The Secret Tunnel Beneath Nottingham Castle

In October 1330, a small band of young men climbed through a hidden passage in the sandstone beneath Nottingham Castle. At the top waited Roger Mortimer, the man who had ruled England for nearly four years alongside Queen Isabella. By morning, the seventeen-year-old Edward III had taken back his kingdom. This is the story of the secret tunnel now known as Mortimer's Hole, the night it changed who ruled England, and the question historians still argue over: was it really the passage the king's men used? We follow Mortimer's escape from the Tower of London, the fall of Edward II, the secret letter Edward III sent to the Pope, and the castle constable who knew the way through the rock. Along the way we look at Nottingham's hidden city of caves, now more than a thousand of them, and at what records prove versus what legend has added. New stories from forgotten Britain every week. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one. #NottinghamCastle #HiddenHistory #BritishHistory