Mapperley Tunnel Explore - Searching for the lost Shaft No. 3

[@MultiChad13]

I just found your channel, drawn, because Mapperley is down the road from me I am disabled and so would NEVER be able to even get to the entrance, never mind go inside and climb about So, thankyou for being my eyes, that was quite amazing, I've subscribed and will be watching your previous 99 and many more in the future Take care and thanks again

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'm really pleased you enjoyed it and thank you so much for watching. It's always nice to put a smile on an individual's face 🙂 I've been back again this week, trying out a super bright new torch. So keep an eye out for it on here 😃

[@timetraveller3063]

You got some balls going to shaft No 3. I have been to the portal in 2012 but never in the tunnel. It's now on my to do list.

[@jamesphil1]

Awesome video. Something I would like to do myself but haven’t got the bottle. Thanks for going so far in, shame they’ve filled it in. Something magical about an old railway tunnel though.👍🏻

[@TrekkingExploration]

I chickened out the first time i went in January then thought... i'll go for it. Thanks for watching and pleased you enjoyed it :)

[@mikeclifton7778]

Happened across your channel while searching the Severn Tunnel, excellent video, superbly fitting music. Now subscribed.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Mike thanks so much I'm glad you enjoyed it too 🙂

[@duncan649]

Ahh England's green and pleasant land. The Lake District, The Cotswolds ? Nahh, lets go look at the crap stack in Mapperley Tunnel! Excellent videos, very interesting and well put together. You go there so we don't have to. Keep it up and thank you for showing us interesting places that few have ever heard of.

[@sparky_inda_house]

top quality craftsmanship...then the demise...then waste management...£££ great video thankyou

[@atilaestebangosztonyi5284]

I feel admiration for those Who built this tunnel laying millions and millions of bricks one by one....

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's absolutely true. Monumental effort

[@bce1279]

It makes you wonder how significant it was to peoples lives building this tunnel. And how insignificant and forgotton and unappreciated it is now. Time makes everything seem like the work we do was done in vain. Imagine if humans go extinct this wont mean anything. This looks to me so alien as its a civilization we can never find or get back. Only remnants of a lonely structure that was once busy with life

[@plaguex1]

They don't make artistic work like that anymore in my opinion. Maybe we will see an uptick soon as because of current 2020 events people are going to want to put their soul into things again like this.

[@braylenwyatt5528]

you prolly dont give a damn but does someone know a method to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@keagansilas2259]

@Braylen Wyatt instablaster =)

[@DavidSevern]

production quality superb, pace of content brilliant, Audio tracks used perfect, outstanding work.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Much appreciated! Thanks so much :)

[@dazxr6367]

Great presentation of Mapperley tunnel...you were very thorough, leaving no stone unturned. Thanks for that👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much 😃 Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for commenting 🙂

[@antmerritt]

16:14 you can quite clearly see a mouse peg it across one of them iron supports! Brave you are Ant, god knows what was in that rubbish! All very interestingly unpleasant stuff! Cracking vlog mate, as per. 💯 yes! 😁👍😎🤘👊

[@TrekkingExploration]

I certainly had a good shower when I got home 🤣 Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

[@forestflyer1563]

Fascinating, I used to as a lad walk the tunnel from Clarendon College to Viccy centre. Brought back great memories , thanks for a great video

[@TrekkingExploration]

Sadly that's one I don't think I'll ever get the opportunity to see 😟 Thank you for watching 🙂

[@forestflyer1563]

@@TrekkingExploration Not sure nowadays but you could still get in from the Viccy centre end a few years ago, sadly the Clarendon end was filled in years ago.

[@tomgayle2849]

Forest Flyer, We use to do the same.

[@Skyeskimmer]

As a former resident of Nottingham now back in Scotland I was drawn to this video after it came up on my recommendations,a thoroughly enjoyable watch and a reminder to just how much work went into building these railways,I have total admiration for the workers involved in the construction of this and the rest of the railways of the past.. Now subbed and looking forward to watching many of your superb videos..oh and belated congratulations on your 100th.. Many thanks 👍

[@pdtech4524]

Interesting place but I wonder if those living above it are aware of the potential danger beneath their homes? 🤔😯 I like how you intergrated the view looking up through the vent shaft from below with the aerial drone perspective from above! 😎👍 That 'crap stack' could easily be the centre piece in the Tate Modern Gallery! 😯😁😎👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Charge people a fiver to come and see the world renowned Mapperley Crap Stack lol I did have the shaft idea for a week or so, im glad it worked out Thanks for watching :)

[@floor993]

The men who created and did the digging and brickwork on this immense and wonderful tunnel don’t deserve the state it is in now:(

[@Liam.P1983]

Congratulations on reaching 100th video , Enjoyed this one , Looking forward for the next one , Thanks.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Liam. Much appreciated 🙂

[@exileinderby51]

Well done on reaching the 100th video and here's to the next 100! Great video as usual but you must be glad that you don't have to go back in that tunnel.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I really don't see any need to go back 🥺 Thank you for watching as always 😀

[@PedTheRed]

As someone born and raised in Nottingham and a history buff I really appreciate these videos, railways are in my blood as my great grandfather was an engineer at Victoria station and for the GCR. Thankyou for helping me learn more about the routes my ancestors would have travelled.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Its an absolute pleasure. I'm earning as i go too and its great to share the experiance :)

[@G1ZQCArtwork]

My Dad worked on the Railways, he was based at Clay Cross, he often talked about walking the tunnels, checking the lines for defects, (his main job was a plate layer). His team would have walked this tunnel and used many of the refuses along it. Thanks for showing it to us.

[@rahulbajpay3650]

Whats post your dad railways and selrey

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thats fantastic, i love hearing about things like that :) Thanks for watching :)

[@martinpiggins5772]

Thanks for taking us along with you, what an I say- above and beyond! Awesome footage of the crap stack, sad really. Congratulations on the centenary, keep em coming👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Martin. The Crap Stack phrase seems to be sticking after I said it in the first visit 🤣 Thanks for always watching and commenting 🙂

[@martinpiggins5772]

The things that you go out to see are right up mine and the wife’s street, and to be honest we haven’t been able to get out whilst the Clovid things been happening for one reason or another. I always like to comment on a vid to encourage you to make more haha👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Well done on reaching your 100th. ! You must have orbes of steel going in there, it looks fit to drop anytime, great to see though.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂 I definitely feel no need to ever go back

[@noomnoom8469]

More importantly. We'll done to me for getting the 100th comment.

[@Fpvfreaky]

That place just shows us what type of peoplel we have about us. Throws all their crap down a hole. That picture really does prove the point. I wish you had a much brighter light with you really struggled to see. But you did a great job. Well done mate.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the update and tour. It’s a shame people use these areas for rubbish deposits. Takes away from the majesty of these former facilities. Cheers Ant!

[@RedeyeX23]

Great video, i live nearby , you went there so I don't have to :) incidentally , on the other side I believe some folks can access parts of that tunnel from their properties. I heard a story about somebody using it as a wine cellar .

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Congratulations on your 100 it’s fantastic.as usual loved your video. What a shame the tunnel is such a mess. It is so beautiful. Just love the old tunnels. Thank you so much for taking me along. Please stay safe

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you for always being here ❤️

[@lindamccaughey6669]

My pleasure 💕

[@martdebs222]

Ant, well done on getting to you 100th vid, also congratulations on getting to the 3rd shaft, this is capped and filled as you say and is located in a garden at Norfolk Park off Gedling Road, bet the home owners don't know its there!!!! think a little further in the tunnel is the roof collapse that rendered low working speed though the tunnel, this is also shown with the roof braces throughout, although filled in, you can still get to the cutting, it is behind the scout building on weaverthorpe Road, the land does belong to the scouts but I'm sure if you go past and someone is there they will let you walk up the cutting, drove past the vent shaft today, it has now got concrete around it, not sure what they intend to do?? Anyway keep up the great videos mate👍👍 all the best, Mart.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Imagine being the house owner, not knowing about it. One day you decide to install a deep pond or septic tank, then you uncover that filled shaft. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

[@millomweb]

As far as accessible tunnels go, this one's in the worst condition I've seen. Anyone any ideas on the geology ? It appears some of it is rock - but even the portal is now misshapen with failure. It appears the cutting further on has been filled in after a bit and built on ! Yes, shaft is under parking area of no. 11 Norfolk Park ! I don't think I'd be too happy living in a house on top of that tunnel anywhere along its length!

[@lordbelvoir2543]

@@TrekkingExploration think they do.... Went to look at a property there and the tunnel and shafts came up on a survey/search👍

[@spoid54]

@@millomweb theres a lot worse mate,believe me.That tunnel in the video is actually in really good condition,its just all the shite that has been shoved in it that has ruined it.If only i could add a picture of one local to me,you would see what bad condition really is,a lot of the brickwork has fallen in on itself along with a lot of chalk,you can actually walk up into the voids above where the roof of the tunnel once was.A very weird feeling

[@spoid54]

@@millomweb ive managed to do better than a picture,heres the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6KvaquYqJeJppo I managed to cock up the editing after a few minutes it goes black so just skip forward 4 or 5 minutes

[@dwrowley]

Great video, amazing colours on the walls and floor, great to see the crap stack and all the old bottles etc

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you. That crap stack is slowly coming down

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

Mate that was truly something else, a great video to get to 100 up and you keep getting better. The production, presenting skills and background information are as good as most things you would see on many a channel on TV, congratulations. Looking forward tremendously to the next 100, especially Benniworth Tunnel!!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much. Benniworth is coming soon..... Just need a short break from railways 🤣

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

Congrats on reaching - 100 ....Videos This was a great watch we werent sure how far you were going mate ...we saw your first video on this tunnel... And once again were riveted by this one... Thanks for all your hard work Ant...And we look forward to sharing many more Videos with you ....Keep up the great work ....Regards Frank & Lee....

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks both of you. I wasn't sure if I'd get there to the shaft or not, if I'd chicken out especially at 6 feet tall. I think I'll have a break for a couple of weeks now 🥱🤣

[@thomasmann9216]

Congratulations on 100! I wouldn't have climbed on top of that fill, though.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching Thomas. I have no plans to ever go back 🙂

[@fatlad5090]

Looks like a dodgy skip company found the shaft and fly tipped 100 of skips down it. And made a fortune doing so.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Crazy hey. Thanks for watching

[@TheSilmarillian]

More than likely by the look of the pile

[@PaulMaloney]

Gratz on 100 videos and what a great one it is. Brilliant choice of music for that last stretch, had me on the edge of my seat as you put the helmet on.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Paul. I'm glad I plucked the courage up. Dudley Tunnel got scratched off today 😀

[@PaulMaloney]

Trekking & Towpaths must admit I did also have visions of you following those cables and finding Wiley coyote at the end of them with a dynamite plunger

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@PaulMaloney 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@starsintexas4251]

Your explorations always leave me in awe. Congrats on #100 J. Cheers!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for your kind comment 😊

[@starsintexas4251]

@@TrekkingExploration You are quite welcome! Stay safe out there

[@grippa]

Great video, watching the footage of going up over the infill gave me a chill. No wonder you don't want to go back. 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you. I'd like to think that's it. I'll go back if they decide to do something with it 🙂

[@neil2252]

An interesting video...and a youtube video that actually has som nice music to help with the mood . I’ll definitely return to your channel to see more of your explorations.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you for watching and for the kind comment. I'm actually just on my way back to this location this minute to do a little more 🙂

[@Tuberuser187]

Looking at some of the rubbish, the chunks of caravan and the commercial grocery items like the bed tray, giant brown sauce bottle and other things it seems someone pushed a burger or butty van down the hole, or scrapped one into a skip. Very nice explore, thanks for the upload.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks so much for watching. Everytime i have been the rubbish pile seems to move, other items appear lol

[@MartinZero]

Wow !! That was brilliant. What a place

[@martdebs222]

Martin, get yourself down Notts!!!! Love your vids too mate, keep up your great work 👍 Mart.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Martin. It was nice to pluck up the courage. See you soon 😀

[@millomweb]

Have you calmed down yet ? ;)

[@yorkie2789]

Great stuff, 100 not out, looking forward to the next 100.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you much appreciated 🙂

[@locallyn5643]

Great video thanks for sharing. Did you have a gas detector with you when you where climbing over all that crud? I would advise you have one as you never know what gas you could stir up from the rotting material.

[@christinegibbins6105]

Congratulations on 100 vlogs, thanks for sharing them, Brick making must have been the biggest industry in the day.

[@TrekkingExploration]

It must have been the largest industry going at one time 😮

[@richardpettet9996]

Another great watch. Well done on reaching 100.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Richard much appreciated 🙂

[@EnglishTurbines]

Loved the eerie music when you were deep inside the tunnel...Scary place to be on your own...🤔😳🇬🇧

[@jonathanrogers7278]

Congratulations on the 100th any, great video as always.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you very much! Really appreciated

[@grahamchadwick5242]

100 well done , very informative videos looking forward to your next 100!!!!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Graham, much appreciated and thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

[@garethparr649]

Another gem. Between you and Martin zero who needs a tele your stuff is miles better!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Super kind words and thank you so much for watching and commenting 🙂

[@spoid54]

Great video mate,looks like you have the same fascination with tunnels as me.One thing I recommend is you getting a higher powered torch,tunnels are so hard to light up and some of the shots are a bit dim.5000 lumens will make all the difference

[@tomgayle2849]

There is another tunnel that use to be at Kingthorpe flats in st Anns that would run through mapperley. Once again another really interesting piece of history,thanks man

[@Ginners]

Nice video, thanks for showing the whole tunnel. A friend and I visited this tunnel for the first time today and found it fascinating we only made it to the first shaft which was beautiful the way the light comes down. Its a real shame that they never thought to make a trail out of this tunnel (and the the rest of the old rail network in nottingham), and also a real shame about the crap stack but such is human nature unfortunately. For anyone who’s not visited the tunnel it’s definitely worth going, even if you just make it to the entrance which in itself is fascinating. Makes you feel like your at the entrance of some ancient temple in a hidden valley. I hear there are plans to redevelop Gedling Country Park further and I don’t know if it will incorporate the tunnel entrance more when they do, i imagine if they do then they will put up better fencing to prevent people exploring the tunnel so its worth going to see it before they do that (if they do)

[@tomiggy]

Amazing video and thanks for exploring on everyone’s behalf! With regards to the 2nd shaft, you said it was somewhere in the trees but you can actually see it on Google Maps. Looks like it’s in the Scout Hut back garden, so maybe it’s the kids there throwing rubbish down? Think the Scout Hut has now gone to make way for the Access Road but would imagine the 2nd shaft remains.

[@angelsone-five7912]

Nice revisit, love the moody music. Rail joiners are known as fish-plates but don`t ask me why. Take care on Monday.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hey Hazel thanks for watching. Yes I'm looking forward to tomorrow 🙂

[@millomweb]

The 'fish' comes from nautical circles - where they were/are used to strengthen masts ! Why 'fish', I know not.

[@SergeiJonovich]

Looked like the caravan/trailer still had the registration plate - can't believe you didn't expose it!

[@cornpadhd5]

What a blast from the past. Spent my whole childhood there. Grandma's idea of entertainment was to wheel me in my pushchair to watch the lorries being loaded at the colliery. Gedling School had a fantastic view of the pit railway. Last place we lived in that area was near the Mapperley Plains road junction virtually on top of the tunnel. Of course, the pit railway continued for years after the through line closed. So, to be clear, you got as far as the westernmost of the three ventilation shafts, the one on the Gedling Road Arnold side of the hill?

[@Mariazellerbahn]

Infilling a tunnel is bonkers. It will rot and eventually cave in. In the meantime, a housing estate gets built on top. It won't end well.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Yep, seems odd just doing half a Job too

[@fromthetaperoom6325]

Here's the thing, to 'officially abandon' a tunnel it must either be filled in to the hilt, or remain open but with secured access for periodic inspection. If the tunnel is infilled to the hilt and the walls give in, not much is going to happen above ground, because there's very little movement. If the tunnel is left as an open space, then it must be subject to periodic inspection. e.g. the Chesterfield Canal Norwood tunnel beneath the M1 near Kiveton. It was abandoned because of a collapse in 1907, and is bricked up at both ends. Every 10 years or so the CRT break in to inspect it, because, you know, important national infrastructure above. There are videos of one or two of the inspections of that tunnel here on yootoob. BUT, there are many tunnels which have not (by current standards) been abandoned correctly. Go back to 1950/60s, do you think anyone cared in the slightest about whether a tunnel was filled to the hilt correctly? Nope Was legislation as stringent as it is now? Nope Thus, we have a plethora of badly filled tunnels.... and mines. Which has lead to a great number of sink holes here in the UK, sometimes beneath houses.... uncharted or badly/incorrectly capped mines. As Al Kaput wrote though, infilling is now bonkers. Old tunnels can now be put to very good use, especially as cycling is experiencing a massive boom here in the UK, with central government offering £2bn to improve cycle facilities across the UK. Through Derbyshire many tunnels have been reopened along the Tissington and Monsal trails. All now very busy with foot and cycle traffic. Good for people, good for the local economies. There is currently a large battle over the Queensbury tunnel in West Yorkshire, where Highways Agency want to spend a vast amount to abandon it, whereas the locals want it reopened and put to good use....at less cost. There are plenty of videos about it (again) here on yootoob.

[@christianbuczko1481]

If you knew anything about nottingham, then you would know there are tunnels spanning hundreds of miles, and large areas are undermined by over 1000yrs of people digging. Im told you can walk underground from arnold to long eaton, under the city center many buildings have tunnels and caves. Thousands used to live in them.

[@trapdoorspider9211]

? Is why did they backfill it what potential tunnel was they possibly trying to hide??

[@fromthetaperoom6325]

@@trapdoorspider9211 Perhaps they were not trying to hide anything at all. The tunnel came to the end of it's useful life, so far as the authorities could see at the time, "so we might as well fill it in then", and that is what they did. No need to go thinking there is some conspiracy to hide just because something is filled in.

[@chrismccartney8668]

Well done like watching Martin Zero going down a (very large) mousehole.. Why infill ? If u want to stop access gate it but infill stops it draining properly..

[@TrekkingExploration]

When you think of the effort and man Hours to half fill it, you do wonder what the point was? Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

[@tunflin6805]

The infilling came after the second collapse, it's unstable ground, which is why there's so much water.

[@stephengiles2873]

Congratulations on the first 100. Cracking video as always 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Stephen, thanks for being here since the beggining 🙂

[@dalehorne9815]

New subscriber as well. It was a brilliant video. Congratulations to 100. 👏👏

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you 😀

[@joebobcedar]

Great content! Great music.!! Keep it up!!! 👍🏼😎👍🏼

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers for that. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@janepatricia8779]

nooooo, i dont think you need to go in there again,in fact i was glad when you came out.lol.yes i remember a certain someone squirting a washing up bottle and it hit the heater light bulb in the bathroom which exploded, Lol Lol Lol age 2, :-) congratulations on your 100th video.xx

[@matthewwren1177]

Nice one yet another good little film.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Matthew

[@davidjohnireland4]

Top video, really good, what was the music , really effective

[@DS-cf1zc]

Epic, it is like the moon beyond the crap stack.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thankyou so much :)

[@Mag_Nus32]

Great vid, was really hoping to see outside shots when you reached shaft 1 for some context and you delivered! Dodgy apostrophe on trees but worse things have happened 😉

[@TrekkingExploration]

I have no idea how i let that slip with the apostrophe, never usually let stuff slip Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it

[@phoenixx5092]

should have located the three shafts on the surface and filmed those too. The crap pile from the surface might be interesting, as was the third around about the place you gave up and came back.

[@TrekkingExploration]

The second shaft is in a private residence, I was able to visit once and can see no trace of the rubbish pile. The 3rd shaft is capped, no trace under tarmac and under a residence car park. Beyond shaft 3 underground I have seen a few images and there is nothing more to see.

[@phoenixx5092]

@@TrekkingExploration if you can see light might want to give them a heads up they may be about to have a sink hole then..

[@plaguex1]

The UK is one of the only places on video I've saw thus far where they just push rubbish in tunnels and caves to block them off... I've never saw that personally or on videos in the US. Really cool video. That had to be a surreal explore alone.

[@MaNNeRz91]

Worth the watch for the little rock pool near the end

[@bottlediggingchris3966]

I only live about 5 miles from there, but I didn't even know it existed. Brilliant.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Excellent 😀 Thank you so much for watching 🙂

[@SAM-zt2uy]

Fish Plates are what would have joined the old style jointed track that gives that clackty clack sound, each join also acts as an expansion joint for the track to expand in hot weather. Modern track is continuously welded rail so can be up to a mile long before there’s a set of breathers that act as the expansion joint.

[@martynromaine8518]

I went down there myself with a few friends about 20 years ago and went as far as the crap stack

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's a strange and eerie place. I went back a few months ago and went beyond the crap stack. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@kammelryder]

Epic and the music is wonderfully atmospheric!!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching and you're kind comment 😊

[@helenthorne8451]

Wow its amazing inside how difficult was it to build that great piece of architecture still standing

[@edbridges1164]

Those Heavy Bars with the Holes in are Fishplates they are used to secure two lengths of (Usually) Bullhead Rail Together! Along a lot of disused railways you will find them as well as sleepers and Chairs

[@allysloper1882]

15:51 the brick with the diamond pattern on it looks like one of the Victoria Diamond Jubilee bricks. If you look on the other side it should say "1837-1897 DIAMOND JUBILEE"

[@fava7753]

It's a cast steel , water ,Toby , hydrant cover , not a brick , its sitting top cover toward the camera , moved lot of these in my civil engineering days .

[@allysloper1882]

@@fava7753 No it isn't, it's a 10" X5" X2" Staffordshire blue diamond paver, probably made by either Barnett & Beddows,(trading under the name of ATLAS) or by Gibsons Buckley. Have a closer look. It is too thick and the diamond pattern is too big to be a manhole cover.

[@millomweb]

Air shaft no. 3 is under the car parking area to the left, just inside the entrance gates to number 11 Norfolk Park. Here: www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B059'32.6%22N+1%C2%B006'37.7%22W/@52.9923898,-1.1110052,175m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d52.9923885!4d-1.1104585!5m1!1e4

[@timheller8475]

Yuck, slimey moldy enviroment, dangerious but cool as hell!! great video, I mean really people will toss anything down a hole, a beautiful mountain of crap, a monument to what you Brits call i believe fly tipping, absolutly amazing

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

Another great video Ant, I like the choice of incidental music, it adds to the atmosphere. I can never quite understand the thinking behind trying to fill in a tunnel, if you drop stuff down a shaft it only spreads out a few yards either side and if you come in from the portals you can't get material tight enough to the roof to support the ground above. Seems to me the only way to do it would be to dynamite the roof in and allow the land above to slump down then level it of at the top.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Yes it does seem like it's a lot of time and effort to do half a job. Especially this One that really is only half way 🤔 Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

[@tomgayle2849]

As kids we would go through the victoria center tunnel in the town center and it would bring you out at the forest rec ground....

[@nuttychickenman]

I live so close to this iv always wanted to go have a look I was told you couldn’t get into it but now I know you can I might :) I wouldn’t want to buy one of the new houses that’s above it

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's currently still possible... I've been 3 times this year and the entrance is exactly the same each time. Not sure what's going to happen with it. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@nuttychickenman]

Trekking & Towpaths I’m surprised they haven’t completely filled it with the new estate being done above it. Is the entrance easy to get to

[@nuttychickenman]

Trekking & Towpaths you should have a look around Pleasley vale mills it’s a good walk there is a delivery tunnel 80 foot up in the back wall behind mill 1 I’d love to see where it goes but being 80 foot up haha

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@nuttychickenman I'll have an internet search this evening 🙂

[@andrewmaurerandrew6801]

Top man keep em coming very best regards 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Andrew. Much appreciated 🙂

[@101thingstodoinashed2]

I used to live on the wells road, mapperley as a kid and played in part of a tunnel there. It was back filled with mounds of soil, a gap of a couple foot you could go in. It went back 30/40 foot maybe til completely blocked. I remember someone saying there was a train buried under the soil, but obviously that's not true. If you drive down from the top, so far down turn right to allotments and you'll be on top of the end of it.

[@liamwilkinson4669]

101 Things To Do In A Shed , train buried in the tunnel a local legend we tried to find it several times but alas 70s touches mainly the one of the front of the Raleigh chopper didn’t give much more light than a candle 🕯 so we gave up in the end, I was desperately hoping to see the train appear from behind the mound 🙄 happy memories of playing in all the tunnels in Mapperley especially all the ones running through Woodthorpe park, sadly no more.

[@stephencresswell4760]

Used to play in there as a kid. 👍

[@markjwoodford1931]

What do you know about the west portal? the cutting is still there its on some cub scouts land but i really want to know if the brickwork is still there and its just filled in

[@TrekkingExploration]

I've been flirting with the Idea of asking to visit for some time now... I'll see what can be done 👍

[@markjwoodford1931]

@@TrekkingExploration Me too but i have a feeling if i phone they will just say no anyway its gone, when really there hiding a perfectly intact portal and thats where they have their camp fire circle 😂

[@markjwoodford1931]

If you do ill come along 👍

[@volpeverde6441]

portal is still there....just filled to the ceiling when you get about 10 feet in....

[@Tonethedrone]

Excellent footage again. I hope you let someone know you are in the tunnel. its a little daunting for me. Do you think the rubbish is from the recycling centre that used to be their?

[@kippen64]

That rubbish pile is unreal. Edited to add that you are far braver than me.

[@buffplums]

6:01 Fishplates chap. Looks like there are lots of good bits of railwayana in that tunnel

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks pal. 😀

[@streetrambler134]

Congratulations, great video and doing that tunnel on your own 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you. It was probably my bravest yet 🙂

[@shaynelowther8893]

For more information ask Nottingham City council and ask them why it is the way it is and who pays up when your brand new home goes crashing into the tunnel.Its the same council that allows demo works at 6.00 am Sunday morning on a large factory roof which was asbestos and when i phoned them Monday morning and they said there was no risk not to mention the factory is owned by a former lord mayor of Nottingham.

[@paulcook9163]

Brilliant video. I love stuff like this. First time I've watched one of your videos. If you like exploring old abandoned railway lines and tunnels, there is one in a place called Queensburry, in Bradford, West Yorkshire. That's a good one. I've been down to it, its interesting, worth checking out, at least on line if you personally can visit there.

[@JimNichols]

Loved the video and understand the amount of work needed to make quality video blogs, it is huge! The enthusiasm and enjoyment obvious exuding from you to share this passion is great. I probably won't sub or follow you though as the music is just to much, unneeded noise that detracts from the content. Sorry for the harsh feedback man, really everything is spot on then there is this melodramatic music that lends absolutely nada. Again thanks for this one ride along though. (Oh and p.s. yes it is your channel and I absolutely agree you should have music on the video if you want, sir,)

[@marqpage3485]

Gedling Road, Arnold Lane junction on Mapperley top. Scout group hut called Pepper pots. Pepper pot visible from the road.

[@JamesEncliffe]

just discovered this. Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for your work in preparing it. The unwanted 'music' is annoying though... have to keep turning volume up and down to get rid of it.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching. The music replaces dead silence. The majority enjoy it so I stick to it Cheers

[@eddiewillers1]

Makes me wonder if any of that infill came from the demolition of Victoria Station. BR wouldn't likely have wanted to pay for disposal when they owned abandoned tunnels that could be backfilled.

[@TrekkingExploration]

When I saw what looked like toilet tiles and blue platform edge tiles I even wondered if some of it was nearby Daybrook Station

[@legalmac99]

There's another video about the tunnel with someone commenting that a local builder was illegally dumping rubbish for years down shaft 2, behind the scout hall. They say that he was prosecuuted and fined thousands eventually! Should have made them clear it up too!

[@americancitizen748]

Reminds me of an ancient lava tube I explored near Mt. St. Helens in Washington State. Got narrower and narrower until I could go no further. Was feeling very claustrophobic at that point.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I could get near it but no drone light 😟

[@joncoe9046]

Been upto the 3rd shaft myself. Gets pretty freaky the further you push on, ontop of the infill. The portal certainly looks alot worse than when I was last there (been in 5 or 6 times) and bound to fail anytime soon. The local council were going on about making a viewing platform so you can look inside but not physically enter the tunnel but as always nothings happened with it. As for in filling, Bolsover tunnel is infilled end to end in the same manner with local colliery waste. Got tons of photos and info on this tunnel.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I really don't think i have the nerve for Bolsover lol

[@joncoe9046]

@@TrekkingExploration dont think youd get in anyway. Believe the portals to be buried and theres only manhole covers as access.

[@Adventures_with_Sog]

Well done on your 100th video. 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks so much 😀

[@lfewell2161]

The metal supports and the now rotted wood are a puzzle, not aware of any brick lined tunnel with these supports, could they be formwork used in the construction that was meant to be removed but for some reason was left in place, the use of wood in a damp tunnel does suggest it was only meant to be temporary.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching. That is an interseting point. I've put the idea to a few people and they are really thinking about it :)

[@steamdieselrailwayvideosfi4296]

A great video i wonder with some of these old lines being put back in to operation to increase the rail network capacity,............ any chance of this line having a new life.

[@TrekkingExploration]

The track bed either side has almost vanished sadly :( Thankyou for watching :)

[@andy5202]

Who the hell walks 500yards down a tunnel to dump their rubbish anyway?!?!🤷🏻‍♂️ Another good one Ant, looking forward to the next 100!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Andy. Especially a caravan 😮😂

[@millomweb]

ATC ????????

[@joncoe9046]

Story is the ventilation shaft was used by the local community to get rid of all their rubbish.... quick and easy. Was also a builders merchants somewhere close by who also dumped their rubbish down there too.

[@cr0uchingtiger]

bloody good music in this video.

[@pippastone6018]

AWESOME, AND DO NOT FORGET WHAT I SAID ABOUT MAKING PRINTS FROM SOME OFF YOUR PHOTOS AS THAT WOULD BE SO COOL WITH THE COLOURS AND ALL, THANK YOU FROM N.Z.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Great idea! I have occasionally thought about this idea, i'll have to have a play with ideas :)

[@bobingram6912]

Congrats on your 100, looking forward to the next ones👍🏻Suggest renaming yourself Startrekking after this one - "to boldly go where no man wants to go"!!! Have to steer well clear of you after you've been scrambling over all that crap!!! 🤢☠ Can't see that roof holding up for much longer.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I had a good soak when I got home believe me 🤣 I'll have to go back and salvage that caravan 🤣 Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for you're continued support too 🙂

[@matdriver1]

Consistent quality ❤️

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks buddy 😊

[@samdenningsrestaurant]

I’m very interesting very beautiful building design and Victoria architecture very good

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂