Over the last decade or so, Newcastle's Victoria Tunnel has earned a reputation as one the region's foremost visitor attractions - but now it's gone one step further.
Online travel site Tripadvisor has just named the Tyneside historical marvel among the top 10% of attractions in the world and handed it a 2022 Travellers’ Choice award. The tunnel's coordinator Clive Goodwin hailed the accolade and attributed the attraction's ongoing success to its "brilliant team of tour guides".
The Victoria Tunnel runs from the north of Newcastle, under the city, down to where the Ouseburn enters the Tyne. It marked its 180th anniversary earlier this year, having opened in January 1842 as an underground wagonway, taking coal from the long-demolished Spital Tongues Colliery to waiting ships on the bustling river.
