Friends of Williamson's Tunnels
est. 1996
We were delighted to be able to reopen our gates again following the Covid-19 Lockdown. We were desperate to once again welcome visitors back on tours of the Tunnels. So since reopening we have been running scaled down Covid safe tours, our priority being to keep our visitors and volunteers safe. What a good feelingContinue reading FOWT WINS TRAVELERS CHOICE 2020 AWARD FOR TOURS
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
Antiques Road Trip Back in August 2020 soon after we reopened the tunnels, we were thrilled to be contacted by the TV production company STV. One of the many TV Programs that STV make is the very popular “Antiques Road Trip” for the BBC. Two antiques experts compete against each other as they travel aroundContinue reading FoWT to feature on two popular future TV shows…
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