UK Road Tunnels

[Anubis]

You've got the car. You have forked out your hard earned for that expensive exhaust. You now want to make a symphony of noise all around you, but the question is where are all the tunnels?

Scouring maps and looking on the Internet for them to incorporate on a drive can be a long and painful process unless you're 'in the know' - and even then you may miss some.

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...

UK Road Tunnels

If you know of some road tunnels, help out your fellow petrolheads by signing into a Google account (setting one up takes only a few minutes) and plot it on the map with the following details:

Road:
Length (approx):
Direction: [direction of travel]
Description: [Speed limits, safety cameras, likely times of traffic, etc]

Next step: Go out and make some noise!

Edited by Anubis on Saturday 24th April 10:07

Edited by Anubis on Saturday 24th April 10:08

[mmm-five]

Anubis said:

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...

I see 4, not hundreds, so I'd assume you meant to say:

Anubis said:

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...or not, because we haven't.

[Anubis]

Instructions:

Create / Sign into a Google account. Click on Edit and then place the marker on the map for others to see (remember to save):

Edited by Anubis on Friday 12th March 22:01

[Anubis]

mmm-five said:

Anubis said:

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...

I see 4, not hundreds, so I'd assume you meant to say:

Anubis said:

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...or not, because we haven't.

I'm not going to put hundreds of them on a map - but if everyone put 1 or 2 that they know on there it'll get filled pretty quickly. Just trying to help out fellow petrolheads - won't do any harm, if anything it will get people out meeting eachother for runs more.

[mmm-five]

Anubis said:

I'm not going to put hundreds of them on a map - but if everyone put 1 or 2 that they know on there it'll get filled pretty quickly. Just trying to help out fellow petrolheads - won't do any harm, if anything it will get people out meeting eachother for runs more.

I know, and I've added a couple more for you.

[Anubis]

mmm-five said:

I know, and I've added a couple more for you.

Thanks mate. Anyone else care to give up 5 mins and add some more?

[Poledriver]

Just added the A20 in Kent, near the end of M20. Lovely pair of tunnels and a good start for the trip to LeMans!

[wacattack]

mmm-five said:

Anubis said:

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...

I see 4, not hundreds, so I'd assume you meant to say:

Anubis said:

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...or not, because we haven't.

First class moron

[Anubis]

Poledriver said:

Just added the A20 in Kent, near the end of M20. Lovely pair of tunnels and a good start for the trip to LeMans!

Thanks.

Starting to get a good map going now...

[Jonny671]

End of this year/beginning of next year; Hindhead Tunnel will be finished, thats going to be 1.2 miles long

[Poledriver]

Jonny671 said:

End of this year/beginning of next year; Hindhead Tunnel will be finished, thats going to be 1.2 miles long

With permanent 70MPH SPECS cameras!

Edited by PoleDriver on Saturday 24th September 21:12

[Dyl]

Added the Clyde Tunnel, the first to be added in Scotland. Can't think of any more at the moment...

[Anubis]

Quite a lot have now been added. Thanks so far...

I know for a fact the map is being used to help scheduled meets and runs.

[Ross Parker]

so how do we get to know about these meets and runs,as i have tried before and never got close.did a tunnel run in london before with alfa enthusiasts

[alfa pint]

Dyl said:

Added the Clyde Tunnel, the first to be added in Scotland. Can't think of any more at the moment...

I love the Clyde tunnel. Just long enough to get a couple of blasts up to the red line with the hood down.

[andrewrob]

What an excellent idea. Is there one running for France?

[Anubis]

andrewrob said:

What an excellent idea. Is there one running for France?

Not that I am aware of, but your more than welcome to add them globally if you want to.

[Red Devil]

Just been having a look at the list and would like to mention that Stainer Street tunnel (under London Bridge Station) is not both directions. It's one way northbound. The parallel southbound tunnel (also one way) is Weston Street. There are 3 more tunnels east of Weston Street. They are:
- Bermondsey Street (A2205 one way northbound) linking St Thomas Street and Tooley Street
- Shand Street (both ways) linking Crucifix Lane with Tooley Street
- Barnham Street (both ways) linking Crucifix Lane with Tooley Street

I no longer drive in central London so don't have any info on their length. Also, I'm a bit of a numpty when it comes to putting them on the map, so if anyone else would like to do so I would be most grateful.

[spike ST500]

Useful map there...

[Anubis]

Longest tunnel in UK now open: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

Enjoy - and go make some noise!