Hunsbury Hill Tunnel, Northampton

Name: Hunsbury Hill Tunnel
Address: Northampton, United Kingdom

#66 among attractions in Northampton

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Hunsbury Hill Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Northampton Loop Line of the West Coast Main Line. The tunnel runs in a straight line from the Briar Hill district of Northampton, England about north by east to the East Hunsbury district south of the town. The tunnel has a single bore with twin tracks and is 1,152 yards long. It is about 1 mile south of Northampton railway station and the next station south is Wolverton in Milton Keynes. The tunnel opened together with the rest of the loop line in 1881. ()

Coordinates: 52°13'4"N, 0°55'3"W

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West HunsburyNorthampton United Kingdom

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Hunsbury Hill Tunnel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sixfields Stadium, Delapré Abbey, Northampton Marina, 78 Derngate.

1.4 miNW
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Football
Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
36 min walk • Sixfields Stadium is a 7,798-capacity all-seater sports stadium in the Sixfields area on the west side of Northampton, England. It has been the home ground of Northampton Town Football Club following their move from the County Ground in October 1994. It was also rented by Coventry City between July 2013 and August 2014.
1.3 miE
Historical landmark
Delapré Abbey, Northampton
33 min walk • Delapré Abbey is an English neo-classical mansion in Northamptonshire. The mansion and outbuildings incorporate remains of a former monastery, the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré, near the River Nene 1 mile south south-east of Northampton.
1.6 miNE
52°13'58"N • 0°53'22"W
Northampton Marina, Northampton
41 min walk • Sailing, Marina, Park
1.7 miNE
Museum, History museum, Architecture
78 Derngate, Northampton
44 min walk • 78 Derngate is a Grade II* listed Georgian house in the Cultural Quarter of Northampton, England, originally built in 1815. Its interior was extensively remodelled in 1916 and 1917 by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for businessman Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke as his first marital home.
0.4 miW
Museum
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust, Northampton
10 min walk • The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a 1+1⁄2-mile long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, south-west of Northampton.
~1480 ftW
Park, Archaeological site
West Hunsbury, Northampton
8 min walk • West Hunsbury is a large housing estate in the south of the town of Northampton, 2 miles from the town centre, 0 miles from the M1 motorway, junction 15A and 2 miles from junction 15.
1 miN
Park
Duston Mill Meadow, Northampton
26 min walk • Duston Mill Meadow is a one hectare nature reserve in Northampton. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
1.2 miNW
Park
Storton's Pits, Northampton
31 min walk • Storton's Pits is a 21.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Northampton. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. This site on the bank of the River Nene has old gravel pits, meadow and fen ditch. Around 350 invertebrate species have been recorded, including some which are rare.
~740 ftW
Park
Hunsbury Hill, Northampton
4 min walk • Hunsbury Hill is an Iron Age hill fort two miles south-west of the centre of the town of Northampton in the county of Northamptonshire. It is probable that defences were built at Hunsbury Hill between the 7th and 4th centuries BC. The deep ditch excavated has survived to the present day.
1.2 miN
Neighbourhood
St. James End, Northampton
32 min walk • St. James End also known as simply St. James and historically St James's End is a district west of the town centre in Northampton, England.
1.3 miNE
Watermill
Marvel's Mill, Northampton
33 min walk • Marvel's Mill on the River Nene in Northampton, England, was the world's second factory for spinning cotton, the first to be operated as a water mill, and the first to be driven by an inanimate power-source.

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Which popular attractions are close to Hunsbury Hill Tunnel?

Nearby attractions include Hunsbury Hill, Northampton (4 min walk), West Hunsbury, Northampton (8 min walk), Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust, Northampton (10 min walk), Far Cotton Library, Northampton (19 min walk).