Report - Wapping Tunnel + Edge Hill Cutting, Liverpool, October 2022

[Liverpool Urbex]

History - Wikipedia

"Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel in Liverpool, England, is a tunnel route from the Edge Hill junction in the east of the city to the Liverpool south end docks formerly used by trains on the Liverpool-Manchester line railway. The tunnel alignment is roughly east to west. The tunnel was designed by George Stephenson with construction between 1826 and 1829 to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and all locations up to Manchester, as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.[1] It was the first transport tunnel in the world to be bored under a city.[2] The tunnel is 2,030 metres (1.26 mi) long, running downhill from the western end of the 262 metres (860 ft) long Cavendish cutting at Edge Hill in the east of the city, to Park Lane Goods Station near Wapping Dock in the west. The Edge Hill portal is near the former Crown Street Station goods yard. The tunnel passes beneath the Merseyrail Northern Line tunnel approximately a quarter of a mile south of Liverpool Central underground station."

After many successful attempts of accessing the tunnel via the king's dock exit, many will know that the tunnel is flooded.
As we didn't want to boat through the water we decided the best bet would be to access from the north entrance at edge hill cutting.
This was a task and a half, as there's a massive double layer fence to get across.

After scoping out a few times and unleashing tree climbing skills we were in.

After the fence, it leads you onto a small section of track rarely used for shunting locomotives, a short walk then leads to edge hill cutting.

Then there's just a small fence to get over and you're in.

Anyway onto the photos,
Shot on Sony A6400 & iPhone 11
Enjoy

IMG_1465 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

IMG_1469 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

IMG_2259 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

IMG_1468 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08786 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08785 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08784 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08783 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08782 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08781 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08771 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08765 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08764 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08763 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08762 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08757 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr


DSC08760 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr

DSC08752 by Jacob Kelly, on Flickr​

 

[FKL770]

oh wow you managed to get some quite good photos down there even though its really hard cos of the lack of light. Best photo is defo the last one i remember being on that water in the summer.

 

[Stitch]

Really cool, I liked the one with the doorways carved into the rock. Get your waders on for the last bit!

 

[FKL770]

Really cool, I liked the one with the doorways carved into the rock. Get your waders on for the last bit!

when I went I brought a boat and an extendable mop pole worked a charm.

 

[jezzyboo]

Some great pics there looks a really good explore

 

[Ewan0]

These are great photos, I've been down this tunnel a couple of times myself. As @FKL770 said, it's really difficult to get decent photos in the darkness