Longest tunnel in Dorset ......

[duncscz]

Need somewhere to do a Clarkson and 'listen to that engine' (in a TVR, of course) in Dorset, but haven't found anything longer than a few yards, so far .... (train tunnels won't count ... too bumpy!)

[C8 CDS]

[LukeBird]

Now that I would like to know!!
Even in my little car, tunnels are great fun!

[anonymous-user]

Sandbanks road in Lilliput/Whitecliff. Only about 40ft long but if you get up at 4am you have the road to yourself and can just stop in the tunnel and rev up for ages

[V8S]

Would that be the Beaminster tunnel ye be seeking, soire?

On the A3066 northwest out o' Beaminster.

[tone]

V8S said:

Would that be the Beaminster tunnel ye be seeking, soire?

On the A3066 northwest out o' Beaminster.

Bu**er. Beat me to it.

That'll be the one I was thinking of, Horn Hill tunnel.

You'd have thought though, with all these hills someone would've drilled a hole in one!

[corozin]

Wellington Road, Bournemouth, nr Bournemouth Royal Mail sorting office.

It's a wee tunnel under the A338 Wessex Way, only 50yds long, but the acoustics are excellent. If your car is capable of cacophony then you'll find out there.

Another good spot is across town in Yelverton Road, down the side of the Evening Echo offices. The buildings either side of this single width 1-way street are all 4-5 stories high, and it's the same as being in a tunnel. Wonderful.

Enjoy, and watch out for the cops
John

[ara2312]

corozin said:

Wellington Road, Bournemouth, nr Bournemouth Royal Mail sorting office.

It's a wee tunnel under the A338 Wessex Way, only 50yds long, but the acoustics are excellent. If your car is capable of cacophony then you'll find out there.

Another good spot is across town in Yelverton Road, down the side of the Evening Echo offices. The buildings either side of this single width 1-way street are all 4-5 stories high, and it's the same as being in a tunnel. Wonderful.

Enjoy, and watch out for the cops
John

Good to see i'm not the only one immature to enjoy these then!

[minimatt1967]

ara2312 said:

corozin said:

Wellington Road, Bournemouth, nr Bournemouth Royal Mail sorting office.

It's a wee tunnel under the A338 Wessex Way, only 50yds long, but the acoustics are excellent. If your car is capable of cacophony then you'll find out there.

Another good spot is across town in Yelverton Road, down the side of the Evening Echo offices. The buildings either side of this single width 1-way street are all 4-5 stories high, and it's the same as being in a tunnel. Wonderful.

Enjoy, and watch out for the cops
John

Good to see i'm not the only one immature to enjoy these then!

oh yes the min with a stainless pipe singlebox and plenty of popping on over-run sounds awesome through there!!! anybody get super immature and turn the engine off (whilst still moving) pump the throttle then turn the ignition back on for a nice flame out of the back? damn i wish i had a webber and some more duration on the cam for some flames on overrun!!

[zed sump]

ara2312 said:

corozin said:

Wellington Road, Bournemouth, nr Bournemouth Royal Mail sorting office.

It's a wee tunnel under the A338 Wessex Way, only 50yds long, but the acoustics are excellent. If your car is capable of cacophony then you'll find out there.

John

Good to see i'm not the only one immature to enjoy these then!

wellington rd! it's a bit desperate, but in an area without many other enclosed spaces i often detour there in the Tiger with it's S/S kit - 1 reason why i haven't bothered fitting a stereo system! will look the beaminster tunnel up

[LukeBird]

Lived just down the road from Wellington Road until recently, and didn't even know it existed...
I'm going to pop into town later and shall take a detour via there

[duncscz]

A few options then ... off to find the map. I've also tried the covered area of Asda's car park (opposite Poole railway station) and although not a tunnel as such, a run up the narrow street (one-way) into Wimborne can rattle some windows

[LukeBird]

I did know where the tunnel is on wellington road actually, just didn't know the name of the road
He he it certainly does echo down there!
Will use that as my route into town from now on I think!

[V8S]

Not a tunnel, but I'm a fan of Glyde Path Road as it emerges onto the high street in Dorchester. Really narrow and high buildings both sides

I'm sure any decent rev-up could be heard down most of the high street

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Also there's a good railway bridge over Chickerell road in the centre of Weymouth. It's traffic light controlled being narrow, but it's usually quiet so you can slow down or stop under it and make some noise.

Edited by V8S on Monday 19th November 10:59

[V8S]

The Beaminster tunnel road has a bit of a kink both ends, so be careful not to come in or out of it too hot.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge...

[corozin]

zed sump said:

ara2312 said:

corozin said:

Wellington Road, Bournemouth, nr Bournemouth Royal Mail sorting office.

It's a wee tunnel under the A338 Wessex Way, only 50yds long, but the acoustics are excellent. If your car is capable of cacophony then you'll find out there.

John

Good to see i'm not the only one immature to enjoy these then!

wellington rd! it's a bit desperate, but in an area without many other enclosed spaces i often detour there in the Tiger with it's S/S kit - 1 reason why i haven't bothered fitting a stereo system! will look the beaminster tunnel up

As you'll appreciate, in this part of the world you need to exploit what's available, as there isn't much about. At certain times of night, empty levels of multi-story car parks are very similar to tunnels... the one by the Dolphin Centre has long stretches...

LOL

[LukeBird]

I have to admit I've done that as well.
The multi by asda next to the train station. No, I didn't have my stereo set to deafen either
Terrified the "rude-boys" when i hit 6000rpm under there though, christ knows what they'd make of a noisy car!

[corozin]

I think we need to stop. This thread is in danger of turning into "chavvy drivers anonymous", ha ha

[zed sump]

when's the first wellington rd meet then