Cromer Tunnel & East Runton Viaduct Disused Railway Explore

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Cromer Tunnel & East Runton Viaduct Disused Railway Explore
In the little seaside town of Cromer, there is a little Railway History that some locals know nothing about. For one reason or another, Cromer Tunnel has been hiding away for decades. Unknown by many due to it's closure many decades ago or parts of the railways around being built upon.
A little over 50 metre's in length, Cromer Tunnel is little gem.
Before finding the tunnel, we have a little look at the site of Cromer High Station.
Moving on, we walk towards East Runton insearch of the abandoned Brick Viaduct alongside the existing active Railway Viaduct as it is today.
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@jontownsend8090 4 года назад

Sutch a shame this work of art is left forgotten, surly it could be into a decent cycle path or even a railway once again. As for the viaduct, a great example of quality Victorian engineering, thanks for sharing.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It is a lovely little thing and I agree it's ashame it looks destined to stay lost 😟 Thank you for watching 🙂

@1972scenic 15 дней назад

Thanks.

@johnsporne1702 3 года назад

A Cromer friend of mine used to use the Norfolk & Suffolk Rail, Poppy Line train from 1948 to 1953 to go to Paston Grammar School, North Walsham, catching the train at Cromer Links Halt. He said the line closed on the 6th April 1953 with a Farewell ceremony. His father was a train driver based at Cromer High Station and held a senior position there. Cromer high closed to passengers I believe in Sept 1954 and finally to freight trains in March 1960. Cromer High was a busy station in the Summer months bringing visitors on direct express trains from Liverpool Street Station, London. As boys, we would go there to get train numbers and empty cigarette packets which we saved in those days.

@exileinderby51 4 года назад

Been to Cromer numerous times and never even knew that there was a tunnel. A great video with scenery and history thrown in.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

My step father lived in Sheringham then Cromer for 68 years never knew of it's existence. It's a hidden gem 😀

@johncarold 10 месяцев назад

Hi Ant, Great video and tunnel, I just love the blue bricks. I just am impressed with the construction of the viaduct and they are still standing without Rebar, Thanks again for the video

@50YearOldTeenager 9 месяцев назад

Great video, walk past the tunnel often and for some reason always look over.

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 4 года назад

The footpath you walked up at the start was the access road to the station

@ALWResearchTeam 4 года назад

The Navvies did such beautiful brickwork. A real work of art.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It Is a lovely little tunnel 😀

@2H80vids 3 года назад

Brickwork fascinates me but I know hee-haw about it. A couple of interesting things I noticed: in the tunnel, we were looking at the end of the bricks. They seemed to be laid perpendicular to the track, rather than horizontally along it. Then, under the viaduct, quite a bit of the brickwork was diagonal - looked quite unusual. All interesting stuff and it takes a special kind of cretin to daub it with mindless gibberish.

@steadyred1832 3 года назад

@@2H80vids I am just guessing, but maybe the bricks laid end-on are stitching together an inner layer of bricks?

@2H80vids 3 года назад

@@steadyred1832 Possibly, they seemed to cover quite a large area though.

@christinaburton9297 2 года назад

Lovely bleak East Anglian music! What gets me is the beauty of it all, cast aside at the stroke of a pen pusher's biro.

@martinmarsola6477 2 года назад

Another great video. Thanks buddy for the update today. Your the best, Ant! Cheers mate.

@johnrolfe543 3 года назад

Hi trekking and towpaths I just started to watch your videos keep up with the good videos and will be looking at the rest of your videos All the best from John in lowestoft Suffolk

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

I John, thanks for stopping by. Thanks so much for your kind comment 😊

@matthewwren1177 4 года назад

Yet another good little film nice one!

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it Matthew :)

@ALWResearchTeam 4 года назад

Wow nice intro 🧐 watching now 😎. I served on HMS Cromer when I was in the military.

@johnlaw3323 4 года назад

Great vlog Ant and as you say great structures. That blue brickwork and the way the bricks have been laid is a true monument to the skill of the builders. Enjoyed the perspective from under the viaducts. Many thanks.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It's a lovely little thing and I can't see it going anytime soon. It's just so hidden. Those two Viaducts sit nicely together. Thanks for watching 🙂

@johnsporne1702 3 года назад

A very good video and information, Thankyou. Many folk in the area would not be aware of the rail tunnel under the nearby old Cromer High Station. I believe there is a small book by Constance Rothery titled 'The Poppyland Flyer' which is about the line from North Walsham - Mundesley - Overstrand - Sheringham. I remember travelling the line as a boy and how the train would go so slowly on that route.

@barrythedieselelectricstea5217 3 года назад

another excellent video👍 so sad to see these abandoned railways that were once used

@pauljohnson4871 3 года назад

Totally brilliant. Keep these railway finds coming

@alant3970 3 года назад

I missed it by a year. In the Fifties BR ran a schools special train from Sheringham to North Walsham via Cromer Beach and Mundesley to serve the town's two grammar schools, and my first year at the school was the first year they didn't use the tunnel as that bit of the line closed, but went via Gunton instead. Nevertheless the older pupils used to relate some gruesome tales about "what happened in the tunnel". A year later Cromer High closed and all trains used Cromer Beach.

@roytabberer7427 4 года назад

Thanks for doing this lovely vlog. My Mother-in-Law thoroughly enjoyed it as well, as she was born and raised in Cromer. She lived there between 1942 & 1958 and could remember all of the different items that you videoed and found old photo's of. It certainly brought good memories back to her.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hello Roy I'm pleased you both enjoyed it. It's a lovely area and I'm pleased with both of the Cromer films 😀 I'll be Back over that way in September I think to do more

@Jackpot77777 3 года назад

East Runton my home village. I’ve been up that bridge loads.

@bobingram6912 4 года назад

"If we're only going to build one of these tunnels let's make sure it'll last forever!!!" Must be the best abandoned tunnel in the country, looks like new. How I'd like to step into those B & Ws. You walking on the shingle at the end reminded me of The Who Quadrophenia soundtrack - anyone else? Nice find Ant👍👌❤

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I've still never seen that film and I've had numerous people suggest I need to 😂 It's a good one, short but mighty 🙂

@bobingram6912 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration Youngster!!! 😃😃😃 Film is weird. Album, headphones, volume up, that's the best way 💿🎸🎧🔊👌

@johnmasters504 4 года назад

Not Norfolks only tunnel, Norfolk had a another tunnel a few miles north of Fakenham, but it was opened out to form a cutting many years ago, Barsham tunnel was opened out in 1912. Google Barsham Tunnel......

@DanLoudShirts 4 года назад

Excellent video. Passed over the A149 bridge many times when on day trips to Cromer and Sheringham whilst visiting my dad who now lives in Norwich. so many old railways in Norfork!

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It's a lovely area. I'll be back for more I believe Norwich City Station and the Marriott Way line should be the next visit. Thanks for watching 🙂

@thomasroell8979 4 года назад

A very interesting video, I love it when explore and find something new (old). Keep up the great videos.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It was lovely to go somewhere a bit further from home especially as lovely as Cromer. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

@janepatricia8779 4 года назад

Another brilliant video Ant, so lucky to live here,🤗 x

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I finally got it on after a second visit 😂

@PaulMaloney 4 года назад

Enjoyed that with my cold beer,thanks Ant. I’m amazed the local council hasn’t done more with the tunnel and viaduct, such as a walking trail or bike path. Doesn’t look much work to put some steps or a ramp in and connect them to the rest of the footpath network.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It was worth the wait then 😀 It would be nice if it could be used somehow it's in fantastic condition I thought 👍

@buffplums 4 года назад

Interesting video chap many thanks. I like your opening title it reminds me of Robert Murray Smiths video intros. I love finding all sorts of railway relics too.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It's a lovely little thing hidden down there. Those are the best sort 🙂 Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

@richardupton19 3 года назад

Great video... You definitely need a drone to film those unreachable bits! 😀

@yorkie2789 4 года назад

Great work, loved it!

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

Thanks a lot! This was an amazing little place :)

@christopherbraiden6713 4 года назад

Thanks for the video some great shots of the blue brick tunnel and great to see the cable holders. The mortar base really good to see as I like to see finds from the war. Such a beautiful viaduct so much credit to its builders and great to see the ballast still there. 😎🚃🚃🚂🇬🇧

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

its amazing to think that Mortor Bae has been there a good 80 years now. Thanks for watching :)

@RossPatzelt 3 года назад

they should clear all the rubbish and open it up to walk down

@anniepayne3550 4 года назад

If you continued towards Overstrand after the bridge (unfortunately yes, it is overgrown) there is actually still some train track down :)

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Oh wow really? Maybe it's worth a return in the winter when the weeds have gone. Thank you 😀

@johnwilkinson1092 3 года назад

Like your vids keep them coming

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

Thanks John :)

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 4 года назад

There is other tunnel in Norfolk but is smaller. On the Bure Valley Railway near Aylsham the A140 crosses the line.

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

I'd like to have a ride on this sometime soon :)

@stephenpearson-jacklin8401 3 года назад

As well as the former Barsham tunnel that was opened out.

@HobbiesAndSunshine 4 года назад

Another great explore. I don't remember seeing cable holders in such good nic as they were. Thank you Ant :-)

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Thank you as always. It was lovely to step out of the Midlands for a little while 😀

@James-Akers 4 года назад

I discovered this tunnel a number of years back and it's held its structure very well, I drive over that road bridge every day to work which is next to cromer station as we know it today. If you get chance further down the line, you can find signs of overstrand station and can see the cutting where the railway was along the main road for Overstrand (outside the church is the best place to see it). You can kind of see how the track plan around east runton would look from the caravan site nearby and when you go towards sheringham today, you can see where the track use to exist to head over the abandoned viaduct

@siw1077 4 года назад

Overstrand station is actually mostly complete, you can even see the passenger tunnel to the island platform, but it's on private land. There is a footpath though from which you can get a pretty decent view.

@James-Akers 4 года назад

@@siw1077 I'll have to take a peak from the footpath, not seen the station in person

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

I'm actually toying with the idea of walking the entire route as best i can to North Walsham. Some sections appear walkable, others have vanished. As you say the station locations are worth a visit, i have spotted a few remote bridges on google maps too

@davidwoodhouse4107 3 года назад

As a school boy in late 1940s I travelled through that tunnel. Trains from London used to stop near Gunton and split, the front portion going into Cromer Beach and the rear into Cromer High. Another loco backed onto the rear portion and took it into Cromer High. Then the loco looped round to the front and drew the train out using the curve round to Sheringham. Sometimes the train split at North Waltham with he front for Cromer Beach and the rear for Trimingham, Mundersley, Overstrand, Cromer High then Sheringham. Those were the days of leisurely travel; I’ve been on the route a few times.

@blottonthelandscape 3 года назад

Great video

@RossPatzelt 3 года назад

love this video l live in norfolk. There were lots of other sidings further up where the tunnel in cromer is where the northrepps sign is follow road to kartrack racing and you can see more there. Roughton is pronounced row is in having a row with someone row ton

@lindamccaughey6669 4 года назад

Wow Ant that was fabulous. Loved the bridges, especially the blue one the brickwork was fantastic. Loved the viaduct too such a shame they can’t all be looked after and used. Wonderful how you showed us over wall and train came down that was fabulous. Thank you so much for taking me along just loved it. Please stay safe

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hello 🙂 I'm really pleased you enjoyed you're visit with me. It's a lovely area and I'm looking at going back that way in September 😀

@lindamccaughey6669 4 года назад

That will be fantastic

@seamusmcevoy2011 4 года назад

That was a very nice intro, the foam stuff looked like something from Doctor Who!! The brickwork on the tunnel and the viaduct looked as good as new, very impressive. It's a shame there was nothing left of the old station, that would have been a great find.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

That foam, I got that in November the first time I went and had to use it 😂 It was nice to stretch my legs out of the usual areas I cover and I'm hoping to go back later this year 😀

@seamusmcevoy2011 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration From memory there are a few disused lines in Norfolk with old stations still standing.

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 4 года назад

Cromer High only shut because it was a long way from the town so all trains diverted to the current Cromer station which was served by the M&GN

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It's quite a hill up to the station site too, not overly steep but quite long

@stephenpearson-jacklin8401 3 года назад

Quite a big reason for it to shut. Beach is also technically a through station as trains have always continued towards Sheringham; as High only really ever served trains south its location and the ease of transferring everything to Beach really went against it.

@RossPatzelt 3 года назад

you should check out the old victoria station in norwich where halfords is now the station has gone but a local group are helping to uncover the old sidings and platform. Pretty amazing and awesome stuff

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

Is that Norwich City Station that was the Midland and Great Northern? That's part of my latest video 😀

@stephenpearson-jacklin8401 3 года назад

It’s not and never was Norfolk’s only full-sized railway tunnel. It’s the only one that’s still in existence, but there was also the railway tunnel on the Wymondham-Wells line at Barsham.

@andygenner5360 3 года назад

You should check out Conisbrough viaduct and the nearby cadeby tunnel if you haven't already.

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

Thats been on my list for about a year now i dont know why i have yet to do it. Thanks for watching :)

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 4 года назад

Someone has built a OO gauge model railway layout on Cromer High, great video.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I'll have a look online to see if there are any pictures of the layout. Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration Pictures here in this group that built and own the layout. www.32amrc.co.uk/cromer.htm

@HaroldRoad 4 года назад

Great video, if you wish to fill in a few blanks we, the Norfolk railway Heritage Group, got together with a local film company and filmed this area, the tunnel, the Runrton Viaduct and Cromer Beach Signal box...this may fill in a few blanks for you...look up Norfolk Uncovered 'the lost railways of Cromer" on You tube...I fined in the same locations...regards, John (Norfolk Railway Heritage Group)

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Ah Mr Batley is that you? I saw you'd been in my neck of the woods recently 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it, what a lovely historical area. I'll be back in September to do a bit more. Are you still involved with Norwich City Station? I'm looking at going there also and doing The Marriott

@HaroldRoad 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration haha, yes it's me, and Welcome to Norfolk, a great film to watch, Yes, I have a great interest in the Clipstone Branch and decided to use my ex railwaymans nose and have an exploration of the area, you prob know the area better, I did a bit of research before I went down there, and found loads of stuff, was like a treasure trove ti me as we dont normally find a lot of stuff on our old local railways...yes still involved on Marriotts Way, if you are this way again, drop me a message and I'll help if you want it, regards, John

@frankfitzgerald5832 4 года назад

With these tunnels and bridges i love how the brickwork is at an angle giving a fabulous curved effect Ant...were looking to travel through a tunnel on saturday after our cotton famine road walk near rochdale and were gonna do a bit of footage for our next V,log....Great video Ant.... Frank & Lee...

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

A tunnel? I'll look forward to seeing that 😀 I was only thinking yesterday I need to get back onto the Rochdale canal 😀

@neilhallett9892 4 года назад

Was that a piece a bullhead I saw next to that sleeper? The tunnel appeared quite wide for single track & refuge places.

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

I wonder if it ever was double track? The image of Cromer Links Halt Station was single track and i think that was only around a quater of a mile away

@trendtraderx 4 года назад

A trekking pole is useful to hit back nettles.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I was lucky they looked a lot higher than they were I was probably being a wimp 🤣 Thanks for watching 🙂

@robertdonaldson6584 4 года назад

did they use genuine period formula mortar for the brickwork query

@terryansell6641 3 года назад

It’s a pity that the old railways are not used for cycle ways and walking tracks

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

It would be nice, it's sad to see so many forgotten about. Thank you for watching 🙂

@thomaslake2946 3 года назад

At 11:13 can u use the tunnel u were in at 9:40 to go towards overstrand the hole way

@Peter-MH 4 года назад

Quite surprising they went to all that effort and expense to build a short tunnel instead of just a cutting? Presumably something on the top stopping them from going with that?

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It was the railway above built a few years prior to this one that terminated at Cromer High Station 🙂

@thomaslake2946 3 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration I don't get it

@jamesbarker4808 3 года назад

Four tracks ran over the tunnel into Cromer High Station going over the bridge that now has no top on it. The tunnel took the line from North Waltham/Mundesley through Roughton Road junction into Cromer Beach Station.

@johnnyroadcrew3841 3 года назад

Shame the locals dont clear it all out and make it part of a nice walk .. .. ..

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

It does feel like one that's just lost... It's amazing how many locals didn't know about it. Thank you for watching 🙂

@thomaslake2946 3 года назад

At 11:04 were abouts in cromer is cromer links halt station

@thomaslake2946 3 года назад

At 1:17 did the track from cromer high go over the now disused bridge on mill road

@TrekkingExploration 3 года назад

The railway to Cromer High went over the Tunnel

@thomaslake2946 3 года назад

At 15:11 did he say routon routon

@ALWResearchTeam 4 года назад

That is a spigot for a mortar rocket. Not sure why it is in there.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I read a few snippets since that it was a line of defence also ammo store

@Nick-oh5dd 4 года назад

Hi Is it a Mortar turret?

@TheGreenjacketbilly 3 года назад

Its called a Spigot. You slotted a mortar or gun onto the spike and it allowed it to swivel/rotate.

@dambuster6387 4 года назад

Was it single track through the tunnel seems kind of odd putting a spigit mortar base there.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I think it may have been as Cromer Links Halt a little further up was also single track. That spigot must have been there for around 80 years 😮

@dambuster6387 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration thanks for the info I hope the mortar operator was a good shot would not be a good idea to miss and hit the brick work.

@jamesbarker4808 3 года назад

There was a short section of double track from Roughton Road Junction which stopped before the Road bridge and the tunnel it was then all single line. Perhaps there were plans for two tracks but never carried out, I think I read somewhere the Cromer Beach to North Walsham joint line never made any money?

@thomaslake2946 3 года назад

At 1:11 did the train go over the bridge or under it

@jamesbarker4808 3 года назад

Over the bridge heading into Cromer High.

@johnsporne1702 3 года назад

Both over and under. Over to Cromer High station from Norwich, under to Cromer Beach station from North Walsham - Mundesley.