A huge network of Victorian tunnels has been discovered near a large sinkhole in a quiet Surrey village.

Residents in over 30 homes in Godstone were evacuated after part of the high street collapsed overnight on February 17.

Now a network of abandoned sand mines surrounding the hole, which grew to a staggering 19 metres in length. A second hole opened up days after the first.

It has now been revealed that engineers have discovered a set of 150-year-old tunnels eight metres under the road.

Lloyd Allen, infrastructure manager at Surrey County Council, said at a public meeting last night that engineers had discovered the old subterranean structures at the junction of the High Street and Salisbury Road during the course of investigating the huge sinkholes.

He said: ‘Currently, we’re inves

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