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When the sound artist Peter Cusack asked people about their favourite sounds of London, the Greenwich tunnel was a popular answer because of the way it distorts voices. Sound waves bounce back and ...
NINA MASSEY experiences the inconvenience herself. When I arrived at the first stage of my journey to cross the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, it was closed. A simple sign reading ‘tunnel closed’ was ...
Tucked away in plain sight, the Greenwich foot tunnel offer a hidden passage beneath the river, rich with history and even a ghost or two. The tunnel, used by over 1.5 million people a year ...
Access to the 119-year-old tunnel via the stairs will ... There are two-foot tunnels in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, one in Greenwich and the other in Woolwich, which are used by 1.5 million ...
Repairs to lifts providing easy access to the Greenwich foot tunnel have again been delayed, this time due to “international supply chain disruption.” The lifts on both sides of the river need ...
The foot tunnel goes under the River Thames, linking Greenwich with the Isle of Dogs. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said there had been reports of an "unusual smell". An ambulance ...
New lifts, stairs, lighting and CCTV have been installed in the Victorian structure, while the tunnel itself has been refurbished. It follows the recent refurbishment of the nearby Greenwich Foot ...
Tory councillor Spencer Drury said the council's management was "appalling". The Greenwich foot tunnel links Cutty Sark to the Isle of Dogs while the tunnel in Woolwich connects to North Woolwich ...
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A RIVER tunnel was shut ­after pedestrians fell ill ­following reports of a strange smell. Emergency services shut the Greenwich foot tunnel under the Thames in south-east London while fire ...
The lift on the south side of the Woolwich Foot Tunnel went out of service earlier this month, joining the north lift that has been broken since 2022. Greenwich Council has said it is working with ...