North York Moors Railway Tunnel Approximately 130 Metres Long is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Railway tunnel.

North York Moors Railway Tunnel Approximately 130 Metres Long

WRENN ID
grim-floor-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1989
Type
Railway tunnel
OS grid reference
NZ 828 050
Coordinates
54.43447, -0.72496
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The North York Moors Railway Tunnel, approximately 130 metres long, dates back to around 1845 and is likely the work of John Cass Birkenshaw, who was the Engineer for the York and North Midland Railway Company. The tunnel is constructed from rockfaced sandstone. The north entrance features a horseshoe arch made of shaped voussoirs, flanked by battered square-section buttresses. Above the entrance, there is a moulded cornice that breaks over the buttresses, leading to a plain parapet. The west retaining wall is canted, raked, and coped, while the south entrance mirrors the design of the north entrance.

Local climate

North York Moors Railway Tunnel Approximately 130 Metres Long receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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