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Spinkhill Tunnel (501yds) History Spinkhill Tunnel 501 yards in length was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (later part of the Great Central Railway and subsequently the LNER) on 21 September 1898. It was the only tunnel on its Beighton Branch (occasionally referred...

Haddon Tunnel (1,058yds) Midland Railway. Massive Thanks to HughieD for use of his history write up and research on Haddon Tunnel, Really appreciated History - Haddon Tunnel is located in the English county of Derbyshire. It was built by the Midland Railway in 1863 as an extension of its...

A ganister (or sometimes gannister) is hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite, used in the manufacture of silica brick typically used to line furnaces. Ganisters are cemented with secondary silica and typically have a characteristic splintery fracture. You can check out all...

The surrounding buildings definitely look very neo-egyptian and it almost makes the site look like its a themed area out of a closed theme park. There isn't that much other than the buildings and the kilns to see here, but still, a worthwhile explore. You can check out all my photos from this...

History shamelessly copied from another report as I know this place has been done multiple times: Crich quarry was a medium sized quarry located in the small Derbyshire town of Crich. Operated at first by The Clay Cross Company, with a metre gauge railway running through which was built by...

First report so let me know if owt needs fixing. I know, this place again. I had to visit it though as I stumbled across it by total accident last year. I was blindly following google one evening in an attempt to get to the train station and, well, I was vastly unprepared for a walk in the...

This is my first report so please feel free to let me know if I've done anything wrong or what I can do to improve. I'm also well aware my photography isn't the best...I'm still learning! I know this place has been done a lot but there's something about it that I fell in love with after first...

Hey everyone. I'm fairly new to this site and wanted to say hey. I was hoping to meet some likeminded people in the East Midlands that are up for some group explores. I spend my time between Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire. I drive so I'm up for travel. Would be awesome to...

This is my first post on here so please bear with the terrible pictures as they were all taken on my phone on which I cracked the lens a few weeks before but it was all I had as I had left my camera at home. Anyway, I came up here on a long 25-mile cycle from Nottingham with my friend and since...

Hello, I am a professional photographer who has recently stemmed out from portrait work into looking into abandoned urbex work. Is there anyone that can help suggest places from Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire? Struggling to find sites

Done to death but was in the area , a lot of rain had fallen in previous days so me and the dog didnt expect dry, but water running out the entry point, come on! Haddon Tunnel is a tunnel in Derbyshire, England, built by the Midland Railway extending the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and...

I'm not sure how all of this works but i just wanted to share some pictures and maybe relay some information. Yesterday i visited this location in Branston which was previously used as a machine gun factory, unfortunately i found no way of access through doors, as i am not sure on the laws on...