Beaminster Tunnel

Beaminster Tunnel or Horn Hill Tunnel is a 345-foot-long (105 m) road tunnel on the A3066 road between Beaminster and Mosterton in Dorset, England. The tunnel was constructed between 1830 and 1832; it was one of the first road tunnels built in Britain, and is the only pre-railway road tunnel in the country still in use. It was built to take a toll road underneath a steep hill to the north of Beaminster and make it easier for horse-drawn traffic to travel from the coast to the hinterland of Dorset. It underwent significant repairs in 1968 and again in 2009, but in 2012 a torrential rainstorm caused a landslide that resulted in the partial collapse of the tunnel's north entrance and the deaths of two people.

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  Ridgeway Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  British air defence bunker

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  Yeovil Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
  British Cold War command centre in Somerset

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  Beer Quarry Caves ⓘ
  man-made caves in Devon, England

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  Chalbury Hill And Quarry ⓘ
  Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset

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  Frogden Quarry ⓘ
  Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England

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  Goathill Quarry ⓘ
  Site of Special Scientific Interest near Goathill in Dorset, England

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  Beaminster Tunnel ⓘ
  road tunnel in Dorset, UK

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  Crewkerne Tunnel ⓘ
  

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  Evershot Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Honiton Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Somerton Tunnel ⓘ
  Railway tunnel in Somerset, England

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North portal of Horn Hill tunnel

Beaminster: Horn Hill tunnel

Horn Hill Tunnel

Horn Hill Tunnel, Southern portal

Horn Hill Tunnel, Northern portal

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	bunker		Ridgeway Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Yeovil Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps, Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker	Wikidata
site	cave		Beer Quarry Caves	show cave	Wikidata
site	mine		Chalbury Hill And Quarry	quarry	Wikidata
site	mine		Frogden Quarry	quarry	Wikidata
site	mine		Goathill Quarry	quarry	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Beaminster Tunnel	road tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Crewkerne Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Evershot Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Honiton Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Somerton Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		North portal of Horn Hill tunnel		Commons
commons	image		Beaminster: Horn Hill tunnel		Commons
commons	image		Horn Hill Tunnel		Commons
commons	image		Horn Hill Tunnel, Southern portal		Commons
commons	image		Horn Hill Tunnel, Northern portal		Commons