Tunnel Hill, Worcestershire

[rogerthedodger]

I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I noticed a place called Tunnel Hill.
Intrigued, I tried to find out what tunnel there is or was there without success.

Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well, near to Evesham; I can't find
any reason for that name either.

The two Tunnel Hills are at NGRs SO840401 and SP021474

Both of these are also shown as Tunnel Hill on the Old OS maps website, so the names have been
around for quite a while.

Does anyone know why these two places got this name?

Rogerthedodger

[Andrew Emmerson]

The name occurs normally when there is a canal (or a canalised river)
nearby. Tunnels were a novelty when the canals were first built. I don't
know the two localities you mention.

Andy Emmerson.

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I noticed a

place called Tunnel Hill.

Post by rogerthedodger
Intrigued, I tried to find out what tunnel there is or was there without success.
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well, near

to Evesham; I can't find

Post by rogerthedodger
any reason for that name either.
The two Tunnel Hills are at NGRs SO840401 and SP021474
Both of these are also shown as Tunnel Hill on the Old OS maps website, so

the names have been

Post by rogerthedodger
around for quite a while.
Does anyone know why these two places got this name?
Rogerthedodger

[SpamTrapSeeSig]

Post by rogerthedodger
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well,
near to Evesham
Does anyone know why these two places got this name?

Had always assumed this one was an in-joke relating to a certain
'naughty basement' - wholly wrong of course.


Regards,

Simonm.

[R. W. Barnes]

Post by SpamTrapSeeSig

Post by rogerthedodger
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well,
near to Evesham
Does anyone know why these two places got this name?

Had always assumed this one was an in-joke relating to a certain
'naughty basement' - wholly wrong of course.
Regards,
Simonm.

The depth of the basement depended upon which courses you were on - and
which lecturer was doing the 'winding-up...!'

When I was there I ratched for miles around that place (being taken in like
the rest of my course...) - didn't find a thing except the SHF link on the
top which pointed to Daventry (I believe it had another purpose before that
one).

But when I was there on my 'A'-course, I was in the accommodation - 'D' -
block' which was used by the wartime BBC studios staff. The air-raid
shelters were behind 'A'-block, and were underground (well, cut into the
bank). There was a sloping entrance to - ISTR - the wartime studios which I
was led to believe were under the front lawn.

Once one got on the 'C'-course, one was put in more salubrious
accommodation - the rooms actually had 13A sockets in them!

There is the remains of an Aux. Unit 'hide' on the other side (north) of
this particular Tunnel Hill. I never found it though.
--

Regds,

Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk

[John]

Post by R. W. Barnes

Post by SpamTrapSeeSig

Post by rogerthedodger
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well,
near to Evesham
Does anyone know why these two places got this name?

Had always assumed this one was an in-joke relating to a certain
'naughty basement' - wholly wrong of course.

The depth of the basement depended upon which courses you were on - and
which lecturer was doing the 'winding-up...!'

.

Post by R. W. Barnes
When I was there I ratched for miles around that place (being taken in like
the rest of my course...) - didn't find a thing except the SHF link on the
top which pointed to Daventry (I believe it had another purpose before that
one).

Never did climb that hill from the library to the link site. What is up there,
is it a small tower with a SHF dish ?. Any buildings ?

Post by R. W. Barnes
But when I was there on my 'A'-course, I was in the accommodation - 'D' -
block' which was used by the wartime BBC studios staff. The air-raid
shelters were behind 'A'-block, and were underground (well, cut into the
bank). There was a sloping entrance to - ISTR - the wartime studios which I
was led to believe were under the front lawn.

Something like that. From memory, the underground building's are underneath
the Brandon training rooms and extend towards the gardens.

The Accomodation and WN Hall are today owned by an American outfit.

Post by R. W. Barnes
Once one got on the 'C'-course, one was put in more salubrious
accommodation - the rooms actually had 13A sockets in them!

**WOW... You had 13A sockets in your room for the 'C' course**

LOL!! :-)

My 'C' course there just so happen to be training courses for the various
managers from the regional studios around country so use being nothing more
than 'mere mortals' got dumped into one of the old wooden huts which pleased
us no end.

I went for a couple of days to WN a few weeks back and the place has changed
a lot in the 15 years since I was there last, anyhow the accomodation has
improved, but the bar is still expensive.

Post by R. W. Barnes
There is the remains of an Aux. Unit 'hide' on the other side (north) of
this particular Tunnel Hill. I never found it though.

[Russell W. Barnes]

Post by John

Post by R. W. Barnes

Post by SpamTrapSeeSig

Post by rogerthedodger
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well,
near to Evesham
Does anyone know why these two places got this name?

Had always assumed this one was an in-joke relating to a certain
'naughty basement' - wholly wrong of course.

The depth of the basement depended upon which courses you were on - and
which lecturer was doing the 'winding-up...!'

.

Post by R. W. Barnes
When I was there I ratched for miles around that place (being taken in like
the rest of my course...) - didn't find a thing except the SHF link on the
top which pointed to Daventry (I believe it had another purpose before that
one).

Never did climb that hill from the library to the link site. What is up there,
is it a small tower with a SHF dish ?. Any buildings ?

There was a small building and a shortish tower, plus SHF dish.

Post by John

Post by R. W. Barnes
But when I was there on my 'A'-course, I was in the accommodation - 'D' -
block' which was used by the wartime BBC studios staff. The air-raid
shelters were behind 'A'-block, and were underground (well, cut into the
bank). There was a sloping entrance to - ISTR - the wartime studios which I
was led to believe were under the front lawn.

Something like that. From memory, the underground building's are underneath
the Brandon training rooms and extend towards the gardens.
The Accomodation and WN Hall are today owned by an American outfit.

What happened to the posh hotel, where the Engineering Training huts were
pushed embarassingly to the back and hedged in, out of sight?

Post by John

Post by R. W. Barnes
Once one got on the 'C'-course, one was put in more salubrious
accommodation - the rooms actually had 13A sockets in them!

**WOW... You had 13A sockets in your room for the 'C' course**

When I arrived on my 'A' course in 1983, I wondered why all the doors to our
rooms had notches cut out of the bottom corner. Then I realised it was to
pass an extension lead through to the 13A socket in the corridor....

Post by John
LOL!! :-)
My 'C' course there just so happen to be training courses for the various
managers from the regional studios around country so use being nothing more
than 'mere mortals' got dumped into one of the old wooden huts which pleased
us no end.
I went for a couple of days to WN a few weeks back and the place has changed
a lot in the 15 years since I was there last, anyhow the accomodation has
improved, but the bar is still expensive.

Even more so, now it's privatised! The BBC Club in Evesham has gone (I
believe), but the grub was good when I was there in '97 (Management
Development I). The lecturers had to eat sandwitches and we got silver
service; Ha, ha.....

Post by John

Post by R. W. Barnes
There is the remains of an Aux. Unit 'hide' on the other side (north) of
this particular Tunnel Hill. I never found it though.

--
Regds,

Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk

Please take out dog before replying by Email!

[John]

Post by Russell W. Barnes

Post by John
Never did climb that hill from the library to the link site. What is up
there, is it a small tower with a SHF dish ?. Any buildings ?

There was a small building and a shortish tower, plus SHF dish.

Oh. I should have taken the walk when I was at WN, but like most things
I forgot.

Post by Russell W. Barnes

Post by John

Post by R. W. Barnes
But when I was there on my 'A'-course, I was in the accommodation - 'D' -
block' which was used by the wartime BBC studios staff. The air-raid
shelters were behind 'A'-block, and were underground (well, cut into the
bank). There was a sloping entrance to - ISTR - the wartime studios
which I was led to believe were under the front lawn.

Something like that. From memory, the underground building's are
underneath the Brandon training rooms and extend towards the gardens.
The Accomodation and WN Hall are today owned by an American outfit.

What happened to the posh hotel, where the Engineering Training huts were
pushed embarassingly to the back and hedged in, out of sight?

Some info below on Wood Norton.
I didn't know till now a episode of Dr Who was filmed at Wood Norton.
http://www.wnhall.co.uk/
http://www.bbctraining.co.uk/index.asp

[Russell W. Barnes]

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Post by John
Some info below on Wood Norton.
I didn't know till now a episode of Dr Who was filmed at Wood Norton.
http://www.wnhall.co.uk/
http://www.bbctraining.co.uk/index.asp
--
John
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

You see on the above web-site that photograph of the front facade of WN
hall? Well, if you take a stroll around the nicely manicured lawn you will
find a small man-hole. When I was there (and present in the background on
several group photos) there was a sloping staircase descending into the
depths of the lawn, yellow brick, concrete roof, and firmly padlocked steel
doors!

I can't remember when it was altered, but ISTR it being done post-1985. I
think it might have been an emergency studio entrance. We trainee Engineers
were discouraged from poking about the grounds too much - and so we
didn't....
--
Regds,

Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk

Please take out dog before replying by Email!

[tech support]

WN Update.

BBC Club in town is still there, and busier that ever. Food is still
excellent and there is a new guest beer every week - probably the cheepest
pint in town.

There is no tunnel in Tunnel Hill, the name seems to come from some old
anglo-saxon or such like work for settlement or wooded area. Exploring is a
bit easier now because woodland management has cleared fallen trees and
scrub in some areas and taken a timber crop from others. Part is now a SSSI
because of rare orchids.

The 'ski-jump' on the front lawn was the emergency exit from the shelters in
the basement of the main building (Wood Norton Hall), there are two cellars
under the house, not interconnected, and some rooms under the lawns. A pipe
tunnel runs all round the ground floor of the house with metal grilles in
the floor to let the warm air out. The cellars were used for storage for
years but were quite damp so stuff often got spoiled.

Recent pictures show that the roof has been restored, after the fire damage
sustained in 1940. Wood Norton Hall itself is now a Hotel, owned by an
american hotel group who also have the accommodation blocks, which are
managed as a conference centre. Delegates on courses at BBC Training &
development are still accommodated on site when space is available, and eat
in the restaurant within the BBC part of the site.

As someone pointed out, much has changed over the past years, many old faces
have gone and the training facilities are constantly being updated to
reflect technical trends. Buildings have names rather than letters now,
Avon, Bredon, Malvern, Vale, and Wyre. Last week a retirement / redundancy
do was held for another group of staff who will be leaving at Christmas -
only 11 Engineering Lecturers left now. Oh, and my office has some VERY deep
foundations!

Chris.

Post by Russell W. Barnes
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Post by John
Some info below on Wood Norton.
I didn't know till now a episode of Dr Who was filmed at Wood Norton.
http://www.wnhall.co.uk/
http://www.bbctraining.co.uk/index.asp
--
John
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

You see on the above web-site that photograph of the front facade of WN
hall? Well, if you take a stroll around the nicely manicured lawn you will
find a small man-hole. When I was there (and present in the background on
several group photos) there was a sloping staircase descending into the
depths of the lawn, yellow brick, concrete roof, and firmly padlocked steel
doors!
I can't remember when it was altered, but ISTR it being done post-1985. I
think it might have been an emergency studio entrance. We trainee Engineers
were discouraged from poking about the grounds too much - and so we
didn't....
--
Regds,
Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk
Please take out dog before replying by Email!

[Russell W. Barnes]

Post by tech support
WN Update.
BBC Club in town is still there, and busier that ever. Food is still
excellent and there is a new guest beer every week - probably the cheepest
pint in town.

Good; pleased to hear it. Do they still have skittles?

The BBC Club at Evesham was the first place I have ever been in where I saw
groups of blokes dancing with one another. Southerners, of course... I
wondered what the hell was going on!

<ducking under table with fireproof trousers to hand>

It was the early 1980's, remember..... We were threatened with groups of
nurses turning up for the wednesday evening 'disco' - they never
materialised; it was a ploy to drum up trade.... (Saw 'Threads' for the
first time there though - all crowded round the telly in the TV lounge).

Post by tech support
There is no tunnel in Tunnel Hill, the name seems to come from some old
anglo-saxon or such like work for settlement or wooded area. Exploring is a
bit easier now because woodland management has cleared fallen trees and
scrub in some areas and taken a timber crop from others. Part is now a SSSI
because of rare orchids.

There appeared to be some sort of subterranean well, or borehole, in an
ornate little hut up by the swimming pool and the radio shack. I tried to
look inside, but could only hear the distant, deep, sound of water dripping.

Post by tech support
The 'ski-jump' on the front lawn was the emergency exit from the shelters in
the basement of the main building (Wood Norton Hall), there are two cellars
under the house, not interconnected, and some rooms under the lawns. A pipe
tunnel runs all round the ground floor of the house with metal grilles in
the floor to let the warm air out. The cellars were used for storage for
years but were quite damp so stuff often got spoiled.

I've seen the pipe tunnel. Seems to link to Bredon wing(?)

Post by tech support
Recent pictures show that the roof has been restored, after the fire damage
sustained in 1940. Wood Norton Hall itself is now a Hotel, owned by an
american hotel group who also have the accommodation blocks, which are
managed as a conference centre. Delegates on courses at BBC Training &
development are still accommodated on site when space is available, and eat
in the restaurant within the BBC part of the site.

Have you ever seen the WWII Auxiliary Unit 'hide' on the other side of
Tunnel Hill? Is there anything worth seeing there?

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Regds,
Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk
Please take out dog before replying by Email!

[Panther650]

Post by Russell W. Barnes
The BBC Club at Evesham was the first place I have ever been in where I saw
groups of blokes dancing with one another. Southerners, of course... I
wondered what the hell was going on!

Russell thats nee place fer a sensitive northern lad like thee
Thee'd be corrupted afore thee got theesen back yam

[tech support]

Post by Russell W. Barnes

Post by tech support
WN Update.
BBC Club in town is still there, and busier that ever. Food is still
excellent and there is a new guest beer every week - probably the cheepest
pint in town.

Good; pleased to hear it. Do they still have skittles?

Yes, there is still a skittles alley, and a club team.

Post by Russell W. Barnes
The BBC Club at Evesham was the first place I have ever been in where I saw
groups of blokes dancing with one another. Southerners, of course... I
wondered what the hell was going on!
<ducking under table with fireproof trousers to hand>
It was the early 1980's, remember..... We were threatened with groups of
nurses turning up for the wednesday evening 'disco' - they never
materialised; it was a ploy to drum up trade.... (Saw 'Threads' for the
first time there though - all crowded round the telly in the TV lounge).

Post by tech support
There is no tunnel in Tunnel Hill, the name seems to come from some old
anglo-saxon or such like work for settlement or wooded area. Exploring

is

Post by Russell W. Barnes
a

Post by tech support
bit easier now because woodland management has cleared fallen trees and
scrub in some areas and taken a timber crop from others. Part is now a

SSSI

Post by tech support
because of rare orchids.

There appeared to be some sort of subterranean well, or borehole, in an
ornate little hut up by the swimming pool and the radio shack. I tried to
look inside, but could only hear the distant, deep, sound of water dripping.

That is a water tank, fed from another further up the hill, which used to
feed the main house.

Post by Russell W. Barnes

Post by tech support
The 'ski-jump' on the front lawn was the emergency exit from the

shelters

Post by Russell W. Barnes
in

Post by tech support
the basement of the main building (Wood Norton Hall), there are two

cellars

Post by tech support
under the house, not interconnected, and some rooms under the lawns. A

pipe

Post by tech support
tunnel runs all round the ground floor of the house with metal grilles in
the floor to let the warm air out. The cellars were used for storage for
years but were quite damp so stuff often got spoiled.

I've seen the pipe tunnel. Seems to link to Bredon wing(?)

It only goes round the perimeter of the main building, long pre-dating
Bredon wing.

Post by Russell W. Barnes

Post by tech support
Recent pictures show that the roof has been restored, after the fire

damage

Post by tech support
sustained in 1940. Wood Norton Hall itself is now a Hotel, owned by an
american hotel group who also have the accommodation blocks, which are
managed as a conference centre. Delegates on courses at BBC Training &
development are still accommodated on site when space is available, and

eat

Post by tech support
in the restaurant within the BBC part of the site.

Have you ever seen the WWII Auxiliary Unit 'hide' on the other side of
Tunnel Hill? Is there anything worth seeing there?

I haven't been there for years, but will have a look on the next 'log
poaching' trip.

Post by Russell W. Barnes
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[John]

Post by tech support

Post by Russell W. Barnes
There appeared to be some sort of subterranean well, or borehole, in an
ornate little hut up by the swimming pool and the radio shack. I tried to
look inside, but could only hear the distant, deep, sound of water dripping.

That is a water tank, fed from another further up the hill, which used to
feed the main house.

I looked at the Swimmming pool, which had been filled in. The building looked
a mess, didn't look inside. I suppose the whole thing maybe demolished soon.

Interesting four poles in a field nearby which I persume are for Amateur Radio ?.

[Russell W. Barnes]

Post by John

Post by tech support

Post by Russell W. Barnes
There appeared to be some sort of subterranean well, or borehole, in an
ornate little hut up by the swimming pool and the radio shack. I tried to
look inside, but could only hear the distant, deep, sound of water dripping.

That is a water tank, fed from another further up the hill, which used to
feed the main house.

I looked at the Swimmming pool, which had been filled in. The building looked
a mess, didn't look inside. I suppose the whole thing maybe demolished soon.
Interesting four poles in a field nearby which I persume are for Amateur Radio ?.
--

Yup....

In keeping with the ethos of 'wooden hut' training for potential BBC
Engineers, the amateur radio club (for those who couldn't get enough) was
afforded the use of a rather dilapidated green shed.

I once worked a chap in Worcester on top-band from those self-same premises.
From the quality of the signal received, he might have well been in outer
Mongolia. The higher bands were OK though.

The swimming pool - another source of entertainment (for us who had courses
in the summer months) used to be a bear-pit, apparently. Shame it has all
been filled in.

Enough nostalgia; where will it end!


--
Regds,

Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk

Please take out dog before replying by Email!

[tech support]

Post by John

Post by tech support

Post by Russell W. Barnes
There appeared to be some sort of subterranean well, or borehole, in an
ornate little hut up by the swimming pool and the radio shack. I tried to
look inside, but could only hear the distant, deep, sound of water dripping.

That is a water tank, fed from another further up the hill, which used to
feed the main house.

I looked at the Swimmming pool, which had been filled in. The building looked
a mess, didn't look inside. I suppose the whole thing maybe demolished soon.
Interesting four poles in a field nearby which I persume are for Amateur Radio ?.

The field now belongs to the Hall, but one of our Transmitter Lecturers
still runs the amateur radio shack in the building near the bear pit - the
poles are his.

Post by John
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John
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

[Catford Loopy]

Post by Russell W. Barnes
The BBC Club at Evesham was the first place I have ever been in where I saw
groups of blokes dancing with one another. Southerners, of course... I
wondered what the hell was going on!

Yea, but that's better than those Northen 'wallflowers' all stood round
staring into their beers and dreaming of their whippets. At least the
Southerners got stuck in.......ooooops.

I can just picture them; "No, I'm leading on this one because it's YOUR
turn to be the lady".


John (once a Trainee Film Sound Recordist, but I'm cured now)
www.trainweb.org/seemus

[Russell W. Barnes]

Post by Catford Loopy

Post by Russell W. Barnes
The BBC Club at Evesham was the first place I have ever been in where I saw
groups of blokes dancing with one another. Southerners, of course... I
wondered what the hell was going on!

Yea, but that's better than those Northen 'wallflowers' all stood round
staring into their beers and dreaming of their whippets. At least the
Southerners got stuck in.......ooooops.

Sheep, actually..... I once had a BBC Wood Norton tee-shirt, especially
made with a motif of a sheep, holding a pint of beer, leaning against a
transmitter mast. The sheep was wearing wellies....

It seemed a good idea to wear one at the time.

Post by Catford Loopy
I can just picture them; "No, I'm leading on this one because it's YOUR
turn to be the lady".

I wrote the above paragraph merely to illustrate the culture-shock
encountered on my first real stay away from home, and did not intend any
derogatory implications; Honest, guv!

Post by Catford Loopy
John (once a Trainee Film Sound Recordist, but I'm cured now)
www.trainweb.org/seemus

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Regds,

Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk

Please take out dog before replying by Email!

[Catford Loopy]

I wrote the paragraph merely to illustrate the culture-shock
encountered on my first real stay away from home, and did not intend any
derogatory implications; Honest, guv!

Nun taken ;-) In fact I was overcome by waves of nostalgia.

John

[Stimpy]

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I
noticed a place called Tunnel Hill. Intrigued, I tried to find out
what tunnel there is or was there without success.
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well,
near to Evesham; I can't find any reason for that name either.

There's also one in Worcester itself where the road runs over the top of the
railway tunnel under Rainbow Hill

[Andrew Clark]

"rogerthedodger"

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn
and I noticed a place called Tunnel Hill. Intrigued, I

tried to

Post by rogerthedodger
find out what tunnel there is or was there without

success.

Tun, meaning an enclosure or farmstead is a very common
Anglo-Saxon place name element. There might be no tun-nel at
all.

[Dom J]

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I noticed a

place called Tunnel Hill.

Post by rogerthedodger
Intrigued, I tried to find out what tunnel there is or was there without success.
Interestingly there is another Tunnel Hill in Worcestershire as well, near

to Evesham; I can't find

Post by rogerthedodger
any reason for that name either.
The two Tunnel Hills are at NGRs SO840401 and SP021474
Both of these are also shown as Tunnel Hill on the Old OS maps website, so

the names have been

Post by rogerthedodger
around for quite a while.
Does anyone know why these two places got this name?
Rogerthedodger

Theres also a Tunnel Hill just outside Cheltenham on the A 40. This
does have an old train tunnel underneath it, sadly locked shut, but last
being used for storage of pipes and valves by Severn Trent.

Dom J

[rogerthedodger]

So in summary of all the above (before the time of this email anyway):

There don't seem to have ever been tunnels (as such) in either of the Tunnel Hills that I originally
asked about.

Strange??

Rogerthedodger ! !

[rogerthedodger]

Post by rogerthedodger
There don't seem to have ever been tunnels (as such) in either of the Tunnel Hills that I

originally

Post by rogerthedodger
asked about.
Strange??
Rogerthedodger ! !

Which of the Tunnel hills that I gave the NGR s of in my original email are you all talking about
here??

Seems I hit upon an interesting place purely by chance!

Rogerthedodger

[Gary Sutherland]

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I noticed
a place called Tunnel Hill.
Intrigued, I tried to find out what tunnel there is or was there without success.

The Worcester one refers to a railway tunnel, if I recall correctly.
Possibly now disused. I used to visit Worcester frequently but haven't
been out that way for a few years now.

Cheers
Gary

[Stimpy]

Post by Gary Sutherland

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I
noticed a place called Tunnel Hill.
Intrigued, I tried to find out what tunnel there is or was there without success.

The Worcester one refers to a railway tunnel, if I recall correctly.
Possibly now disused. I used to visit Worcester frequently but haven't
been out that way for a few years now.

Correct but it's still very much in use. It takes the line north out of
Worcester under Tunnel Hill. (Hmmm.. what was the hill called before they
built a tunnel under it?)

[SpamTrapSeeSig]

Post by Stimpy
Correct but it's still very much in use. It takes the line north out of
Worcester under Tunnel Hill. (Hmmm.. what was the hill called before they
built a tunnel under it?)

Notunnel Hill.


Regards,

Simonm.

[Stimpy]

Post by Gary Sutherland

Post by rogerthedodger
I was looking at a map of the area near Upton-upon-Severn and I noticed
a place called Tunnel Hill.
Intrigued, I tried to find out what tunnel there is or was there without success.

The Worcester one refers to a railway tunnel, if I recall correctly.
Possibly now disused. I used to visit Worcester frequently but haven't
been out that way for a few years now.

Still in use. The tunnel in question is on the line to Birmingham, just
north of Shrub Hill station.

The road 'Tunnel Hill' runs up the side of the same hill ('Rainbow Hill')

[malc]

Post by Stimpy
Still in use. The tunnel in question is on the line to Birmingham, just
north of Shrub Hill station.
The road 'Tunnel Hill' runs up the side of the same hill ('Rainbow Hill')

Hmm ...... replying to a four year old thread eh?

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Malc

[Stimpy]

Post by malc

Post by Stimpy
Still in use. The tunnel in question is on the line to Birmingham, just
north of Shrub Hill station.
The road 'Tunnel Hill' runs up the side of the same hill ('Rainbow Hill')

Hmm ...... replying to a four year old thread eh?

Oops... Just installed a new newsreader and must have mis-configured it
*blush*