FoWT win yet another award…
Wow, you wait years for an award then 2 come along at once! Following our amazing award last week, we were delighted to be notified today that we had received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence “We’re pleased to announce that Williamson’s Tunnels – Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels has been recognised with a 2019 Certificate of […]
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Under Grads go Underground!
We were delighted when Dr Kerry Traynor asked us to assist Final Year Media students from the Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool . Of course we were most happy to oblige. The student’s were split into 6 groups, each group would make a seperate video about the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels and […]
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YouTuber Martin Zero visits us
Trustee Lynn, contacted Manchester based Explorer and video maker Martin Zero inviting him to visit the Williamson’s Tunnels. Martin has a YouTube Channel with over 41k subscribers to his channel. Mike Rogers, FoWT Guide, took Martin and Connor on a full tour of both Paddington and the Williamson’s House site on Mason Street. During his […]
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FoWT shortlisted for Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards 2019
We have just received the amazing news that the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels have been shortlisted for the “Hidden Gem” category of the Liverpool City Region, Tourism Awards 2019 https://www.liverpoollep.org/news/tourism-awards-to-crown-regions-best-kept-secret/ This is fantastic news for us and for the Tunnels. Would you please take a moment to vote for the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels […]
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New Staircase into Paddington’s Level 4
Following the removal of the old wooden staircase, we were treated to the wonderful unobstructed view of this Cathedral like chamber in all its glory. However, the down side to having this view meant that access was not possible to the lowest chamber by visitors. In fact, it was only accessible to ourselves with great […]
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Amazing New view in Paddington
Many of you will have seen the view down into the deepest section of Level 4 from the viewing points of Level 3, whilst some of you may have been lucky enough to go down into Level 4 in the early days. Well Paddington has just seen the biggest update since we finished our excavation […]
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Our History is a Hit, with the History Guy…
FoWT were delighted to welcome Dan Snow, Historian and Patron of the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels on 1st Feb 2019. Dan came to catch up on our progress digging out the tunnels and to film in both the Paddington and Mason Street sites for Dan’s History Hit TV channel https://tv.historyhit.com/. This was Dan’s second visit […]
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New Tunnel – Latest News…
You have probably already read about our new discovery within the trench in the floor of the Banqueting Hall. This find is a short rock cut tunnel leading into another previously undiscovered chamber alongside the Banqueting Hall. We have always suspected that this chamber or passage existed from Army surveys of the Tunnels. There has […]
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New Tunnel update…
You will no doubt have read that we recently discovered a new rock cut tunnel within the Banqueting Hall. This small tunnel leads from the trench in the Banqueting Hall floor, through the bedrock wall and into yet another chamber. We have long suspected that there could be another chamber or passage alongside the Banqueting […]
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FoWT receive certificate of excelence from Trip Advisor.
The Friends only joined Trip Advisor in early 2018, but in that relatively short time we are delighted to have received 100 – 4 & 5 Star reviews for tours with FoWT. As a result of these good reviews, we have reached the wonderful position of “#2 out of 249 Things to do in Liverpool” […]
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