Friends of Williamson's Tunnels
est. 1996
If you have ever visited Paddington, you will have been inside the “Mile Tunnel”. This short tunnel, so called because when Charles Hand visited Paddington in 1925, along with members of the “Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire”. During their visit it was reported that “they went for nearly a mile before giving up theirContinue reading New Tunnel found in Paddington
We have been working hard to be able to reopen the tunnels for tours following Covid-19 lock down. We are delighted to welcome back visitors from Wednesday 12th August, albeit on a smaller scale for now and with additional safety measures in place. We will have 3 tours per day at 10 am > 12Continue reading Tours with FoWT restart
We hope that everyone is coping with staying at home during these hard and very strange times. As the Tunnels are currently closed, we don’t have any updates or real news to report, so let’s have a look back at some views of the Tunnels in those early days, long before we started our BigContinue reading Early views of the tunnels
On Wednesday 19th Feb, we were honoured to welcome Anna Rothery, Liverpool Lord Mayor and David Steer, the High Sheriff of Merseyside along with Mrs. Steer and their son Oliver on a tour of the Williamson’s Tunnels. They started at Williamson’s House, descending down into the Wine Bins, Sandstone Arch, Gash and the Banqueting HallContinue reading Lord Mayor & High Sheriff pay us a visit
Several years ago, we made our Journey of a Bucket video. In it, we filmed the progress of one of our hundreds of buckets, from being filled down in the depths of Paddington’s Level 4 through its journey to the skip. We decided to do a similar video but this time in the Subterranean chambersContinue reading A new Journey of a Bucket