It's amazing the craftsmanship in the brickwork that went into the tunnels. I couldn't even imagine the amount of bricks that were used, let alone the thought of laying them! The arched recesses are beautiful and they were never going to be appreciated, they're in a pitch black tunnel after all. It's good you've got a record of this before the lot collapses.
Mapperly Tunnel I know very well...in 1964, I was 10 and we lived nearby. The track had recently been lifted and the tunnel mouth became a little unofficial 'adventure playground' for us kids from the nearby Arno Vale Primary School. Climbing up the embankment, playing football, exploring the tunnel - I even took my bike through it once, the feeble bike lamp completely failing to penetrate the inky blackness. It was a very drippy tunnel as I recall. I think there was still track half a mile from the eastern entrance.
I remember firt discovering it around 2009 with a basic bike headlight. Did nothing but at the time you think it'll be fine! It's nice to see it a decade later and lit up too. Thanks for watching :)
What a fascinating tunnel; the crap stack, all that wet stuff leaching down the walls, the way nature is taking over outside the entrance. Nice to see you with Mazza and Dazza! Love your humour, Ant. When Darren lost his footing at the crap stack and you asked if he wanted to do it again but you got it on camera anyway. Bless him.
I need to watch this properly when have the time! Just flicked through it.. Me and my mates used to go down occasionally as teenagers.. remember when we first ‘discovered’ it - on a hot summers day, mist rising out the entrance and cold inside. No barrier fences then (mid nineties) and didn’t have the paintings either side. We had to follow the disused railway to get there from Gedling, and then through the old colliery. I remember walking quite far with no torches until the light at the end of the tunnel was pretty small! Then used to hang out and have fires and music in there as it got dark. Once my brother went with my dad (who was interested once he heard) and took some proper torches .. they said they couldn’t get any further as it was all blocked off - they tried to climb over but they were near the ceiling. Probably not the most responsible parenting haha.. Will send them the video too. Cheers
Great video. As a former railway signalman of all the old railway tunnels this one is the creepiest and by far one the most dangerous to explore. One day that crap stack will collapse. A journey to the underworld!
Hi Ant, that tunnel is amazing lit up, and the change since your last visit. The workmen must have had an awful time building it in atrocious conditions. Thank you for the video.
The crapstack looks like it is going to collapse soon. Hope you can go back again for an update Ant. Top editing skills the way you seamlessly blended clips from the Nov visit with Martin and Darren into this solo visit 👍
HI Martin, Mike here. You two know each other? That tunnel sure needs a lot of TLC. Maybe the bore holes were used to see how soon the tunnel will collapse in. All in all it looks like you had a great day, wish I was there to enjoy the fun. Thanks for your time and work in posting your videos............
Another pearler Ant, the music kept me on the edge of my seat! Brilliant production. Agree with previous comments, the drilling was to test the ground security above prior to building over. I understand that the refuges in tunnel walls were known as man holes to act as a refuge for trackworkers when a train passed. The curved roof girders would be to prevent collapse, being rag bolted into the roof, as used by the NCB in our final years of coal mining instead of traditional pit props. Not liked by many of our own experienced Colliers I believe. Does anyone know who allowed the dumping of the crap? Probably made someone a few Bob. Finally please get a hard hat for excursions like these!
My Dad will have walked that tunnel many times. His job on the Railway was a Plate Layer, (the parts that bolted to the Sleepers for the track seat to sit on). He used to walk the tunnels checking the lines, and replacing any broken castings. He was based at Clay Cross. We lived in Ilkeston at the time. I was born in 1956. My parents were married around 1938 - 9. He used to tell us stories about sheltering in the cut outs when the trains went through. Scary stuff. David in Lincolnshire.
PLEASE tell me more about the history of mapperley (JONAH'S) tunnel....I live right near it....in the 70's and 80's I went through it, two thirds in, to where it has been back filled....very atmospheric....when you're inside the tunnel - it's like time stands still....I have heard children's voices, with no one there and the 'ghost train' that is coming at you, then gone....weird place....
This tunnel is smazing Ant, never seen anything like the crap stack ! Love the name. It looks a very dangerous tunnel to explore so thank you for showing us this before it collapses & it will be gone forever. ❤😊
I saw this tunnel on AdventureMe about six months ago, with Darren. Was good to see this all over again. I’m on both of their sites, Martin and of course Darren.
Even in the old photo it's got a quite ominous look about it. I'm fairly sure that you've already done it and done a vid, but if you haven't, you REALLY should do the Standedge Tunnels. Best time to do it is on a day when the Canals Authority is doing boat trips through the canal tunnel, as they'll open the gates. You just need to make sure that you avoid the guys in the canal support vehicle which uses the old railway tunnel. Make sure that you start off fairly early in the day too so that you don't get locked in LOL. It's a HUGE tunnel (4 parallelle tunnels 3 railway 1 canal, 1 of the railways still in use).
i love how you UK explorers come together and explore together. Great video already, starting with 3 well known faces whom i know for the good videos you guys all have👌
That was fantastic thanks. Don’t get tired of that tunnel I just love it. Wrong person fell over tho....just sayin. Thanks so much for taking me along, please stay safe and take care
Excellent! Really enjoyed watching all of this. I have noticed from this and your previous ventures here that you always go into it via the eastern (?) end of the tunnel. I am aware that the western end is now blocked up and has been since around 1970. A couple of bungalows were built on top of the entrance but for several years prior to the bungalows being built there was a terminus for the number 73 bus on top of the entrance. You could stand at the fence and still look down onto the track way (minus the actual train tracks, of course). About 53 years ago, aged around 10 I visited the tunnel several times and walked part way through it. This was from the western end. I was with a gang of other kids aged from about 10 to 15 years. We walked some of the way through. The stack that you filmed was not there then. There was just a few tree branches that had been dumped down the shaft but you could still walk right through the tunnel. Our gang only walked as far as the branches and then turned around. We had no lighting and it was very scary especially to me, a female 10 year old who had always been scared of the dark!!
It's unbelievable to think that the rubbish stack started from simple things as a few branches. To think there Is even parts of a caravan in there! I've still yet to see anything similar anywhere else. I'm pleased you enjoyed it and thank you for watching and commenting 😃
Wow Ant your music with this film is so powerful it is epic. Can’t find words to describe how awesome this is. Amazing. Sorry for laughing at Darren falling but couldn’t help it, hope he was ok..? Well done . Some day a film director will snap you up.
@Treking Explorations, It would a mobile tracked ( rubber tracks) drilling rig used for bore well drilling or for drilling cable dusts under roads Great footage Jonathan
The engineer in me kept wanting to correct you every time you said "yards" ;) No, we only deal in metric for more than 50 years now !! Excellent video and good to see you 3 together. Thanks.
The railway is still measured in yards and chains. If the marks were painted as part of a survey for the new road then they probably are in metric if they were something done by the railway they would be in yards who until about 15 years ago were still responsible for these old structures. When the BRB was disbanded they were transferred to the highways authority and British Waterways.
@@cedarcam I've worked on numerous structures owned by BRPB and am well acquainted with old drawings all drawn in Imperial so hearing someone talk about "yards" always brings a smile to my face. I just have to have a calculator handy!
@@Joe90V I know the feeling All measurements taken by the New Measurement train are in metric so when we had to update signalling plans everything had to be converted to miles and chains, another problem is the train uses a GPS system which is very accurate but the old wheeled out distances can vary mile post to mile post so there was often a debate about how to update the signalling plans. The reason the plans are kept in imperial is it would be too costly and time consuming to change every 1/4 1/2 3/4 and mile post, electrification mast plate and equipment location case marking as well as the numerous plans to redraw in metric so they will be used for a long time to come At least if you get work on HS2 it will be a metric railway. One of the few sections that are.
@@TrekkingExploration it's a shame the council can't provide official access even for a limited time. I went in it's in great condition, I was surprised. Its very beautiful very much the same construction as Mansfield Road. What I would say is while the access is open and you can get in, you couldnt really be done for trespass or breaking as you can just go in unimpeded (ignorance is bliss and all that). It's very sooty getting in but I think you'd kinda like getting covered in 1960s soot :)
@@TrekkingExploration ha, silly council. I'd say that's a green light. Go at night or early morn cause it make no difference once youf in and give us a cracking vid. And to be fair it's worth it, you may not get another chance.
You just love that crap stack Ant!! Presumably the bore holes are to test the strength whilst they are building overhead, all seems a bit iffy considering the state of surrounding brickwork. Still amazes me that that buffer is still there.👍🏻
Those drilling machines must make quite a noise too. I'd have been nervous being in there doing that job. I'll go back again if i hear the Crap Stack has decided to lay down :)
Thank you for this production, the minor metal rods would be to hold the drilling machine as to keep good contact with the drilling head as core drill needs a far amount of energy
Behind that third pepper pot's rubble it should go all the way through if there is space between the filling and the roof, theres no way to fully block it off as it would make a mile long sinkhole if they did
Really brilliant video Ant, i was a bit concerned about you going in that narrow part towards the end 😬, ,strange all that pile of rubbish thats been tipped there,,very good footage inside and outside the tunnel,👌 x x
Ngl absolutely terrified when you got to the crap stack then kept on going, most people turn back. Always wanted to go down the tunnel, we used to walk on the pit before it became the country park but only my sister ever actually went down there with school mates. Loved the video!!!
@@TrekkingExploration I love all your local videos I can not see tunnel holding up to thee pressure they have added too it with the road hope they have done there surveying properly
@@TrekkingExploration would be intriguing to see where the toilet wall came from was it sealed up when slab square or one of the parks was renovated and the toilets removed i wonder
OMG that crap stack is probably holding the whole roof up! ⚠️😯 Those bore holes are definitely for testing the structural strength of the tunnel for the building work above? It concerns me that it doesn't look very sound at all. Are there any houses above the tunnel? Looks like a lot of new builds in that area.😯⚠️ The bricks missing near the entrance might be due to collapse due to souvenir hunters collecting bricks?
@Bryn 'Seems to be safe enough', sounds like you don't have much confidence in it yourself?😯⚠️ Only time will tell of course but don't forget all the heavy earth moving work that will be being done right over that structure over the next few months with very heavy equipment constantly crossing above! Then of course the constant rumbling of heavy traffic including heavy goods vehicles, thats going to be quite a busy bypass! That constant shaking will certainly test the integrity of that very old structure. I would have thought a bit more of a structural survey than drilling an odd bore hole in the side every so far, would need to.be done, how about the arch above, how thick is that, the walls seem to vary considerably and don't forget the tunnel was closed due to a collapse several decades ago when it was in use, dry and relatively well maintained, now it's been sat idle for a long time, damp, running water eroding the sub structure, no maintainance at all.😱😯 I'll bet the roof thickness is considerably less in an arch structure like that tunnel? In my honest opinion they should have at least built reinforced concrete supports inside the tunnel underneath the road part, to shore up the roof of the tunnel at the very least?👍😎
So that is what the skilled artisans labour, all the materials, the time and effort, and great expense to build this beautiful tunnel were expended for.......for someone to fill the tunnel with refuse and garbage, and leave the tunnel to rot and be forgotten. A fantastic tribute that to those men long deceased who laboured to build something of value, something to be proud of in a time when Britain could call itself the greatest country in the world. Such a travesty, they will expend millions on a roadway but nothing in renovating the tunnel with a concrete liner. It could be used then as a roadway or a railway tunnel. In time, as fuel resources become increasingly sparse and expensive, and the roads more and more congested, they will begin to realise the error of their ways. And a multitude of dead railway men, operators and constructors alike, will rise up and say 'told you so.'
@@TrekkingExploration Really? I must go back. To be honest back then the Gedling pit was still open and we though (as kids) they still used the tunnel 🤦♂️.
My guess RE the boreholes, is they are looking for groundwater behind the walls, connected to the roadbuilding above, to check for future subsidence threat.
Another amazing look at that huge rubbish pile. Is it blocked now to stop more dumping? As a kid in the early 60s I often explored the south portal cutting although never had the nerve to go through to the other end. One day my cousin and I found a very nice ex-army (PCR) radio set dumped there and carried it home a piece at a time! Any chance of a trip to the Nottingham Suburban sometime soon? Thanks to all three of you!
Great video. I'm from Gedling and have been to the entrance of the tunnel about thirty years ago, but never dared to enter! I did bring a piece of blue brick home as a souvenir. Wonder where I put it! I live close to what used to be Jacksdale station now, on another section of the old Great Northern Railway!
You can definitely see the deterioration, especially at the entrance. I still feel this tunnel could have a viable future if a maintenance regime was implemented to get it up to a usable condition. The crap stack is on borrowed time.
The little threaded rods under the boreholes were for attaching the boring machine to the walls. And they just left them, more than likely epoxied into their holes.
I've lived in Nottingham for many years, old enough to remember steam trains running. I have always been interested in the history of my local railways, but have never really visited any remains apart from the Great Northern from Basford outwards toward Kimberley. So whenever you do a one of your video blogs particularly the Nottingham area I always tune in. I find them fascinating. Just out of interest is the other end of the tunnel accessible.
Looks like you've got a rival mate, Check out Paul and Rebecca Whitelock exploring Mapperly Tunnel. But he pronounces Gedling as Gelding, thought that was what you did to a horse
who the fuck builds a BUSY NEW ROAD, (with all the vibration from the traffic) over an OLD TUNNEL that has once COLLAPSED and then been shut for SUBSIDENCE.... one day mapperley plains/colliery way will have a nice new SINKHOLE....
Another great interesting video. I'm part of a men's association that does various different interesting activities on a fortnightly basis. Can you recommend somewhere for me to lead a small group over the summer ideally within 15 miles of Nottingham please? It doesn't matter if it's a little dangerous either as long as it's interesting.
Great video as always! Now the road works are happening, the second shaft is clearly visible in the Scout hut’s back yard. It’s so tall though. I wonder how someone has managed to get so much crap down it to make the crap stack. And who?!
@@TrekkingExploration Have you checked if there is a steel door on the side at ground level. These were used to gain access to the shafts on some tunnels Otherwise some people must be very athletic in that area using all the effort to haul things up over the top when they could of just easily put it in a skip
I discovered the tunnel around 8 year ago, it was like finding the Holy grail. I went 10 or 15m in and it felt cold, wet and creepy. It was a hot sunny day and the mud black and oily. I loved it. I'm assuming it's gone or filled nby now.
@@TrekkingExploration I've watched a few of your Nottingham videos and I'm I spired to track down some of the sites. I'm born and bred in Nottingham so it should be easy for me. I know the strelley kimberley area very well so I'm planning my own routes soon.
Some great light painted shots there Ant. I wonder how long it will be before they are repairing the new road above after the tunnel collapses. It will only take an old Zanussi washing machine dumped down that shaft to flatten that crap stack. lol.
I can't light paint sadly but it's an epic torch for doing the job with a small flood to accompany it. Zanussi will definitely flatten that 🤣 Thanks for watching 😊
It was, in the days of a craftsman's skill. No electricity, only oil lamps, no computers, just men, trowels and paper plans. Just think about building those air shafts. Some of these tunnels should be saved.
Whereabouts would the Western Entrance be? Looks to be a straight line of woodland at the back of the Scout group on Weaverthorpe Road. Wonder if there are any remnants there? 🤔
@@TrekkingExploration I believe the other entrance is hidden in a area of tree's behind houses. Over the hill and on the other side of the arnold road. Check google maps satellite. You'll see the small woodland surrounded by houses and nothing built on it, whitby crescent area ? Certainly looks like part of the old cutting so thats my guess. Great video as usual 👍
Yes, in the cutting behind the scout hq, used to play thereas a kid in the late 60s and investigate the tunnel before it was blocked off. It was infilled and fitted with big metal doors, no idea if they are still there or if it has been bricked up. Either way it was criminal to infill it. When other councils around the country are re-opening tunnels as cycle-paths Gedling Borough should be doing the same. The tunnel should be listed just like the pepper pots.
@@paultarry39 Interesting! I love to know who to contact to do a bit of exploring and see what remains. You’re absolutely correct about the tunnel. The whole route from the Scout HQ to Netherfield would be a great cycle track
I agree. I find it very sad to see it being used as a landfill and, despite the fencing, the scumbags still manage to get in to vandalise the brickwork.
went through this tunnel, about 500 yards? until it is blocked off with boulders and earth, back in the 70's and 80's....always unnaturally COLD in there and it is 'raining' down on you further you go in.... we used to call it JONAH'S TUNNEL....local name....? feels like you're in a whale - how wet it is....the scout hut - who (allowed or/put the rubbish down the 2nd pepper pot) causing the 'crap stack' should be made to remove it with a SPOON....disgusting....!
I'm a bit of a ghost hunter and according to my ghost book this was the most haunted tunnel maybe it was when the collapse happened just thought I'd share info xx
No Ant i just read about them I'd be to scared to go ghost hunting hehe I did sleep in the caves of Nottingham for charity and kept hidden under my sleeping bag lol x
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It's amazing the craftsmanship in the brickwork that went into the tunnels. I couldn't even imagine the amount of bricks that were used, let alone the thought of laying them! The arched recesses are beautiful and they were never going to be appreciated, they're in a pitch black tunnel after all. It's good you've got a record of this before the lot collapses.
Thanks so much Ray. I'm pleased you enjoyed it :)
@@TrekkingExploration What was the hole above used for originally in your opinion.
Mapperly Tunnel I know very well...in 1964, I was 10 and we lived nearby. The track had recently been lifted and the tunnel mouth became a little unofficial 'adventure playground' for us kids from the nearby Arno Vale Primary School. Climbing up the embankment, playing football, exploring the tunnel - I even took my bike through it once, the feeble bike lamp completely failing to penetrate the inky blackness. It was a very drippy tunnel as I recall. I think there was still track half a mile from the eastern entrance.
I remember firt discovering it around 2009 with a basic bike headlight. Did nothing but at the time you think it'll be fine! It's nice to see it a decade later and lit up too. Thanks for watching :)
What a fascinating tunnel; the crap stack, all that wet stuff leaching down the walls, the way nature is taking over outside the entrance. Nice to see you with Mazza and Dazza! Love your humour, Ant. When Darren lost his footing at the crap stack and you asked if he wanted to do it again but you got it on camera anyway. Bless him.
Glad you enjoyed it. He went with quite a thud too lol Good lad for picking himself up the way he did :)
I need to watch this properly when have the time! Just flicked through it.. Me and my mates used to go down occasionally as teenagers.. remember when we first ‘discovered’ it - on a hot summers day, mist rising out the entrance and cold inside. No barrier fences then (mid nineties) and didn’t have the paintings either side. We had to follow the disused railway to get there from Gedling, and then through the old colliery. I remember walking quite far with no torches until the light at the end of the tunnel was pretty small! Then used to hang out and have fires and music in there as it got dark. Once my brother went with my dad (who was interested once he heard) and took some proper torches .. they said they couldn’t get any further as it was all blocked off - they tried to climb over but they were near the ceiling. Probably not the most responsible parenting haha.. Will send them the video too. Cheers
Great video. As a former railway signalman of all the old railway tunnels this one is the creepiest and by far one the most dangerous to explore. One day that crap stack will collapse. A journey to the underworld!
Thanks David. Glad you enjoyed it. That rubbish stack is definitely moving
Hi Ant, that tunnel is amazing lit up, and the change since your last visit. The workmen must have had an awful time building it in atrocious conditions. Thank you for the video.
Cheers Phillip. I'm glad I got an opportunity to actually light it up really well for once. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Visually engrossed and in full on flow state once the music started, the pace of this vid is superb, thank you for another epic.
Thank you David. Really pleased you enjoyed it 😀
Great video and good to see you out with Martin again. Here's to more collaborations between you.
Thanks so much 😀
We have another coming next weekend 🙂
Great video Ant I can never tire of watching videos of the inside of mapperley tunnel and the bits of track bed which are left 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Keith. If i hear of the Crap Stack falling down i'll go back :)
Good to see it again. I never realised Darren went with such a thud 😆
Yeah I was surprised when i watched it back last week 👍
I sure did. Too busy watching the overhang, I wasn't watching my footing. It bloody hurt the day after. All those layers of clothing protected me. Lol
The crapstack looks like it is going to collapse soon. Hope you can go back again for an update Ant. Top editing skills the way you seamlessly blended clips from the Nov visit with Martin and Darren into this solo visit 👍
How did you know ;) lol
If i hear the crap stack has decided to fall i'll go take a look for sure :)
Great view of lost heritage, but a scary thought that it may be collapsing! Thank you. 👍
Thanks so much for watching Bob 👍
HI Martin, Mike here. You two know each other? That tunnel sure needs a lot of TLC. Maybe the bore holes were used to see how soon the tunnel will collapse in. All in all it looks like you had a great day, wish I was there to enjoy the fun. Thanks for your time and work in posting your videos............
It must have been related to the road construction happening above. Cheers for watching Mike :)
Great collaboration video and great seeing Darren in this one 🙂
Another pearler Ant, the music kept me on the edge of my seat! Brilliant production. Agree with previous comments, the drilling was to test the ground security above prior to building over. I understand that the refuges in tunnel walls were known as man holes to act as a refuge for trackworkers when a train passed. The curved roof girders would be to prevent collapse, being rag bolted into the roof, as used by the NCB in our final years of coal mining instead of traditional pit props. Not liked by many of our own experienced Colliers I believe. Does anyone know who allowed the dumping of the crap? Probably made someone a few Bob. Finally please get a hard hat for excursions like these!
My Dad will have walked that tunnel many times. His job on the Railway was a Plate Layer, (the parts that bolted to the Sleepers for the track seat to sit on). He used to walk the tunnels checking the lines, and replacing any broken castings. He was based at Clay Cross. We lived in Ilkeston at the time. I was born in 1956. My parents were married around 1938 - 9.
He used to tell us stories about sheltering in the cut outs when the trains went through. Scary stuff.
David in Lincolnshire.
PLEASE tell me more about the history of mapperley (JONAH'S) tunnel....I live right near it....in the 70's and 80's I went through it, two thirds in, to where it has been back filled....very atmospheric....when you're inside the tunnel - it's like time stands still....I have heard children's voices, with no one there and the 'ghost train' that is coming at you, then gone....weird place....
This is an amazing tunnel walk by my three most favourite youtune explorer's 😉
The threaded rod chemicaly is fixed into the brickwork with 2 part resin. The diamond drilling rig is then mounted to these.
Cool video. 👍
Cheers Ant. Thanks for the information too :)
This tunnel is smazing Ant, never seen anything like the crap stack ! Love the name. It looks a very dangerous tunnel to explore so thank you for showing us this before it collapses & it will be gone forever. ❤😊
I saw this tunnel on AdventureMe about six months ago, with Darren. Was good to see this all over again. I’m on both of their sites, Martin and of course Darren.
Brilliant. So glad you showed footage of shaft three. Another local one I need to do.
Even in the old photo it's got a quite ominous look about it. I'm fairly sure that you've already done it and done a vid, but if you haven't, you REALLY should do the Standedge Tunnels. Best time to do it is on a day when the Canals Authority is doing boat trips through the canal tunnel, as they'll open the gates. You just need to make sure that you avoid the guys in the canal support vehicle which uses the old railway tunnel. Make sure that you start off fairly early in the day too so that you don't get locked in LOL. It's a HUGE tunnel (4 parallelle tunnels 3 railway 1 canal, 1 of the railways still in use).
i love how you UK explorers come together and explore together. Great video already, starting with 3 well known faces whom i know for the good videos you guys all have👌
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. I'm pleased you are enjoying them 🙂🙂❤️❤️
@@TrekkingExploration watched it till the end, amazing video 💚💚
That was fantastic thanks. Don’t get tired of that tunnel I just love it. Wrong person fell over tho....just sayin. Thanks so much for taking me along, please stay safe and take care
Great to see the three musketeers back together top men keep them coming 👍
Cheers Andrew. Joining forces with Martin again next weekend 👍
Excellent! Really enjoyed watching all of this. I have noticed from this and your previous ventures here that you always go into it via the eastern (?) end of the tunnel. I am aware that the western end is now blocked up and has been since around 1970. A couple of bungalows were built on top of the entrance but for several years prior to the bungalows being built there was a terminus for the number 73 bus on top of the entrance. You could stand at the fence and still look down onto the track way (minus the actual train tracks, of course). About 53 years ago, aged around 10 I visited the tunnel several times and walked part way through it. This was from the western end. I was with a gang of other kids aged from about 10 to 15 years. We walked some of the way through. The stack that you filmed was not there then. There was just a few tree branches that had been dumped down the shaft but you could still walk right through the tunnel. Our gang only walked as far as the branches and then turned around. We had no lighting and it was very scary especially to me, a female 10 year old who had always been scared of the dark!!
It's unbelievable to think that the rubbish stack started from simple things as a few branches. To think there Is even parts of a caravan in there! I've still yet to see anything similar anywhere else. I'm pleased you enjoyed it and thank you for watching and commenting 😃
Wow Ant your music with this film is so powerful it is epic. Can’t find words to describe how awesome this is. Amazing. Sorry for laughing at Darren falling but couldn’t help it, hope he was ok..? Well done . Some day a film director will snap you up.
Thanks for such a lovely comment 😀 I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊
@Treking Explorations,
It would a mobile tracked ( rubber tracks) drilling rig used for bore well drilling or for drilling cable dusts under roads
Great footage
Jonathan
The engineer in me kept wanting to correct you every time you said "yards" ;) No, we only deal in metric for more than 50 years now !! Excellent video and good to see you 3 together. Thanks.
The railway is still measured in yards and chains. If the marks were painted as part of a survey for the new road then they probably are in metric if they were something done by the railway they would be in yards who until about 15 years ago were still responsible for these old structures. When the BRB was disbanded they were transferred to the highways authority and British Waterways.
@@cedarcam I've worked on numerous structures owned by BRPB and am well acquainted with old drawings all drawn in Imperial so hearing someone talk about "yards" always brings a smile to my face. I just have to have a calculator handy!
@@Joe90V I know the feeling All measurements taken by the New Measurement train are in metric so when we had to update signalling plans everything had to be converted to miles and chains, another problem is the train uses a GPS system which is very accurate but the old wheeled out distances can vary mile post to mile post so there was often a debate about how to update the signalling plans. The reason the plans are kept in imperial is it would be too costly and time consuming to change every 1/4 1/2 3/4 and mile post, electrification mast plate and equipment location case marking as well as the numerous plans to redraw in metric so they will be used for a long time to come At least if you get work on HS2 it will be a metric railway. One of the few sections that are.
these tunnels were built in yards....
@@volpeverde6441 no shit sherlock
Good stuff but it's looking very shaky in there now. I very quiet when I visited. You going in the sherwood rise tunnel before its sealed again?
Nope I'm gonna give that one a miss. The council are aware of individuals going inside and the access used so staying well away
@@TrekkingExploration it's a shame the council can't provide official access even for a limited time. I went in it's in great condition, I was surprised. Its very beautiful very much the same construction as Mansfield Road. What I would say is while the access is open and you can get in, you couldnt really be done for trespass or breaking as you can just go in unimpeded (ignorance is bliss and all that). It's very sooty getting in but I think you'd kinda like getting covered in 1960s soot :)
@@davidedwards4707 it's the manhole end that's being monitored 😉
@@TrekkingExploration ha, silly council. I'd say that's a green light. Go at night or early morn cause it make no difference once youf in and give us a cracking vid. And to be fair it's worth it, you may not get another chance.
You just love that crap stack Ant!! Presumably the bore holes are to test the strength whilst they are building overhead, all seems a bit iffy considering the state of surrounding brickwork. Still amazes me that that buffer is still there.👍🏻
Those drilling machines must make quite a noise too. I'd have been nervous being in there doing that job. I'll go back again if i hear the Crap Stack has decided to lay down :)
Fantastic. A tunnel that I'd known of for years bought back to an epic "afterlife".
Thanks for watching I'm pleased you enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you for this production, the minor metal rods would be to hold the drilling machine as to keep good contact with the drilling head as core drill needs a far amount of energy
Thank you for clearing that up about the rods. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Behind that third pepper pot's rubble it should go all the way through if there is space between the filling and the roof, theres no way to fully block it off as it would make a mile long sinkhole if they did
Really brilliant video Ant, i was a bit concerned about you going in that narrow part towards the end 😬, ,strange all that pile of rubbish thats been tipped there,,very good footage inside and outside the tunnel,👌 x x
I'll be paying rent before long. I'm waiting for that rubbish pile to fall lol
@@TrekkingExploration as long as your no where near when it does fall, 😲😘 x
The bore holes are very interesting. I wonder if there are plans afoot for the tunnel?
I think most likely checking for structural movement etc with the work above
Ngl absolutely terrified when you got to the crap stack then kept on going, most people turn back. Always wanted to go down the tunnel, we used to walk on the pit before it became the country park but only my sister ever actually went down there with school mates. Loved the video!!!
Awwww thanks so very much. It's definitely worth a look but not alone I guess
Wow wow wow love it sat watching on the front room tv now,so has there been a lot more collapse since you last went in there
It's definitely deteriorated. I've never lit it up so well either 😁
Glad you're enjoying it 😊
@@TrekkingExploration I love all your local videos I can not see tunnel holding up to thee pressure they have added too it with the road hope they have done there surveying properly
@@kristianbromley2599 I've not done anything local for a while so I'll be getting a few done soon 👍🙂
@@TrekkingExploration would be intriguing to see where the toilet wall came from was it sealed up when slab square or one of the parks was renovated and the toilets removed i wonder
That ‘decay’ is damage from vandals, the iron bars on top of the rubble have clearly been used to attack the brickwork
I agree. It's definitely been bashed around quite recently. Thank you for watching 🙂
First time I’ve seen this so clear I spent most my childhood up Gedling pit and blackhole thanks 🙏
Thank you for watching and commenting ☺️
OMG that crap stack is probably holding the whole roof up! ⚠️😯
Those bore holes are definitely for testing the structural strength of the tunnel for the building work above?
It concerns me that it doesn't look very sound at all.
Are there any houses above the tunnel? Looks like a lot of new builds in that area.😯⚠️
The bricks missing near the entrance might be due to collapse due to souvenir hunters collecting bricks?
@Bryn 'Seems to be safe enough', sounds like you don't have much confidence in it yourself?😯⚠️
Only time will tell of course but don't forget all the heavy earth moving work that will be being done right over that structure over the next few months with very heavy equipment constantly crossing above!
Then of course the constant rumbling of heavy traffic including heavy goods vehicles, thats going to be quite a busy bypass! That constant shaking will certainly test the integrity of that very old structure.
I would have thought a bit more of a structural survey than drilling an odd bore hole in the side every so far, would need to.be done, how about the arch above, how thick is that, the walls seem to vary considerably and don't forget the tunnel was closed due to a collapse several decades ago when it was in use, dry and relatively well maintained, now it's been sat idle for a long time, damp, running water eroding the sub structure, no maintainance at all.😱😯
I'll bet the roof thickness is considerably less in an arch structure like that tunnel?
In my honest opinion they should have at least built reinforced concrete supports inside the tunnel underneath the road part, to shore up the roof of the tunnel at the very least?👍😎
All the vibrations are probably responsible for the Crap Stack starting to shift too after all these years
Hi Ant , do you have any pics of the crapstack from outside , up top , this tunnel is fascinating
Excellent video and information.
I live in Mapperley and still unable to find the entrance ? Is it accesible from Gedling country Park?
So that is what the skilled artisans labour, all the materials, the time and effort, and great expense to build this beautiful tunnel were expended for.......for someone to fill the tunnel with refuse and garbage, and leave the tunnel to rot and be forgotten. A fantastic tribute that to those men long deceased who laboured to build something of value, something to be proud of in a time when Britain could call itself the greatest country in the world.
Such a travesty, they will expend millions on a roadway but nothing in renovating the tunnel with a concrete liner. It could be used then as a roadway or a railway tunnel. In time, as fuel resources become increasingly sparse and expensive, and the roads more and more congested, they will begin to realise the error of their ways. And a multitude of dead railway men, operators and constructors alike, will rise up and say 'told you so.'
Ahh the Pepper Pots.
Used to play in that tunnel as a kid, the refuse wasn't nearly as bad back then either.
Since I did this the rubbish stack has dropped a little
@@TrekkingExploration Really? I must go back. To be honest back then the Gedling pit was still open and we though (as kids) they still used the tunnel 🤦♂️.
My guess RE the boreholes, is they are looking for groundwater behind the walls, connected to the roadbuilding above, to check for future subsidence threat.
That could be it that totally makes sense 👍
That tunnel is extremely creepy yet alluring at the same time. I wonder how many people are using it as a source of building materials?
It's a lively experience inside. Maybe bits do get taken by locals....
Thank you for watching 🙂
Very good video xx
Thanks Helen. Glad you enjoyed it x
wierd thing @.5...when the light is shon t the borehole n opticle illusion makes it look like a projection!!!
Another amazing look at that huge rubbish pile. Is it blocked now to stop more dumping? As a kid in the early 60s I often explored the south portal cutting although never had the nerve to go through to the other end. One day my cousin and I found a very nice ex-army (PCR) radio set dumped there and carried it home a piece at a time! Any chance of a trip to the Nottingham Suburban sometime soon? Thanks to all three of you!
I've been slowly looking at the Suburban. Probably would prefer a sunny day too 🙂
I think there is mesh over the top of the rubbish stack shaft
The rods are where the drill was bolted to the wall for the core drill
Great video. I'm from Gedling and have been to the entrance of the tunnel about thirty years ago, but never dared to enter! I did bring a piece of blue brick home as a souvenir. Wonder where I put it! I live close to what used to be Jacksdale station now, on another section of the old Great Northern Railway!
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching. I bet there are a few blue brick souvenirs in some households from here 🙂
Born and lived in Gedling until I was 53. Played in this tunnel and surrounding pit in all my childhood. Never any danger 😂
You can definitely see the deterioration, especially at the entrance. I still feel this tunnel could have a viable future if a maintenance regime was implemented to get it up to a usable condition.
The crap stack is on borrowed time.
If I ever hear that it's flopped and collapsed I'll go back in and film it. Until then I'll stay away 🤣
HI THERE. wow that was brave of you to go in that tunnel, i have never got around to going there.
There is still time but be careful 🙂
The A reg plate was out in 1983/84 so depending when it was dumped down there shows how old it is
I think that those arched double roof beams were put in as strengtheners but when that happened I cannot tell.
The little threaded rods under the boreholes were for attaching the boring machine to the walls. And they just left them, more than likely epoxied into their holes.
Thanks for the info John and thankyou for watching :)
Fabulous tunnel explore, Ant. Is it my imagination, or was this tunnel once referred to as Arnold tunnel?
Thanks Simon. Maybe it was known by that name by the locals at the time?
Arnold people call it JONAH'S TUNNEL....
Would be interesting to see the shaft of the crap stack from the outside
The metal ribs were to support timbers that were laid on top to support the brick arch during construction
I'm pleased you said that because i've felt for a long time that this was the purpose of them :)
I've lived in Nottingham for many years, old enough to remember steam trains running. I have always been interested in the history of my local railways, but have never really visited any remains apart from the Great Northern from Basford outwards toward Kimberley. So whenever you do a one of your video blogs particularly the Nottingham area I always tune in. I find them fascinating. Just out of interest is the other end of the tunnel accessible.
other end is up a cutting in the middle of woodthorpe housing estate....whitby crescent....the portal is still there....but filled in....
How come your video for this comes out 6 months after Martin Zero's & AdventureMe's Darren versions?
I had other stuff to put on 👍
Great upload Ant' as usual bud as for most dangerous , hmm look to Burdale
I'll add it to the list 🙂👍
Looks like you've got a rival mate,
Check out Paul and Rebecca Whitelock exploring Mapperly Tunnel. But he pronounces Gedling as Gelding, thought that was what you did to a horse
The refuges are where you would stand when the trains were running
beautiful music
Thanks Darren :)
Guessing the testing was connected to the construction above the tunnel
It has to be doesn't it?
Thanks for watching 🙂
Be fun when this collapses and the new ring road goes with it.
It's got to go eventually hasn't it? Thank you for watching 🙂
who the fuck builds a BUSY NEW ROAD, (with all the vibration from the traffic) over an OLD TUNNEL that has once COLLAPSED and then been shut for SUBSIDENCE....
one day mapperley plains/colliery way will have a nice new SINKHOLE....
Another great interesting video. I'm part of a men's association that does various different interesting activities on a fortnightly basis. Can you recommend somewhere for me to lead a small group over the summer ideally within 15 miles of Nottingham please? It doesn't matter if it's a little dangerous either as long as it's interesting.
Thank you so much 🙂
Hose / Long Clawson Tunnel is quite alright if that's within you're distance? It's much safer than this one and longer too
@@TrekkingExploration That seems idea having now watched your video on it. Thanks a lot pal.
daft question.. but what happened to the sleepers and track?
taken out.....between 1965 and 1995....
Great video as always! Now the road works are happening, the second shaft is clearly visible in the Scout hut’s back yard. It’s so tall though. I wonder how someone has managed to get so much crap down it to make the crap stack. And who?!
Those shafts must be 12 - 15 foot high so tipping all that rubbish was quite an achievment lol
@@TrekkingExploration Have you checked if there is a steel door on the side at ground level. These were used to gain access to the shafts on some tunnels Otherwise some people must be very athletic in that area using all the effort to haul things up over the top when they could of just easily put it in a skip
at the scout hut they either made a hole in the pepper pot....or opened/took the metal access panel off....to dump crap down it....
Brilliant video btw
Thank you 😀
the four threaded rods below the core holes would have been where the drill was fixed to do the coring.
Cheers David. Thank you for watching 🙂
Brilliant
I discovered the tunnel around 8 year ago, it was like finding the Holy grail. I went 10 or 15m in and it felt cold, wet and creepy. It was a hot sunny day and the mud black and oily. I loved it. I'm assuming it's gone or filled nby now.
Its still there, ive not been since i did this so i'm unsure if you can still get in though
@@TrekkingExploration I've watched a few of your Nottingham videos and I'm I spired to track down some of the sites. I'm born and bred in Nottingham so it should be easy for me. I know the strelley kimberley area very well so I'm planning my own routes soon.
32:28 Those old graffiti character either side of the entrance are interesting.. I wonder what that's all about.
*Ma-PP-Ley*
Cool 🙂🔥
Thanks for watching
Who dumped all that rubbish down the Air vent ???
Last went in in March, nothing has collapsed yet
What kind of lights was you using please
A Fenix TK 75 with a 1100 lumen portable flood
@@TrekkingExploration it is nice and bright
Some great light painted shots there Ant. I wonder how long it will be before they are repairing the new road above after the tunnel collapses. It will only take an old Zanussi washing machine dumped down that shaft to flatten that crap stack. lol.
I can't light paint sadly but it's an epic torch for doing the job with a small flood to accompany it. Zanussi will definitely flatten that 🤣
Thanks for watching 😊
Is there anything to see at the other portal?
no....the western portal is in the middle of an housing estate and is filled with dirt....
I am SO curious who/what really built all these. I don’t believe it was us.
It was, in the days of a craftsman's skill. No electricity, only oil lamps, no computers, just men, trowels and paper plans. Just think about building those air shafts. Some of these tunnels should be saved.
Thanks for watching :)
Whereabouts would the Western Entrance be? Looks to be a straight line of woodland at the back of the Scout group on Weaverthorpe Road. Wonder if there are any remnants there? 🤔
It is located by the Scout Group. I should probably take a wander over there someday :)
@@TrekkingExploration Please do! Always wondered what remains of that side, whilst the Eastern entrance gets all the attention
@@TrekkingExploration I believe the other entrance is hidden in a area of tree's behind houses. Over the hill and on the other side of the arnold road. Check google maps satellite. You'll see the small woodland surrounded by houses and nothing built on it, whitby crescent area ? Certainly looks like part of the old cutting
so thats my guess.
Great video as usual 👍
Yes, in the cutting behind the scout hq, used to play thereas a kid in the late 60s and investigate the tunnel before it was blocked off. It was infilled and fitted with big metal doors, no idea if they are still there or if it has been bricked up. Either way it was criminal to infill it. When other councils around the country are re-opening tunnels as cycle-paths Gedling Borough should be doing the same. The tunnel should be listed just like the pepper pots.
@@paultarry39 Interesting! I love to know who to contact to do a bit of exploring and see what remains. You’re absolutely correct about the tunnel. The whole route from the Scout HQ to Netherfield would be a great cycle track
The timbers have since rotted away
Thankyou for watching :)
At least now I know where my stolen caravan ended-up 😉
Bolsover might equal it, great video.
Thank you Freddie
That's the council for you dumping that rubbish down there. Disgraceful! 🤬
I agree. I find it very sad to see it being used as a landfill and, despite the fencing, the scumbags still manage to get in to vandalise the brickwork.
went through this tunnel, about 500 yards? until it is blocked off with boulders and earth, back in the 70's and 80's....always unnaturally COLD in there and it is 'raining' down on you further you go in....
we used to call it JONAH'S TUNNEL....local name....? feels like you're in a whale - how wet it is....the scout hut - who (allowed or/put the rubbish down the 2nd pepper pot) causing the 'crap stack' should be made to remove it with a SPOON....disgusting....!
I'm a bit of a ghost hunter and according to my ghost book this was the most haunted tunnel maybe it was when the collapse happened just thought I'd share info xx
Do you ever go in any of these for ghost hunting?x
No Ant i just read about them I'd be to scared to go ghost hunting hehe
I did sleep in the caves of Nottingham for charity and kept hidden under my sleeping bag lol x
@@helenthorne8451 🤣🤣🤣 I'm not sure I could even sleep in a tunnel 🤣x
I wouldn't I guess lots of ppl have been in those tunnels over the yrs, do you have to join and pay thing to come on a walk with you to a tunnel x
@@helenthorne8451 no I just turn up. Thinking of braving it? 😃x
Send the drone up the crap stack!!!
Lol imagine seeing that come out of the top 🤣