chopper56 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Why isn't it clear exactly what is down there and what isn't, how extensive the tunnels are etc? doesn't the council know? If they do know then why not put out information to stop everyone guessing and spreading rumours. If the tunnels could be made safe, are they a potential tourist attraction? hello if you go onto the website 28 dayslater.co.uk and look up Charlton tunnel there are recent pictures of it and even someone using it on practically a day to day basis and the tunnel is in an exeptionaly sound and stable condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Where is this "Charlton tunnel" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper56 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Where is this "Charlton tunnel" ? email me at paulgrubb_56@hotmail.co.uk and I will give you the information cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 email me at paulgrubb_56@hotmail.co.uk and I will give you the information cheers Thanks for that, but i've found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigjosh Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I've heard off of one of the Supertram conductors that there is an underground railway station underneath what was the Co-op on Angel Street. Apparently, Co-op wanted to get ahead of the rest of the shops in Sheffield, with their station being the 'hub' of the network. Apparently, the network was going to follow the valleys; like the sheaf valley, Ecclesall Rd, Hillsborough, Attercliffe, - you get the drift. I know from when I used to be a guard on the Peace Gardens that there is a nuclear air-raid shellter underneath the townhall/Peace Gardens area - though I don't know where the entrance is. I heard from the supervisors that the entrance was somewhere in the grounds of that chapel that's on Norfolk Street opposite The Monk - but, that's just hear-say. I know for fact there is a massive network of underground tunnels; sewers, escape tunnels (Mary Queen of Scots), services tunnels, 'apparent' rail-network, underground rivers that have been covered by development e.g. Sheaf River. According to what I've heard, it's possible to walk completely from one end of the city centre to the other, and from top to bottom too - all underground. It makes me think, like in New York there are homeless people that live in the underground rail network, that whether there are homeless people or ciminal etc that live in the underground network of Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abroadhead Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I can't help but think some of the often-cited examples are a little fanciful (the purported tunnel from the Old Queens Head to the Manor would have had to have been dug deep beneath the river that lies beneath the station...), but I've seen plenty of good evidence for many tunnels and bunkers on "that other" Sheffield forum (*). Interesting about the Co-op one. Certainly many buried rivers and streams amongst the sewers, and some now are flowing in the sewers. Check out this map of mine: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/u/0/ms?msid=215827725556475405514.0004da13ce335b9c39834&msa=0&dg=feature *http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/356-tunnels-under-sheffield/ I've heard off of one of the Supertram conductors that there is an underground railway station underneath what was the Co-op on Angel Street. Apparently, Co-op wanted to get ahead of the rest of the shops in Sheffield, with their station being the 'hub' of the network. Apparently, the network was going to follow the valleys; like the sheaf valley, Ecclesall Rd, Hillsborough, Attercliffe, - you get the drift. I know from when I used to be a guard on the Peace Gardens that there is a nuclear air-raid shellter underneath the townhall/Peace Gardens area - though I don't know where the entrance is. I heard from the supervisors that the entrance was somewhere in the grounds of that chapel that's on Norfolk Street opposite The Monk - but, that's just hear-say. I know for fact there is a massive network of underground tunnels; sewers, escape tunnels (Mary Queen of Scots), services tunnels, 'apparent' rail-network, underground rivers that have been covered by development e.g. Sheaf River. According to what I've heard, it's possible to walk completely from one end of the city centre to the other, and from top to bottom too - all underground. It makes me think, like in New York there are homeless people that live in the underground rail network, that whether there are homeless people or ciminal etc that live in the underground network of Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Abroadhead, that's a very interesting map. You show the waterway parallel to Berners road, going pretty much straight through the garden of the house I used to live in, and in fact, there was, actually a small natural stream that ran through my garden. There was a marshy section that the previous tenant had tried to dry out, unsuccessfully, where the grass grew thicker and lusher than the rest of the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abroadhead Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Abroadhead, that's a very interesting map. You show the waterway parallel to Berners road, going pretty much straight through the garden of the house I used to live in, and in fact, there was, actually a small natural stream that ran through my garden. There was a marshy section that the previous tenant had tried to dry out, unsuccessfully, where the grass grew thicker and lusher than the rest of the garden. That's very useful to know, thanks. Local info like that has helped to create and refine the lost river map, so always pleased when people can confirm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Wave Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I often wonder if Sheffield has secret passages, tunnels, bases and subterranean lairs underground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwardben Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) there was tunnels at the bottom of the moor. i know as i did security on them years ago. they built the i think it was called the manpower building on them Edited June 25, 2015 by backwardben added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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