Blea Moor Tunnel

Blea Moor Tunnel is a 1+1⁄2-mile railway tunnel located between Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent railway station in England. It is the longest tunnel on the Settle-Carlisle Line, being almost twice as long as the second longest tunnel, Rise Hill Tunnel.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whernside and Dent Head Viaduct.

Whernside

Peak

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Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. Whernside is situated 2 miles southwest of Blea Moor Tunnel.

Dent Head Viaduct

Bridge

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Dent Head Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle line in Dentdale, Cumbria, England. It is the second major viaduct on the line northwards after Ribblehead Viaduct, and is just north of Blea Moor Tunnel at milepost 251, and to the south of Arten Gill Viaduct. Dent Head Viaduct is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Blea Moor Tunnel.

Ribblehead railway station

Railway station

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Ribblehead is a railway station which serves the area of Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. Ribblehead railway station is situated 2½ miles south of Blea Moor Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stone House and Cowgill.

Stone House

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone House is a locality in the civil parish of Dent, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, It is at Dent Head, on the River Dee to the south-east of Cowgill and to the north-west of Newby Head. Stone House is situated 2 miles north of Blea Moor Tunnel.

Cowgill

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cowgill is a village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and is located 9 miles south east of Sedbergh. Cowgill is situated 2½ miles north of Blea Moor Tunnel.

Chapel-le-Dale

Hamlet

Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a valley of the same name, and was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Chapel-le-Dale is situated 4 miles southwest of Blea Moor Tunnel.

Blea Moor Tunnel

Type: Tunnel
Description: railway tunnel in Cumbria and Yorkshire, England
Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
Location: Ingleton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.24081° or 54° 14′ 27″ north

Longitude

-2.35689° or 2° 21′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C6V6JRV+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1111575061

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

Wikidata ID

Q4925705

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Highlights include Blea Moor and Blea Moor Moss.

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