Tunnels Under Liverpool

[burkhilly]

There's a tunnel which connects the County Sessions House and Museum in William Brown Street. I've no idea how long it's been there or why it's between these two buildings. Part of the tunnel contains cells, which are now used for storage.

[Kev]

St. James' Cem

[Ged]

Came across this having heard of it before. Anyone know if it ever happened or if so where it is and if not why not?

Liverpool Record Office: Online Catalogue')


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[fortinian]

The link you posted does not work... from what I am guessing I can think of two things;

a) the 'brewery tunnel' belonging to a Brew House in Everton which had a tunnel for the barrels of beer to roll down a slope from the Brewery to the yard for transportation.

b) the proposed link to the city centre that would have come out at Everton. (I'm remembering this as I haven't got any books at hand) I think it was meant to come out somewhere near the top of Sleepers Hill

. It was meant to link up with the A580 (East Lancs Road) and be a direct access from Manchester to the Liverpool Docks and Mersey Tunnels, going under the city and down towards the Mersey.

As the project was proposed during the 1920s-1930's I believe that World War II got in the way, costs escallated and the plans were shelved.

As I said, I am remembering this so my facts might not be accurate.

[mikeadams1985@gmail.com]

with regards to the tunnell at reynolds park, this tunnell does exsist and is accessible, if your not afraid of climbin a wall then going down the quarry bank.

ill try and get to it at the weekend and get some pictures for you.

Id love to find the rest of the tunnells, Any chance of getting a list of confirmed tunnells?

[Cadfael]

Aye, the tunnel at Reynolds Park is cut in the sandstone bedrock and goes up in like a spiral staircase fashion. I need to go again - this time with a camera!

[charlie5083d]

Came across this having heard of it before. Anyone know if it ever happened or if so where it is and if not why not?

Liverpool Record Office: Online Catalogue')


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Reference Everton tunnels, my mother worked in a Sayers Confectioners shop in Brunswick Road, which is near to Low Hill, during the thirties and forties. to get to the toilet facilities, you had to go to the basement of the shop, and access a tunnel that went under the road. There were rooms in this passageway, which contained various junk. Emerging the tunnel on the other side of the road, there was the toilet, and another passageway that led off into the darkeness. It was never explored by her. I have heard of tunnels being in the Everton area, before allegedly from the Civil War period, and have often wondered if the one under Brusnwick Road was one of them. However, I heard Frank Carlyle on Radio Merseyside one day saying that a lot of what we presume to be tunnels were in fact "Cold Rooms" constructed at the same time as the property above, to keep produce fresh, and did not necessarily lead anywhere. With the tunnels in Burnswick Road being under shops I wonder if this was the case.