Anubis Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 You've got the car. You have forked out your hard earned for that expensive exhaust. You now want to make a symphony of noise all around you, but the question is where are all the tunnels? Scouring maps and looking on the Internet for them to incorporate on a drive can be a long and painful process unless you're 'in the know' - and even then you may miss some. There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now... UK Road Tunnels I've teamed up with PistonHeads to plot all of them across the UK (they have agreed to make it a sticky). If you know of some road tunnels, help out your fellow petrolheads by signing into a Google account (setting one up takes only a few minutes) and plot it on the map with the following details: Road: Length (approx): Direction: [direction of travel] Description: [speed limits, safety cameras, likely times of traffic, etc] Next step: Go out and make some noise! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Instructions: Create / Sign into a Google account. Click on Edit and then place the marker on the map for others to see (remember to save): I'm not going to put hundreds of them on a map - but if everyone put 1 or 2 that they know on there it'll get filled pretty quickly. Just trying to help out fellow petrolheads - won't do any harm, if anything it will get people out meeting eachother for runs more. It's not only this forum that it has been advertised on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 now a sticky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 now a sticky Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Great idea! I'll add a couple when I get the chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I was gonna add one but was already done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 nice idea , shame i live in a kinda enpty spot , shatfield tunnel is too open to really hear it , dartfords my fave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I think I will be visiting this one when its open http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8586605.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I think I will be visiting this one when its open http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8586605.stm I'll be up for that, the road down from Basingstoke to Alton to Liss is good fun too. Shame it wont be til 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 HindHead is going to have permanent SPECS in place - the nanny state has got in there before us I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 so? they can't really say anything about you entering at 20mph, accellerating to 50mph and then backing down to 20mph again. They should embrace tunnel runners really, cos they could offer like 3 for 2 Pass-Thru deals, so you'd get the revenue for the toll but also keep us happy, well sort of. Or organize 2am Tunnelruns with a percentage going to charity, or summat like that, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 so? they can't really say anything about you entering at 20mph, accellerating to 50mph and then backing down to 20mph again. +1 - some nice blasts in 2nd gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffos Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Gives a whole new meaning to love tunnels........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 As far as thread revivals go, this is impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AliveBoy Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) People complain at reposts. Other people complain about people actually using the search function. It's a no win Edit: to de autocorrect the post! Edited June 30, 2013 by Dedman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apcarter Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 there is a nice little one in doncaster under the frenchgate shopping centre. if timed right by the lights its a clear 8 secound sprit though the tunnel with out traffic. enjoy people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDorgan Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 there are the two mersey tunnels however both cost £1.60 to cross and there's no much room to play. Both long. There's also some tunnels in folkestone near sugar loaf hill. At the very end of the motorway if my memory serves correctly. Other than that I don't know of any others in the north west or the rest of the country haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Mahoney Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I went through the one in Dublin after bringing my car back on the ferry (purchased in England, but I live in Belfast). Was easily the best tunnel I went through on my way back - very quiet with little traffic, so I could hear the engine nicely. I think the toll was £2 (I paid in pounds - had no euros) and there was a cop waiting at the exit - he smiled because I'd slowed right down before I saw him so I could accelerate out of the tunnel. Speed limit was only 80 km/h though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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