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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

Secret tunnels hidden underneath the city with their own 'blue lagoon'

This incredible footage will take you on a tour of some of the city's forgotten railway tunnels that run underneath your feet.

Liverpool is home to a number of hidden tunnels which played an important part in shaping railway history across the world.

First opening in 1830, the Wapping and Crown Street tunnels were the first underground railway tunnels ever built below a city.

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They both formed part of the landmark Liverpool-Manchester Railway which also opened that year, and the Edge Hill cutting, which now lies overgrown and abandoned.

Oliver, 36, recently filmed his trip through the tunnels for his Youtube channel @Bee Here Now.

The footage starts at Edge Hill cutting before Oliver makes his way through the depths of the tunnels and later discovers a "blue lagoon."

Oliver told the ECHO: "It's just fascinating, you're walking beneath a city in something which is not just a railway runnel, it's one of the world's first railway runnels.

"Being down there, the hairs on your neck stand up, I felt like I'd gone back in time."

Oliver said it wasn't the easiest journey to navigate through the tunnels, particularly the parts where they had filled up with water which he had to wade through.

He added: "There's an airshaft, I think it's below China Town, and the tunnel opened out to this blue lagoon of water.

"The airshaft lets a lot of light in so you can see up and down the tunnel it's really beautiful."

You can view the full video by clicking here.

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