Cotes Park or Alfreton Tunnel (SLHS CPC 028)
| Photo ID #: | 571 | |
| Description: | The building of the tunnels opened up the railway links to the north | |
| Category: | Railways | |
| Location: | Mining - Cotes Park Colliery | |
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Cotes Park was known as the access route to the North - at one time it took so long to get access through the tunnels that train drivers stopped overnight at Somercotes Sidings (Lower Birchwood).