Report - East Norton Tunnel - Leicestershire- Oct 20

[Bikin Glynn]

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A early start on a chilly Sat morn saw myself & @Down and beyond heading for a few local tunnels. the walk up in sunrise was stunning.

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East Norton tunnel was one of three tunnels built on the new Great Northern and London North Western Joint Railway (GN&LNW) line in east Leicestershire. The other two being Hose tunnel and Ingarsby tunnel (or Thurnby tunnel). We did Thurnby too with hillarious consequences but you will have to wait for that one ;-)
About a mile north of the tunnel would have been East Norton Station. The station was next to what is now the A47. Further north would have been an impressive thirteen arch viaduct that has now been sadly demolished.
I actually have a photo of myself riding my bike over the viaduct which prob gives my age away a bit lol, The demolition of the viaduct can be viewed here

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The tunnel itself sits approximately a mile south of East Norton village, The tunnel, originally built in 1879 is 444 yards (406 metres) long.

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The tunnel itself is pretty featureless, but good old Giles has made it a whole lot more interesting with various bits of junk but this beautiful piece of agriculture!

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The tunnel does have the usual refuge recesses & we found one ceramic cable guide.

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The North portal has some awesome fern growth

Thanks For Looking​

 

[HughieD]

Great set of pix mate...

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Great set of pix mate...

Thanks. I think it's a railway tunnel though I didn't see any track.

 

[Satan_Seeker666]

Defo wanna go check this out although I’m not very good at orientation i plan to give it a go! Would one need a head torch? I imagine it’s pretty dark in there!

 

[chills]

Defo wanna go check this out although I’m not very good at orientation i plan to give it a go! Would one need a head torch? I imagine it’s pretty dark in there!

Shouldn’t need to worry about orientation; tunnels are usually straight. Torch would be a good shout though!

 

[Satan_Seeker666]

You underestimate me luckily I’ve managed to map it out! I’m excited to go! Head torch it is!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

You underestimate me luckily I’ve managed to map it out! I’m excited to go! Head torch it is!

Yeah I just use hand held torch, if u find the tunnel on google earth u should be able to find entrances.
Both portals are accessible but south is far the easiest

 

[Down and beyond]

I can see the person’s concern you could easily get lost in there mate . Better to be safe than sorry since it’s at the top again nice photos mate

 

[Down and beyond]

Chug chug some one cocking around it appears
They shall never grow old

 

[Bikin Glynn]

I can see the person’s concern you could easily get lost in there mate . Better to be safe than sorry since it’s at the top again nice photos mate

Once you are in there its terribly confusing, you can go forward OR backwards!

 

[Scoobysrt]

Chug chug some one cocking around it appears
They shall never grow old

Looks like you've got BA on your back lol.

 

[Down and beyond]

Looks like you've got BA on your back lol.

Nooo just my usual bag it jet washes up extremely well doesn’t it !!

 

[Scoobysrt]

Lol sure does.

 

[The Wombat]

Nice set of photos.
Always good to see this place.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Nice set of photos.
Always good to see this place.

Thanks, it's OK so far as tunnels go