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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eamon Curry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whernside and Dent Head Viaduct.
Whernside
Peak
Photo: Cyberdemon007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Ulleskelf, Public domain.
Ribblehead is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 52 miles 17 chains north-west of Leeds, serves the area of Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. 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 at Dent Head on the River Dee, in the county of Cumbria, England, 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″ northLongitude
-2.35689° or 2° 21′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C6V6JRV+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 1111575061OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelWikidata ID
Q4925705
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Highlights include Blea Moor and Blea Moor Moss.
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