I Have actually experienced a timewarp, in real life. When studying Electronic Engineering, at The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, in 1988, I used to attend a Maths lecture in The Sir William Duncan Building every Wednesday. I noticed a strange phenomenon; the Maths lecture lasted for about six hours, but when I came out of the Sir William Duncan Building, at the end of this six hour long maths lecture, only one hour had past. No one has ever been able to explain this.

We used to go to the middle of the tunnel drunk -- spin round lots of times -- then decide which we thought was the right way back!

I walked this tunnel many times as a young lad, and yes I was that annoying kid who would do a high-pitched whistle that burst your ear-drums. Sorry.

The whole time warp in the tunnel is real. UNIT just covered it by calling it a "hoax" over after the Doctor fixed the problem.

Woolwich timewarp: it’s just a jump to the north, and a step to the south...😜

Description: SCP-5284 is a foot tunnel running beneath the River ██████ in ██████, United Kingdom...

When I was a toddler in the early 70's my mum use to let me run down that foot tunnel on the way to the market in Woolwich - I was always afraid it would burst and water would run in, there were always leaking water dripping from the ceiling. The lifts use to have old fellas who sat in the lifts and press the buttons, I remember the old boy use to allow me to push the button. He had a cap and he smoked a roll up, the other fella used a pipe and he would never let you press the button. Many a time we had to climb the stairs, lift was out or something, why not use the ferry, we did but many a time they were either broken down or the crew were on strike. Last time I used this was last year, brought back memories of the "echo" and the weird way it dipped down. ~trooper

Tunnel, eh? I can dig that. Deep subject.

Anyone who has taken the train from Dartford to Cannon Street via Woolwich Arsenal will attest that time slowing to a standstill is something not limited to the foot tunnel.

Re the nice Dr Who references in the comments: Back in the early 70s and barely five years old I recall getting a ticking off from a stern policeman after opening the door of his police box outside Equitable House on Beresford Square, Woolwich, thinking it was the actual TARDIS.

Timewarps are a very common phenomenon when dealing with council workmen. An old neighbour of mine used to work for the council and claimed he worked from 8am until 6pm.

You might have heard of West Wickham? East Wickham was part of Woolwich originally part of the old gunnery ranges of old, I loved being based at Woolwich and every day I used to run the 5 miles to me mums for a cheeky fry up and mug of char then run back in time for ablutions and breakfast proper (we had huge steak platters for our brekkers which involved many sausages, eggs, bacon, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, kidneys, hash browns, fried slice, many slices of toast AND usually three or four of them variety little boxes of cereal in a big bowl and of course British Army tea brown as creosote, strong as an ox) and by time lunchtime had come along you were ready for the steak lunch and tea was curry as Woolwich cooks did the best curry in the army then knocking off duty to go get soppy in the NAAFI bar. Ironically, when my daughter was due, we found ourselves homeless and council put us in the old NCO's flats next to the pub that got bombed, whilst we waited for our flat in Thamesmead to be ready and it was spooky living there in my old sgt's flat, I had a small army flat over Shooters Hill side.

Well, a one-word answer in the end, but it was a very entertaining way to find out. That London Council engineer was busy; 3 tunnels under the Thames in little over a decade (Rotherhithe, Greenwich, Woolwich). We could do with someone like him today!

You have to walk through that tunnel in a specific way , you start with a jump to the left , then a step to the right ...

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Wonderful stories! I really enjoy your telling us about your knowledge of London's history. Thanks

I'm definitely adding that to my library of pub "facts". After three or four pints I will probably have made it a story that definitely happened to me.

Oh the tales I could tell of that tunnel, including getting a ban for a while because the ferry was not running and I was allowed to walk my Vespa through using lift either end and my mate dared me to start it up when we got to the middle point... over in North Woolwich, us naughty boys (and sometimes girls) had taken over the middle one of the three then derelict tower blocks and the fun and games with East Ham nick trying to chase us out, a large black family had taken over two whole floors and basically turned them into a huge flat and they were pretty cool folks and their "flat" was awesome all painted, furnished with expensive gear and they repaired all the damage done when the blocks became derelict.

Honestly, someone could write a good SCP out of this.

The Woolwich ferry was a great day out for my brother and I when we were kids. We always used to have a go at running through the tunnel and trying to beat the ferry.