Exploring Chesterfield Abandoned Rail Tunnel

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Full explore of Chesterfields hidden abandoned railway tunnel. Video footage and many still photographs taken with flash and light painting techniques. Then a final walk across Chesterfield following the route of the tunnel, arriving at Chesterfields modern day railway station
    Steam train sounds by sound jay.com/steam-locomotive-sound.effects.html

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  • @lynnelowe7615
    @lynnelowe7615 6 лет назад +33

    I love watching these kinds of videos, but yours are amazing! I have seen some good explores totally ruined for me because of camera work, filming too fast and jerky they give me headaches. Your camera work is steady and beutiful. Thank you.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +4

      Hi Lynne yes Know what you mean, filming in the dark is not easy and the results are not always good to watch, that's main reason I use still photos then add commentry over them, thanks Pat

  • @davidhughes5353
    @davidhughes5353 6 лет назад +96

    All the years I lived in the Chesterfield area and didn't know that was there!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +8

      Hi David yes a few local people have said that, suprising what is under your feet, Pat

    • @juliehunt9565
      @juliehunt9565 6 лет назад +1

      Same I never knew

    • @Judgey64
      @Judgey64 6 лет назад +3

      Cmon 'david hughes' who you kidding, you sound like the kind of bloke who's been in there with a bottle of strong cider and a pack of 20 marlborough.

    • @davidhughes5353
      @davidhughes5353 6 лет назад +4

      Can't afford Marlborough......as for the cider, maybe.....but I'm afraid of the dark!

    • @heftysack3094
      @heftysack3094 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah agreed. Iv since visited it with my brand new trainers on. Big mistake. Its dirty but cool.

  • @alisonlee3314
    @alisonlee3314 5 лет назад +24

    I always find the stone and brick work heartbreaking. The man power involved was immense.
    Everything seems so flimsy nowadays.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад +7

      Yes built by craftsmen, and that's why it still with us, although often hidden away, thanks Pat

    • @jameskeith7608
      @jameskeith7608 4 года назад +1

      When there was pride in workmanship.

    • @Interknetz
      @Interknetz 4 года назад +3

      My great grandad supposedly was one of those that laid out brick by hand in town, could have been involved in the tunnel too possibly.

  • @bram7659
    @bram7659 6 лет назад +39

    Pat, words fail me! Well nearly.........fantastic video and photos that should win awards 🥇
    It’s not somewhere I know but i feel like I know it now!
    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you never fail to impress and entertain! Thank you 👍🏻

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Bram and thanks for those kind words really appreciate your comments, thanks Pat

    • @karenthompson5965
      @karenthompson5965 6 лет назад

      I come from Chesterfield Derbyshire Thank you for your nice comments

    • @devonianlad9413
      @devonianlad9413 6 лет назад

      I agree with you on that one mate.
      His videos are excellent.

  • @24bellers20
    @24bellers20 6 лет назад +48

    Pat, you were just like a young Steve Mcqueen going over the fence in great escape.😂

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +6

      Hi Keith starting to show my age now couple of times I went over that wall struggled to lift my self over with my arms and sort of rolled over, probably due to weight of photo gear in rucksack. Luckly nobody nicked my camera before I got back over, all the best Pat

    • @davedogge2280
      @davedogge2280 6 лет назад

      pretty impressive

    • @MrYfrank14
      @MrYfrank14 6 лет назад

      Steve McQueen tunneled under the fence at the camp and got stuck in the fence with the motorcycle.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      @@MrYfrank14 would, love his bike, Pat

    • @garyeaton6172
      @garyeaton6172 5 лет назад

      24 Bellers I told him he should have played the theme to mission impossible lol

  • @trumpingtonfanhurst694
    @trumpingtonfanhurst694 5 лет назад +13

    Did you:
    1. Set up camera and climb over gate
    2. Climb back over gate to retrieve camera
    3. Climb over gate again with camera
    4. Do procedure again in reverse when you left? Or did you combine entering/leaving shots to save yourself climbing gate 2 times when leaving?
    - just curious, and I like how you did this; very good work Sir.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад +4

      You worked it out well, climbed over filming then climbed back over different place, why not use that bit for the end, well done Pat

    • @stevewatts9834
      @stevewatts9834 4 года назад

      Wish I'd seen this before I walked the Scalford tunnel Leicestershire, a walking pole would of prevented me falling down said manhole, a great video, keep them coming

  • @bigjenks9665
    @bigjenks9665 6 лет назад +13

    once again a brilliant video Patrick, i really look forward to your videos. keep up the excellent work !

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks for that having to go further a field to find tunnels etc to explore, Pat

  • @gazzarooney2157
    @gazzarooney2157 6 лет назад +5

    Wow. I've lived in Chesterfield all my life and walk past that locked metal gate every day and always wondered what was down there. Thanks for sharing this.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Gary glad you found it useful, amazing what you can find with a bit of searching about, thanks Pat

  • @illbritannia6186
    @illbritannia6186 6 лет назад +5

    AT 8:49 whats the smudge on the left covering?

  • @_a.z
    @_a.z 5 лет назад +2

    Are you ever concerned about noxious gas?
    I guess if you can see 2 sources of light you can assume reasonable ventilation?
    I've done a fair bit of this kind of exploring, mainly 30 years ago, but it still interests me greatly.
    Have you explored Fauld?

  • @xow3nx
    @xow3nx 5 лет назад +4

    I’ve been down there W the lads I used to go like everyday 😂

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад +1

      Yeah not too bad if you live near, good place to spend a few hours, Pat

  • @EnglishmaninMalta
    @EnglishmaninMalta 6 лет назад +15

    Thanks Patrick , great adventure, love going back in history, thanks for sharing

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi and I bet you have had a nice sunny day out there, only a short tunnel but great to practice my photography, all the best Pat

    • @EnglishmaninMalta
      @EnglishmaninMalta 6 лет назад

      Patrick Dickinson yes hot today, in Malta, over 35c , but I have been watching UK's temp you did not do so bad this year, love that type of photography you do, I have been busy of late so I not had chance to do many video's keep up the good work

  • @antpant7
    @antpant7 6 лет назад +5

    Patrick, loved this video of your exploration. Thanks for taking the time to explain the history behind it too. Amazing shots especially the light painting. Have you heard of Drewton Tunnel part of the ex Hull and Barnsley railway. Shes a big un !! Over a mile long . If your ever over in the East Riding give me a shout, always up for a bit of urbex. :)

  • @terryansell6641
    @terryansell6641 5 лет назад +2

    Very interesting video thank you for sharing from New Zealand well done

  • @mikebuckley666
    @mikebuckley666 6 лет назад +52

    I'm surprised you have time for this! I would have thought that running the Labour Party would take most of your time.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +28

      Haha laughed at this one, usually get compared to Compo, out of Last of the Summer Wine, which I might add I would prefer, all the best Pat

    • @xeniabrunel4552
      @xeniabrunel4552 5 лет назад +1

      @@patrickdickinson6492 Like your reply Mike Carter

    • @lr3521
      @lr3521 5 лет назад +1

      Lol!

    • @sahhull
      @sahhull 5 лет назад +9

      If it was Corbyn and I knew he was in that tunnel... I'd the one at the opening guiding the concrete infill trucks.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 5 лет назад

      @@sahhull (ditto)

  • @jasperedwards3341
    @jasperedwards3341 6 лет назад +19

    youre ave to climb back down to get your tripods and camera

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +5

      Yeah to film this I,am backwards and forwards all day, thanks Pat

    • @JMRabil675
      @JMRabil675 6 лет назад

      I was going to say.. when you climbed over the fence you technically had to do it twice.. were you worried about someone seeing you in broad daylight like that?

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +7

      @@JMRabil675 Not bothered really I wanted that bit of footage and worth the risk, could of talked my way out of it if required, thanks Pat

  • @AlphaGoII
    @AlphaGoII 6 лет назад +3

    Beautifully twisted spire you have there.
    Interesting vid.
    Thanks!

  • @kenstevens5065
    @kenstevens5065 6 месяцев назад +1

    A bit of trivia Patrick on one of your older posts it's interesting to note that the 1st class train fare from Chesterfield to York when Chesterfield station opened in 1841 was 18 shillings, 90p in todays money. The same trip in 2024 is around £50. The average income in 1841 for a male worker was £16 per Year or about 30p per week. (Bank of England online inflation calculator). Perhaps today's train fares aren't over expensive. Great photography and an interesting topic as usual. Thanks.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 месяцев назад

      Hi Ken surprised at the low wages back then, you could see the definite division between rishi and poor back then, and obviously trains were for the rich back then. We are all a lot lucky than we think,, when I can jet off to Europe for £30.......thank you for the interesting fact.......Pat

  • @brickhead48
    @brickhead48 6 лет назад +16

    Nice to see you in glorious Chesterfield Pat! Been down that tunnel myself, had alot of orange mud and not alot else

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +4

      Certainly a lot of orange mud but a nice place to practice a bit of photography, thanks Pat

    • @richardtully3751
      @richardtully3751 6 лет назад +2

      Glorious chesterfield!!? Jesus where do you live handsworth?

    • @PhilipKerry
      @PhilipKerry 6 лет назад +7

      Chesterfield is the finest Town in the entire World mate , I was born here and I refuse to live anywhere else .......

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      @@PhilipKerry Hi Philip you, certainly got some nice pubs especially down on Chatsworth Road, thanks Pat

    • @richardtully3751
      @richardtully3751 6 лет назад

      @@PhilipKerry i was made born here, yo need to get out a bit more.. Still, could be worse - Mansfield eg

  • @WolfsterMedia
    @WolfsterMedia 6 лет назад +3

    Fantastic video! Me and my wife are from Chesterfield and didnt realise any of this was around, we loved it and your photography is amazing!

  • @RenaissancePeopleNYC
    @RenaissancePeopleNYC 5 лет назад +3

    amazing pictures!

  • @garyeaton6172
    @garyeaton6172 5 лет назад +2

    I worked in Chesterfield back in the 70s early 80s for a Mansfield building company Herbert Baggeley. Bet you’ve heard of them. Never knew this existed thank you so much Patrick

  • @zippy963
    @zippy963 6 лет назад +6

    Bloody hell jumped that wall like Michael jumped off the pier at the end of the Alan Partridge film!

  • @fluffyunicorn464
    @fluffyunicorn464 4 года назад +3

    I live there! It's a fabulous place and I love it 💜💜💜

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  4 года назад +1

      Yes Chesterfield has some nice places like every ware else, thanks Pat

  • @antonieharms3229
    @antonieharms3229 6 лет назад +3

    Cool, another urban explore. Great pictures and colours! You're sort of my secret National Geographic channel. Thanks for sharing, cheers!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Antonia yes there were some vivid colours down there due to the ferrous oxide in the soil and water leaking in, light painting brought out some amazing colours, thanks Pat

  • @paulrudd1063
    @paulrudd1063 5 лет назад +2

    Your light paintings are brilliant Patrick. You ought to do an art exhibition.

  • @bikerforever68
    @bikerforever68 6 лет назад +3

    Fantastic video Pat as always,your light painting photos are beautiful.
    Always appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos.
    ATVB 👍🏻

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Paul it always amazes me how well the light painted shots work out, can take several minutes for each shot but worth it for the quality of the photo, all the best Pat

    • @EggBastion
      @EggBastion 5 лет назад

      _Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology?_

  • @duxberry1958
    @duxberry1958 5 лет назад +2

    i was in chesterfield two weeks back and i had to take a second look at the crooked spire ..

  • @347chas
    @347chas 6 лет назад +3

    Pat, really enjoyed your video & the still pictures, brilliant, never knew the tunnel wus there.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hi a lot of local people have said the same that they did not know the tunnel was there, thanks for watching Pat

  • @tonynewton2250
    @tonynewton2250 5 лет назад +1

    My father told me there was a tunnel beneath the town 60 odd years ago, but I never knew where it was exactly. Just viewed your great vid from NZ and it's lifted the lid on the mystery. I can locate the northern end on Google maps, but still can't find the south end. Help please!

    • @dawncairns8108
      @dawncairns8108 5 лет назад

      The tunnel is at the bottom of Hollis Lane. I lived on Hollis Nook as a child before it was demolished to build the by-pass.

  • @springercommander3238
    @springercommander3238 6 лет назад +3

    Fantastic video Patrick . Going to do the Brampton mile on Saturday . Great fan of all your videos thanks for the info on the camping stove . All the best 👍

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Ian great pub crawl, we did it in summer great being able to sit outside in the sun. Think every pub we went in they had a good hand pulled ale, thanks for watching my vidios, all the best Pat

  • @greggyeggy1
    @greggyeggy1 6 лет назад +2

    Brilliant video! Why can't Chesterfield Council utilise this as a tourist attraction? Could be used for many things and keep the valuable railway history. Well done!

    • @MrMoggyman
      @MrMoggyman 3 года назад

      I agree with you Greggy. The days of forgetting and wantonly destroying what the Victorians left us are over. That died in the 1970's. Why cannot people be allowed to see the wonderful magnificent constructions that our ancestors created?

  • @burnzyisstoned
    @burnzyisstoned 6 лет назад +3

    Hi there matey, liked your video and the few previous I've seen, just wondering if you know of any other places close to chesterfield that are good to explore? Looking to start up a RUclips channel of exploring but need places to start, thankyou in advance

    • @minidwarfdude9230
      @minidwarfdude9230 6 лет назад

      Liam Burns Try to find the hidden graveyard in tapton park. I'm sure if you ask a few of the elderly locals they might be able to find it

    • @ckyliu
      @ckyliu 6 лет назад

      Are Coalite's old offices still standing up at Shuttlewood, you could have a look around those? There's some small River Hipper tunnels underneath Morrisons Walton and what was GK Ford but obviously these could be dangerous and will be wet.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      If you search exploring web sites they might give you a few clues, Pat

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 5 лет назад

      ckyliu :m'mate Sammy W used to weld at JJBlows which covered that same place where Moggy s is now, dead old all that strip fronting Robbos site!

  • @jwoodzman
    @jwoodzman Год назад +1

    Aye Up Pat’ Love this and never knew existed; spent most weekends at near Grasmmore as a lad every weekend . Loving the music very trance 😊

  • @alanhunter2051
    @alanhunter2051 6 лет назад +5

    Another fantastic film Pat. As always cant wait for the next one. Oh by the way i bought a Hilleberg Soulo in sand thanks for your in depth info and advice. Take care bud

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +2

      Hi Alan I,am sure you will be more than pleased with your new tent, hope you have some great camps, all the best Pat

  • @MrNurdiboy
    @MrNurdiboy 5 лет назад +2

    Brings back memories of when i used to live in Chesterfield - crooked spire - love it!

  • @TheCoopsvids
    @TheCoopsvids 6 лет назад +3

    Nice one Pat, you should take a look at Barnsdale tunnel a nice long one 1226 long. ATB Paul 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hi Paul yes this was pretty short but never been down thinking it maybe flooded, I,ll have a look on web results Barnsdale sounds very interesting, thanks Pat

    • @TheCoopsvids
      @TheCoopsvids 6 лет назад

      And it's in Gods own country win win 😄👍🏻

    • @timwaywell
      @timwaywell 6 лет назад

      it's in Lancashire???

    • @davidgotheridge3522
      @davidgotheridge3522 6 лет назад

      Outdoor Coops y

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      @@timwaywell hi Tim if it's the Chesterfield tunnel it's in Derbyshire, Pat

  • @mizmysterious7311
    @mizmysterious7311 6 лет назад +1

    Predictions for the video. Its Chersterfield sooo. Drugs. Needles. A dead body. A knife yanno. Classic British stuff

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hi luckly none of those but always bit nervous when I see a pile of rags, I prod it with my walking pole, thanks Pat

  • @pit_stop77
    @pit_stop77 5 лет назад +3

    I am truly challenged, while I cant condone trespassing, this is truly fascinating and 30 minutes well spent watching and listening to you 👍👍

  • @SamU_115
    @SamU_115 6 лет назад +2

    Wow! I've lived in Chesterfield for 24 years and didn't know about that tunnel.
    I also didn't know that busses now stop at the station, it has been a while since I've had to take a train anywhere though.
    Great video!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Glad to to bring all this info, many other people have said they did not now about the tunnel, thanks for watching Pat

  • @gazzab3224
    @gazzab3224 6 лет назад +23

    What a waste of a tunnel, trains should be running through it.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +2

      Yeah that would be amazing better than just leaving it, there must be some good use they could put it to, thanks Pat

    • @tombore9516
      @tombore9516 6 лет назад

      YES there should be train going through it!!!!!!

    • @npr1300A8
      @npr1300A8 6 лет назад +1

      Typical of the transport planning of this country! If it was London, they'd do something with. Your video must have taken some time to do unless you had a friend with you. Very impressed! I remember being in Dovedale many years ago with my late Wife on our motorcycle and I seem to remember us riding through a disused railway tunnel. Thanks for an interesting video.

    • @JohnHill-qo3hb
      @JohnHill-qo3hb 6 лет назад +6

      Guess you didn't hear the part where he explains that the other end of the tunnel is now part of an embankment for a motorway, next video you watch, try to get your snacks organized before watching RUclips.

    • @ThatsMrMaxHeadroomToYou
      @ThatsMrMaxHeadroomToYou 6 лет назад +2

      They're over 120 years-old and were hastily constructed even back then with little to no thought about long-term structural support, It wouldn't be safe now mate. It's been eroded for decades and exposed to the elements.
      Not only that, when they built those tunnels they didn't ever think that they'd be building hundereds of thousands of tons of dual carriageways, houses, flats, workshops and retail parks above them because they weren't even conceived of back then.
      All that weight above them, their rugged untested construction, weathering and their age puts too much pressure on the tunnels themselfes and are now therefore unsafe for anything transport-wise to travel though.

  • @aaronbr9387
    @aaronbr9387 5 лет назад +1

    One and only

  • @philstraintravels9281
    @philstraintravels9281 5 лет назад +3

    Excellent video, thank you. I'm from Chesterfield and naturally knew the tunnel was there but never got around to exploring it, I certainly don't think I could ever have taken pictures so stunning!

  • @owenell
    @owenell Год назад +1

    Chesterfield abandoned rail tunnel haunted good voido

  • @TheTokyomatt
    @TheTokyomatt 6 лет назад +1

    I got a bunch of tunnels in and around Tokyo I been getting into

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Sounds like you should have some great explores ahead of you, thanks Pat

  • @billmccolgan3798
    @billmccolgan3798 3 года назад +1

    Just catching up with this video, don't know how I missed it. The brickwork in the tunnel looks in excellent condition, what a credit to the builders. I really like your light painted photo's, great technique.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Bill, amazing place to spend the day, lightpainted photos really show the tunnel in all its beauty, thanks Pat

  • @owenell
    @owenell Год назад +1

    Chesterfield Barnet railway haunted tunnel

  • @trucker5722
    @trucker5722 5 лет назад +1

    Another cracking video Pat. Well impressed with your research prior to your visit. Some fantastic images too. Great work, very interesting and enjoyable to watch.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Thanks for your comments, the initial research is very interesting and I usually learn a lot. Who would of thought this was under Chesterfield, all the best Pat

  • @jeffreywinter2660
    @jeffreywinter2660 6 лет назад +2

    To boldly go - another Patrick classic, where will you turn up next ? BRILLIANT.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hi Jeffrey no sure at moment but must get back out on a wild camp, if things go as planned should be high up on the Moors in October, but who knows, I might spot another interesting tunnel somewhere, all the best Pat

  • @knightsaberami01
    @knightsaberami01 5 лет назад +1

    This is what RUclips was invented for. You have successfully combined Urban Exploration with a Documentary. Awesome Job. Thank you. Subbed.

  • @owenell
    @owenell Год назад +1

    Patrick dicknson video s on RUclips

  • @ainsgb
    @ainsgb 5 лет назад +1

    That shot at 13.30 is awesome. I've not too long been subscribed to you Pat, a mate put me on to your channel hence why I'm watching an older video just now.
    Love the light painting. Right up my street playing with torches.
    Cheers

    • @ainsgb
      @ainsgb 5 лет назад

      Oh and the shilouette shots to....great!
      Similar to my stuff

  • @spazgoofgoof8761
    @spazgoofgoof8761 6 лет назад +1

    You should really have an art exhibition with all of your photos from all your exploring trips. They are incredible photos!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Thanks really appreciate that may exhibit them one day if I can thanks Pat

  • @Gobstopperwob
    @Gobstopperwob 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent and Informative pat keep up the good work.

  • @James_and_Laura
    @James_and_Laura Месяц назад

    What a fantastic video Pat! And the photography is just incredible! Just been to have a look at the tunnel today (only through the gates), very intriguing. Might have to go and take a closer look. Cheers, James

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  Месяц назад +1

      Hi James, yes it is a very interesting place, hopefully it’s not changed much since my visit, if you do explore further there were cctv cameras not faraway, I just jumped over hoping for the best……thanks Pat

  • @floon-uy5mc
    @floon-uy5mc 5 лет назад

    AMAZING My grandfather was from England and was a bricklayer. Can you image the millions of bricks used in the tunnel?

  • @joesophie90
    @joesophie90 6 лет назад +1

    It's amazing how much work you put into these videos. At first, when I first saw your videos, I thought you had a cameraman assisting. Then I realised that you have to go back for your camera after you have walked off into the distance. Been looking forward to your next new video and I have not been disappointed. I never knew this tunnel even existed. Great video Pat. Take care.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi and nice to hear from you both,always do all my camping and exploring on my own, it's the way I like it. Tunnel was a amazing place and you get it all to yourself, fantastic way to spend a day, all the best Pat

  • @markevans1973
    @markevans1973 5 лет назад +1

    Great camera work Patrick .you certainly know your stuff !

  • @28YorkshireRose12
    @28YorkshireRose12 5 лет назад

    So sad to think that tunnel will never again ring to the clatter of train wheels o'er fishplated joins, nor echo to the melody of engine whistles (or horns if you're a diesel nut - pee-parrph!).
    I worked at Chesterfield hospital almost 25 years ago, and I must have driven along the by-pass thousands of times. I never once hought there might even be a railway tunnel behind that wall, not that I could have risked exploring it even if I had, but railways are in th family blood!

  • @pilotguychris7217
    @pilotguychris7217 5 лет назад +1

    Very cool light painting Pat! Keep up the great work slowly catching up on all your videos. You show a certain level of professionalism in your craft not seen elsewhere. Cheers

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Thanks Chris, and glad you are enjoying my vidios, some amazing colours in this one, and the amazing thing is most people did not know it was even there, all the best Pat

  • @kensherwood4866
    @kensherwood4866 6 лет назад

    Fantastic pictures. You should consider selling prints or seeing if you could get a calendar printed, help fund your kit and travels? Thanks for posting

  • @wembley636
    @wembley636 5 лет назад

    Makes me laugh at 6:15, the trouble a graffiti artist took to get into the tunnel, probably waded through lots of mud only to put a "cock" on the wall on the right!

  • @owenell
    @owenell 11 месяцев назад +1

    Owen Ellis

  • @DannyTP1888
    @DannyTP1888 6 лет назад +1

    Great video Pat, very interesting and I love the light painting shots!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hi Danny and thanks some very vivid colours down there with the orange mud,thanks Pat

  • @allanthompson9695
    @allanthompson9695 5 лет назад +1

    Really interesting. Great Images especially with the Light Painting

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Yes the light painted photos always amaze me with the detail they reveal, worth the effort to get the photos, thanks Pat

  • @onemanandhiswhippet
    @onemanandhiswhippet 6 лет назад +1

    Just come across your channel 👍 enjoy it
    Best Regards Dave, Jo and Louie 👍😀🐾

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hope you enjoy my vidios, I will try and keep you entertained, all the best Pat

  • @TheKurtsPlaceChannel
    @TheKurtsPlaceChannel 5 лет назад

    Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.

  • @jimbellas459
    @jimbellas459 3 года назад

    Hi Patrick, I’m new to your channel. Enjoying your videos, good job 👍 Interesting videos.
    I’m from Adelaide, South Australia.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  3 года назад

      Hi Jim and welcome to my channel, I have varied interests as you will see, hope you enjoy the videos, all the best Pat

  • @beardedwarriorshillwalking5093
    @beardedwarriorshillwalking5093 6 лет назад +1

    Again Pat, your videos never fail to amaze me. I've only one problem with them though, and that's once I've watched them, I've to wait for another 😂 The amount of research you must do prior to each one shows you've a true passion for what you're doing. The photos you capture are simply awesome! I honestly can see them in a stand alone exhibition about the hidden world beneath our northern streets. I'd definitely pay to see them exhibited, and also to hear a little more about them, and the places they were taken.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад

      Hi and thanks for those kind words really appreciate them,putting the vidio on RUclips is part of it but the research and finding the sites is all part of it and reading other people's reports etc. The filming can be quite challenging at time then of course the editing and producing the finished vidio, keep s me busy and that's what I like, all the best Pat

  • @patrickdickinson6492
    @patrickdickinson6492  3 года назад

    Nice to hear from someone who remembers the tunnel in its heyday, must of been a great engineering feat, 3 bridges, but in those days the men could build these great engineering masterpieces, like the railways, the pubs seem to be disappearing as well, great comments, thanks Pat 😊

  • @TheShowgirl25
    @TheShowgirl25 5 лет назад

    Have you ever beeb through Staple Hill Tunnel. I did, before the line was pedestrianised. It was full off rubble and I only had the spark of a gasless lighter to navigate by. When I could see light at both ends of the tunnel, I slept in a refuge, in my sleeping bag. It was the best nights sleep ever! Bristol to Bath Railway Path I called it, because that's where I was going.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Hi no never been too far away from Sheffield, but starting to venture further a field now, thanks Pat

  • @macbutty1
    @macbutty1 5 лет назад

    Here’s another one near stanage tunnels
    ruclips.net/video/3bThPvOwGHY/видео.html

  • @morthren
    @morthren 6 лет назад +1

    This is the first video I've watched of yours and just want to say it is brilliant! I love the tunnel explore and the pictures are amazing! The effect on the static video looks amazing too!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi and thanks for your comments, much appreciated, my vidios started out wild camping but I now vary them with a bit of exploring and train travel and anything else that interests me, thanks again Pat

  • @daveattrill2712
    @daveattrill2712 11 месяцев назад

    Great work Patrick - Id got in there for an explore about a couple of years before you myself but at least you managed to reach the end. Keep these going mate if you still have time.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks 👍 yes an amazing tunnel, loved all the colours down there, walked over it last week while at Chesterfield 1940,s market, ...... all the best Pat

  • @blackcat5159
    @blackcat5159 5 лет назад +1

    Very good video all round and by a Northern lad. Whats not too like?

  • @jaggass
    @jaggass 6 лет назад

    Ive probably passed that ventilation shaft without noticing it. My parents used to live on a road with a tunnel underneath it and they could feel the house vibrate when a train passed through.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Yes you don,my notice things until made aware I could imagine the vibrations from a train passing underneath your house, Pat

  • @davidtunnicliff5442
    @davidtunnicliff5442 4 года назад

    photos are excellent mate. well done and thanks. i love tunnels. I'm thinking drone. get a nice video of the whole tunnel if you could figure out the lighting. you could stage some outdoor security lights......(motion activated) and the drone would set them off as you fly through? ....anyway, loved this video.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  4 года назад

      Thanks David, great places these tunnels, I had thought of using my drone, but may have problems flying underground, with no GPS signal, interesting idea though, thanks Pat

  • @siypic
    @siypic 4 года назад

    I love your images....... we used to use light painting to illuminate buildings (shooting on 5x4 film)......... great results... l

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  4 года назад

      Yes amazing images you can get, only used it in dark tunnels, but can see other, situations where it would work, thanks Pat

  • @timcantrell9673
    @timcantrell9673 5 лет назад

    Why is the tunnel so big? I have seen train tunnels not as enlarged and the trains had smokestacks

  • @billyslittlebigadventurech9050
    @billyslittlebigadventurech9050 6 лет назад +1

    Another very informative video patrick. With excellent photos mate. I was in hope valley over the weekend, and i thought of you, being that you dont live that far away. Thanks for sharing 😊

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  6 лет назад +1

      Hi Billy been enjoying your vidios recently, although a short tunnel still a amazing explore, I,am only about 20 mins away on the train from Hope Valley, beautiful countryside out there, all the best Pat

  • @davidberlanny3308
    @davidberlanny3308 2 года назад

    Hi Pat, More great photography. Its an unsual cutting/ramp down into the tunnel, almost as if they were going to use it for other purposes.
    Been a long time since I was in Chesterfield, 41 years almost to the day - I only know that because we went to pick my gran up and my dad and I went to the football (my team were playing and they got soundly beat 3-0!!), my Gran had come down from Halifax. Good luck from Spain!!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  2 года назад

      Yes unusual entrance, wether it was built later just to allow maintenance vehicles in, made getting in a bit of a challenge, but no fence is too high..... thanks Pat

  • @willumwhitmore9419
    @willumwhitmore9419 5 лет назад

    Immediately north, by your ventilation shaft, was the Great Central Railway station. www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/chesterfield_central/ - scroll down for a photograph. Thanks Pat.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Yes was the old Central line thanks for the photos I,ll have a look, thanks again Pat

  • @paulh2525
    @paulh2525 5 лет назад

    I used to live in the 1970's in a flat above one of those buildings near the COCO bar. It was above a cafe, the name of which escapes me now. The Great Central Railway station was just off Brewery Street. I remember using it. There were stairs to access the platforms just beyond the air shaft. Great vid Pat. Good work on the painting with light.
    Here's a great link to see the railways etc shown on 1892-1914 mapping. Cut and paste the link below if necessary and use the slide bar in the inset window to view current overhead images.
    maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.2389&lon=-1.4244&layers=168&b=1

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Hi Paul and thanks for the comments nice to talk to someone who has been there, such a amazing place hidden away, all the best Pat

  • @lesleywall4186
    @lesleywall4186 4 года назад

    Sir, I was born in Sheffield, but now live in Italy. I stumbled across your Meersbrook video by some strange chance and finished up bringing in the New Year watching 3 in a row. Very entertaining and high quality. Wish you all the best for 2020. Buon Anno e tanti auguri

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  4 года назад

      Hi Lesley, glad you found me hopefully I, ll bring back some memories. Very wet and cloudy here for last month, hoping your getting better weather down in Italy, all the best Pat

  • @ghostmandeak7305
    @ghostmandeak7305 3 года назад +1

    Great place

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  3 года назад +1

      Yep a amazing, just hidden under the streets of Chesterfield, thanks Pat

    • @ghostmandeak7305
      @ghostmandeak7305 3 года назад +1

      @@patrickdickinson6492 yeah may go have a look mate do a paranormal investigation in there if ya can still access it

  • @smitbar11
    @smitbar11 5 лет назад

    We have an old tunnel off Carlton Road above Sneinton in Nottingham, its been used as a rifle range for many years now, I used to shoot my airgun there but got fed up with plinking at paper targets and knock downs. People used to shoot rimfire and centrefire rifles down it! You would like Stanton tunnel Pat, over 1500 metres long and occasionally still used as a test track, the APT-E high speed train prototype was tested there in the 1970's. I did loads of 'trespassing' down it as a boy :)

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Hi Barry yes I,be heard of that tunnel. Great way to make use of a structure like that, there must be many more tunnel that could be converted into ranges. Would of loved to visit it. Sounds great, all the best Pat

  • @edwardball5277
    @edwardball5277 4 года назад

    We lived in Chesterfield for 12years during the 80s what changes we saw and have happened since the Poulson days. Another story. Thanks again Patrick, great film. Ted

  • @chrissywissythewishwishfairy
    @chrissywissythewishwishfairy 2 года назад

    Bloody fearless! Straight up the ladder no prob. Patrick, you absolute legend. Nothing phases you!

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  2 года назад

      I like the challenge Christopher, and I think if I can scramble up there, then I can't be getting old..... all the best Pat 😊

  • @totaltwit
    @totaltwit 5 лет назад

    This a production done by one man doing things his way, as he sees fit. There's no distractions, PCness just as any of us doing the same might do. It's good. Be safe.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Yes thanks for that, always work on my own at my own pace, no pressure and like you say no distractions, all the best Pat

  • @susaniannantuono9056
    @susaniannantuono9056 5 лет назад

    My Husband and his brothers used to play down there in 1976 . They got chased by tramps . They lived on wharf lane . Iannantuono family .

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Hi Susan I suppose the tunnel was open then a lot easier to get in,great p!acetone p!ay, thanks Pat

  • @MrJimbaloid
    @MrJimbaloid 5 лет назад

    Lol at 22:07 you can ALMOST see my house in the distance between the buildings. Great vid Pat will you be at rail ale next year I might ACTUALLY get to have a drink with you. All the best and hope you have a nice crimbo.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Hi yes looking over to hills above Dronfield, should be at Barrow Hill next year, most likely go on Thurs as good selection of beers available, the popular ones soon get drunk, all being well might see you, another photography vidio in same tunnel out in few weeks really will light the tunnel up, thanks Pat

  • @srose9810
    @srose9810 4 года назад

    Thank you, very interesting. Vivid ghostly images, to think of all the trains and people who passed through there and are gone now. I did not go to Chesterfield in my visit to the UK in 09 from the US but your video reminds me of my explorations in York for the old hidden places I found just steps away from the busiest places in the city

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  4 года назад

      Yes if only you could go back and get a glimpse of what it was like and see all the people rushing about, if only, thanks Pat

  • @rossdtool
    @rossdtool 5 лет назад

    So many bricks! It's astonishing to me how many bricks were laid to make these structures. The brick kilns in the UK must've been churning out millions of bricks per week in the industrial days.

  • @GoonieBushcraft
    @GoonieBushcraft 6 лет назад

    Awesome video mate, would love to check that place out as its just down the road from me : ) I've been in that carpark a hundred times, and never even knew it was there. Thanks so much for sharing buddy. All the best, Jay

  • @annielol8416
    @annielol8416 3 года назад

    I lived in chesterfeild for about 10 years now and seen a few people come down there, it's very facenating to see all this history about my home town! I don't blame the people who went down there, it's amazing. Although it must be quite the dangerous mission.

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  3 года назад +1

      Hi Annie, definitely worth a visit, although can be a bit wet and dangerous when it floods, but an amazing place, all the best Pat

  • @Robmaxward1
    @Robmaxward1 3 года назад

    Jasus Pat you have some balls doing that! amazing photos and architecture, another top vid, keep them going brother....

  • @jester9822
    @jester9822 6 лет назад

    What the fuck i live there i never watched this i dont like this

  • @jester9822
    @jester9822 6 лет назад

    What the fuck i live there i never watched this i dont like this

  • @jester9822
    @jester9822 6 лет назад

    What the fuck i live there i never watched this i dont like this

  • @katiedavis3111
    @katiedavis3111 5 лет назад +1

    I never knew that and I have lived in Chesterfield all my life

    • @patrickdickinson6492
      @patrickdickinson6492  5 лет назад

      Hi Katie yes and it's been there for all those years hidden from view, amazing colours down there, thanks Pat