Langton Branch Line/Half Miley Tunnels - Liverpool - July - 2012 -

[georgie]

these tunnels under marsh lane and strand road/bootle new strand station, used to be a railway line, running from langton dock to fazakerley north junction,it closed in the late 1960s.

had this one on the cards for some time now and decided to give it a whirl while in the area

cant find much history or info only what ive posted above taken from a comment on yoliverpool

much lols trying to this and to get to the access point with kevsy21 leading the way stomping through the dense undergrowth down a steep embankment thinking he was bear grylls.


after our scramble down we was stood at the mouth of 2 portals stacked up with thick orange sticky mud....or whatever it was ,bearly visible through the various trees and shrubbery that grow here we made our way in.........................

im pretty sure this has never been done before ....however i could be wrong but ,nevertheless im proud to bring something new to the table.

explored with kevsy21

from what i can gather this pic is what the portal's are supposed to look like ...this one (i think) was taken from a distance up stanley road way, but gives you an idea of what they used to look like.


this is what the hawthorne road end looks like these days.


we decided to head throught the left tunnel first simply because it was the easiest to negotiate however the think orangey mud still proved a challenge to get across into the right tunnel.


access point across into the other tunnel.


the right side looks like this.


we was wondering up ahead what the light was...maybe an airshaft?? originally when we got to this point we thought we had stumbled on some sort of old station maybe...after further investigation it turns out its a suspended underground walkway for the gasworks that were above us currently disused.




further on up past the gasworks walkway the water seemed to get deeper and our safe walkway at the side of each tunnel was now begining to disappear and our wellies would have to turn into waders to probably carry on , but after further investigation afterwards were led to believe its been filled up to street level.






ill be back...................possibly in waders

[Clough]

Huge torch! That look really good can't wait to see rest boss

[coops]

Great stuff mate and nice to see something new

[myke]

welldone for getting in there nice to see a new tunnel awaiting part 2

[Tankman]

Certainly looks interesting, love the first shot, tackling that sort of vegetation, knackers you very quickly!
Your perseverence paid off though.
Thanks for sharing.

[georgie]

Huge torch! That look really good can't wait to see rest boss

cheers boss the torch is an old faithfull it massive and dead heavy but it packs a nice 25million candles.....lol

[georgie]

Great stuff mate and nice to see something new

cheers mate

[georgie]

welldone for getting in there nice to see a new tunnel awaiting part 2

cheers man much appreciated

[georgie]

Certainly looks interesting, love the first shot, tackling that sort of vegetation, knackers you very quickly!
Your perseverence paid off though.
Thanks for sharing.

cheers man i took one look at the vegitation and asked kev if he fancied going first lol

[Lisajane79]

Brilliant pics!