2011

TQ3472 : Crescent Wood Tunnel Entrance, Sydenham Hill Wood

taken 13 years ago, near to Dulwich, Southwark, England

Crescent Wood Tunnel Entrance, Sydenham Hill Wood
Crescent Wood Tunnel Entrance, Sydenham Hill Wood
Northern portal of the Crescent Wood Tunnel which is 429yds long. The line was the Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level), which closed in 1954. See LinkExternal link at Subterranea Britanica. The inner gates bear the name of the London Wildlife Trust who have created a bat roost within the tunnel - LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) . See: TQ3471 : Closed railway tunnel, Upper Sydenham for the southern portal of this tunnel and TQ3371 : Paxton Tunnel mouth, Crystal Palace for the Paxton Tunnel.

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TQ3472, 134 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger W Haworth   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 20 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 25 August, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 343 723 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:26.0646N 0:4.1255W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 343 724
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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