Netherton tunnel - From Above

Today we went for a walk. We decided to walk over the top and see if we could find the vents.

It wasn't as easy as all that as there is quite a bit of it under private areas with no access but we tried.

Just up from the North portal is Tividale park and from there we got this view.



Then the tunnel goes under a housing estate.

This was spot number 2.





Then the most unusual one.

Is that a roundabout in the distance?



Actually, it's not a roundabout, the road just passes either side of it.





Spot number 4 has a label on it.





Unfortunately after this the tunnel goes under private land with no access or public footpaths.

We were following a footpath when we noticed a stile to our right and a well walked path which did not appear on the map. Well why not? So we followed it and we're very glad we did.







And then as we approached Bumble Hole one final one.





And finally we'd made it overground.



I'm not sure how many vents remain, but we were pleased with finding so many.

We pressed on along the Dudley number 2 canal.

This is where Titanic's anchors were made.



We finally reached the Dudley Tunnel where we left the canal and walked around the Wrens Nest. A great day.