Many people will have walked the streets of Newcastle without ever knowing what lies a few feet beneath them...

The Victoria tunnel is a wagon way that runs for three miles underneath Newcastle city centre. Dug out in 1842 to carry coal from the Town Moor colliery at Spittal Tongues to the keelboats on the Tyne, it then lay unused from 1860 to 1940, when it served as an air raid shelter and pedestrian subway.

Volunteer guides now run guided walks for small groups(choice of half hour or two hours) and bring its history alive with infectious enthusiasm.

The tunnel entrance is in Ouseburn. For more information and to book a tour visit www.ouseburntrust.org

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