Bell Common

It lies south of the town of Epping and north of the Ambresbury Banks archaeological site.

[2] Its green space is retained undeveloped due to the Epping Forest Act 1878[3] The settlement has a number of listed buildings, including The Black Cottage and 115-7 Bell Common.

[9] The construction of the roadway was protested by campaigns against the M25, including by members of the West Essex Rambler's Association[10] and the Upshire Village Preservation Society.

[13] The tunnel began a £90.4m Highways Agency refurbishment in 2008 to replace various equipment and the ventilation system.

[16] A report for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council also says the covered tunnel "assisted in mitigating the community, landscape and ecological severance caused by running the M25 through Epping Forest.

Inside the Bell Common Tunnel