Hatrecastle tunnel, is it safe to moor over night

[JDUK]

Hi 

 

Regarding harecastle tunnel mooring (southbound entrance - at north end).  Is it safe to moor there overnight?  
 

thanks

Edited April 2, 2023 by JDUK
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[Tracy D'arth]

2 minutes ago, JDUK said:

Hi 

 

Regarding harecastle tunnel mooring (southbound entrance).  Is it safe to moor there overnight?  
 

thanks

Perfectly. I do it often, never had a problem. In fact its a great quiet mooring.  Not the north end though!  Oh I re-read your post, by southbound entrance do you mean the north end?  If so, no, too noisy and busy. Moor on the park below the first locks instead, that is fine.

Edited April 2, 2023 by Tracy D'arth

[JDUK]

I meant going southbound (at the north end). Guessing it’s not? 

[ditchcrawler]

1 minute ago, JDUK said:

I meant going southbound (at the north end). Guessing it’s not? 

I moor just before the first lock going from Cheshire Locks to Stoke 

[Tracy D'arth]

1 minute ago, JDUK said:

I meant going southbound (at the north end). Guessing it’s not? 

See my edit.  Why would you moor there? the trains would drive you nuts.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

At the north end, I'd moor a bit away from the centre of Kidsgrove, either on the Macc, or a few locks down the T&M, depending on your approach. Used to work not far from there a few decades ago. The area is not the worst part of the greater Stoke/Newcastle conurbation, but it isn't the greatest either.

Jen

I first read the title as is it safe to moor inside the Harecastle, or even Hatrecastle tunnel, to which the answer is probably not!

[Tonka]

29 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

At the north end, I'd moor a bit away from the centre of Kidsgrove, either on the Macc, or a few locks down the T&M, depending on your approach. Used to work not far from there a few decades ago. The area is not the worst part of the greater Stoke/Newcastle conurbation, but it isn't the greatest either.

Jen

I first read the title as is it safe to moor inside the Harecastle, or even Hatrecastle tunnel, to which the answer is probably not!

It would be dark, quiet and less chance of getting vandalised 

Edited April 2, 2023 by Tonka
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[Cheshire cat]

I don't think it's as bad as it once was but it is still frequented by people wanting somewhere quiet to enjoy their drugs

[matty40s]

I have always either stayed down at the Red Bull area, or nipped round the corner and gone a few hundred yards up the Macc.

[enigmatic]

I seem to remember the Red Bull moorings being quite nice. Macclesfield near the stop lock even nicer.

[ditchcrawler]

8 hours ago, enigmatic said:

I seem to remember the Red Bull moorings being quite nice. Macclesfield near the stop lock even nicer.

As I said I have never had a problem just below lock 41 Plants Lock.

[cuthound]

I moored at the North End overnight without incident (other than the noise from trains) a few years back. The tunnel ventilation had failed so the tunnel was closed earlier than the published last entry time.

 

I wouldn't do it from choice though.