ABSTRACT

Whitwell tunnel originally cut through a ridge of high ground between the villages of Creswell and Worksop. The cutting leading into the tunnel in the south west is approximately 160 metres long and has been excavated on a curve of between 800 to 1200 metres radius; the track rising at an approximate gradient of 1 in 200 towards the north western tunnel portal. The cutting comprises a steep inner rock cutting with more gentle upper slopes.