Taken on another cycle tour of Tyneside - The red door is the Victoria Tunnel in Newcastle's East End on Tyne Street in Ouseburn. The tunnel opened in 1842 to run coals down to the river from Leazes Main Colliery on Spital Tongues. The tunnel was named after the young new Queen Victoria and was used during World War II as an air raid shelter. There were never any horses or steam engines operating in the tunnel. There is a difference in height between the colliery site and the Quayside of 222ft which provides an average gradient of about 1 in 90, sufficient for the waggons to descend the tunnel under gravity.
The tunnel is now reopened for regular guided walks.
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