The 2 Mile Tunnel below the City - Nottingham Beck Burn Culvert Lost River

[@6ettinold]

So you clambered out on Bath Street, basically a stone's throw from the bottom of St. Anns Well Rd. Presumably the culvert was needed as the Leen had been messed with and filled in and it was necessary to provide housing for all the factory workers by building road after road of Victorian terraces in Sneinton. I'm a bit late watching this, but as I'm local, this was extremely fascinating. Thank you.

[@Induna123]

I was wondering where the end of this tunnel would lead you. I thought it might be in Sneinton somewhere. Victoria Park makes sense.

[@moogdome2562]

I love Nottingham, it's in my heart although I'm a visitor, from near Worksop. It's a lovely city, but mysterious. They claim there are so many tunnels, that they sometimes discover new ones. The rock it's said, is soft, like the castle rock. So easy to work. This tunnel was meant to last. I used to find it amusing, that you had to go upstairs, in the old now demolished Broadmarsh shopping centre, to go down to the caves. The tunnels were said, apart from waterways, used for storage, escape routes in times go by, and living accommodations. In America, an estimated 20'000 people live in the Vaga storm drain. Thank you for a fascinating tour. Great camera work. Stay safe.

[@a11csc]

what a fabulous in[under]sight of nottingham ant

[@richardstuart325]

Amazing piece of bricklaying skill.

[@stephencope7178]

A nice bit of bricklaying as well, though I wouldn't volunteer to point it all up🤔!!!

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

The still images with the curves and colours are brilliant

[@dafdaffer1]

The cut outs in the tunnel ceilings with the tubes normally come out onto streets looking like lampposts to clear gases. vent tubes.

[@declanjoyce8640]

Excellent....rather you guys than me!

[@shirleylynch7529]

Brilliant. You brave boys exploring all that distance underground. Excellent filming and documentary. Amazing. Can’t help thinking about all those men who built such magnificent coverts and drains. What a skill they all had. Really appreciate what you do for us Ant. That was so enjoyable. Many thanks to you and Andrew.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Shirley. I've been waiting for the right conditions to do this one for around 9 months

[@exploringwithjames]

It was good to see you on Sunday I might give this 1 A try

[@bobingram6912]

Brilliant vid Ant, fantastic all those bricks buried underground and none of them desecrated by the Lesser Brained Grafitti Twats!!! Interesting to see that stone staircase as opposed to a metal ladder plus the grand staircase with bannisters!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nickhalaburda8602]

I recognise where you’ve come out, the curious brick tower! Great info thanks 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching Nick. I'd still like to go back and explore further

[@vincentfletcher3881]

I did the same walk just before COVID, I did the same and went to far down the path to the beach and had to turn, also walked back to Cayton bay from Scarborough, there were a few Deer out in the early evening.

[@davidkay4923]

Ant, I have done geocaching for years. You have walked past probably a few hundred on your travels over the years. I track where you are filming to see if I have got them. Keep up the good work

[@lordbelvoir2543]

Great Post Ant....I know you said it was a bit samey but would have loved to see the end😉

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much. I do have an itch to go back 😉

[@benjaminchilvers9444]

Had a great chat with my Dad about this one Ant, he sails up and down the Trent from Nottingham Sailing Club all the time. Watched the video several times now and shared with friends. Thanks for opening up this hidden world for us all. You’re a good lad!

[@TrekkingExploration]

That's exactly how I spotted it last year going past on the boat. I've waited until now so the water levels are safe. Really pleased you enjoyed it and thank you

[@williamoates1754]

If you worked on Brook Street it was well known that these tunnels were here. Beck Street is just off Brook Street, but thanks for the viewing,. Brilliant Vid.

[@terryansell6641]

This was such a brilliant video thank you from New Zealand, you should get some sort of award for this presentation.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Terry for such a lovely comment

[@vehicletransmission]

Is there meant to be water coming out of the bricks at 15:50? Also try get access to the basements of the shops on Mansfield road and, the one near bottom of Goose gate. Lots of caves

[@leocharlesproductions1160]

It’s ground water

[@audiotron1003]

I love this video, I watched it twice. The blend of gentle music and visuals makes it haunting and inspiring. I used to spend time tracing old railway lines like Calvo to bestwood lakes so I get the attraction. Now I'm inspired to walk along trent Lane

[@michaelpilling9659]

Hello Ant - greetings from Poland. That was absolutley fantastic. What a brillian video. Thanks so much for being our exploration leader for this adventure. Victorian engineering and construction work at its very best. And they didn;t have the machinery available to them that we would have today.

[@markwng]

That was a good tour of an interesting structure..

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Mark. Thanks for watching

[@lilchris26]

Nice video Ant very informative even though I do not come from Nottingham, well done guys.

[@4623620]

Thanks for this remarkable exploration. 👍👍👍 I am a bit claustrophobic (and at some point it crept on me), but viewing it from the relative safety of my home, I was still able to enjoyed it very much. 🖖😎👍 ❗

[@AlisonBryen]

I'm hugely claustrophobic, and have panic disorder, but I find myself drawn to these videos nonetheless. It's like a lure. I'm interested in rivers and their tributaries and following them on maps anyway, so hidden rivers are even more exciting. I'd be too scared to go in these places myself so love watching these videos instead. Culverts and drains still creep me out though!

[@levzy]

Thanks for an Excellent video, I love that there's so much stuff hidden below us 😀

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers pal. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@crypto_invester.101]

Hi. Absolutely loved this video. Those 2 geocaches you found belong jointly to me and a good friend. Glad you found them

[@TrekkingExploration]

Blimey thanks for watching. How long ago were they put down there?

[@crypto_invester.101]

Only a few months before you ventured down there. My question is how did you get someone to let you out of the air shaft at the end?

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@crypto_invester.101 it was pure coincidence there was someone there I was expecting to walk back the way we came

[@crypto_invester.101]

That definitely was a coincidence. I hope that happens when we venture down there very soon for the very new geocache that’s just been placed down there at the air shaft.

[@michaelreddington1234]

So I’ve been currently working on those new build apartments that you can see just behind you at the start of the vidoe. Been parking on Trent Lane for almost two years, Monday to Friday and I had absolutely no idea this was here. This is amazing and it blown my mind 😂

[@davidlamb6859]

👍 Wow I can’t believe the number of bricks. Outstanding video! Greetings from oz

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much David. Pleased you enjoyed it

[@chrisbodum3621]

I can't believe Ant counted them all while filming it ! Sunt'anzul Road (St. Ann's Well Road)

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@chrisbodum3621 many talents 😉😂

[@GHost-tl4vl]

Excellent video has allways. Would love you to do a video on Wells Road st anns. Was told growing up there when I was a kid that there was some sort of train tunnel there. Not sure if that was true but would be kool of there ever was knowing the story's I've been told when growing up there.

[@stevedodd9047]

I go into these places in my line of work and still find them interesting. Keep up the good work and great vid 😊

[@TrekkingExploration]

Is probably be filming them whilst I worked if I did 😂 I'll hopefully find more similar to this. Thanks for watching

[@PiousMoltar]

Haha I went down to the end of that very road not long ago! Trent Lane, correct? There used to be a speedway track near there, way back in the 1930s, which is mainly why I was snooping around. Nothing left to be seen of that though, as far as I know. I saw a similar plaque to the one you show at the start, not that one of course because I was the other side of the wall!

[@PiousMoltar]

Ah, should have watched a bit more before commenting, as you confirm it is indeed Trent Lane.

[@kimbenson2920]

Lovely vid, Ant. I never tire of seeing all these different views in and around Nottingham, and other places, that normally most of us never see. Thanks for the tour. Great photography as usual. A load of fun. Cheers. 👍🤓

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Kim much appreciated. Probably not one of the places on your list to visit though 😂😉

[@terryansell6641]

Very interesting video thank you from NZ for sharing

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it

[@lordbelvoir2543]

A look under Nottingham Council House could be interesting.....if you go up cheapside there's a pair of big green doors on the side of the council house.....its a lift capable of carrying a large van that goes down underground🤔🤔🤔

[@lilireaps]

We used these doors on a school trip in the 90s to go into the caves under the council house. I remember there being loads of tunnels down there.

[@glo0115]

I was manager of Gauntleys for many years. It's interesting but not that much. The lift goes down to a small roadway that runs along the same path as the arcade with a turning circle at the end. There's a few lifts and stairways up to the entrances you see beside the arcade doors which also go up to the rest of the council house. The shops have entrances down there too and the shared bins. Sadly there's no access to super secret underground facility that apparently exists below the market place and not the old toilets 🤣

[@mbrewin]

that was a great video Ant, look forward to your next one

[@danielholme3874]

Superb video, very envious.

[@tresparivet6348]

Fascinating to watch and great to see the workmanship back in its day.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks so very much. Glad you enjoyed it

[@janepatricia8779]

Brilliant video Ant, i was a bit worried when Andrew was going to get in the water,i thought the branch would snap😀 did you have back ache when you got out? Its amazing whats under our feet as we walk around the city,keep up the good work & take care 😃 xx

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much. I've been plotting this one since I first passed it in August

[@martinmarsola6477]

A fabulous video of the tunnel. Very well built after all these years. Thanks Andy and Antony for the wonderful tour. See you both on your next! Cheers mates!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Martin. I've been plotting and looking forward to this one all year 🙂

[@jimg9820]

Interesting - who would've thought we had such a lengthy "lost" river in Nottingham! I hadn't really thought about St Ann's Well road actually having a well - I guess a lot of the older road names do relate to bygone features.

[@TrekkingExploration]

It makes you wonder how many similar things are dotted around the country. Thanks very much for watching

[@lordbelvoir2543]

The well was just behind and to the side of the old gardener's pub....it was buried when they built the bridge over the Wells Road for the Nottingham suburban line

[@lilireaps]

@@lordbelvoir2543 they've built houses on there now, such a shame because it needed someone with the funds to be able to excavate the well. Would of been an amazing tourist attraction for our city.

[@andrewmaurerandrew6801]

Yet another quality video top man keep them coming 👍👍🍺

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Andrew thanks for watching

[@kenstevens5065]

Another pearler production Ant, all my time in Nottingham and I didn't know it existed. There is Beck St in the city centre opposite the old Palais which used to go north east as far as the start of St Anne's Well Rd. I think you are well to the east of this area so the name may be unrelated to this tunnel. St Anne's Well was totally destroyed by the building of the Nottingham Suburban Railway. Those Victorians didn't have planning restrictions like we do nowadays!

[@andrewfrancis8263]

I think st Anne's we'll is on the right side of the Gardens pub used to be . There was an archihogical dig in late eighties .

[@daveconyard8946]

Thanks for this , Nice one . Keep Safe 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Dave thanks very much

[@ALWResearchTeam]

Nice Video Ant, it sure was a good day out and the Beck Burn Culvert was impressive to say the least :)

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'd like to find similar places. Must be loads

[@brianroberts7096-h6v]

I'm very interested in this tunnel because, when it was built, it dissected an underground brewing cave that had been in use for at least a couple of hundred years, possibly many more. It was sealed off with a 3 brick wall (presumably to keep the navies away from the beer). I spent 2 years clearing out the remaining parts, which were still in use until 1920. Unfortunately, the tunnel leaks, and partly floods the remaining parts of the cave, which lie 2-3 ft deeper. The water level in the cave has risen considerably in the last couple of years, suggesting an increase in the levels in the tunnel, possibly due to damage. It's also prevented tours which raised money for Stonebridge farm, a local charity Seven Trent and the City Council keep passing the buck on responsibility. A few years ago, I lifted a some manholes in the vicinity. At first sight, these were not connected to the tunnel, but may well have been some of those shown in the video, and may be worth another look. Do you know the approximate location of the staircase, which would be a useful reference point for me to identify the most likely of the manholes?.

[@spekticat]

Absolutely amazing, this deserves so much more attention! As a Nottingham resident this is such an excited revelation :) one thing I would really appreciate is for the addition text info to have s voiceover as I find it a bit difficult to follow subtitles sometimes :)

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully many more get to see this video. Thanks for watching. The text was something different I tried out 🙂

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Derby has similar hidden streams under the city that were revealed when a section of vaulting collapsed. Amazing they are there but so few know about it.

[@lindamccaughey6669]

That was an awesome video thanks Ant. Those tunnels were just beautiful. What a great explore. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Linda I'm so pleased you enjoyed it 🙂

[@undergroundbass946fm]

Another fantastic video, possibly your best yet!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for your kind comment. It definitely feels like a special one

[@volpeverde6441]

lots of caves....old train tunnels....culverts and sewer systems under MANSFIELD ROAD....go for miles....

[@LadySophieofHougunManor7325]

Awesome

[@christoppo33]

Really enjoyed this video something different so glad u had a way out at the other end no way u was walking that back lol Nice find at the end and that shaft was high u was so far underground I literally walked through Victoria Park today right pass that bit crazy ❤️

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Chris I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I've been waiting to do this since last year. I have an itch to go back to.... To see how far I can get

[@christoppo33]

@@TrekkingExploration I thought that was as far as u can go lol what about if u started from Victoria Park next time and see how far u can get might end up on my street lol 😉

[@christoppo33]

@@TrekkingExploration what was the tunnels purpose I imagine u said in the video just can’t remember lol

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@christoppo33 it's a small brook adapted to take waste surface water and then it's been covered

[@exileinderby51]

Great video Ant, long may the explores continue

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much 🙂

[@djp120970]

Absolute quality Ant as usual

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks so very much 🙂

[@MakeAllThingsBeautiful]

Thanks so much, i'd wondered about this culvert, heard stories there was a tunnel all the way from Sneinton to the Trent and now you have worked your unique creativity with the exploration and superb lighting and photography, it must of felt good to emerge back into daylight, i did suggest you pop in to see Janice at the New Castle (used to be 'the lamp') and she will probably let you explore cellar and the caves, it's just down the road from where you emerged.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'm absolutely always up for suggestions. It was quite surreal appearing at the top of that shaft

[@another3997]

Brilliant video, really impressed. I knew St. Ann's used to have a well, but didn't know about this 'lost' stream. Most of it looked great, but not being a big fan of deep water, especially when it's dark, I'd probably struggle to get in the tunnel at the start. 😁

[@TheKinlock]

Exceptional work, there used to be a map in Nottingham castle show the brook running alongside st Anne’s wells road, and shooting off up ransom road, where the water can still be seen before it goes under ground

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for watching. I'd like to think Nottingham has more little Nuggets like this to uncover and explore

[@melvynmears6515]

Brilliant video. Do you have any concerns about gas in the tunnel as you are stirring the water and i would have thought there would be sludge on the bottom.

[@jetsons101]

This may sound weird to some, but I would rather spend a day exploring a culvert than a day at Disneyland-----"really" So many bricks. Thanks to you and your team for another fun watch.....

[@UrbanWandererz]

Not weird at all. Culverts truly are brilliant

[@jetsons101]

@@UrbanWandererz We have a few around here but their all from the 60's Lame. Some day I'll make it to the UK.

[@UrbanWandererz]

@@jetsons101 oh I’m not from the uk either. But my city does have some cool culverts

[@jetsons101]

@@UrbanWandererz I kinda thought that from your Utube name "Milwaukee" lol

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Gotta love an amazing piece of brickwork that was made way under estimate.

[@Urbex_key]

Nice video! I hope to visit here someday aswell!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for watching

[@bearded653]

wow just love this i would love to do this ,new sub🙏 cant get over it just the best ive seen in a long time,👍

[@connor3030]

Nice! Me and a mate did a long paddleboard trip around Notts the other week - we were questioning what this tunnel was, so thank you for the video!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Awwww brilliant, thanks for watching 🙂

[@oldfart6318]

Stunning video. Amazing civil engineering and the bricks still seem to be in good order in the main.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers buddy thanks for watching 🙂🙂

[@Parianparlay]

Wow I think you were both so brave to go down there! Stunning brickwork, wow…what a lot of work went into making these tunnels. Stay safe! Xx

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hey Jane. It's a place that could have a return visit in the spring too when the water's are lower again 🙂🙂

[@Parianparlay]

@@TrekkingExploration 👍🏻💫

[@bd4_l]

What an interesting video.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much. 🙂

[@dwrowley]

Great video and exploratio, amazing brickwork

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for watching

[@dudleyarnold5745]

Good work, thanks.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for watching

[@ArtOfCrimson-art]

Great video, around 5,6 or 7 minutes, what was the music…?

[@snoggy75]

Thanks that was amazing 🤩

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@robertmorley3609]

On a much smaller scale, there used to be a brick culvert from the bottom of Bramcote Drive in Wollaton carrying the Tottle Brook down to Model Cottage on Bramcote Lane below Wollaton Vale.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Has this become inaccessible now? Many thanks for watching

[@robertmorley3609]

@@TrekkingExploration I don't know, I've been in Canada for the last 40 odd years!

[@cliveballiston7471]

Hi Ant, absolutely brilliant, that tunnel is so fascinating, if you don't mind me asking what is the name of your death Ray torch and where did you get it, all the best

[@Jimyjames73]

Was it a bit smelly down there & quite a few of other tunnels going else where then!!! 🤔🚂🚂🚂

[@TrekkingExploration]

Only a few minutes of a pong then all good

[@Dickinsonradiotv]

What are the metal bars across the top of the tunnel for?

[@shavedphil]

Hi Ant. Really enjoyed this vlog. Do you know what the maintenance schedule is for the calvert? Also is the calvert trackable above ground? Thanks 😀

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Phil. No Idea on maintenance. Looks like it's not very often probably inspected via a manhole from time to time. From above ground I'd need a map from the archives or council imagine

[@jontownsend8090]

Awesome explore, I find all this drainage infrastructure fascinating. Those side tunnels are definitely worth an explore. Hopefully none of them are CSO tunnels.

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's possibly worth a revisit sometime. To go beyond the shaft at the other end too

[@desmondnorton9709]

There’s a tunnel near us that goes from old westhorpe colliery .years ago I spoke to a old railway worker who told me that in this tunnel during the 2 nd world war Churchill set up a secret army depot so when and if Germans invaded these people could do gorilla warfare they stashed arms explosives food etc in secret stashes mostly underground only a certain few knew were these stashes were he said that one was built in this long tunnel in a manhole he didn’t know were it was exactly as the workmen that did it worked for the mod and were sworn to secrecy only a certain few knew of it some senior officers in the home guard knew. I wondered if you have ever heard of this .regards des

[@cyberlizardcouk]

did you spot the big fish just before you jumped in.

[@Telfordultimateguide]

The stoopy bit - was where the foul water tunnel runs underneath - hence the manholes - Known as a twin tunnel in drainage terms

[@TrekkingExploration]

Ahhh great that's cleared that up. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@Ozbert]

Was it a bird or a bat that shot over you and into the tunnel at 14:52 ?

[@TrekkingExploration]

There were quite a few bats around I think so most likely 🙂

[@22whizzo56]

Why didn't you use a canoe instead of wading all that way??

[@DaveM_thetrucker]

Until quite recently the wall behind you at the start of the Vid, had something that had reversed in to it, and all the bricks were on the floor on the riverside

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Amazing place and made £10,000 under the estimate. Thats a huge saving back then. Shame they dont have the same ethos these days.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

because tax funding wasnt unified back then, nowadays they over estimate all city costs to fill a budget hole in some other area

[@maxvideoentertainment8706]

If you'd have carried on you would entered the subterranean level of the telephone exchange across the road from the park. Its the 2nd tallest building in Nottingham with at least 4 subterranean levels. You can hear the water trickling down there.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Definitely worth a revisit then..... I'll wait until the drier months then hopefully give it a go

[@maxvideoentertainment8706]

@@TrekkingExploration It might end under King / Queen Street. I heard of an opening to the King/ Queen Street tunnels in the cellar of what was the shoe shop on the corner. Be careful!

[@AndreFrancis-t5g]

They been blocking most these entrances up and this one will be next ! Hopefully no1 reports this Good work guys I think st Mary's Church is a diamond 💎 and needs to be check3d

[@petehaynes7214]

That was on 28 days later years ago in photo format

[@TrekkingExploration]

2016 I think was the most recent report. Thanks for watching

[@ianhargreaves4978]

Would like the location of this structure please

[@TrekkingExploration]

End of Trent Lane, Nottingham by the River Trent

[@markrainford1219]

Could have built the large hadron collider under Nottingham.

[@Milkybar3320011]

What’s a geocash and why locate these down manholes?

[@simontay4851]

How many years did it take to build. Think of the men that built it. Every brick was carefully placed by hand. Its still in very good condition. The part where the train line goes over is not so good though. Its very rusty.

[@TrekkingExploration]

That part with the train line goodness knows how old that plating must be. 4.5 million bricks carefully laid on a curve like that. Very skillful

[@RAYMONDBRADBURY-h9g]

Great video, take my hat off to the both of you, what would worry me is the possible presence of gas i.e. carbon dioxide, hope you carry some sort of detector, excellent

[@SuperMika70]

💪🤘

[@ianhargreaves4978]

Stamp on the brick would be the brick manufacturer

[@hammertime4437]

I thought the longest tunnel in Nottingham was the Mansfield Road Tunnel. Where the Great Central Railway use to go through it.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Probably the longest railway tunnel

[@hammertime4437]

Yeah Agreed.@@TrekkingExploration

[@DpacOP]

I remember back in 2009 I saw an open man home cover near Strelley went down it and went on for miles I should go down one again now that I have a camera 😂

[@TrekkingExploration]

I bet there are similar all over

[@DpacOP]

@@TrekkingExploration yeah it’s amazing what is forgotten under are city

[@nateuk2542]

Player street tunnel Radford

[@TrekkingExploration]

You can get in do you know?

[@speddrow-uk-4072]

Player court the far building has stairs down to the tunnels, use to work there when it was storage, and we went down one afternoon, was unreal tbf

[@andrewdavis9223]

It makes me wonder how the heck they built these fantastic tunnels they wouldn't get them built now 🙄

[@TrekkingExploration]

Work of art in places isn't it? Highly skilled

[@doogee6157]

I canoed up that.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I almost kayaked it. How far did you get?

[@doogee6157]

We got as far as the railway crossing at Sneinton at that point it was completely dark we had no lights so decided to reverse out @@TrekkingExploration

[@ianhargreaves4978]

Hope you had an escape plan , gas testers and and escape breathing apparatus us you are playing in a confined space and training is required

[@matt106]

Looks like a bat at 14:50

[@TrekkingExploration]

Definitely a few in there

[@RaggyAl1971]

Nottingham city council are not happy at you trespassing on their land,if you carry on they'll take legal action on you.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Okay. Please forward me the details you have received.

[@sturicho9339]

Lol did any one see the 🦇