2012 Longest Tunnels

Tunnel - Type - Length (Imperial)

• Channel Tunnel - Railway - 31 miles 635 yd
• Northern Line (Morden to East Finchley via Bank) - Railway - 30,400 yd
• Nevis Tunnel - Water - 15 miles
• London Post Office Railway - Railway (decommissioned) - 11,500 yd
• Crossrail Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon - Rail - 9,100 yd
• Severn Tunnel - Railway – 7,668 yd
• Mersey Railway Tunnel - Railway – 7,502 yd
• Crossrail Royal Oak to Farringdon - Rail - 7,000 yd
• Totley Tunnel - Railway – 6,230 yd
• Standedge Tunnels - Canal – 5,500 yd
• Standedge Tunnels - Railway – 5,340 yd
• Woodhead Tunnels - Railway - 5,293 yd
• Chipping Sodbury Tunnel - Railway – 4,444 yd
• London Deep Level Shelters - Air Raid Shelter - 3,300 yd
• Higham and Strood Tunnel - Railway - 3,931 yd
• Disley Tunnel - Railway - 3,866 yd
• Lapal Tunnel - Canal - 3,790 yd
• Bramhope Tunnel - Railway – 3,761 yd
• Ffestiniog Tunnel - Railway - 3,726 yd
• Cowburn Tunnel - Railway - 3,702 yd
• Queensway Tunnel - Road - 3,540 yd
• North Downs Tunnel High Speed 1 - Railway - 3,500 yd
• Rhondda Tunnel, Treherbert - Railway - 3,443 yd
• Morley Tunnel - Railway - 1 mile, 1,609 yards
• Williamson Tunnels - Folly - 3,300 yd
• Box Tunnel - Railway - 1 mile, 1,452 yards
• Dudley Tunnel - Canal - 3,154 yd
• Hollingwood Common Tunnel - Canal (disused) - 3,080 yd
• Blisworth Tunnel - Canal - 3,056 yd
• Netherton Canal Tunnel - Canal - 3,027 yd
• Dove Holes Tunnel - Railway (freight) - 2,984 yd
• Butterley Tunnel - Canal (disused) - 2,966 yd
• Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green - Crossrail - 3,000 yd
• Harecastle Tunnel - Canal - 2,926
• Summit Tunnel - Railway - 1 mile, 1,125 yards
• Norwood Tunnel - Canal - 2,884 yd
• Harecastle Tunnel (Brindley) - Canal - 2,880
• Crossrail Plumstead to North Woolwich (Thames Tunnel section) - Rail - 2,800 yd
• Kingsway Tunnel - Road - 2,715 yd
• Victoria Tunnel - Railway - 2,707 yd
• Blea Moor Tunnel - Railway - 2,629 yd
• Bolsover Tunnel - Railway – 2,624 yd
• Abernant / Merthyr Tunnel - Railway – 2,497 yd
• Kilsby Tunnel - Railway – 2,426 yd
• Shepherd's Well Tunnel - Railway – 2,376 yd
• Clayton Tunnel - Railway – 2,259 yd
• Wapping Tunnel - Railway - 2,220 yd
• Sydenham Hill (also Penge) Tunnel - Railway – 2,141 yd
• Drewton Tunnel - Railway – 2,114 yd
• Merstham Quarry Tunnel - Railway – 2,113 yd
• Braunston Tunnel - Canal - 2,064 yd
• Sapperton Tunnel - Canal – 2,048 yd
• Bradway Tunnel - Railway – 2,026 yd
• Bradway Tunnel - Railway – 2,027 yd
• Sough Tunnel - Railway – 1,985 yd
• Hindhead Tunnel - Road - 2,000 yd
• Abbot's Cliff Tunnel South Eastern Main Line - Railway - 2,000 yd
• Limehouse Link Tunnel - Road - 2,000 yd
• Llangyfelfach Tunnel - Railway – 1,952 yd
• Caerphilly Tunnel - Railway – 1,933 yd
• Corby Tunnel - Railway – 1,920 yd
• Sutton Tunnel - Railway - 1,885 yd
• Wenvoe Tunnel - Railway – 1,867 yd
• Larger Sapperton railway Tunnel - Railway – 1,864 yd
• Wymington Tunnel - Railway – 1,850 yd
• Glaston Tunnel - Railway – 1,842 yd
• Tyne Tunnel - Road – 1,833 yd
• Merstham Tunnel - Railway – 1,831 yd
• Combe Down Tunnel - Railway – 1,829
• Glenfield Tunnel - Railway – 1,786
• Clay Cross Tunnel - Railway – 1,784 yd
• Patchway new Tunnel - Railway – 1,760 yd
• Burdale Tunnel - Railway – 1,746 yd
• Sandsend Tunnel - Railway – 1,652 yd
• Foulridge Tunnel - Canal – 1,626 yd
• Rotherhithe Tunnel - Road - 1,620 yd
• Cymmer Tunnel, Afan Valley - Railway – 1,591 yd
• Dartford Tunnel - Road - 1,570 yd
• Dartford Tunnel - Road - 1,570 yd
• Colwall Old Tunnel - Railway – 1,567 yd
• Colwall New Tunnel - Railway – 1,567 yd
• Heathrow ART - Road - 1,550 yd
• Crick Tunnel - Canal – 1,528 yd
• Blackwall Tunnel (Western bore) - Road - 1,480 yd
• Guardian Exchange Tunnel - Telephone - 1,400 yd
• Shakespeare Tunnel South Eastern Main Line - Railway – 1,387 yd
• Treforest Tunnel - Railway – 1,373 yd
• Stanton Tunnel, Railway Test Track, Stanton on the Wolds - Railway – 1,330
• Ledbury Tunnel - Railway – 1,318 yd
• Ventnor Tunnel - Railway – 1,313 yd
• Kirton-in-Lindsey Tunnel - Railway - 1,300 yd
• Thackley Tunnel - Railway – 1,300 yd
• Clifton Hall Tunnel - Railway – 1,298 yd
• Blackwall Tunnel (Eastern bore) - Road - 1,284 yd
• Hatfield Tunnel - Road – 1,531 yd
• Patchway old Tunnel - Railway – 1,246 yd
• Greywell Tunnel - Canal – 1,230 yd
• Melling Tunnel - Railway – 1,230 yd
• Whitrope Tunnel - Railway – 1,208
• Mansfield Road Tunnel - Railway – 1,189 yd
• Conwy Road Tunnel - Road - 1,180
• Pinnock Tunnel - Railway, now converted to private road – 1,173 yd
• Husbands Bosworth Tunnel - Canal – 1,166 yd
• Balcombe Tunnel - Railway – 1,133 yd
• Mapperley Tunnel - Railway – 1,132 yd
• Ramsgate Harbour Tunnel - Railway – 1,124 yd
• White Ball Tunnel - Railway – 1,092 yd
• Haddon Tunnel - Railway – 1,058 yd
• Privett Tunnel - Railway – 1,058 yd
• Somerton Tunnel - Railway – 1,053 yd
• Welwyn North Tunnel - Railway – 1,046 yd
• Morlais Tunnel, Merthyr Tydfil - Railway – 1,040 yd
• Gyfylchi Tunnel, Tonmawr Afan Valley - Railway (disused) – 1,019 yd
• Pen-y-Clip Westbound Tunnel - Road - 1,020
• Cwmcerwyn Tunnel, Maesteg - Railway – 1,012 yd
• Annesley Tunnel - Railway – 1,001
• Scotland Street Tunnel - Railway – 1,000
• Crossrail Limmo Peninsula (Royal Docks) to Victoria Dock portal - Rail - 980 yd
• Heathrow Cargo Tunnel - Road - 968 yd
• Islington Tunnel, Regent's Canal - Canal - 976 yd
• Upholland Tunnel - Railway - 959 yd
• Kelvingrove Tunnel - Railway - 950
• Dudley Railway Tunnel - Railway - 948 yd
• Waterloo Tunnel - Railway - 943 yd
• Peniel Green Tunnel (Lonlas) - Railway - 924 yd
• Pencader Tunnel - Railway - 895 yd
• Old Warden Tunnel - Railway - 883 yd
• Saddington Tunnel - Canal - 880 yd
• Royal Harbour Tunnel - Road - 870 yd
• Milford Tunnel - Railway - 855 yd
• Alfreton Tunnel - Railway - 840 yd
• Clawson Tunnel - Railway - 834 yd
• Clyde Tunnel - Road - 833 yd
• Tyler Hill Tunnel - Railway - 828 yd
• Prospect Tunnel, Crimple, Harrogate - Railway - 825 yd
• Wells Tunnel - Railway - 823 yd
• Bincombe Tunnel (North) - Railway - 819 yd
• Meir Tunnel - Railway - 814 yd
• Knockholt Tunnel - Railway - 800 yd
• Queensgate Tunnel - Road - 782 yd
• Shugborough Tunnel - Railway - 777 yd
• Hillfield Tunnels, Newport - Railway - 770 yd
• Willersley Tunnel - Railway - 764 yd
• Manton Tunnel - Railway - 749 yd
• Buckhorn Weston Tunnel - Railway - 742 yd
• Penmaenbach Westbound Tunnel - Road - 720
• Ampthill Tunnel - Railway - 715 yd
• Quaker's Yard Tunnel, Cefn-Glas Tunnel, Abercynon - Railway - 703 yd
• Dover Harbour Tunnel - Railway - 684 yd
• Tal-y-llyn Tunnel - Railway - 674 yd
• Castlerock Tunnel- Rail - 668 yd
• Torpantau Tunnel - Railway - 667 yd
• Sherwood Rise Tunnel - Railway - 662
• Holmesdale Tunnel - Road - 656 yd
• Frampton Tunnel - Railway - 651 yd
• Redhill Tunnel - Railway - 649 yd
• Snow Hill Railway Tunnel - Railway - 635 yd
• Wansford Tunnel - Railway - 616 yd
• Queensway (Birmingham) - Road - 600 yd
• Burbage Tunnel - Railway - 580 yd
• Innocent Tunnel, also St. Leonard's Tunnel - Railway - 566
• Treverrin Tunnel - Railway - 564 yd
• Gannow Tunnel - Canal - 557 yd
• Fareham Tunnel No. 2 - Railway - 553 yd
• Martello Tunnel South Eastern Main Line - Railway - 550 yd
• Woolwich foot Tunnel - Pedestrian - 545 yd
• Whitwell Tunnel - Railway - 544 yd
• Southwick Hill Tunnel - Road - 540 yd
• Headstone Tunnel - Railway - 533 yd
• Penhelig Tunnels (Aberdovey No. 4, Craig-y-Don) - Railway - 533 yd
• Cheddleton Tunnel - Railway - 531 yd
• Southampton Civic Centre Tunnel - Railway - 528 yd
• Mickleham Tunnel - Railway - 524 yd
• Litton Tunnel - Railway - 516 yd
• Hindlow Tunnel - Railway - 514 yd
• Bell Common Tunnel - Road - 510 yd
• Alderton Tunnel - Railway - 506 yards
• Toldish Tunnel - Railway (for horse drawn trams) - 500 yd
• Bruce Tunnel - Canal - 502 yd
• Spinkhill Tunnel - Railway - 501 yd
• Wallers' Ash Tunnel - Railway - 501 yd

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