Thursday 7 June 2018

Greenside tunnel, Pudsey, Leeds

To the SW of Leeds, is a suburb called Pudsey. Nearby lies one of the many disused tunnels in West Yorkshire, Greenside, aka Pudsey. This is its west portal at SE2127032630, locked, protected and smothered in anti-climb grease (nasty)!!


At 618 yards (565 metres), it's one of the shorter ones in the region (think Gildersome, Woodhead, etc). Built for the Great Northern, it was in use from 1893 to 1964. The east portal is in danger of being buried by spoil from a nearby building site – photo may follow.

To the west of the portal, lies one of the highest railway embankments in England, as the railway crossed Tyersal Beck - it's nigh on 110 feet high!

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