1960 Longest Tunnels

The longest tunnels of all types known in the UK in 1960

* Length (yards) - Tunnel - business

• 15 miles Nevis Tunnel - Water
• 30,400 Northern Line (Morden to East Finchley via Bank) - Railway
• 11,500 London Post Office Railway - Railway
• 7,668 Severn Tunnel: 1886 - Railway: Great Western Railway
• 7,502 Mersey Railway Tunnel: 1886: Railway: Mersey Railway
• 6,230 Totley Tunnel: 1893 - Railway: Midland Railway
• 5,500 Standedge Tunnels: 1811 - Canal: Huddersfield Narrow Canal and later Railway Tunnels (3x)
• 5,393 Woodhead Tunnels: 1845 - Railway: Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
• 3,931 Higham and Strood Tunnel: 1824 Canal: Thames and Medway Canal in 1845 a railway line was added
• 3,866 Disley Tunnel: 1902 - Railway: Midland Railway
• 3,790 Lapal Tunnel: 1798 - Canal: Dudley Canal
• 3,761 Bramhope Tunnel: 1849 - Railway: Leeds Northern Railway and the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
• 3,727 Cowburn Tunnel 1892 Derbyshire Railway
• 3,726 Ffestiniog Tunnel: 1881 - Railway: North Western Railway
• 3,540 Queensway Tunnel: 1934 - Road
• 3,443 Rhondda Tunnel: 1890 - Railway: Taff Vale Railway
• 3,369 Morley Tunnel: 1848 - Rail: North Western Railway
• 3,300 Williamson Tunnels: Individual
• 3,300 London Deep Level Shelters
• 3,212 Box Tunnel: 1841 - Railway: Great Western Railway
• 3,154 Dudley Tunnel: 1791 - Canal: Dudley Canal
• 3,080 Hollingwood Common Tunnel: Coal Mine Adit (navigable)
• 3,056 Blisworth Tunnel: 1805 - Canal: Grand Union Canal
• 3,027 Netherton Canal Tunnel: 1858 - Canal: Dudley Canal
• 2,997 Catesby Tunnel: 1897 - Railway: Great Central Railway
• 2,984 Dove Holes Tunnel: 1865 - Railway: Midland Railway
• 2,966 Butterley Tunnel: 1794 - Canal: Cromford Canal
• 2,925 Harecastle Tunnel: 1827 - Canal: Trent and Mersey Canal
• 2,885 Summit Tunnel: 1841 Yorkshire - West Railway
• 2,884 Norwood Tunnel: 1775 Derbyshire / Yorks Canal
• 2,715 Kingsway Tunnel: 1971 Merseyside Road
• 2,707 Victoria Tunnel: 1849 Merseyside Railway
• 2,629 Blea Moor Tunnel: 1876 Yorkshire - North Railway
• 2,624 Bolsover Tunnel: 1897 Derbyshire Railway
• 2,497 Abernant / Merthyr: 1853 Rhondda Cynon Taf Railway
• 2,454 Ponsbourne Tunnel: c.1918 - Railway: Hertford Line
• 2,426 Kilsby Tunnel Northamptonshire Railway
• 2,376 Shepherd's Well Tunnel Kent Railway
• 2,259 Clayton Tunnel West Sussex Railway
• 2,220 Wapping Tunnel 1830 Merseyside Railway
• 2,141 Sydenham Hill 1863 London Railway
• 2,113 Merstham Quarry Tunnel Surrey Railway
• 2,064 Braunston Tunnel 1796 Northamptonshire Canal
• 2,048 Sapperton Tunnel 1789 Gloucestershire Canal
• 2,027 Bradway Tunnel 1870 Yorkshire - South Railway
• 2,015 Sough Tunnel Lancashire Railway
• 2,000 Abbot's Cliff Tunnel South Eastern Main Line 1844 Kent Railway
• 1,952 Llangyfelfach Tunnel 1912 Swansea Railway
• 1,933 Caerphilly Tunnel 1871 Caerphilly Railway
• 1,920 Corby Tunnel 1878 Northamptonshire Railway
• 1,885 Sutton Tunnel Cheshire Railway
• 1,867 Wenvoe Tunnel 1898 Vale of Glamorgan Railway
• 1,865 Rotherhithe Tunnel 1908 London Road
• 1,864 Larger Sapperton Railway Tunnel Gloucestershire Railway
• 1,850 Wymington Tunnel 1859 Bedfordshire Railway
• 1,842 Glaston Tunnel 1878 Rutland Railway
• 1,833 Tyne Tunnel 1967 Tyne and Wear Road
• 1,831 Merstham Tunnel Surrey Railway
• 1,829 Combe Down Tunnel 1874 Somerset Railway
• 1,786 Glenfield Tunnel 1832 Leicestershire Railway
• 1,784 Clay Cross Tunnel 1839 Derbyshire Railway
• 1,760 Patchway New Tunnel 1886 Gloucestershire Railway
• 1,746 Burdale Tunnel 1853 Yorkshire - North Railway
• 1,652 Sandsend Ness Tunnel 1883 Yorkshire - North Railway
• 1,591 Cymmer, Afan Valley Neath Port Talbot Railway
• 1,567 Colwall Old Tunnel 1860 Worcestershire Railway
• 1,531 Hatfield Tunnel 1984 Hertfordshire Road
• 1,528 Crick Tunnel 1814 Northamptonshire Canal
• 1,400 Guardian Exchange 1954 Manchester - Greater Telephone
• 1,400 Blackwall Tunnel 1897 London Road
• 1,387 Shakespeare Tunnel South Eastern Main Line 1844 Kent Railway
• 1,373 Treforest 1889 Rhondda Cynon Taf Railway
• 1,330 Stanton Tunnel, Railway Test Track, Stanton on the Wolds 1879 Nottinghamshire Railway
• 1,313 Ventnor Tunnel 1866 Isle of Wight Railway
• 1,300 Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincolnshire Railway
• 1,246 Patchway Old Tunnel Gloucestershire Railway
• 1,230 Greywell Tunnel Hampshire Canal
• 1,226 Cromer Tunnel Norfolk Railway
• 1,208 Whitrope Tunnel 1862 Scottish Borders Railway
• 1,189 Mansfield Road Tunnel 1698 Nottinghamshire Railway
• 1,166 Husbands Bosworth Tunnel 1813 Leicestershire Canal
• 1,133 Balcombe Tunnel 1841 West Sussex Railway
• 1,132 Mapperley Tunnel 1875 Nottinghamshire Railway
• 1,124 Ramsgate Harbour Tunnel Kent Railway
• 1,092 Whiteball Tunnel 1844 Somerset Railway
• 1,058 Privett Tunnel 1903 Hampshire Railway
• 1,058 Haddon Tunnel 1863 Derbyshire Railway
• 1,040 Morlais, Merthyr Tydfil 1874 Rhondda Cynon Taf Railway
• 1,019 Gylfichi, Tonmawr Afan Valley 1863 Neath Port Talbot Railway
• 1,012 Cwmcerwyn, Maesteg 1964 Neath Port Talbot Railway
• 1,001 Annesley Tunnel Nottinghamshire Railway
• 1,000 Scotland Street Tunnel 1847 Edinburgh Railway
• 976 Islington Tunnel, Regent's Canal 1818 London Canal
• 950 Kelvingrove Tunnel 1896 Glasgow Railway
• 943 Waterloo Tunnel 1849 Merseyside Railway
• 924 Peniel Green Tunnel (Lonlas) 1912 Swansea Railway
• 895 Pencader Tunnel 1861 Carmarthenshire Railway
• 883 Old Warden Tunnel 1853 Bedfordshire Railway
• 880 Saddington Tunnel 1797 Leicestershire Canal
• 870 Royal Harbour Tunnel Kent Road
• 855 Milford Tunnel 1839 Derbyshire Railway
• 840 Alfreton Tunnel 1862 Derbyshire Railway
• 834 Clawson Tunnel Leicestershire Railway
• 828 Tyler Hill Tunnel 1830 Kent Railway
• 825 Prospect Tunnel, Crimple, Harrogate 1848 Yorkshire - North Railway
• 823 Wells Tunnel 1846 Kent Railway
• 819 Bincombe Tunnel (North) Dorset Railway
• 800 Knockholt Tunnel Kent Railway
• 777 Shugborough Tunnel 1847 Staffordshire Railway
• 770 Hillfield Tunnels Newport Railway
• 764 Willersley Tunnel 1849 Derbyshire Railway
• 749 Manton Tunnel 1846 Rutland Railway
• 742 Buckhorn Weston Tunnel Dorset Railway
• 715 Ampthill Tunnel 1859 Bedfordshire Railway
• 703 Quaker's Yard Tunnel, Cefn-Glas Tunnel, Abercynon 1851 Rhondda Cynon Taf Railway
• 684 Dover Harbour Tunnel 1861 Kent Railway
• 674 Tal-y-llyn Tunnel 1864 Powys Railway
• 668 Castlerock 1845 Antrim Rail
• 667 Torpantau Tunnel 1863 Powys Railway
• 662 Sherwood Rise Tunnel 1899 Nottinghamshire Railway
• 651 Frampton Tunnel Dorset Railway
• 635 Snow Hill Railway Tunnel 1852 West Midlands Railway
• 600 Queensway (Birmingham) West Midlands Road
• 580 Burbage Tunnel 1830 Derbyshire Railway
• 566 Innocent Tunnel, also St Leonard's Tunnel 1831 Edinburgh Railway
• 553 Fareham Tunnel No. 2 Hampshire Railway
• 550 Martello Tunnel South Eastern Main Line 1844 Kent Railway
• 545 Woolwich Foot Tunnel 1912 London Pedestrian
• 544 Whitwell Tunnel Derbyshire Railway
• 533 Penhelig Tunnels (Aberdovey No. 4, Craig-y-Don) 1867 Gwynedd Railway
• 533 Headstone Tunnel 1863 Derbyshire Railway
• 524 Boxhill Tunnel (Norbury or Mickleham Tunnel) Surrey Railway
• 516 Litton Tunnel 1863 Derbyshire Railway
• 514 Hindlow Tunnel 1832 Derbyshire Railway
• 510 Bell Common Tunnel 1984 Essex Road
• 502 Bruce Tunnel 1809 Wiltshire Canal
• 501 Wallers' Ash Tunnel Hampshire Railway
• 501 Spinkhill Tunnel 1897 Derbyshire Railway

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Sources of Information

• Wikipedia with additions