Farnley Scar Tunnel

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Steps up 2012

The east portal of Farnley Tunnel (2) 2015

The east portal of Farnley Tunnel (3) 2015

The east portal of Farnley Tunnel (4) 2012

The former course of the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line east of Farnley Tunnel 2015

The former course of the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line west of Farnley Tunnel 2015

The west portal of Farnley Tunnel (2) 2015

West portal of Farnley Scar Tunnel (Corbridge) 2010

West portal of the disused Farnley Tunnel 2014

Woodland around the east portal of Farnley Tunnel (2) 2015

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		RailScot listing@			Wikidata
site		Gosforth Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	bunker		Wikidata
site		Hexham Cold Store	warehouse, bunker		Wikidata
site		Jesmond Dene ARP Headquarters	civil defense center		Wikidata
site		Newcastle Regional War Room	bunker		Wikidata
site		Beaumont Mine	mine		Wikidata
site		Beldon lead mine and ore works at Beldon Shields	mine		Wikidata
site		Bob Gin Pitt mine drainage system 520m south east of Wallington Hall	mine		Wikidata
site		Brownley Hill mine	mine		Wikidata
site		Carrshield lead mines and ore works	mine		Wikidata
site		Cawfields Roman temporary camp	archaeological site, quarry		Wikidata
site		Chopwell Colliery	coal mine		Wikidata
site		Cornish Hush Mine	mine		Wikidata
site		Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine	mine		Wikidata
site		Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works	mine		Wikidata
site		Middlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore works	mine		Wikidata
site		Park Level lead mine with ore works on Killhope Burn	mine		Wikidata
site		Rampgill mine	lead mine		Wikidata
site		Shotton Surface Mine	coal mine		Wikidata
site	1984	Killhope Museum	local authority museum, lead mine, mining museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
site		Nenthead Mines	mining museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
site		Farnley Scar Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Hog Hill Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Scotswood Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Victoria Tunnel	railway tunnel, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	2012	Steps up			Wikimedia
image	2015	The east portal of Farnley Tunnel (2)			Wikimedia
image	2015	The east portal of Farnley Tunnel (3)			Wikimedia
image	2012	The east portal of Farnley Tunnel (4)			Wikimedia
image	2015	The former course of the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line east of Farnley Tunnel			Wikimedia
image	2015	The former course of the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line west of Farnley Tunnel			Wikimedia
image	2015	The west portal of Farnley Tunnel (2)			Wikimedia
image	2010	West portal of Farnley Scar Tunnel (Corbridge)			Wikimedia
image	2014	West portal of the disused Farnley Tunnel			Wikimedia
image	2015	Woodland around the east portal of Farnley Tunnel (2)			Wikimedia