Glenfield Tunnel

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A guided tour of the Leicester & Swannington Railway's Glenfield Tunnel, organised by the Leicestershire Industrial History Society. 2015

Air Shaft, Glenfield Tunnel, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 791711 2008

Glenfield Railway Tunnel 2012

Glenfield Railway Tunnel 2012

GlenfieldTunnel01 2009

Glenfield Tunnel air shaft 2014

Glenfield tunnel air shaft 2014

The east portal of Glenfield Tunnel (1) Nigel Tout, 7.4.1968 1968

The east portal of Glenfield Tunnel (2) Nigel Tout, 7.4.1968 1968

The west portal of Glenfield Tunnel (1) Nigel Tout, 14.3.1967 1967

The west portal of Glenfield Tunnel (2) Nigel Tout, 14.3.1967 1967

The west portal of Glenfield Tunnel and the derelict Glenfield Station, Nigel Tout, 14.3.1967 1967

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		RailScot listing@			Wikidata
site		Elvaston Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	bunker		Wikidata
site		Loughborough Cold Store	warehouse, bunker		Wikidata
site		Grotto And Pool South East Of Coleorton Hall	grotto		Wikidata
site		Grotto To South East Of The Old Mill In Melbourne Hall Gardens	grotto		Wikidata
site		Asfordby Colliery	mine		Wikidata
site		Bardon Hill Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		Califat Coal Mine	coal mine		Wikidata
site		Cliffe Hill Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		Croft and Huncote Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		Enderby Warren Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		New Cliffe Hill quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		Newhurst Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
site		Pooley Hall Colliery	coal mine		Wikidata
site		Snibston colliery	coal mine		Wikidata
site		Ashby Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Calke Park Tunnel	tunnel		Wikidata
site		Glenfield Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Gresley Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Ingarsby Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Newbold Tunnel South Portal	portal, tunnel		Wikidata
site		Oxendon Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Oxford Canal, Newbold Tunnel North Portal	portal, tunnel		Wikidata
image	2015	A guided tour of the Leicester & Swannington Railway's Glenfield Tunnel, organised by the Leicestershire Industrial History Society.			Wikimedia
image	2008	Air Shaft, Glenfield Tunnel, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 791711			Wikimedia
image	2012	Glenfield Railway Tunnel			Wikimedia
image	2012	Glenfield Railway Tunnel			Wikimedia
image	2009	GlenfieldTunnel01			Wikimedia
image	2014	Glenfield Tunnel air shaft			Wikimedia
image	2014	Glenfield tunnel air shaft			Wikimedia
image	1968	The east portal of Glenfield Tunnel (1) Nigel Tout, 7.4.1968			Wikimedia
image	1968	The east portal of Glenfield Tunnel (2) Nigel Tout, 7.4.1968			Wikimedia
image	1967	The west portal of Glenfield Tunnel (1) Nigel Tout, 14.3.1967			Wikimedia
image	1967	The west portal of Glenfield Tunnel (2) Nigel Tout, 14.3.1967			Wikimedia
image	1967	The west portal of Glenfield Tunnel and the derelict Glenfield Station, Nigel Tout, 14.3.1967			Wikimedia