Nottingham Park Tunnel Visit & History 

Another great video Ant, it's nice to see this historic feature has been preserved. The cars parked all seem to be unregistered Ford vehicles around 1970 vintage. This could have been a storage facility for Hooleys Ford dealership garage which stood for many years on Derby Road.

52 years in Nottm and still haven’t walk this tunnel completely. That is absolutely bonkers. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thx Ant. Good look at a superbly cut out tunnel.

It's kind of sad that the entrance to the tunnel is blocked like that by an appartement building. I really don't get why the city permitted that to be built in the first place. Some kind of square or park to mark the entrance to the tunnel probably would have been far better on that lot.

Been to Nottingham numerous times over the year's, but I never knew this existed!! You learn something new every day...🙂👍🏻👍🏻

Had an evening of enjoying your videos, thanks! I first went to the Park Tunnel on an A-level geology field trip, it's a great little outcrop of the Sherwood Sandstone. It demonstrates cross-bedding beautifully. If you notice the layers and pebbles in the rock, they outline the bed of rivers deposited on top of each other. The pebbles show the outside of the curves in the river, the heavier particles being deposited on the outside of river bends. It creates a fantastic decoration in the rock.

Have sang with an acapella group in there during the lockdown period. Great acoustics.

Born and Bred in Nottingham, a City bus driver for four years. Lived as a child less than a couple of miles from this tunnel. YET, I never knew this existed.! Often went scrimping for apples and plums in the Park but never knew about tunnel. Thank for the visit and insight into this strange construction.

wow,never in a million years would I have believed something this amazing would be beneath nottingham of all places!!

Been in that cave. A little walkway with holes in walls. Found a small picture in one hole of monalisa. Yes it's a copy but an old one. Use to call it the 99 steps tunnel. Have walk through there hundreds of times for nights out in Nottingham and getting home again to Lenton through the park estate.. now 60 years old but this was back in 70s and 80s. Fun

Those blocks of flats were built originally in 1974 and originally used as office's by the Naafi until they closed in 1998. Having worked there during that period the tunnel was for me a good lunchtime walk. Nice to see that it has been looked after.

That is a little gem of a place, shame they did not make the fire escape and rear of flats blend in better to make it look like it was from the same era.

A different type of video that is very interesting to see. Thank you for the video and chat. Always a nice video to enjoy. Cheers Ant! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂👍🇺🇸

Thank you for this vlog. Unbelievable! A really unique and special feature of Nottingham...and "they" build a block of flats across the entrance! Surely someone would have thought to incorporate the tunnel in a creative and attractive way?

I found your channel a few weeks ago and really enjoying it. I am a history buff and enjoyed the great outdoors in my younger days, so your content is right up my street. I was born and bred in Northampton (still there) but only been to Nottingham once to the football ground so found this vid really enjoyable. Rock on ! 😀 🇬🇧

Wow, I never knew this place existed!! Nottingham is full of hidden surprises. Thanks for the video and great commentary.

I work in Notts all the time, think I'll go and have a nosey next time I am there. Love your videos. When ever me and the fella fancy a new adventure we look at your videos for inspiration

Damn I went there to take photos last month and didn't realise about that staircase! You should come to Lincoln for all the bits of Roman and medieval remains across the city. sometimes people don't know what they are walking past.

Lived in Nottingham 20 odd years, some of that right in City Centre, only found out this was here during Lockdown.

Must have taken ages to put all that stone in, above the tunnels.!😲!. You can see the lines that have been left by the wooden formers they used to pour the sandstone in behind them.!🧐!. They've even put cracks in the roof, to make it look like it was carved from the inside.!😲😲!. Amazing.!😲!.

Who would have thought such a lovely place was right there, the old amongst the new in such abundance and not buried. Thank you once again Ant for sharing that :-)

Very interesting, surreal and definitely a bit spooky. The curved brickwork is a work of art. You need to bring your drone there to get a view inside that hollow in the sandstone! Very enjoyable.

Brilliant, Thanks for showing some more of what is on your doorstep. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Very cleanly kept, Thanks for all that you do for us. Before you gave your total I had guessed that there were about 120, Way too many! Regards from Roy in Leicestershire.

I’m wondering, based on the model of the cars, were they all old Fords, if the old Hooleys garage which was on Derby Road used the space for storing maybe ? Another great Vlog Ant, love it

I suspect that the cars you show parked (approx 3.5 mins in), would have been parked there by George Hooley “Ford” garage. I remember them from my childhood and my father knew him. The cars they supplied always had a “little” H in the middle of the number plate to signify that it was a Hooley supplied car. IIRC very early on he had got authority from the Vehicle Registration Department to do this and was I believe the only dealer in the country authorised to add an addition to his number plates.

went sunday..old school..great..

Fascinating video cheers Ant

Thanks. I enjoyed this. I grew up in Nottingham and never saw this tunnel.

Great little vlog and a really interesting spot, curious though as to where that tunnel in the rock face led to. Here’s one for you, the River Wreake in Leicestershire that used to be a navigable canal ran primarily from Melton Mowbray to Cossington where it joins the old River Soar, from Brooksby I think there was a section of canal that was built to be in competition with the canal Reginald navigation, its mostly lost now and only slight traces left that could only be picked up with a keen eye but at Brooksby there is clear evidence, not so much on google maps but much easily seen when on the ground. Another is an old Roman canal, at least I think it is, it can be easily seen from google maps between the villages of Ashwell & Cottesmore and the Rock by Rail preserved line crosses over it, these are worth a look at👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Absolutely fantastic, never knew it was there, been to the Castle many times as a youngster and when we came back on holidays from Australia in 2013 & 2017. but this great find blew us away, must put this on my bucket list for my next visit. Great stuff, keep up these great videos as always we look forward to them here in Australia.

Awesome tunnel Ant.. ive seen other footage bout this but you caught it brilliantly mate... love the bedrock and the way its been carved ..thanks so much for sharing this with us.....Keep up the great work mate Frank & Lee...

Glad I found your channel very enjoyable posts. Than you

I really like your choice of background music. Keep up the interesting videos.

Good Job. 🍀🍀🍀 I ❤️ this tunel . My Lenton .

Really loved that thanks Ant. That stonework was just stunning. Would just love more of this type of video. Still awestruck by the stonework. Thanks so much for taking me along. Stay safe

I’ve finally worked out where this is, I though it was higher up on canning circus 🤦‍♀️

So interesting! Thankyou for sharing!

the photo of the cars was the storage area for hooleys ford main agents on derby road just above the entrence thats why there all 1970s fords

When working for N.C.L. B.R. I used to drive onto a massive vehicle Lift situated on South parade at the rear of the council house ,pork farm shop was on the corner at the Rear end the lorry was a 7.5 ton. Then drive on a massive road network under Nottingham Council House . It's massive tunnels everywhere underneath even towards Nottm castle .. don't kno if you can explore that .. or if you have done it already .. m.h.

Very interesting construction. Looks like it must be fun to explore. Is that a public park at the end?

That was a thoroughly good watch, really interesting. There's a lot of Roman history around the Lincoln area, and Peterborough come to think of it, so you could get a number of videos out of those cities!!

Absolutely amazing mate please keep up the great work 👍

wow I could imagine this being used in a film set

Brilliant, I'll have to check it out the next time I'm in Nottingham.

Really interesting, it must be 45 years since I last walked through there, I actually thought it had gone when they built those flats. Other tunnels in the city are either side of the Victoria Centre (neither as dangerous as Mapperley Tunnel!) and I'm told there are passages underneath King Street/Queen Street and part of Parliament Street, not sure if that's true.

Thanks for that Ant. I work just down the road from there and we have caves under our building used for storage. The landlord has now locked them off after we went exploring one day. Haven’t had chance to check out all your videos yet but have you checked out the old railway at Victoria Shopping Centre and the tunnel that goes through towards Woodborough?

great vid if you look at the side of the tunnel the megalithicbricks are cut off on the slope it didnt used to go up it went down.!!!

fascinating, thank you for sharing

i shall have to revisit there sometime, and many things have changed in nottingham since i used to go there a lot.

Forgot to mention National Carriers Ltd & British Rail delivering under the council house old market Square Was in the Early 70's...

Makes me wonder where is the longest tunnel in Nottinghamshire. I know of a long one between Boughton and Walesby scout camp originally a old railway tunnel. Im unsure if access is available but it is long and deep.

Brilliant video 👍 A garage and arches, where’s phill Mitchell 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Great video

Great video a short distance down the park from the tunnel is park steps that go up the cliff side and come out on park terrace near the old Nottingham general hospital behind the castle

There used to be a Ford dealers called Hooley's ,i bet those Fords were theirs.

An interesting backwater in a modern city, some excellent stonework. There was obviously a local Ford dealership round the corner back in the day - Mk1 Escort, Cortinas & Capri, making me feel old!!!! Stop swinging that camera round Ant it's making the room go round!!!!!! 👍❤😨

I've always wondered what's in that mini cave. I wonder if your drone would be able to go in there

If you look on the left in the stone, just as you come out the other side, in the video 8.37, there is a face in the stone

You missed the scull looking at you in the sand stone

At the end of the 1960's/1970' s where the block of flats now stands saw the demolition of the Holy Trinity Church which ran a Sunday school with my mother being a pupil in the 1920's. Is there anyone able to add to the history of the church which may even provide more information on the tunnel ?

Loads of caves in Nottingham all over the place ones that probably haven’t even been found yet as well!

I also can't count when I'm going upwards.! Thought it was just me.!🙄!.

Hi Really interesting was it 92 steps down and therefore 93 up ?

Pleasley Vale has a tunnel with lots of History. Mansfield.

When I went I found vertical markings on the wall that look like they were made by a pickaxe

i bet the money men werent brearhing in all of that smoke though!

Nobody knows about it! Or it would be covered in graffiti!

Had an evening of enjoying your videos, thanks! I first went to the Park Tunnel on an A-level geology field trip, it's a great little outcrop of the Sherwood Sandstone. It demonstrates cross-bedding beautifully. If you notice the layers and pebbles in the rock, they outline the bed of rivers deposited on top of each other. The pebbles show the outside of the curves in the river, the heavier particles being deposited on the outside of river bends. It creates a fantastic decoration in the rock.