What amazes me the most is all the man hours it must have taken to dig out the tunned then dress each stone and place it. The workers may be long forgotten "sad" but their work is still standing today, I tip my hat to the workers and to their skill and craftsmanship. Ant, you are so lucky to have so much History just outside your front door.
The cobbles would have been for the horses or men hauling or pushing the wagons, with the rails either side. My dad was born in Bugsworth, I bet he would have played in there as a kid! Great find and film, thanks for sharing it.
This was a great find, Ant, & the fact that it's in such good condition is amazing. Did you realise that when you were doing your outro at 13:44, that galvanised barrel with the wrinkles in it, you paused on, was in fact a 'Dolly Tub', a very early manual washing machine, that looked to be in excellent condition. The wrinkles stamped in it were designed to provide agitation on the clothes to help remove dirt. The dolly was like a small wooden stool with a handle fixed to the seat that they would use to move the clothes around the tub Keep up these great finds m8, sterling job you're doing. Regards..... Urban Geeze.
Ant you are getting as good as Patrick Dickinson with your tunnel videos 🤗 Great video but what makes me sad is that Benjamin Outram who was the chief engineer for the tram roads including this tunnel and the local canals never gets a mention, he was born in Alfreton where I live, founded the Butterley Company but died early almost penniless and gets very little recognition for his work, he rarely gets a mention, so if you could give him a mention next time you are filming one of his achievements I would be grateful 👍
It's an amazing video. The filming as you are moving is interesting on its own, but when you stop and light up the tunnel and do a still picture, the detail and colours all are fascinating It's always worth reading other comments Do you go it alone or do you have company? Your own safety is essential
Another interesting video today. These tunnels are always interesting to watch. See you on the next, Ant. Enjoy the upcoming weekend. Cheers Ant! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
Great video, I used to live in Whaley Bridge and work out of Chinley P-WAY railway depot. I never knew that tunnel existed, excellent video. I thought it had been filled in both ends obviously not. I can share another one with you in the area. It's supposed to be the oldest tramway tunnel in the world, I got into it years ago. Now you might already know it.. follow the peak forest tramway up to Chapel Milton, there's a tunnel that goes under the road at the pair of railway viaducts near the Cross Keys inn Pub. Stodhart tunnel I think its called 91 metres long, it's on wiki pedia too. All the best Billy
@TrekkingExploration no problem mate, I know a few bits and pieces in the area. I used to live behind Whaley canal basin at the bottom of the first incline to to the Cromford and high peak railway. Blackwell Mill curve just outside Buxton used fo have the smallest station in the UK, or was, Blackwell mill halt? Have you been there? I think Blackwell Mill curve is the tightest radius on the UK rail network, jointed track, you can walk up to it safely
If I wasn't already subbed I would be now😂😂😂 What a great find, how you came across that is pretty impressive👍👍 They certainly didn't muck about when constructing it, fantastic workmanship for a tramway. Thanks Ant
What an amazing tunnel! Such a fab find Ant & wasnt it in great condition considering how old it was. They certainly knew how to build tunnels in the 18th & 19th century. When you found the shaft you could tell just how amazed you were at the sheer beauty & size of it & the workmanship that had gone into building it. The best tram tunnel ive seen. Thanks Ant. ❤😊
Very interesting, I work all over the North of England and come across all types of interesting encounters. This is a great video and testament to the increcible engineering of the late 1700's. Canals and their routes through industrial towns and cities is also very interesting.
I've walked up out of Buxworth basin several times along the main tramway trail. You can see the stones that the "rails" were fixed to in several places with the fixing holes for the mounting studs still visible. The basin must have been a very busy placeand looks like it had quite a complex of tracks leading to the quays.
I had a look on Side by Side and Google maps and I'm amazed you found that northern portal - looks well hidden. By the looks of it, the quarry at the other end has been completely infilled to the extent you would bever know it had ever been a quarry. Amazed , too, that they just left the south eastern portal like that - quite a find!
Another fabulous Trek into the past that shaped our future. Amazing to see the stone work still sat on the base of the tunnel where the rails should be. I used to pass through Dove Holes regularly, and Hope Valley as a Private Hire Driver, with walkers and ramblers, wishing I could go with them half the time! Its great to see what they get up to and the places and items you can find just walking. Love and adore your videos long may they continue. I am an avid history fan, loved the Derwent, Howden and LadyBower videos, such a shame Ashopton does not get below water line, be amazing to see the ruins of the pub, chapel and some of the high street. Keep it up Ant! (Oh and I am also a Steam Railway fan too, and I love the disused railway walks and the infrastructure you find. x
Another great find, Ant. It's amazing to think these places still exist. You'd think that they would backfill both ends. Did you see the blocked end from the outside? I love these explores, Ant. Thanks for sharing.
Great stuff ! That's a new one for me, I've never noticed that tunnel when gazing across the old maps.... Perfectly photo'd and filmed as well ! I only knew that there was a railway tunnel at Buxworth on the existing line but it was opened out.
Another fascinating little tunnel! Thanks so much, Ant. I do wish that it was somehow illegal to infill portals of these great pieces of engineering. These structures should be preserved, not buried.
Another great piece of filming. The holes knocked into the brickwork visible at the infilled end were sometimes done as "weep holes" to allow water to escape through and stop it from building up pressure behind the brickwork. The Old Parks tunnel in Ashby de la Zouch has similar.
Fantastic masonry and great pictures . Fascinating , my daughter lives in Crich home of the tramways museum , wonder if one of the old ones from here are homed there ?
Pity the other portal was blocked...I love it when you do these...finding abandoned tunnels or railways etc. Looks like nature will soon hide the open portal and keep it hidden for another 100 years. All the best.
Great video! It would be lovely for you to look into Holwell Nature Reserve, near Melton. It's a former ironworks and has some great tunnels, although inaccessible.
Loved this video, how interesting!!! There's a small tramway at Mow Cop too! Do you explore canal tunnels like the old Harecastle tunnels at Kidsgrove?
Being locals we have been given permission from the land owner to stop nature's destruction of the tunnel portal. This has been granted since August 2023 and is now fully underway and visible on our recent update on the tunnel. URBEX'ers have been trespassing since 2016 (causing some damage). If you are really interested in the saving and exploration of this tunnel for the people online. We can arrange access with the land owners permission. You could also pick up some tools and help beat back the overgrowth!
I've ran/cycled/walked past there lots of times - and driven over the top!, without realizing the tunnel still existed. From the title I wondered if it was the old tramway near Crich. Maybe a future video! Thanks.
I'm assuming if the quarry was totally filled in then it was used as landfill and then a layer of topsoil and grass over the top to make the fields - there could have been all sorts of waste mixed in, including waste from the butchers etc. So maybe cattle or a pig etc. If it was anything alive caught in the tunnel as it was closed off, it would have eventually found a way out at the other end, or there would be a full skeleton if it just waited and died there.
Hi Ant, have you been to Trubshaws Tunnel (Caldon Lowe railway) its a little gem, been closed for over 100 years, but still servives, due to the original build. I quality. I explored it a few years ago, went in from the East portal, which is not to bad, about quarter of the way in there is some roof supports and as you near the West portal you will need waders, unless you go back and view that portal from outside, there's about 3 foot deep Orange sludge at that end, and it looks a bit sinister, but you can feel a hard surface underneath so I don't think there is any chance of going under deeper, I guarantee you'll love it.
The Stodhart tunnel is only a few miles away at Chapel Milton. Have you had a look at that one yet? The southern portal is just below the gateway to Chapel Lodge care home but I believe the northern portal was buried when they built the new bypass over it. The southern portal has recently been cleared for some reason.
That's amazing Ant. A suggestion from me would be I'd like to know more about this tramway, I know I could Google it, but you'd do a good job of showing us other features of the tramway. Was it like the Surrey iron railway for instance ? Great video. Thanks Ant
What a great little find and in such excellent condition for its age. Did you by any chance head up to above it to look at the cap on the air shaft as Is Amazed at how many have rotted away and are an accident waiting to happen?
Another brilliant find, love these old tunnels that have been virtually untouched since they became disused. I wonder how much earth is at the other side of that portal
What a find Ant!! I’m speechless to the engineering genius given it was 1796! That’s 227 years ago and it looks like it will easily be there in 227 more. What id give to see a time lapse video of it being built 😂 Modern houses are built with an 80 year life expectancy and zero pride, whereas what they built back when Britain was great was done with a level of certainty that it will be stood for centuries. Keep up the great work Ant 👍
I think that given the width of the tunnel that the stone cobbled section was for the horses to walk on and the track rails would have been both sides of this central track.
Another very good video but i,m afraid factually incorrect.The start /finish was not Dove Holes but Peak Dale which used to be Peak Forest hamlet.Hence the name Peak Forest Tramway.
So Obviously not a Train Track. What you are 'Claiming' are supports for the track are supports for large water pipes. Note that it's sealed off as usual.
What amazes me the most is all the man hours it must have taken to dig out the tunned then dress each stone and place it. The workers may be long forgotten "sad" but their work is still standing today, I tip my hat to the workers and to their skill and craftsmanship. Ant, you are so lucky to have so much History just outside your front door.
I agree. And none of them would imagine someone in the future walking inside with lights and a camera
This is one video that is astounding , but most of your work is. This one is worthy of a big WOW.
How true.....@@TrekkingExploration
Hear hear.
@@PaulTreefella thank you 😊
The cobbles would have been for the horses or men hauling or pushing the wagons, with the rails either side. My dad was born in Bugsworth, I bet he would have played in there as a kid! Great find and film, thanks for sharing it.
This was a great find, Ant, & the fact that it's in such good condition is amazing. Did you realise that when you were doing your outro at 13:44, that galvanised barrel with the wrinkles in it, you paused on, was in fact a 'Dolly Tub', a very early manual washing machine, that looked to be in excellent condition. The wrinkles stamped in it were designed to provide agitation on the clothes to help remove dirt. The dolly was like a small wooden stool with a handle fixed to the seat that they would use to move the clothes around the tub Keep up these great finds m8, sterling job you're doing.
Regards..... Urban Geeze.
Im so glad your doing these videos,so much hidden history.
Thanks so much Ant for doing them.👍🙂
Thanks Steve. I keep trying to find the harder stuff as much as the everyday places too
Marvellous piece of tramway architecture, still in remarkable condition, thanks to the skills of those who built it. Thank you!
Topman.. loving going the extra mile for the footage and viewer benefits... thats why your the BEST mate...
Thanks so much John for such a kind comment
What an amazing find such a brilliant intro to this walk well done xx
Thanks Jan. I keep trying to find the more unusual places,😊
For context an above ground picture of where the closed portal is would have been interesting, enjoyable video thanks
Ant you are getting as good as Patrick Dickinson with your tunnel videos 🤗
Great video but what makes me sad is that Benjamin Outram who was the chief engineer for the tram roads including this tunnel and the local canals never gets a mention, he was born in Alfreton where I live, founded the Butterley Company but died early almost penniless and gets very little recognition for his work, he rarely gets a mention, so if you could give him a mention next time you are filming one of his achievements I would be grateful 👍
Fantastic tunnel. The stonework and bricks still look awesome. Thank you so much for taking me along. Please take care
Thanks for watching Linda I hope you are well
I am very well thanks Ant. Still loving your videos
It's an amazing video. The filming as you are moving is interesting on its own, but when you stop and light up the tunnel and do a still picture, the detail and colours all are fascinating
It's always worth reading other comments
Do you go it alone or do you have company? Your own safety is essential
Great tunnel and in such good condition. Fantastic find👍
Cheers Bob thanks for watching
Another interesting video today. These tunnels are always interesting to watch. See you on the next, Ant. Enjoy the upcoming weekend. Cheers Ant! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
Thanks for watching as always. I was pleased with this one as it's quite a rare one
@@TrekkingExploration Your videos are all great!!!!!!
@@martinmarsola6477 😊😊😊😊😊
Great video, I used to live in Whaley Bridge and work out of Chinley P-WAY railway depot. I never knew that tunnel existed, excellent video. I thought it had been filled in both ends obviously not.
I can share another one with you in the area. It's supposed to be the oldest tramway tunnel in the world, I got into it years ago. Now you might already know it.. follow the peak forest tramway up to Chapel Milton, there's a tunnel that goes under the road at the pair of railway viaducts near the Cross Keys inn Pub.
Stodhart tunnel I think its called 91 metres long, it's on wiki pedia too.
All the best
Billy
Thanks Billy yes I found that one later in the day. Second oldest apparently now 3 years younger than Fritchley
@TrekkingExploration no problem mate, I know a few bits and pieces in the area. I used to live behind Whaley canal basin at the bottom of the first incline to to the Cromford and high peak railway.
Blackwell Mill curve just outside Buxton used fo have the smallest station in the UK, or was, Blackwell mill halt? Have you been there? I think Blackwell Mill curve is the tightest radius on the UK rail network, jointed track, you can walk up to it safely
@@billybrown2703 I'll have to have a look on maps. Always up for new suggestions
What a find. Great effort getting to it.
Thanks Rob. These sort are extremely rewarding
In remarkably condition considering its age .. keep
Up the great work !!
Thanks for watching Alan ☺️
Incredible piece of engineering. Good find Ant
Best telly ever, I've learned so much, can't wait for more.
Very kind Colleen thank you 🙂
If I wasn't already subbed I would be now😂😂😂 What a great find, how you came across that is pretty impressive👍👍 They certainly didn't muck about when constructing it, fantastic workmanship for a tramway. Thanks Ant
What an amazing tunnel! Such a fab find Ant & wasnt it in great condition considering how old it was. They certainly knew how to build tunnels in the 18th & 19th century. When you found the shaft you could tell just how amazed you were at the sheer beauty & size of it & the workmanship that had gone into building it. The best tram tunnel ive seen. Thanks Ant. ❤😊
Onfjf have expect to see the shaft in such a short tunnel ☺️
@@TrekkingExploration 👍😊
Thank you - I only live 15 minutes from there and did not even know the tunnel existed! Ace video!
This thing should be put in the tramway museum as a 📽️ cinema presentation! 😉👍
What a find, and great work. Keep them coming 👍
Cheers mate 👍🙂
Very interesting, I work all over the North of England and come across all types of interesting encounters. This is a great video and testament to the increcible engineering of the late 1700's. Canals and their routes through industrial towns and cities is also very interesting.
Fantastic location, Ant. Love the contrast of the lush green jungle and the dark tunnel 🙏🏼😃
It's quite eerie once you find it
@@TrekkingExploration I bet! Do you make these trips alone?
@@fhwolthuis mostly I do. It's easier to just plan and go. Somedays I'll do two or three in a day whilst in any given area
Didn't know about that one, thank you, I'll put that on my list.
Thanks very much for watching Peter I hope you find it
A Great Little Adventure, well done mate 👍🏻liked and Sub’d
Thanks for watching 😊
What a find and what an explore. Another gem Ant🫡👍👏👏👏👏
What a wonderful gem. Thanks Ant, appreciated mate, cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it
I've walked up out of Buxworth basin several times along the main tramway trail. You can see the stones that the "rails" were fixed to in several places with the fixing holes for the mounting studs still visible. The basin must have been a very busy placeand looks like it had quite a complex of tracks leading to the quays.
I had a look on Side by Side and Google maps and I'm amazed you found that northern portal - looks well hidden. By the looks of it, the quarry at the other end has been completely infilled to the extent you would bever know it had ever been a quarry. Amazed , too, that they just left the south eastern portal like that - quite a find!
Thanks very much for watching Bill. I had the drone up later that day it's a very green area now
It's in quite good condition.
Nice find Ant❤
@@monkeytonker4637 thanks mate
Brilliant explore. Beautiful tunnel. Thank you Ant. So interesting.
Yet another fantastic explore top man keep them coming they just get better 👍
I grew up just down the road in the Hamlet of Whitehough, Chinley and never knew that was there 😂. Great video thanks for sharing!
What a stunning tunnel and still in a fantastic condition after all these years
Quite a popular place looking at the footprints encountered! Wonder when their videos are coming out!
Another fabulous Trek into the past that shaped our future. Amazing to see the stone work still sat on the base of the tunnel where the rails should be. I used to pass through Dove Holes regularly, and Hope Valley as a Private Hire Driver, with walkers and ramblers, wishing I could go with them half the time! Its great to see what they get up to and the places and items you can find just walking. Love and adore your videos long may they continue. I am an avid history fan, loved the Derwent, Howden and LadyBower videos, such a shame Ashopton does not get below water line, be amazing to see the ruins of the pub, chapel and some of the high street. Keep it up Ant! (Oh and I am also a Steam Railway fan too, and I love the disused railway walks and the infrastructure you find. x
The photography is awesome. Thank you
Thanks very much Michael very kind
Stupendous tunnel, and the photo's are wonderful. You are a lot braver than me, I don't think I could go in alone.
Thanks for watching Sheila. I'm glad you enjoyed it
Another great find, Ant. It's amazing to think these places still exist. You'd think that they would backfill both ends. Did you see the blocked end from the outside? I love these explores, Ant. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing!! Fascinating!! Blew my mind.😲😱🤯 incredible! 😉👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant video Ant. Great find 👍🏼. Fantastic photography of the interior as always. You can see how much work went into its construction.
Great stuff ! That's a new one for me, I've never noticed that tunnel when gazing across the old maps.... Perfectly photo'd and filmed as well ! I only knew that there was a railway tunnel at Buxworth on the existing line but it was opened out.
Another fascinating little tunnel! Thanks so much, Ant. I do wish that it was somehow illegal to infill portals of these great pieces of engineering. These structures should be preserved, not buried.
Another great piece of filming. The holes knocked into the brickwork visible at the infilled end were sometimes done as "weep holes" to allow water to escape through and stop it from building up pressure behind the brickwork. The Old Parks tunnel in Ashby de la Zouch has similar.
Nice find Ant, amazing the stonework in there. Chris
Yes it was! Thanks Chris :)
What a Fantastic Video,really enjoyed it.All the Best to you 👌
Thanks very much Adrian. I'm pleased you enjoyed it
fascinating great music and lighting
Thank you. This is fascinating. A grew up very close to there
I'm pleased you enjoyed it Linda and thanks for watching
The video is very well produced...... like something you see in a museum.😉👍
Thank you very much! Very kind
@@TrekkingExploration No problem.😉👍
Great video Ant' in amazing condition ,people must have been in there as there are a lot of foot prints in that mud.
Ace film! I want to go and find it 🙂
Great video Ant...very interesting
Fabulous find, very interesting x
Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀
Fantastic masonry and great pictures . Fascinating , my daughter lives in Crich home of the tramways museum , wonder if one of the old ones from here are homed there ?
Pity the other portal was blocked...I love it when you do these...finding abandoned tunnels or railways etc. Looks like nature will soon hide the open portal and keep it hidden for another 100 years. All the best.
your a brave man for walking into this tunnel looks like there is alot of water entering it from somewhere so cant be in the best shape.
Great video! It would be lovely for you to look into Holwell Nature Reserve, near Melton. It's a former ironworks and has some great tunnels, although inaccessible.
stunning photographs
Thank you for watching 🙂
Awesome!! 🤯😲😱👍👍👍
Loved this video, how interesting!!! There's a small tramway at Mow Cop too! Do you explore canal tunnels like the old Harecastle tunnels at Kidsgrove?
Hi Sally. I've done the Canal and Railway Tunnel at Harecastle 🙂
Being locals we have been given permission from the land owner to stop nature's destruction of the tunnel portal.
This has been granted since August 2023 and is now fully underway and visible on our recent update on the tunnel.
URBEX'ers have been trespassing since 2016 (causing some damage).
If you are really interested in the saving and exploration of this tunnel for the people online.
We can arrange access with the land owners permission. You could also pick up some tools and help beat back the overgrowth!
I've ran/cycled/walked past there lots of times - and driven over the top!, without realizing the tunnel still existed. From the title I wondered if it was the old tramway near Crich. Maybe a future video! Thanks.
What an amazing Tunnel Ant... 😉🚂🚂🚂
Thanks for watching 😊
That tunnel looks in such great condition for its age
Goes to show that when we built things in Britain they were built to last
It really is and no graffiti either
I wonder what the skeleton Jaws were from? Loved this find and the music you put to it. Stunning!
Thanks very much Denise very kind 😊
I can only think it ended up down there when that end was buried
I'm assuming if the quarry was totally filled in then it was used as landfill and then a layer of topsoil and grass over the top to make the fields - there could have been all sorts of waste mixed in, including waste from the butchers etc. So maybe cattle or a pig etc.
If it was anything alive caught in the tunnel as it was closed off, it would have eventually found a way out at the other end, or there would be a full skeleton if it just waited and died there.
Hi Ant, have you been to Trubshaws Tunnel (Caldon Lowe railway) its a little gem, been closed for over 100 years, but still servives, due to the original build. I quality. I explored it a few years ago, went in from the East portal, which is not to bad, about quarter of the way in there is some roof supports and as you near the West portal you will need waders, unless you go back and view that portal from outside, there's about 3 foot deep Orange sludge at that end, and it looks a bit sinister, but you can feel a hard surface underneath so I don't think there is any chance of going under deeper, I guarantee you'll love it.
Is that Cauldon Lowe, staffs?
Yep
They should do up these tunnels clear all the rubbish away and open them to the public! And do tours etc. That would be phenomenal.😃😉👍
The Stodhart tunnel is only a few miles away at Chapel Milton. Have you had a look at that one yet? The southern portal is just below the gateway to Chapel Lodge care home but I believe the northern portal was buried when they built the new bypass over it. The southern portal has recently been cleared for some reason.
That's amazing Ant. A suggestion from me would be I'd like to know more about this tramway, I know I could Google it, but you'd do a good job of showing us other features of the tramway. Was it like the Surrey iron railway for instance ? Great video. Thanks Ant
Thanks Micheal you'll be pleased to know I did in fact walk the tramway later that day 😊
Be nice to see the air shaft from above and to see whether you can see where the other end is
What a great little find and in such excellent condition for its age. Did you by any chance head up to above it to look at the cap on the air shaft as Is Amazed at how many have rotted away and are an accident waiting to happen?
I didn't go near it although the field above was completely flat and grassed over
Briiliant find Ant very interesting video, how the hell did you find that but hope you had somebody with you in case of an emergency you never know .
loved brian clough
Another brilliant find, love these old tunnels that have been virtually untouched since they became disused. I wonder how much earth is at the other side of that portal
What a find Ant!!
I’m speechless to the engineering genius given it was 1796! That’s 227 years ago and it looks like it will easily be there in 227 more. What id give to see a time lapse video of it being built 😂
Modern houses are built with an 80 year life expectancy and zero pride, whereas what they built back when Britain was great was done with a level of certainty that it will be stood for centuries.
Keep up the great work Ant 👍
I think that given the width of the tunnel that the stone cobbled section was for the horses to walk on and the track rails would have been both sides of this central track.
It must have felt very tight at times you wonder if there was a maximum horse size
Open them as cycling or walking tunnels.😃😉👍
That was amazing video and I am wondering what that jaw bone was from
Pretty big wasn't it? I'd imagine it's probably been there since it was buried at that end
@@TrekkingExploration it was interesting anyway 🙂
Dkd you look at the other end of the tunnel from the outside? 🇨🇦
I went and had a look it's all landscaped
Another very good video but i,m afraid factually incorrect.The start /finish was not Dove Holes but Peak Dale which used to be Peak Forest hamlet.Hence the name Peak Forest Tramway.
Both Peak Dale and Dove Holes are right next to each other?
Not when i last looked.I,ve lived in Peak Dale for 81 years and Dove Holes is a good half hours walk away.@@TrekkingExploration
@@alansmith-j8e just checked 16 minutes hardly in another region or the subject of the video. Thanks for watching
How did you find that 😳
Researching little areas at a time whilst looking into the main tramway
should have released this on halloween ant nice but spooky
I might still do that 😉
So Obviously not a Train Track. What you are 'Claiming' are supports for the track are supports for large water pipes.
Note that it's sealed off as usual.
I know it was sealed off i was there. Also I agree it wasn't a train track I never said it was. Thankyou for you insightful comment as always
Where exactly is this
If you watch the video it tells you.
Makes you think....💬🤔