Walking Beneath the Thames: The Greenwich & Woolwich Foot Tunnels

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel and the Woolwich Foot Tunnel offer a handy (if not slightly creepy) way of crossing beneath the River Thames on foot. In this video, we'll be looking at the history behind these two Thames tunnels, including why they were built, their appearances in film and television, the ghosts and mysteries associated with them and more... *** Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:20 The Rotherhithe Tunnel 02:12 Early Thames Foot Tunnels 05:15 The Greenwich Potter's Ferry 06:25 Will Crooks 08:44 The Greenwich Foot Tunnel 13:05 The Woolwich Foot Tunnel 19:26 Outro *** Links for this video: Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels official website https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/inf... The Woolwich Foot Tunnel Time Anomaly https://portalsoflondon.com/2017/07/0... *** Thank you so much to all of you who support my channel with your kind words, likes and shares. If you're feeling extra generous, you can also support my work with a tip via either the YouTube 'thanks' button (which appears as a heart icon below the video), or alternatively, via my Ko-fi account: https://ko-fi.com/robslondon Any such financial donations are of course greatly appreciated, and they really do help when it comes to creating content. My other links: Twitter:   / cabmirror   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_lord... Thanks again for watching, friends. Stay well, and please be sure to stay tuned! *** Credits Special thanks to channel viewer S Coltrane for informing me about the 'Fox' filming location! * Images: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge: Kenneth Yarham (Creative Commons) Isle of Dogs Maps: openstreetmap.org Poplar Workhouse: Peter Higginbotham, workhouses.org.uk Tunnel plan: A London Inheritance Historical images: https://islandhistory.wordpress.com/2... southlondonclub.co.uk Tunnel Entrance illustration: London Illustrated News, 1902 * Cocktail Hour (Aaron Kenny) Fast Talkin by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Prelude No. 12 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Ceremonial Library (Asher Fulero) Spooked (Mini Vandals) Whole Tone Limbo (Godmode) Frightmare (Jimena Conteras) Confident Kurt (TrackTribe) * Sound Effects: Pick Axe: Cameronmusic (freesound.org) Crowd Sound: Kyles (freesound.org) Cow Moo: Cllari (freesound.org) ***