883 || |- | Yorkshire – North || [[Woodsmith Mine Tunnel]] || Mineral transport || {{convert|40,464|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 40,464 || Tunnel boring machines || Due 2021 || {{coord|54.5182|-0.9599|region:GB_type:landmark}} |- | Yorkshire – South || [[Bradway Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,853 || 2,027 || || 1870 || |- | Yorkshire – South || [[Cat Hill Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|154|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 154 || || 1840 || |- | Yorkshire – South || [[Norwood Tunnel]] || Canal || 2,637 || 2,884 || Disused since 1907 || 1775 || |- | Yorkshire – South || [[Thurgoland Tunnel]] (old) || Railway || {{convert|315|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 315<ref name=PhilDeaves /> || Down line from 1952 – Closed 1983 || 1845 || |- | Yorkshire – South || [[Thurgoland Tunnel]] (new) || Railway || {{convert|339|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 339<ref name=PhilDeaves /> || Second single-track bore (up line) opened 1952 due to clearance problems on curves, closed 1983 || 1953 || |- | Derbyshire & Yorkshire – South || [[Woodhead Tunnel]] 1 || Railway || 4,840 || 5,293 || First of 3 railway tunnels, closed for railway traffic in 1953, disused || 1845 || |- | Derbyshire & Yorkshire – South || [[Woodhead Tunnel]] 2 || Railway || 4,840 || 5,293 || Second of 3 railway tunnels, closed for railway traffic in 1953, now used by [[National Grid (Great Britain)|National Grid]] for 400kV electricity cables || 1853 || |- | Derbyshire & Yorkshire – South || [[Woodhead Tunnel]] 3 || Railway || 4,871 || 5,340 || Third of 3 railway tunnels, closed for railway traffic in 1981, now used by National Grid for 400kV electricity cables || 1953 || |- | Yorkshire – West || Bingley Tunnel || Railway || 138 || 151 || [[Airedale Line]] || 1847 || |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Bowling Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,507 || 1,648 || [[Calder Valley Line]] || 1850 || |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Bramhope Tunnel]] || Railway || 3,439 || 3,761 || [[Harrogate Line]] || 1849 || |- | Yorkshire – West || Gildersome Tunnel || Railway || 2,131 || 2,331 || Disused tunnel on the former [[Leeds New Line]]. Filled with colliery waste to support the M62 being built on top of it in 1971<ref>{{cite web|title=Gildersome Tunnel|url=http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/gildersome.html|website=www.forgottenrelics.co.uk|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> || 1900 || <small>{{Coord|53|45|06.2|N|1|37|27.3|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Gildersome Tunnel}}</small> |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Greenside Tunnel]] || Railway || 563 || 616 || Located on the former Pudsey Loop line || 1893 || <small>{{Coord|53|47|23|N|1|40|12|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Greenside Tunnel}}</small> |- |Yorkshire – West |Leeds Inner Ring Road Tunnel |Road |367 |401 |[[Leeds Inner Ring Road]] A58(M) under the [[Leeds General Infirmary]] |1969 | |- |Yorkshire – West || [[Lees Moor Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,402 || 1,533 || || 1884 || <small>{{Coord|53|50|11.9|N|1|55|32|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Lees Moor Tunnel}}</small> |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Morley Tunnel]] || Railway || 3,081 || 3,369 || || 1848 || |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Queensbury Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,501 || 2,287 || Closed in 1963 - proposal to re-open the tunnel as part of the Great Northern railway Trail || 1879 || <small>{{Coord|53|45|59.4|N|1|51|24.3|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Queensbury Tunnel}}</small> |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Richmond Hill Tunnel]] ||Railway|| 640 || 700 ||[[Leeds and Selby Railway]] || 1834 ||<small>{{coord|53.795|-1.522}}</small> |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Summit Tunnel]] || Railway || 2,638 || 2,885 || [[Manchester and Leeds Railway]] || 1841 || |- | Yorkshire – West || [[Thackley Tunnel]] || Railway || 1,200 || 1,300 || [[Airedale Line]] || 1845 || |- | Yorkshire – West || Victoria Avenue Tunnel || Road || 237 || 258 || Carries A658 under the runway of [[Leeds Bradford International Airport]]<ref>http://web.me.com/jrichardkay/Richards_Bridges/Victoria_Avenue_Tunnel.html</ref>|| 1982/3 || |- | Yorkshire – West || Well Heads Tunnel || Railway || 605 || 662 || Former Great Northern Queensbury Lines<ref>{{cite web|title=Well Heads Tunnel|url=http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/wellheads.html|website=www.forgottenrelics.co.uk|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> || 1882 || <small>{{Coord|53|47|35.6|N|1|52|39.1|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Well Heads Tunnel}}</small> |} == Wales == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Location !! Tunnel !! Type !! Length (m) !! Length (yd) !! Construction method / Notes !! Date of opening |- | Anglesey || Bodorgan Tunnel || Railway || 530 || {{convert|530|m|yds|disp=output number only}} ||Two sections of tunnel (approx. 80m and 375m long) separated by open cut|| 1849 |- | Caerphilly || Penar Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|239|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 239 || On Halls Road Branch between Risca and Markham || |- | Caerphilly || Glyn Tunnel, [[Hafodyrynys]] || Railway || {{convert|280|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 280 || [[Taff Vale Extension]]. Single track. Closed 1964. Portals now backfilled || 1857 |- | Caerphilly || Caerphilly Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1933|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1933 || In use between Thornhill, Cardiff and Caerphilly. On the Rhymney Railway || 1871 |- | Cardiff || [[A4232#Link roads#Butetown Link Road#Queen's Gate Tunnel|Queensgate Tunnel]] || Road || 715 || 782 ||Part of the A4232 Butetown link road|| 1995 |- | Carmarthenshire || [[Pencader Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|985|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 985|| Built for broad gauge || 1861 |- | Conwy || [[A55 road#The Conwy Bypass|Conwy Road Tunnel]]<ref name=NWTunnels>{{cite web |url=http://www.northwales-tra.gov.uk/index.php?id=329&L=0 |title=Tunnels |publisher=North Wales Trunk Road Agency |year=2011 |access-date=4 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318034456/http://www.northwales-tra.gov.uk/index.php?id=329&L=0 |archive-date=18 March 2012 }}</ref>|| Road || 1,080 || 1181 || Carries the [[A55 road]] around Conwy||1991 |- | Conwy || Penmaenbach Westbound Tunnel<ref name=NWTunnels /> || Road || 658 || 720 || Carries the Westbound [[A55 road]] through the Penmaenbach headland||1989 |- | Conwy || Penmaenbach Eastbound Headland Tunnel<ref name=NWTunnels /> || Road || 172 || 188 || Carries the Eastbound [[A55 road]] through the Penmaenbach headland||1932 |- | Conwy || Pen-y-Clip Westbound Tunnel<ref name=NWTunnels /> || Road || 930 || 1017 || Carries the Westbound [[A55 road]] through the Pen-y-Clip headland||1994 |- | Gwynedd || Penhelig Tunnels (Aberdovey No. 1, Fron-goch) || Railway || {{convert|200|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 200 || One of four tunnels on the Cambrian Coast Railway. || 1867 |- | Gwynedd || Penhelig Tunnels (Aberdovey No. 2, Morfa Bach) || Railway || {{convert|219|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 219 || One of four tunnels on the Cambrian Coast Railway. || 1867 |- | Gwynedd || [[Penhelig railway station|Penhelig Tunnels]] (Aberdovey No. 3) || Railway || {{convert|191|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 191 || One of four tunnels on the Cambrian Coast Railway. || 1867 |- | Gwynedd || [[Penhelig railway station|Penhelig Tunnels]] (Aberdovey No. 4, Craig-y-Don) || Railway || {{convert|533|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 533 || One of four tunnels on the Cambrian Coast Railway. || 1867 |- | Gwynedd || Ffestiniog Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|3726|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 3726 || UK's longest single-track tunnel, in use on the [[Conwy Valley Line]] || 1879 |- | Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire || [[Severn Tunnel]] || Railway || 7,012 || 7668 || Longest mainline tunnel in the UK until 2007 when tunnels on [[High Speed 1]] opened || 1886 |- | Monmouthshire || Gibraltar Tunnel || Road || 185 || 202 || Twin bore on [[A40 road|A40]] dual carriageway || 1968 |- | Monmouthshire || Bryn Tunnel, Hengoed || Railway || {{convert|398|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 398 || On [[Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway]] from Pontllanfraith to Hengoed. Portals now buried || |- | Monmouthshire || Clydach Tunnels || Railway || 250 || 273 || Between Nantyglo and Govilon. Closed 1958 || 1862, doubled 1877 |- | Monmouthshire || Gelli-felen Tunnels || Railway || {{convert|252|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 352 || Co-located with Clydach. On a continuous curve of approximately 120 degrees ||1862 |- | Monmouthshire || [[Monmouth Troy railway station#Tunnel|Monmouth Troy]] || Railway || 130 || 142 || Disused and blocked || 1857 |- | Monmouthshire ||[[Usk (GWR) railway station#Usk tunnel|Usk]] || Railway || {{convert|256|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 256 || Disused but walkable || 1857 |- | Neath Port Talbot || Cymmer, Afan Valley || Railway || {{convert|1595|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1595 || Built by the Great Western Railway. Single track. Straight. North end relandscaped || |- | Neath Port Talbot || Gelli, Afan Valley || Railway|| {{convert|167|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 167 <ref name="ggg2" />|| [[Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway]]. Single track. Stone and brick. Closed 1964. || 1882 |- | Neath Port Talbot || Gyfylchi Tunnel, Tonmawr / Afan Valley || Railway (disused) || {{convert|1019|yard|m|disp=output number only}}|| 1019 || Single track. North end collapsed 1947. [[South Wales Mineral Railway]].<ref>http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/gyfylchi.html</ref> || 1863 |- | Neath Port Talbot || [[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company|Cwmcerwyn, Maesteg]] || Railway || {{convert|1010|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1010 || Built by the [[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company]]. Single track, curved.<ref>[http://cardiffrail.co.uk/Rail/TUN/glam/Cwmcerwyn-Tunnel.html Article title]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> {{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || 1964 |- | Newport || [[Newport railway station|Hillfield Tunnels, Newport]] || Railway || {{convert|770|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 770 || Mainline tunnel west of [[Newport railway station]]. || |- | Newport || [[Newport railway station|Gaer Tunnel, Newport]] || Railway || {{convert|403|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 403 || Line to Bassaleg west of Hillfield Tunnels. || |- | Newport || [[Brynglas Tunnels]] || Road || {{convert|400|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 400 || Twin-bore, two-lane tunnels on [[M4 motorway|M4]]. || 1967 |- | Pembrokeshire || [[Saundersfoot Railway]] || Railway || {{convert|490|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 490 || 3 short Coppet Hall Tunnels on the shoreline plus the longer Hill Tunnel inland || |- | Powys || [[Torpantau railway station#Torpantau Tunnel|Torpantau Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|667|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 666 || [[Brecon and Merthyr Railway]]. Also called Summit or Beacons Tunnel. Highest rail tunnel in UK at {{convert|1313|ft}} || 1863 |- | Powys || Tal-y-llyn Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|674|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 674 || [[Brecon and Merthyr Railway]] || 1864 |- | Powys || Ashford Tunnel || Canal || {{convert|375|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 375 || [[Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal]] || 1800 |- | Powys || Rhayader Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|290|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 290 || [[Mid Wales Railway]]. Closed 1963. Now a nature reserve || 1864 |- | Powys || Marteg Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|372|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 372 || [[Mid Wales Railway]]. Closed 1963. North-west of Rhayader || 1864 |- | Merthyr Tydfil CBC || Abernant / Merthyr || Railway || {{convert|2497|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 2497 || Single track bore, curved at west end and with double-track portal. || 1853 |- | Rhondda Cynon Tâf || Garth or Walnut Tree Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|450|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 490 <ref name="ggg1" /> || [[Barry Railway Company]] Penrhos branch to Llanbradach. Double track. Closed 1963. Partly breached by Garth Quarry. || 1905 |- | {{anchor|Morlais}}Merthyr Tydfil CBC || Morlais Tunnel, Merthyr Tydfil || Railway || {{convert|1037|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1040 ||Double track, curved at west end. 3 airshafts. Closed 6 January 1958. Linked [[London and North Western Railway|LNWR]] with [[Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway]] at Morlais Junction.|| 1 June 1879 |- | Merthyr Tydfil CBC || Quaker's Yard or Cefn-Glas Tunnel, Abercynon || Railway || {{convert|703|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 703 <ref name="ggg3">{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/tunnels/tunnels3.shtm|title=UK railway tunnels lengths Q-Z}}</ref>|| Vale of Neath / West Midland Railway GWR. Closed to traffic in 1964. || 1851 |- | Rhondda Cynon Tâf || [[Rhondda Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|3443|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 3443 || Single track. Closed due to subsidence in the 1960s.|| 1890 |- | Rhondda Cynon Tâf || Tinworks, Treforest || Water || {{convert|150|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 150 || Mill race "feeder" for Crawshays Tinworks. Tunnel made when embankment was constructed|| 1907 |- | Rhondda Cynon Tâf || Pontypridd || Railway || {{convert|1323|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1323 || [[Barry Railway Company]] Closed and bricked up || 1889 |- | Rhondda Cynon Tâf || Tongwynlais || Railway || {{convert|180|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 180 || [[Cardiff Railway]] through the Taffs Well gorge. Closed 1938. Removed in constructing A470 dual carriageway at Tongwynlais. || 1907 |- | Swansea || Penllergaer Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|292|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 292 || Active freight and sometimes passenger line on [[Swansea District Line]] || 1912 |- | Swansea || Llangyfelach Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1952|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 1952 || Active freight and sometimes passenger line on [[Swansea District Line]] || 1912 |- | Swansea || Peniel Green Tunnel (Lônlas) || Railway || {{convert|924|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 924 || Active freight and sometimes passenger line on [[Swansea District Line]] || 1912 |- | Swansea || [[Cockett Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|788|yd|m|disp=output number only}} || 788 || South Wales Main Line, reduced from 829 yards in 1908 ||1852 |- | Torfaen || [[Pwll Du Tunnel]] || Tramroad || 1875 || {{convert|1875|m|yd|disp=output number only}} || Opened 1816 linking [[Blaenavon]] with [[Pwll Du]] || 1926 |- | Vale of Glamorgan || [[Wenvoe Tunnel]] || Railway ||{{convert|1867|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1867 || Barry Railway. Closed 1964. || 1898 |- | Vale of Glamorgan || [[Barry Railway Company|Cogan Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|222|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 222 || Barry Railway. || 1886 |- | Vale of Glamorgan || [[Barry Railway Company|Barry Island Tunnel. Also called "Pier Tunnel"]] || Railway || {{convert|280|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 280 || Barry Railway. Closed in the 1970s bricked up but part of bore used as a rifle range from west portal access. || 1897 |- | Vale of Glamorgan || Porthkerry No.1 Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|545|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 545 || [[Vale of Glamorgan Railway]]|| 1898 |- | Wrexham || [[Chirk Tunnel]] || Canal || 420|| 459 || First in UK to have a towpath || 1802 |- |} == Northern Ireland == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Location !! Tunnel !! Type !! Length<br />(m) !! Length<br />(yd) !! Construction method / Notes !! Date of opening |- | Londonderry || Castlerock || Rail || {{convert|668|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 668 || Brick ||1845–1853<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.coastlinecastlerock.org/history/therailway.php|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725183618/http://www.coastlinecastlerock.org/history/therailway.php|url-status = dead|archive-date = 25 July 2011|title = History of the Railway|publisher = Castlerock Community Association|access-date = 23 September 2010}}</ref> |- | Londonderry || Downhill || Rail || {{convert|307|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 307 || || 1845–1846<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bellarenarailwaystation.com/history.htm|title = 1845–1861 Londonderry and Coleraine Railway|access-date = 23 September 2010}}</ref> |- | Armagh || Lissummon || Rail || {{convert|1759|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1759 || Stone with some brick|| early 1860s<ref>{{cite web|url = http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/armagh/lissummon/lissummontunnel.html/history.htm|title = Lissummon Railway tunnel|access-date = 30 June 2013}} {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | Down || [[Binnian Tunnel]] || Aqueduct || {{convert|2.5|mi|m|disp=output number only}} || 4400 || Stone || 1948–1952 |- | Antrim || Whitehead || Rail || {{convert|145|m|yard|disp=output number only}} || 145 || Closed in 1994 until further notice. || 1862–1994<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/ireland/index.|title = Ireland's Disused Tunnels|access-date = 19 August 2013}} {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | Tyrone || Dungannon || Rail || {{convert|800|m|yard|disp=output number only}} || 800 || || 1862 <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.derryjournal.com/news/your-community/nostalgia/closure-of-derry-road-a-great-loss-to-ireland-1-3540020|title = Closure of the 'Derry Road' a great loss to Ireland – Derry Journal|access-date = 20 August 2013}}</ref> |- |} == Scotland == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! Location !! Tunnel !! Type !! Length (m) !! Length (yd) !! Construction method / Notes !! Date of<br>opening |- | Dundee || [[A991 road (Great Britain)|Marketgait Tunnel]] || Road || {{convert|250|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 250 || Cut and cover. Length<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/r10/notes.php?number=A991|title=Sabre Road Lists}}</ref> || |- | Midlothian || Broomieknowe Tunnel|| Railway || 393 || 430 || Closed 1951 || 1877 |- | Glasgow || [[Clyde Tunnel]] || Road || 762 || 833 || || 1964 |- | [[Dumfries and Galloway]] || Drumlanrig Tunnel || Railway || 1,270 || 1,389 || || |- | [[Glasgow]] || [[Glasgow Subway]] || Railway || 10,500 || 11,440 || ||1896 |- | [[Scottish Borders]] || [[Whitrope Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|1208|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 1,208 || Closed 1969 || 1862 |- | Scottish Borders || [[Penmanshiel Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|267|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 267 ||Original tunnel closed in 1979 after collapse and new cutting constructed adjacent to old tunnel. ||1979 |- | [[Highland (council area)|Scottish Highlands]] || [[Lochaber hydroelectric scheme|Nevis Tunnel]] || Water ||24,000 || 26,400 || hydroelectric scheme ||1929 |- | [[Dundee]] || Dock Street Tunnel || Railway || 558 || 610 || || |- | [[Aberdeen]] || Schoolhill Tunnel || Railway || 229 || 250 || || |- | Aberdeen || Hutcheon Street Tunnel || Railway || 256 || 280 || || |- | [[Edinburgh ]]|| Scotland Street Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|1000|yard|m|disp=output number only|0}} || 1,000 || || 1847 |- | Edinburgh || Bowshank Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|247|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 247 || || |- | Edinburgh || Innocent Tunnel, also St Leonard's Tunnel || Railway || {{convert|566|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 566 || [[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]]. Closed 1968. Now a footpath and cyclepath. || 1831 |- | Falkirk || Falkirk Tunnel || Canal || 630 || 690 ||[[Union Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal]] connection to [[Falkirk Wheel]] and [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] || 1822 |- | Glasgow || [[:commons:Category:Kelvingrove Tunnel|Kelvingrove Tunnel]] || Railway || {{convert|950|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 950 || [[Glasgow Central Railway]]. Closed 1964 || 1896 |- | Glasgow || Cowlairs Tunnel || Railway || 905 || 990 || ||1842 |- | Glasgow || Anderston Tunnel || Railway || 2,533 || 2,770 || || |- | Glasgow || Canning Street Tunnel || Railway || 423 || 463 || || |- | Glasgow || Stobcross Street Tunnel || Railway || 585 || 640 || || |- | Glasgow || Dalmarnock Road Tunnel || Railway || 722 || 790 || || |- | Glasgow || Charing Cross Tunnel || Railway || 1,006 || 1,100 || || |- | Glasgow || [[Glasgow Harbour Tunnel Rotundas|Glasgow Harbour Tunnel]]|| Vehicle and pedestrian || {{convert|233|yard|m|disp=output number only}} || 233 || 3 bores. Vehicles hoisted to tunnel level. Closed 1987 || 1895 |- | [[South Lanarkshire]] || Barncluith Tunnel || Railway || 347 || 380 || || |- | South Lanarkshire || Kirkhill Tunnel || Railway || 265 || 290 || || |- | [[Perth and Kinross]] || Moncrieffe Tunnel || Railway || 1,106 || 1,210 || || |- | [[Inverclyde]] || Newton Street Tunnel || Railway || 1,930 || 2,110 || Longest bored railway tunnel in Scotland, linking Greenock to Gourock || 1889 |- |} == See also == * [[List of bridges in the United Kingdom]] * [[Subterranean London]] == References == === Notes === {{Reflist|30em}} === Bibliography === {{Commons category|Tunnels in the United Kingdom}} {{refbegin}} * Alan Blower, ''British Railway Tunnels'', (Ian Allan Ltd, 1964). * J.C. Gagg, ''Book of Canal Tunnels'', (J.Gagg, 1976), {{ISBN|0-9504226-2-2}} * David Jacobs, ''Bridges, canals & tunnels'', (Princeton, N.J, 1968). * David J. Appleby, Allan C. Gilbert, and Stephen P. Samuel, ''Canal Tunnels of England and Wales'', (Aylestone, 2001), {{ISBN|0-9540382-0-7}} * {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vBlGwAACAAJ |title=The railways of Bolton, 1824–1959 |last=Bardsley |first=James Rodney |publisher=J.R.Bardsley |year=1960|asin=B0000CKNFN }}<!--ISBN N/A--> {{refend}} {{Tunnels in Europe}} [[Category:Lists of tunnels|United Kingdom]] [[Category:Railway tunnels in the United Kingdom| ]] [[Category:British railway-related lists|Tunnels in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Lists of buildings and structures in the United Kingdom|Tunnels]] [[Category:United Kingdom transport-related lists|Tunnels]] [[Category:Tunnels in the United Kingdom|*]]
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