Those of you that thought you'd missed your chance to walk throught the Mersey Tunnel, guess again;
To celebrate the Queensway Tunnel’s 75th anniversary, Merseytravel is hosting a unique and historic event; the chance to take an intriguing walk back through time and witness the past 75 years of the Mersey Tunnel.
‘Under and Over the Mersey’ takes place on Sunday 19th July. You will be able to walk under the river through the Queensway Tunnel and be transported back in time to a 1930’s carnival atmosphere. Then return over the river on a Mersey Ferry.
The event includes a full entertainment programme suitable for the entire family and is fully accessible to everyone. Various celebrities will be counting down each walk, and there will be a vintage car rally, carnival rides, musical entertainment and dramatic circus displays, all compered by Keith Chegwin. Everyone will receive a commemorative medal to remind them of the occasion for years to come.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to Merseytravel’s 2009 very worthwhile corporate charity, Claire House. So why not get together with your friends and family and form a team event for charity? You could even wear fancy dress.
Individual tickets are £5 and family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are £15. You can chose to walk through at 10.30am, 11.15am, 12 noon, 12.45pm or 1.30pm.
Book online or at any Merseytravel Centre or fill in an application form and send it through the post. Please bear in mind that places are limited so you should try to book early.
If you require further information about the event, call the information line on 0151 330 1702.
we hope you can join us for what promises to be a most memorable occasion.
Bought tickets to do it last year, but couldn't make it.
Hopefully do it this time round though
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No. The point is that you can't walk through usually so it's something different. They are making a bit of a day of it with classic car show and other 'going's on'. Hey - It's £5 - walk through the tunnel, ferry back over and the money goes to charity. Bargain!!!!!
Merseytravel is organising another walk through the Queensway Tunnel to celebrate its 75th anniversary and raise cash for charity.
Last year, nearly 15,000 people took part in the 2.13-mile walk as part of Merseytravel’s contribution to the Capital of Culture celebrations.
This time, on Sunday July 19, Merseytravel is donating money raised through ticket sales from “Under and Over the Mersey” 2009 to Claire House children’s hospice, which is its corporate charity for 2009.
Merseytravel says it would like to see as many walkers as possible to get out their fancy dress and sponsorship forms for their own favourite charity.
A spokesman said: "'Under and Over the Mersey 2009' will probably be the last chance for such a unique view of this engineering masterpiece for many a year so we’re making the walk even bigger and better, more colourful and just as memorable."
The event, which will be accessible to everyone, is hosted by Keith Chegwin and celebrities will count down the five planned walkthrough processions.
There will also be vintage cars, carnival rides, musical entertainment and dramatic circus performances.
Walkers can travel free back to Liverpool on a Mersey Ferry – with all three boats on the River for the day – and everyone taking part receives a commemorative medal.
Everyone also gets a wristband, which entitles them to two-for-one entry to Spaceport, The U-boat Story and Mersey Tunnel Tours until August 16.
Single tickets for "Under and Over the Mersey" cost £5 and family tickets (two adults and two children) are £15.
You can book online at www.merseytravel.gov.uk or at any Merseytravel Centre or more information call the Merseytravel information line on 0151 330 1702.
me and my tribe set off at 12.00..have to get ferry over the water first and make our own way to tunnel entrance or is there a shuttle bus or something...anyone know?
me and my tribe set off at 12.00..have to get ferry over the water first and make our own way to tunnel entrance or is there a shuttle bus or something...anyone know?
Are you going over on the ferry as your 'over the Mersey' or are you going to do ferry to Liverpool, walk under Mersey, ferry over Mersey then ferry back here to Wirral??
if you live in wirral its the ferry to liverpool and then walk back to the wirral side through the tunnel,if you live on the liverpool side you walk through the tunnel to the wirral then get the ferry back over to liverpool
Yeah, brilliant walk with the 11:15 group, the Samba band leading the walk at the start is genious, sets the mood for the whole tunnel. Arrived a bit late so missed the intro, looked like people were enjoying that as well. Nice to get on the ferry again - need to get on this more.
Many thanks to my companions on route John(Susan+1) and Susan, really good company.
Great organisation by the tunnels/ferry people, so smooth they make it look simple.
Pics up later & maybe vid.
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
had a very good time but it would of been nice to see a little bit more going on in the actual tunnel...my feet are killing me now.the samba band were great and i got to shake cheggers hands lol
ah! I was on 10.30 from Seacombe. I saw the abseiling but I kept on going as I was worried I'd get lost!!
me hubby and diggingdeeper [ andy ] were on the 10.50 from woodside, got to liverpool at 11.05 made it to the tunnel just before start and ended up at the front of our group. A great day, and yes we enjoyed your company to dd
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