Lots of people in the Newcastle area don't know that there is a system of tunnels running under their feet. These tunnels have been there since 1842 and have been used as a transport system for moving coal from one place to another, as a hugh contained air raid shelter in the second world war, as an art area in the 90's and, most oddly, as a mushroom farm.
I'm obviously intrigued about the tunnels 'cos like, I'm from Newcastle and it's quite, well... Intriguing. There are a few rumoured entrances, one being under the Byker Bridge, the Ouseburn. Apparently though, it's a good area to look if you want to get a good baghead-kicking, so I haven't investigated. I used to work at Subway on Grey street in town with Nate and we used to go down to the sub-basement and check out the internal entrance to the tunnels down there. It was too dark to see much of anything, but you could still kind of get a feel for the size of the cavern.
I really want to check it out, so if anybodys brave enough to face the unknown alleys of their own city, give me a shout.
Dude out.
xo
theres a massive tunnel next to the cluny in newcastle under a bridge where the stream runs... it goes right along to jesmond dene where there is a trap door hidden awal and alas you end up in jesmond dene... it is an old sewer, it got stopped being used as a sewer during ww2 when it was then used to move soilders and our TA, its huge, good to walk through but you gotto take torches, deffinatly worth the trip
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