The cutting on the approach to the tunnel on the north side is a designated site of special scientific interest.

Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) are protected by law to conserve their wildlife or geology. The cutting exposes a sequence in Arden sandstone of the late Triassic period in which grey-green shales and siltstones with wavy and lenticular bedding pass into white fine-grained well sorted dolomitic sandstones. The facies (character of a rock expressed by its formation, composition, and fossil content), thus indicates marine (intertidal) deposition conditions.

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1. Kenilworth Castle Ruins – View of Kenilworth Castle loop from Kenilworth

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2. Hiking loop from Lapworth

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3. Hiking loop from Hatton

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Location: Shrewley, Warwick, Warwickshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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Northern Entrance to Shrewley Tunnel

1. Kenilworth Castle Ruins – View of Kenilworth Castle loop from Kenilworth

2. Hiking loop from Lapworth

3. Hiking loop from Hatton

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