Stone Arch to Southern Entrance of Milford Railway Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Tunnel entrance.

Stone Arch to Southern Entrance of Milford Railway Tunnel

WRENN ID
veiled-storey-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1979
Type
Tunnel entrance
Address
Stone Arch to Southern Entrance of Milford Railway Tunnel, Derby Road, Belper
OS grid reference
SK 344 446
Coordinates
52.99838, -1.48774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone arch at the southern entrance of the Milford Railway Tunnel was built in 1840 as part of the North Midland Railway, which was surveyed by George Stephenson. There is some evidence that the tunnel portals were designed by Francis Thompson. The arch features concentric stone semi-circular arches arranged in a decreasing series, similar to those at the northern entrance. When it was constructed, this tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in the country.

Local climate

Stone Arch to Southern Entrance of Milford Railway Tunnel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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