Kettleness & Sandsend Tunnels
I know there has been a few reports on these two tunnels but I thought I'd do a report for the visit me and my mate made last Saturday.
It was a cold wet day and armed with a lantern, two torches and camera we set off from Kettleness along the Cleveland Way to the north portal of the Kettleness Tunnel.
Kettleness Tunnel
308 yards long
Sandsend Tunnel
1652 yards long
Both tunnels were opened in 1883 and closed in 1958
Making our way in...
About half way through we noticed a small ventilation tunnel branching off which required a small amount of exploring.
If we had been wearing wellies we would have ventured through this to see where it led to....
Any way on with our trek..
We passed through the Kettleness Tunnel really quickly and onto the ledge where the track used to run. Didn't take us long until we spotted the portal for the Sandsend tunnel
Some of the old railway sleepers
The collapse of the north portal - some parts of it look fairly recent
After climbing over the rocks we made it into the tunnel. It is an eerie feeling walking into pure darkness but as we approached the first air shaft we could see the south portal - a tiny dot of light in the distance.
Unfortunately my camera screwed around with the date and time so I can't work out the order the pictures were taken in so have added a collection of pictures that we took in the tunnel.
I remember seeing pictures of the first drainage tunnel being clear but this now looks like it has since collapsed at the cliff end as you can no longer see daylight.
The second drainage tunnel is still clear though...
We had struggled getting though some places of the tunnel because of water and clay but had managed to find a way round but once we approached shaft number 5 we could go no further as we didn't have the right footwear and weren't sure how deep the water was
Any way that was the end of our adventure and headed back to the car in Kettleness then off for some fish n chips.
Hope you enjoyed the report
I know there has been a few reports on these two tunnels but I thought I'd do a report for the visit me and my mate made last Saturday.
It was a cold wet day and armed with a lantern, two torches and camera we set off from Kettleness along the Cleveland Way to the north portal of the Kettleness Tunnel.
Kettleness Tunnel
308 yards long
Sandsend Tunnel
1652 yards long
Both tunnels were opened in 1883 and closed in 1958
Making our way in...
About half way through we noticed a small ventilation tunnel branching off which required a small amount of exploring.
If we had been wearing wellies we would have ventured through this to see where it led to....
Any way on with our trek..
We passed through the Kettleness Tunnel really quickly and onto the ledge where the track used to run. Didn't take us long until we spotted the portal for the Sandsend tunnel
Some of the old railway sleepers
The collapse of the north portal - some parts of it look fairly recent
After climbing over the rocks we made it into the tunnel. It is an eerie feeling walking into pure darkness but as we approached the first air shaft we could see the south portal - a tiny dot of light in the distance.
Unfortunately my camera screwed around with the date and time so I can't work out the order the pictures were taken in so have added a collection of pictures that we took in the tunnel.
I remember seeing pictures of the first drainage tunnel being clear but this now looks like it has since collapsed at the cliff end as you can no longer see daylight.
The second drainage tunnel is still clear though...
We had struggled getting though some places of the tunnel because of water and clay but had managed to find a way round but once we approached shaft number 5 we could go no further as we didn't have the right footwear and weren't sure how deep the water was
Any way that was the end of our adventure and headed back to the car in Kettleness then off for some fish n chips.
Hope you enjoyed the report
It's a great place, good post
