Crescent Wood Tunnel Entrance, Sydenham Hill Wood
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Crescent Wood Tunnel Entrance, Sydenham Hill Wood
Image: © Roger W Haworth Taken: 20 Aug 2011
Northern portal of the Crescent Wood Tunnel which is 429yds long. The line was the Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level), which closed in 1954. See http://www.subbrit.org.uk/tunnelbase/sites/p/paxton/index.shtml at Subterranea Britanica. The inner gates bear the name of the London Wildlife Trust who have created a bat roost within the tunnel - http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/Portals/0/News/tabid/71/mid/414/newsid414/128/Default.aspx . See: Image for the southern portal of this tunnel and Image for the Paxton Tunnel.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.434411
Longitude
-0.068759