The Abandoned Pudsey Greenside Tunnel - What Remains?

[@AdventureMe]

SOUND ISSUES: I am aware of some sound issues in this video. I now know what was causing it, and it's all down to a wind reduction setting on the camera. This has since been amended on future videos. But as I film many weeks ahead, it has meant that it's taken a while for it to be brought to my attention. I find if you watch the video on any device other than a mobile phone, it sounds much better. Due to the audio processing limitations on a mobile phone.

[@timmoontransported.6385]

Excellent stuff. I’m so old that I actually travelled on the line when it was still open.

[@AdventureMe]

lol, i wish I got the chance.

[@sally6457]

The sad thing is that you are not old, a fact proven by the fact that you watched and commented on this new fangled intertube!🦕🦖, it's crazy to think that within your lifetime this amazing feat of engineering has gone from a working piece of infrastructure to a ruin worth exploring.

[@paulhmann]

the well you saw at the end isn’t a well. But the entrance to one of the renouned treacle mines. But don’t tell anyone because it’s a Pudsey secret.

[@AdventureMe]

lol It's no secret. We all knew. And the Jam Butty mines liverpool way.

[@christelbraune4530]

Das war sehr interessant ☺️ Thank you Darren 👋🏻👋🏻 and Martin 👋🏻👋🏻

[@allisonbyrne2753]

Wonderful video that just popped up in my youtube feed. Thank you so much for making it. I'm sitting here in my house in Porto, Portugal, reliving my childhood, back in the mid 60's, when that valley was my playground - the woods, the beck, the quarry, the fern-covered hillside, the cutting that we dared each other to walk through and the embankment where the best blackberries grew. It hasn't really changed. I hope Bradford Council sees the light and that it is preserved for future generations

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yorkie2789]

Great video, I've walked through Greenside Tunnel many times and can remember using the derelict Greenside station as a playground in the late 60s. There were some goods sheds beyond the station which were also great fun to play in.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for sharing! The Pudsey stations are yet to come.

[@Rekaert]

I tend to go for walks farther out to Post Hill and that little nature trail walk down into Troydale, but I've walked the route from the Fox and Grapes down through Black Carr a couple of times, and cycled it across and up Tyersal Lane into Bradford. You get a good appreciation for how the land really does dip down to the beck and then back up the other side when cycling rough ground. A Greenway could be a great idea if done properly. Certainly a hell of a lot better than putting in a road, more housing and industrial units. We need to start preserving this land instead of pouring concrete and tarmac over every available space.

[@wurble]

About 50 yards directly behind you at the start of the video is a tunnel under the embankment that Tyersal Beck runs through. I regularly walk through it with my dog. It's crazy to see how overgrown it is on the top of the embankment now. Back in the 90's it was very clear and we'd often race along the top of the embankment on off-road motorbikes. I really hope that housing development doesn't pass. I have very fond memories of that whole area and would hate to see it turn into housing. I very much hope Greenside tunnel is brought back to life with a cycle path too. So many memories of walking through the tunnel with friends as a teenager.

[@AdventureMe]

My playground as a child too. Spent many times in that tyersal beck culvert.

[@leewarren5801]

Watching this from Nevada, brings back wonderful memories. I lived just off Smalewell Lane and would play in The Valley with my brother and friends for hours. Once slid down the embankment in snow on a sledge. LOL. Fun times. I hope they don’t build on it!

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Lee.

[@alisonwilson8606]

Your videos are very good and good history lesson and I would like some more videos and I can't wait for more from you

[@kletops46]

Rolling out the 'Big-Guns' now..! Welcome to Yorkshire Mr Zero.

[@AdventureMe]

He did a version of this too, check it out on his channel.

[@TheWacoKid1963]

My old village I grew up in brought me here, Greenside, which, up until 1974, was in County Durham, it now forms part of Tyne & Wear

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you and Martin for a joint adventure into the past. Cheers gentlemen.

[@a11csc]

nice one you two thanks

[@AdventureMe]

Our pleasure!

[@tdoran616]

Today I walked from Holmewood, Bradford through Black Carr Woods and ended up here 2:03, I was honestly in awe to see this. I also had a pint in The Fox & Grapes pub. Absolutely lovely walk. I’m glad someone made a video on this because I did not expect to see this structure. 😂

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah it's fascinating when you find it.

[@chriswalker619]

The well that Martin found was next to a burial ground on the map. I wouldn't want water from that !

[@AdventureMe]

Oooh no thanks.

[@Natsmodels56]

Brilliant again Darren and Special Guest xx

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Natalie.

[@basslegend29]

Another quality video, it's clear from your in depth detail that you have a great love of the landscape, not only the Railway but how the land develops and co-exists with it, brilliant.....

[@AdventureMe]

Many thanks! Yes totally.

[@deanwood2958]

I was brought up in The Fox & Grapes on the edge of the valley which my dad owned for many years and us children used to play in the valley and walk the full length of the tunnel for a dare. Oh the memories.

[@AdventureMe]

I used to go in the pub years back. I used to play in the tunnel too.

[@BdManus]

Excellent video series. Very professional quality with great information. Martin is an added bonus.

[@AdventureMe]

Much appreciated!

[@algomaone121]

That well was a nice bonus find !

[@numberonefan4699]

Thanks for another amazing video 👍 👍

[@AdventureMe]

No problem 👍

[@Scoinsey]

Been through the tunnel loads a kid. Bloody terrifying. Not sure if you've ever heard the tale, but round here there are "treacle mines". Might explain the hole in the wall on Bankhouse Lane. 😂

[@Scoinsey]

@@T77489 haha. I've been told the story since I was a kid. 😂

[@AdventureMe]

Yes someone mentioned that to me.

[@shauntodd7123]

Fantastic Love Martin Zero and a new subcriber here

[@AdventureMe]

Welcome aboard!

[@davidmarsden9800]

The Yeadon airport site was where the Lancaster bomber factory was, so they would want to divert attention away from it. My Grandad lived near and worked at the Blackburn aircraft factory on Roundhay Road where Tesco is now. My Dad rembered watching German bombers flying down the road to bombit

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it was a clever idea.

[@douggt2220]

Great video guys, and glad you cleared up the mystery of what that ‘hole’ in the wall was. I walk past it often and thought it might have been a small ‘ice house’ where the locals would store meat etc packed with ice to keep it fresh but now we know for certain. The Pudsey loop always intrigued me. I’m amazed at how many places you can still clearly see where it ran.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Doug. Glad you enjoyed. 2nd part is now live.

[@robertwiddasart6947]

Looking to the Pudsey stations ! My home town.

[@AdventureMe]

Me too. Out filming them this week.

[@christopherhermann3034]

Hi mate I live on a disused railway line back of my house daleside road Pudsey still got the bridge filled in Bradford road Pudsey

[@AdventureMe]

Yes, that will be the Shipley Branch line. Coming soon.

[@PaulWatson-iq9nb]

Great episode. I was a bit surprised that you didn't seem to have found the culvert that carries the Tyersal beck through the embankment to the quarry area. It's very long (though obviously dead-straight) due to the massive width of the embankment at its base. As children my mum and her twin sister lived on Sutton Crescent, which backs onto the line section you covered that ran from Dudley Hill to the triangle junction. Once, whilst close to the quarry not far from the portal of Greenside tunnel, that they saw a 'killer owl' which had come from somewhere in Europe and been widely warned about on the radio (sorry - 'the wireless') and in the local news paper. I think that must have happened in the early forties.

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah I've been in that culvert as a kid

[@Khryptic]

We used to walk through Greenside tunnel as kids. It was mission, there was loads of old crap in there like shopping trolleys and road cones your trip up over if you didn't have a torch. I didn't know they had fenced it off completely. Probably for the best

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Just loved that. What a shame the tunnel was gated a nosey in there would be fabulous. Just love the stonework. What a beautiful area too. Thank you so much for taking me along, please stay safe

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Linda, I'm sure I'll be back if it's ever open.

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Oh that would be fantastic

[@granvillefoster6719]

Another good one thank you.

[@AdventureMe]

Very welcome

[@granvillefoster6719]

@@AdventureMe Your edit/mixing is very good, makes an interesting subject matter even better.

[@AdventureMe]

@@granvillefoster6719 Thanks mate, I'm getting better. You will see on some future videos.

[@petergreaves386]

Great video always interesting

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks again!

[@nixtax3526]

Nice one, thanks guys.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you Nix

[@joncastle9707]

I wish I'd have known, I live just next to that well, on Fartown. I'd have had you round the garden for some food and drinks!

[@AdventureMe]

Aww thanks Jon. Shame, we were starving too.

[@rontanser9369]

I remember going from Leeds to Bradford via Pudsey on the train and it just seemed all the way nothing but houses was nice to see that there was a bit of greenery around there and nice greenery as well

[@AdventureMe]

Yes i'm sure it would have been a sight to see on that embankment.

[@catastrophic009]

Another great vlog ....the camera quality is really top notch....love Martin's channel to...all the waterways tunnels & old mills he does over in red rose land...just one disgusting point at the end the dog walker that throws all the dog crap bags in the old well.......Take them home with you you disgusting git.

[@glenmonks6336]

Excellent vlog great to see Martin in your vlog I do love seeing how the land has changed after the railways are closed Keep up the great vlogs

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@roll_credits6136]

Loved it! Especially the Ghostbusters reference! 👻 🚫 🚂 I hope you’re well! 👍🏻😁

[@AdventureMe]

I wanted to do a whole segment like the ghostbusters if I got inside, but it was well secured.

[@roll_credits6136]

AdventureMe looking forward to Part 8 ! 👍🏻

[@almaxx9680]

Bloody eck mr zero!! He gets everywhere 😆

[@AdventureMe]

He does. Sadly not to yorkshire enough, that's why I dragged him over.

[@russellwaite5874]

We walked through that tunnel , must have been the late 70s. before they blocked it up. I think before that there was an old asda supermarket not far away, they did car tyres as well. Wow, a long time ago.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@philhumphreys5096]

Brilliant team work with you and Martin.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Phil.

[@btrevelyan]

Brilliant that. My childhood playground in the 60s and 70s.

[@AdventureMe]

And mine in the 80's.

[@billreid6150]

Another really interesting one - thanks. The mind boggles at what it would have taken - men and materials - to construct that embankment!

[@None-zc5vg]

All thrown away.

[@AdventureMe]

It does, it's massive.

[@AdventureMe]

Least we can enjoy walking it.....for now.

[@algomaone121]

Darren, you sure love those embankments and abutments! 😂

[@AdventureMe]

I sure do

[@GGS1956]

Yep, great video and yet again Martin discovers an dark hole (well ) . He loves going below ground

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍 He loves a nice hole.

[@simonrichardson5077]

Lovely memories,thanks

[@AdventureMe]

Our pleasure!

[@nigelbarker4135]

Hi ya darren😀👍 congratulations on another magnificent offering👏👏👏👏 Have you ever considered doing the "Dark Arches" under Leeds station? Not the bits where we all have access but the hidden bit that the evening post once had access with old lock gates that once ran under the station and abandon offices still equipped with old phones. Inside the main section where the bars are you can see a vast section of blue Staffordshire brick that was used to repair the arches when the biggest fire the city has ever seen in the late 19th early 20th century. I've mentioned this to Martin Zero a few times and he seemed interested.

[@AdventureMe]

Keep your eyes peeled in two weeks time! Not quite access to the hidden areas but I think it will suffice.

[@AdventureMe]

And thanks for the comment.

[@Vip3rWarrior80]

i played in tunnel when i was kid too

[@mssteveyt]

Great video guys used to go through the tunnels round there as a kid late sixties also cider Annie’s

[@AdventureMe]

I've heard of the famous cider Annie before.

[@mssteveyt]

AdventureMe we went through tunnels a gang of us full width all holding hands lads and lasses. remember the shaft of light in middle being pitch black till then used to scare ourselves silly. and we walked back to tyersal along the tracks had our names taken by a guard with an Alsatian ended up with a fine lol happy days.

[@trainsinkansas576]

At 7:37 on the video there was a building to the left of the tunnel entrance, what was that used for? Outstanding video, Meriden, Kansas. Glad Martin came along.

[@AdventureMe]

I think it was just a tool storage shed for the line.

[@ronaldwilkin5662]

I remember walking through that tunnel in the early 70s with my mates I use to live in swinnow which is just outside Pusey

[@archerdeath]

Hey. @AdventureMe Just been to this tunnel today and someone has taken the door down so you can now enter. Got some great photos

[@AdventureMe]

I was there the other day too and it was still closed, not unless they were inside doing some work. Let me know if it's still open.

[@archerdeath]

AdventureMe i was in there on Saturday. And definitely was not open to do work as someone had removed the hinges and pushed the door into the tunnel. Was a very nice clean tunnel to walk through. So should still be open

[@AdventureMe]

@@archerdeath Ahh sounds like it might be open for a while then. I'll have to pay a visit. Thanks for the heads up.

[@leeshaw759]

My favourite place growing up going to play

[@AdventureMe]

And mine.

[@leeshaw759]

@@AdventureMe grangefield or crawshaw?

[@AdventureMe]

@@leeshaw759 Neither . T'other side of the woods. Tong.

[@rcspeed5443]

Amazing spent My life in them woods haha and in the tunnel 😂 and behind that well just on the main road is a old air raid shelter!

[@AdventureMe]

Me too. I used to play there all the time.

[@clecklass]

I live a few miles away to the west and have walked in this lovely area a few times. Predictable that there are plans to ruin it with yet more house building - why don't they just concrete over the whole of the countryside and have done with it? There is another Starfish site near Manshead Hill near Ripponden.

[@rayhargate]

We used to slide down the embankment on pieces of cardboard or carpet crazy days

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah me too Ray.

[@robthomas3634]

Have u ever visited the tunnel at Upton to Barnsdale bar. We used to play there as kids and heard it was about a mile long.

[@LacyLemur]

I live in the area. I visit the tunnel every now and then, it's kinda hard to believe a rail ran through here

[@AdventureMe]

Certainly is, I spent my childhood playing in there.

[@mrgreen8654]

I used to play in that tunnel when I went to Crawshaw... Memories! 😂

[@AdventureMe]

me too from the other side of the valley.

[@mrgreen8654]

@@AdventureMe I couldn't believe it when I heard they were going to fill it in!

[@shaggypyro]

If you keep going up hill from the well at the end of the video, there is a disused model railway on the left behind the pub.

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah we filmed it. I went inside the tunnel. I had to remove it from this video as the owner had a load of people copying me and trespassing.

[@rayhargate]

There’s a brick tunnel that takes the beck through the embankment, we used to walk through that too

[@AdventureMe]

I did once when I was a nipper.

[@fatlad5090]

You should of let me known you was up here i live 5 minutes away from the tunnel at the Bradford side you and Martin should of called in for a coffee and bacon butties

[@AdventureMe]

Haha. This was filmed in July.

[@fatlad5090]

@@AdventureMe lol

[@ronaldwilkin5662]

You need to also walk round post hill in Pudsey too

[@AdventureMe]

It's on the cards Ron. Already been looking. Is there anything worth seeing?

[@mj_coop4375]

Someone posted a video yesterday going through the tunnel, so it appears there now is a gap in the fence to get into the tunnel. The video in question was filmed mid-october

[@AdventureMe]

Yes. That's my friend's channel. Shame it wasn't open when we were there.

[@peteypops]

Wasn’t Post Hill, in Pudsey, the site of an anti aircraft battery, used to protect the airport?

[@AdventureMe]

Post Hill is yeah, not far from here.

[@rickparkinmoto]

Crackin' video

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Rick.

[@alantraish3368]

Just a thought . If they’ve been told to stop dumping at the tunnel mouth then they should remove what they already dumped ?

[@AdventureMe]

I think the council allowed it to start with, and then after the backlash they told them to stop. So it's just left there now.

[@jonny5682]

that near the owlcoates asda ???

[@AdventureMe]

Other side of Pudsey from that.

[@broady7542]

Used to ride my mtb up and down post hill in pudsey , any history on what it was used for?

[@AdventureMe]

Probably a quarry. If you mean Post Hill?

[@steady_94]

Was Greenside Station where Station Street is now?

[@AdventureMe]

Near there. If you stand on the road bridge, it was down the side of it. Opposite side from the tunnel exit.

[@steady_94]

@@AdventureMe we used to have a bus service (the 91) that terminated opposite the pub on a night and had always wondered what was down there

[@leedsunitedfan8494]

@@steady_94 The Royal is the pub

[@suesmith4366]

Love this 😎

[@jonathanambler]

Ogden’s own it

[@AdventureMe]

Ahh is that who bought it for the stone? I couldn't remember the name.

[@TonksMoriarty]

Whereabouts is that well?

[@AdventureMe]

Bankhouse lane.

[@sammystockdale]

Black carr Woods?

[@AdventureMe]

Yes. Very close to there

[@mra9248]

Fox and grapes

[@paulmann1082]

Is the picture of the airport at Yeadon or the fake one in Tyersal?

[@AdventureMe]

That's Yeadon Aerodrome. No picture exists of the Starfish site.

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

Great video and nice to see Martin with you. Shame that the well is full of bags of dog s**t, so called responsible dog owners.

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah I did notice. Thanks.

[@89ykraps]

would help the video immensely if you show a map as you're describing the different place names

[@AdventureMe]

The next videos from this one certainly do. I was in a small area with this video, so didn't think it needed one.