On 21 Sep, 10:49, "Q" ..@.. wrote:
"John B" wrote in message

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Blimey, you mean it's legal to walk through it? Always assumed it was
strictly motorway-tunnel-style "no pedestrians, cyclist, horses or
stuff that's on fire".

Yep you can walk through it. I have done an amount of technical work
relating to that tunnel and even we are amazed that people choose to walk
through let alone cycle! I don't even like it when I have to go down for
work (Either driving through, or at night when its closed)

If you are planning a trip then don't hang around its gets quite 'foggy'
down there some days and everything is soot covered (So touch nothing!) and
watch out for the vans as the come round the bends - you don't want to get
taken out by a wing mirror.

I've both walked and cycled through the tunnel.

For anybody contemplating walking I'd say "don't do it" simply to
avoid having to breathe in toxic air for 20 mins. It definitely made
me feel that I was damaging my lungs.

As for cycling, it's not too bad - as Colin M has said it's downhill
into the tunnel and you can reach the 20mph limit fairly easily. A
queue of traffic built up behind me as I climbed out of the tunnel but
I didn't experience any harassment from the car behind. If I found
myself on my bike in Rotherhithe and needed to get to Shadwell I'd
probably use it again. It definitely felt safer than navigating the
huge gyratory system on the north side of Tower Bridge.

PaulO