Dartford Cable Tunnel
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The Dartford Cable Tunnel is a 2.4 km utility tunnel beneath the Thames, upstream of the Dartford Crossing. With a diameter of ~3 m (10 ft), it carries a 400 kV National Grid electrical transmission cable. It is accessible by foot as a crossing of the Thames, but by authorised personnel only. It was built in 2003–04 at a cost of £11 million. The tunnel plays a crucial role in maintaining electrical supply infrastructure beneath the Thames, ensuring reliable power transmission.
2005
Wikidata
length: 2400 metre,
National Grid Electricity Transmission, United Kingdom,
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Location: 51.4681, 0.2494, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
115 places
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Park 20 ARP Bunker ⓘ
ARP post in Blackheath Standard, Greenwich -

Bexley Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Camden Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Castlepoint Borough Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Essex, UK -

Chislehurst South East London Group Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Clapham South deep level shelter ⓘ
Deep shelter under Clapham South tube station -

Dagenham Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Dartford Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Kent -

East Ham Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Edmonton Borough Control Site 1 ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Edmonton Borough Control Site 2 ⓘ
civil defence centre in London, UK -

Finsbury Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in -

Fort Bridgewoods ⓘ
former military facility in Medway, England -

Gillingham Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Kent, UK -

Hackney Air Raid Precaution Centre ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Hackney, London, England, UK -

Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker ⓘ
ROTOR air defence control bunker converted to a Regional Seat of Government

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King William Street tube station ⓘ
former C&SLR Station in Central London: the First Deep Level Tube Station -

Lippitts Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
architectural structure in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, England, UK -

Maidstone Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
British Cold War command centre in Kent -

Maidstone Springfields Kent County Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Kent -

Paddington Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Pear Tree House ⓘ
former nuclear control centre -

Rochester Short Brothers Factory and Public Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
underground factory and air-raid shelter in Rochester, Kent, UK -

Southwark Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

St Pancras Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Stoke Newington Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Stratford Newham Borough Council Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Tottenham Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Tower Hamlets Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in London -

Upminster Report Centre ⓘ
WW2 civil defence centre in Upminster, London, England, UK -

Vange Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
British air defence bunker -

Woolwich Sub Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Woolwich -

One Tree Hill Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
WW2 civilian air raid shelter in Greenwich Park, London -

Gravesend Cold War Bunker ⓘ
Cold War control bunker in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK

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Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1 ⓘ
Cold-war regional control bunker -

Churchill War Rooms ⓘ
museum in London

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Canal-Head Grotto ⓘ
grotto in Redbridge, London, England, UK -

Chislehurst Caves ⓘ
chalk quarry tunnels in Chislehurst, Bromley, London
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Grotto ⓘ
grotto in Redbridge, London, England, UK -

Grotto At High Elms Country Park ⓘ
grotto in Bromley, London, England, UK -

Grotto At Lippittshill Lodge ⓘ
grotto in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, England, UK -

Jack Cade's Cavern ⓘ
cavern southeast of London -

The Grotto ⓘ
grotto in Redbridge, London, England, UK -

Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit ⓘ
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex -
Purfleet Chalk Pits ⓘ
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex -

Bankside–Charing Cross cable tunnel ⓘ
utility tunnel in London, England, UK -

Bell Common Tunnel ⓘ
road tunnel in Great Britain, part of M25 motorway -

Belsize Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

Belvedere Crossing ⓘ
proposed River Thames crossing in East London -

Blackwall Tunnel (western) ⓘ
western tunnel of Blackwall Tunnel -

Canal Tunnels ⓘ
thameslink public works near St Pancras -

Chatham Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

Dartford Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel beneath the River Thames, part of the Dartford Crossing -
Dartford Tunnel (eastern) ⓘ
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Dartford Tunnel (western) ⓘ
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Deptford cable tunnel ⓘ
utility tunnel in London, England, UK -

Elstree to St. John's Wood Cable Tunnel ⓘ
power cable tunnel in north London -
Fort Pitt Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

Gasworks Tunnel ⓘ
East Coast Main Line section near King's Cross, London -

Higham Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

Highgate East Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

Kingsway tramway subway ⓘ
Camden, Greater London, WC1B -

Limehouse Link tunnel ⓘ
Road tunnel under Limehouse in East London -

Medway Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel under the River Medway linking Strood with Chatham -

North Downs Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel that carries High Speed 1 through the North Downs -

Paxton Tunnel ⓘ
Disused railway tunnel in Crystal Palace, Upper Norwood -

Pedestrian Subway Under Crystal Palace Parade (That Part In London Borough Of Southwark) ⓘ
subway in Bromley, Greater London, UK -

Sandilands Tunnel ⓘ
former railway tunnel, now tram tunnel, in Croydon, London, UK -

Sevenoaks Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

Silvertown Tunnel ⓘ
road tunnel under the Thames -
Snow Hill Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in London -

South Kensington Subway ⓘ
pedestrian tunnel in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK -

Strand Underpass ⓘ
vehicle tunnel in central London connecting Waterloo Bridge to Kingsway near Holborn -
Strood Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

The Nursemaids' Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in Regent's Park, London, UK -

Tower Subway ⓘ
1870 tunnel under the Thames -
Waterloo & City Line ⓘ
London Underground line -

Waterloo and Whitehall Railway ⓘ
1860s partly constructed pneumatic railway in London, England -

Week Street Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -

West Portal And Islington Tunnel (Regents Canal) ⓘ
tunnel in Islington, London, England, UK -

Woolwich foot tunnel ⓘ
tunnel under the River Thames in East London -

Eyre's Tunnel ⓘ
short canal tunnel on the Regent's Canal that passes under Lisson Grove in St John's Wood, north London -

Islington Tunnel ⓘ
Tunnel on the Regent's Canal -

Thames Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel beneath the River Thames in London -

Copenhagen Tunnel ⓘ
Triple bore, six track railway tunnel linking London King's Cross, and Belle Isle. -

City & South London Railway tunnels ⓘ
tunnel under Thames -

Blackwall Tunnel ⓘ
pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames -

Waterloo & City line tunnels ⓘ
tunnel for Waterloo & City line under the Thames -

Greenwich foot tunnel ⓘ
tunnel under the river Thames in London -

Northern Line (Bank branch) tunnels ⓘ
tunnel carrying Northern Line under the Thames between London Bridge and Bank stations -

Bakerloo line tunnels ⓘ
tunnel carrying Bakerloo line under the Thames -

Rotherhithe Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in London, England, UK -

Barking cable tunnel ⓘ
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Battersea exhaust tunnels ⓘ
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Northern line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying the Northern Line under the Thames -

Bankside Cable Tunnel ⓘ
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Blackwall Tunnel (eastern) ⓘ
eastern tunnel of Blackwall Tunnel -

Thames Cable Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel carrying high-voltage cables beneath the River Thames between Tilbury and Gravesend -

Victoria line tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying Victoria line under the Thames -

Rainham Creek Culvert ⓘ
Culvert of Rainham Creek at River Thames outfall -

Wimbledon – Pimlico cable tunnel ⓘ
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Docklands Light Railway tunnel ⓘ
tunnel under the Thames between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark stations -

Isle of Dogs Jubilee line tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying the Jubilee line under the Thames between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich stations -

Jubilee Line Extension tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying the Jubilee line under the Thames -

Jubilee line tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying the Jubilee line under the Thames between Canada Water and Canary Wharf -

Jubilee line tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying the Jubilee line under the Thames between North Greenwich and Canning Town stations -

Battersea steam tunnel ⓘ
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Dartford Cable Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in the United Kingdom -

High Speed 1 tunnels ⓘ
two tunnels between West Thurrock and Swanscombe -

Docklands Light Railway tunnel ⓘ
tunnel for Docklands Light Railway under Thames -

Crossrail tunnels ⓘ
tunnels carrying Crossrail under the Thames -

King’s Cross Light Tunnel ⓘ
artwork in King’s Cross, London -

New Cross to Finsbury Market cable tunnel ⓘ
utility tunnel in London, England, UK
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2005 Dartford Cable Tunnel
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| classes | subterranea | 1971 | British Tunnelling Society | subterranea, learned society, tunnel construction | Wikidata |
| organisation | business | 1904 | The Huelva Copper and Sulphur Mines | mining, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | organisation | 1984 | Historic England | restoration, non-departmental public body | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Park 20 ARP Bunker | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bexley Emergency Centre | civil defense center, London Borough of Bexley | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Camden Borough Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Camden | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Castlepoint Borough Emergency Centre | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Chislehurst South East London Group Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Clapham South deep level shelter | bomb shelter, underground structure, London deep-level shelters, architectural structure, building | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Dagenham Borough Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Dartford Emergency Centre | civil defense center, Dartford Borough Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | East Ham Borough Control | East Ham, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Edmonton Borough Control Site 1 | civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Edmonton Borough Control Site 2 | civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Finsbury Borough Control | civil defense center, Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Fort Bridgewoods | fort, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Gillingham Borough Control | Gillingham Borough Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Hackney Air Raid Precaution Centre | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Hackney | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker | Royal Air Force station, military museum, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | King William Street tube station | metro station, underground station, air-raid shelter, railway station | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Lippitts Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Maidstone Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters | Royal Observer Corps, Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Maidstone Springfields Kent County Emergency Centre | civil defense center, Kent County Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Paddington Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Pear Tree House | Royal Borough of Greenwich, apartment building, civil defense center, London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Bromley, London Borough of Bexley, London Borough of Croydon, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Rochester Short Brothers Factory and Public Air Raid Shelter | Short Brothers, air-raid shelter, factory | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Southwark Borough Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Southwark | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | St Pancras Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Stoke Newington Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site | civil defense center, London Borough of Hackney | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Stratford Newham Borough Council Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Newham | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Tottenham Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Tower Hamlets Borough Control | civil defense center, London Borough of Tower Hamlets | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Upminster Report Centre | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Vange Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Woolwich Sub Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1938 | One Tree Hill Air Raid Shelter | destroyed building or structure, air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1954 | Gravesend Cold War Bunker | military museum, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1954 | Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1 | Royal Borough of Greenwich, civil defense center | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1984 | Churchill War Rooms | national museum, biographical museum, military museum, architectural structure, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | cave | Canal-Head Grotto | grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Chislehurst Caves | show cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grotto | grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grotto At High Elms Country Park | grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grotto At Lippittshill Lodge | grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Jack Cade's Cavern | cavern | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | The Grotto | grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit | chalk quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Purfleet Chalk Pits | chalk quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Bankside–Charing Cross cable tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Bell Common Tunnel | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Belsize Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Belvedere Crossing | abandoned proposed road, road tunnel, proposed building or structure | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Blackwall Tunnel (western) | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Canal Tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Chatham Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Dartford Tunnel | toll tunnel, road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Dartford Tunnel (eastern) | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Dartford Tunnel (western) | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Deptford cable tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Elstree to St. John's Wood Cable Tunnel | power cable, tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Fort Pitt Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Gasworks Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Higham Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Highgate East Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Kingsway tramway subway | tramway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Limehouse Link tunnel | road tunnel, TfL, road | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Medway Tunnel | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | North Downs Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Paxton Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Pedestrian Subway Under Crystal Palace Parade (That Part In London Borough Of Southwark) | subway | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Sandilands Tunnel | tramway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Sevenoaks Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Silvertown Tunnel | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Snow Hill Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | South Kensington Subway | pedestrian tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Strand Underpass | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Strood Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | The Nursemaids' Tunnel | subway | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Tower Subway | pedestrian tunnel, tube railway, utility tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Waterloo & City Line | rapid transit railway line, ELR railway line section, subway tunnel, Southern Railway, TfL, London and South Western Railway | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Waterloo and Whitehall Railway | proposed rail infrastructure, abandoned project, tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Week Street Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | West Portal And Islington Tunnel (Regents Canal) | canal tunnel, portal | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Woolwich foot tunnel | pedestrian tunnel, Royal Borough of Greenwich | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | 1816 | Eyre's Tunnel | canal tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1818 | Islington Tunnel | canal tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1843 | Thames Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1850 | Copenhagen Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1890 | City & South London Railway tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1897 | Blackwall Tunnel | architectural structure, road tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1898 | Waterloo & City line tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1899 | Greenwich foot tunnel | Greenwich London Borough Council, pedestrian tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1900 | Northern Line (Bank branch) tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1906 | Bakerloo line tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1908 | Rotherhithe Tunnel | pedestrian tunnel, road tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1920 | Barking cable tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1920 | Battersea exhaust tunnels | utility tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1926 | Northern line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1940 | Bankside Cable Tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1967 | Blackwall Tunnel (eastern) | road tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1970 | Thames Cable Tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1971 | Victoria line tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1976 | Rainham Creek Culvert | buried watercourse | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1996 | Wimbledon – Pimlico cable tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Docklands Light Railway tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Isle of Dogs Jubilee line tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Jubilee Line Extension tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Jubilee line tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Jubilee line tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2000 | Battersea steam tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2005 | Dartford Cable Tunnel | utility tunnel, National Grid Electricity Transmission | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2007 | High Speed 1 tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2009 | Docklands Light Railway tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2014 | Crossrail tunnels | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2016 | King’s Cross Light Tunnel | subway tunnel, pedestrian tunnel, installation artwork | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2017 | New Cross to Finsbury Market cable tunnel | utility tunnel | Wikidata |