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Inside the deepest, longest canal tunnel in the UK

Standedge Tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history.

Standedge Tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history.
It runs for 3.5 miles under the Pennines between Marsden in West Yorkshire and Diggle in Lancashire.
The Canal & River Trust charity is offering guided canoe trips through the tunnel over the summer.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Amy Garcia took one of the first trips by canoe, inside the tunnel.

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Image Credit: Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre

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