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Chipping Sodbury Tunnel
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To Bristol or the North: Bridge No. 275
To Wootton Bassett: Station Road
History
Open to rail traffic in 1902 Chipping Sodbury Tunnel has suffered varying degrees of flooding over the last 100 years. Constructed through a major Cotswold aquifer the tunnel cuts through major water conduits and springs that react in varying degrees to rainfall, with as much as 2.5 cumecs of water inflow being recorded at one known ‘Spring’ point in the tunnel.
Gallery
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Looking east at the portal of Chipping Sodbury Tunnel. -
Viewed through a smokescreen thrown up by a local farmer. -
A look at one of the ventilation shafts. © Mike P -
The mound of earth at the side of each of the ventilation shafts along the route of the tunnel is the spoil excavated from below. -
A view of the eastern portal of the tunnel. © John Rawlings -
The view from the tunnel portal looking east. © John Rawlings
