- Sherwood Rise Tunnel is a 665-yard tunnel and one of a system of 4 major train tunnels in Nottingham used to overcome steep gradients. Just south of this tunnel was a large cutting in which stood Carrington station, mansfield road tunnel and sherwood rise tunnel entrances. the station was closed in 1968 and the deep cutting was later filled in. the uppermost part of the north SR tunnel entrance can still be seen in the partly filled cutting off Haydn Road in Basford.
sandstone very loosely bonded with a layer of soot from years of steam trains passing through
storage/rest area
600m walk
north entrance filled with earth
metal grill which can be seen from ground level
secondary wall which prevented access to the tunnel before cutting was filled in
concrete retaing wall holds back the soil fill from the infilled cutting
to finish, a scaffold climb and exploring abandoned building on mansfield road, unsure previous useage
newspaper 1939
