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Bell Common Cricket Ground
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Bell Common
Location within Essex
OS grid reference TL4401
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
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UK
England
Essex
51°41′31″N0°05′56″E / 51.692°N 0.099°E / 51.692; 0.099

Bell Common is a settlement in Essex, England and is south of the town of Epping.

Tunnel

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Inside the Bell Common Tunnel

The Bell Common Tunnel is a covered section of the M25 motorway in Bell Common. The route of the motorway at this point was forced into a very narrow gap between the ecologically important Epping Forest to the south and the settlements to the north. The decision was therefore made to put the motorway underground. The tunnel is 470 metres long [1] and was constructed between 1982 and 1984 using the cut and cover method. [2]

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