Roundabout where I live, on the Norfolk and Suffolk borders, 'The Secret Tunnel' is known for the locations where it was filmed, both in and around Flixton Hall in north Suffolk, and in the south Norfolk town of Harleston. The Flixton connection is especially poignant as this rather imposing Victorian pile was demolished in 1953, just six years after this film was made. A very poor quality copy (perhaps fifth generation) is occasionally screened to small audiences in the area, but no-one seems to know where a decent copy exists. The film itself is an early example of what would later be made by the Children's Film Foundation, nothing very taxing plot-wise, and quite cliched. It made me laugh (in these times of gender equality and all that) that the only female cast member is a 'baddie!'
Review of The Secret Tunnel
