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The Standedge Tunnel is the longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel in the UK, stretching over three miles beneath the Pennines. This journey through the historic waterway reveals the challenges of ...
A couple of miles later you’ll be in the equally pretty village of Marsden. From Marsden, there’s an attractive walk past a nature reserve to Tunnel End where the Standedge Tunnel ends. The ...
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The lucky punters slipped from one side of the Pennines to the other during their underground voyage inside the 213-year-old Standedge Tunnel. The 3.5-mile-long route on the Huddersfield Narrow ...
Passengers took a 'bucket list' journey from Oldham to Yorkshire on Britain's longest and deepest canal tunnel. The Canal & River Trust organised the first trip along the whole of the three-and-a ...
Just a year before attacking Israel, Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, approved spending $225,000 to install blast doors to protect the militia’s tunnel network from ...
OLSC members Dave Hunter, Mo Bucksun and Steve Morris cycled 39 miles on Saturday, July 20, from Liversedge Cricket Club to Standedge Tunnel and back again. Collective efforts from group members ...
This tour explores some of the incredible feats of engineering across England and Wales, including the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Standedge Tunnel and Bingley Five-Rise Locks. Please speak to the team ...
Standedge tunnels are four interconnected tunnels ... the last to be built was the three mile long twin-track railway tunnel completed in 1894 that is still in use today. The previous two are ...
A mile-long, 200 year old tunnel with a morbid history has been opened to the public as a new aquatic attraction. Canoeists can now paddle through and experience the Standedge tunnel for the first ...
Standedge Tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history. It runs for 3.5 miles under the Pennines between Marsden in West Yorkshire and Diggle in Lancashire.
The UK's longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history. Standedge Tunnel runs for 3.5 miles (5.6km) under the Pennines between ...