Park Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Tunnel. 1 related planning application.

Park Tunnel

WRENN ID
upper-porch-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
Tunnel
Address
Park Tunnel, City of Nottingham
OS grid reference
SK 565 399
Coordinates
52.95409, -1.15997
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Park Tunnel is a tunnel carriage drive that has been converted into a footway, connecting the Park Estate with Derby Road. It was started in 1844 and completed in 1855 by T.C. Hine of Nottingham for the fifth Duke of Newcastle. The tunnel features a round-arched, unlined rock-cut design and is approximately 125 meters long. The entrance on Derby Road is now covered by late 20th-century buildings. In the center of the tunnel, there is a large light shaft with rounded ends, measuring about 25 meters by 10 meters, which has rock-faced stone lining and parapet walls with chamfered ashlar coping. At the north end of the tunnel, there is a stone winder stair with stone piers and renewed iron handrails that leads to a gateway on Upper College Street. This tunnel is an important part of the Park Estate development, which was largely overseen by T.C. Hine as surveyor to the Newcastle Estates.

Local climate

Park Tunnel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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