Railway Tunnel Approximately 200 Metres East of Bookham Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Railway tunnel. 1 related planning application.
Railway Tunnel Approximately 200 Metres East of Bookham Railway Station
- WRENN ID
- calm-entrance-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Railway tunnel
- OS grid reference
- TQ 129 557
- Coordinates
- 51.28943, -0.38128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway tunnel, located approximately 200 metres east of Bookham Railway Station, was built in the 1880s for the London and South Western Railway Company. This short tunnel, which runs under Bookham Common, is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a slightly curved line that is about 100 metres long. The tunnel's portals are designed with a horseshoe-elliptical arch, a plain band, a parapet, and pilastered ends. It is included for its group value with Bookham Station, from which the tunnel can be seen.
Local climate
Railway Tunnel Approximately 200 Metres East of Bookham Railway Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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