Hull & Barnsley Railway tunnels

Various pictures of disused H&BR tunnels.

Drewton tunnel

The west portal of the 1 mile 354 yard Drewton Tunnel. The entrances and roof curvatures are brick lined, but the side walls are bare chalk.

Photo: Mark Dyson
Drewton again.

Photo: Mark Dyson, March 2002.
Drewton Tunnel's five brick air-vents can be seen in the fields.

Sugar Loaf tunnel

Photo: Mark Dyson, March 2002.
The west end of Sugar Loaf tunnel

Photo: Mark Dyson
Bridge at the western end of the 132 yard long Sugar Loaf Tunnel.

Weedley tunnel

Photo: Mark Dyson, March 2002.
The eastern portal of Weedley tunnel.

Photo: Mark Dyson, March 2002.
The western portal of Weedley tunnel.

Location

The tunnels are in the Yorkshire Wolds, west of Kingston upon Hull, and can be see on this map. Weedley Tunnel is furthest west, Sugar Loaf in the middle, and Drewton to the east.

Tresspassing in old railway tunnels is dangerous. Don't do it!

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