Redefining testing

Timeline of the tunnel

At the start of the century, most people walking by the Catesby Tunnel in Northamptonshire would see nothing more than a beautiful but disused Victorian railway tunnel. But Dr Rob Lewis OBE saw something more –the opportunity to make his ambition of creating the world’s largest indoor test facility a reality.

2007

During a TotalSim meeting, Rob Lewis first raises the idea of converting a tunnel into an aerodynamic testing facility – and Catesby fits the bill

The government’s Local Growth Fund invests £6.2 million into the project. This investment was secured through the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership

2020