Linear Park Tunnels

Bath. The Linear Park is a biking and pedestrian path or park in the outskirts of the city, built on an abandoned railway line and tunnels. There are two tunnels, the first one being shorter and the second one longer, together more than two kilometers long.

The Linear Park is a part of the Two Tunnels Greenway, more information in Wikipedia. There are two tunnels, the Devonshire Tunnel (409 m) and the Combe Down Tunnel (1672 m). 

It is a very nice walk. Very green, of course for me interesting to get to be underground for some bits. And of course overall Bath is a wonderful city to go around in.

Be careful to walk on the left side though, as cyclists may move fast, and the path is narrow.

The Devonshire Tunnel's easy entrance is at N 51.37044 W 2.368859. Note that you have to enter this from north side, there's an access path from the Bloomfield Open Space. Accessing directly from the coordinates from west or south is not possible, the park is a deep train track valley, even access from the paths like the one running between Chantry Mead Rd and Maple Grove isn't a way to access the linear park because you can't get down from the bridge crossing the linear park. 

The same issue is on the outside path between the two tunnels, for me it was difficult to get out of it, but I finally managed to climb down to Lyncombe Vale Road, but it was sketchily steep. In rain/wet season it may not be possible, or without good hiking boots. The issue is that here the line runs on the old train tracks, elevated and on high bridges, and the way down is steep and slippery on mud:

But you can of course always return back, or keep going through both tunnels.

See also my visit to the caves around the Cheddar Gorge and town: link (alt. link)

Pictures from the Linear Park and the Devonshire Tunnel:

Walk back to the city:

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