Benniworth Tunnel ( High Street ) on the Louth & Bardney Railway Explore

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Benniworth Tunnel ( High Street ) on the Louth & Bardney Railway Explore
Join us as we venture into Lincolnshire, to visit the Benniworth Tunnel, also known as High Street Tunnel, on the former Louth & Bardney Railway. Single track throughout, it was built in 1875 however became a casualty in the 1950's
The tunnel eventually closed in 1958 not 1954 as per the video
We start our visit by the Eastern Portal making our way through to the other end and taking in the sights & colours this amazing tunnel has to offer with its unusual shape'
Black & White tunnel image by W. Woolhouse
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@martinmarsola6477 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video and chat. An extraordinary tunnel and interior. Cheers Ant! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂👍🇺🇸

@shirleylynch7529 3 жыл бұрын

Great vlog. Music very apt. Felt sadness thinking of all these hardworking brave men building such beautiful bridges and stations and railways and tunnels and they are just wasting away. Very nostalgic. But I loved it just the same. Well done thank you.

@exileinderby51 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing another great tunnel. Worked on a farm at South Willingham for a couple of years as a relief herdsman but that was many moons ago!.

@jontownsend8090 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. The location is so remote, that stirs up an atmosphere of it's own. This tunnel is in a great condition considering over 55 years of disuse and virtually no maintenance since. The Lincolnshire Wolds is a lovely area with no rail access. This line, if it were to be rebuilt, forming a direct route from Lincoln towards the coast at Mablethorpe would be a massive boost to the economy in this area. I can't understand why this and a few other projects to bring more railway back into Lincolnshire are not being taken seriously. The local councils here unfortunately are car sentric, and this county is suffering because of it. Will you be planning to explore the tunnel at Withcall. Another lost monument.

@martinpiggins5772 3 жыл бұрын

Great find that, unusual shape tunnel and dead straight by the looks of it, thanks for taking us along, great day for an ice cream 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@phoenixsmith6026 3 жыл бұрын

good video, thanks for sharing, love the bits about the history as well

@helenthorne8451 3 жыл бұрын

Very good walk lovely brick work inside take care xx

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Helen. Still my only trip to Lincolnshire too 😂

@dawnshields5398 3 жыл бұрын

I like the way nature has taken over the track bed. So many species must live along the old railway route. Plus it's a great place to discover if we are sensitive to the habitat. Cheers for making this video. Dawn, Paul and Sweep

@freddiebozwell7049 3 жыл бұрын

Love these video's, a great escape from the mad world!

@lilchris26 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video mate, the music is so dramatic too, brilliant.

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment and thank you for watching 🙂

@frankfitzgerald5832 3 жыл бұрын

Love those oval shaped tunnels i was surprised at the lack of recesses i thought there,d be more than three over what was quite a long stretch ...really enjoyed that Ant....great video keep up the good work stay safe mate Frank & Lee..

@richardwills-woodward5340 3 жыл бұрын

Tragic these tunnels and their ornate entrances being left to ruin. In 1,000 years this will seem like ancient Rome, and we won't have looked after it.

@mervynsands3501 3 жыл бұрын

I've passed above this tunnel many hundreds of times on the road above, always wondered what it looked like. Being out of sight and remote it's an iconic example of a single track tunnel. What a great pity it's use had to come to an end. Preserved in time, like so many others, forgotten, but has a charm about it in it's own kind of way, in very good condition too. Thanks for sharing the exploration.🙂👍

@Mariazellerbahn 3 жыл бұрын

A well researched video (as always). Thanks for sharing this.

@BrendanPerkins 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you in sunny Lincolnshire. All the best!

@christinegibbins6105 3 жыл бұрын

The patina is so interesting, thank you.

@jonathanrogers7278 3 жыл бұрын

good one ant

@peter15871 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting visit to the tunnel , so you did'nt get the drone out ,it looked like a good day for it, music was atmospheric and perfect and not to loud great video yet again ..

@ivanrowland6353 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid 👍 Yes I think the drainage pipe is from Jacksdale , James Oakes pipe and brick yard .

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, thats good to know :) Thankyou for watching

@JazaRailwaysuk 3 жыл бұрын

Their is heritage steam trains run between Ludborough and North Thoresby and work is now in progress to extend the line southwards towards Louth.

@1963TOMB 3 жыл бұрын

My son is a volunteer there!

@samskateboardvideos 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos pal. Stay safe!

@seamusmcevoy2011 3 жыл бұрын

That looked like a fun day, great weather by the looks of it. It's a shame that the infrastructure is not looked after a bit better, I'd hate to think of it falling into disrepair. Who knew that there are such rugged handsome chaps in Lincolnshire?!!!!

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha rugged 😂 I'm sure he'll be in one again eventually

@mbrewin 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Ant. Hope you will be back to do the next tunnel on this line at Withcall

@bobingram6912 3 жыл бұрын

Ant - you've found a dry tunnel😃 Bit Gothic this one, don't see many that pointy!!! Cracking portals and abuttments leading into a right old mish mash of bricks, unusual drain bodies. 👍🏻👍🏻

@JonsAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

I am finally glad to go into that tunnel, it's a pity you couldn't fly but you definitely captured it well.

@trendtraderx 3 жыл бұрын

You may like the video called North Ormsby walk Lincolnshire Wolds by Nigel Harness who walks the old track bed between Utterby and Little Grimsby on the old Louth to Grimsby line

@lindamccaughey6669 3 жыл бұрын

That really was a great adventure. Would your cream cheese happen to be calcite by chance? What a shame tunnels are left to disintegrate. That stonework is so brilliant and the inside was incredible too. Thanks for taking me along and p,ease stay safe and take care

@alistairshaw3206 3 жыл бұрын

Great explore again Ant. Lincolnshire lost so many railways, I used to take my coach tours to Skegness, there is an old station on the road to Skegness, the old signal box and the station buildings are still standing and in great condition. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of it.

@Andrea.583 3 жыл бұрын

Burgh le Marsh, closed in October 1970.

@alistairshaw3206 3 жыл бұрын

@@Andrea.583 Yes, you're right, I just forgot the name, I remember the windmill there too.

@1963TOMB 3 жыл бұрын

@@Andrea.583 I remember going there in the early 1990s to an auction of railway memorabilia: a good friend bought a station clock that still takes pride of place in his lounge

@richardwakeley2192 3 жыл бұрын

The cable mountings would have been for the telegraph wires. For the bells and tablet instruments at the signal boxes. Carried on telegraph poles outside the tunnel.

@Adventures_with_Sog 3 жыл бұрын

Another interesting explore, buddy.

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks fella 😃

@socklesslad 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure you've done a single-track tunnel before. You could see how narrow it is from the video!

@paulwortley9546 3 жыл бұрын

did this 1 a few years ago got stung to hell by the nettles in the cutting

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

I think from memory i almost survived the nettles. Thanks for watching :)

@iandolby7003 3 жыл бұрын

This tunnel is called "High Street Tunnel" according to the 1937-61 OS map on the side by side map of National Library of Scotland.

@barrythedieselelectricstea5217 3 жыл бұрын

excellent video👍 a step back in time could you do a video of the station that was on that line

@TrekkingExploration 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry. If I do end up over that Way I'll be sure to have a look 🙂

@Jimyjames73 3 жыл бұрын

Hiya - Fun fact - if you take a close look at the ballast - if your lucky enough - you could find a few pieces of coal which have fallen off the old Tenders of the Steam Engines!!! I have found a few bits of coal in the Tunnels that run along what is now the Monsal Trail here in Derbyshire which used to be the M. R. until it closed in 1968 :(

@freyayoung2209 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot beleive instead of all the fancy new railways that we are not reinstating old ones! Its more sustainable and links urban ares too. Honestly, it takes half an hour drive anywhere around lincs wolds to get anywhere interesting

@dennislancet 3 жыл бұрын

Nice dry tunnel this time, was there any ventilation shafts ? If not it must have been dug from either end, looked like a join of brickwork in one shot ?

@simonballard6413 3 жыл бұрын

Super video, Ant - really like your videos - was that Jo Jo Ford with you? When are you going to do the other tunnel on that line (Withcall)?

@seamusmcevoy2011 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon, the tunnel at Withcall is sealed at both ends, sadly, I have been to the North-East portal and got some decent photos, but the South-West portal opens up into the Stenigot Estate and is impossible to access without permission. The Bat Society sometimes get access, but for the rest of us it's not really possible. There is a good tunnel at Toft in South Lincolnshire (which I have also photographed), that's worth a visit.

@simonballard6413 3 жыл бұрын

I have been to Toft and taken pictures, as I visit friends in Spalding. Thanks so much for your info about Withcall.

@ianhill4933 3 жыл бұрын

The pipe you found which had Jacksdale on in would have been a pipe made by James Oake at their pipe works at Jacksdale. They made earthenware pipes for all sanitary uses and were located at the side of pye Hill colliery, which James Oake owned before nationalisation.

@nazerr86 Жыл бұрын

There’s another tunnel on this line, can’t remember where abouts but it’s not as long. Edit- ah I think this is the shorter tunnel then? The longer tunnel you can’t see day light the other end and if you can it’s a tiny speckle.

@TheRogey1 3 жыл бұрын

Can you explore the line from Louth to Saltfleetby via Grimoldby?

@MrStr8den 3 жыл бұрын

That would be an interesting to watch; I have walked several parts of the Mablethorpe loop and come upon two small blue brick bridges near the oil refinery, two mile further south is one remaining iron box bridge crossing the grift drains.

@sonicbooom2002 2 жыл бұрын

Well ive commented on 2 other videos of yours from notts as a kid and believe it or not i live over in louth now since the 80s. Taken the kids down here a few times. Did you ever do the dishes at raf stenigot as well before being pulled down ?

@TrekkingExploration 2 жыл бұрын

I popped by later the same day, there was only one remaining so had a little look then left :)

@robertbaglin3973 Жыл бұрын

Would have made a much better preserved railway than the dead straight featureless Ludborough to Louth(eventually)line.

@helenthorne8451 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ant I know it's a while since you did this one but to go in this tunnel do you need permission as its my birthday this month as I'm hoping to explore it got a big torch 🔦 to light it up xx

@TrekkingExploration 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Helen. Since I went in summer 2020 I believe it's been fenced off. I'll have to think of other birthday ideas for you 😀😂

@helenthorne8451 2 жыл бұрын

Arrhh right thanks for the info xx