Who owns chislehurst caves

Finding shelter in The Blitz. The caves opened at each evening. Families were charged sixpence a week for adults and thruppence for children. Regular visitors were allocated their own pitch. We had a double mattress that we all slept on. It was horrible. But you couldn't hear the bombs down there. I slept like a log. We'd leave the caves around 7am and get on with our day. Many middle-class locals now chose to shelter at home instead of mix with the East End and were labelled "snobbish" by the new working-class residents.

Miller wasn't aware of any class friction. He simply remembered the joy of exploring this subterranean world as a year-old. A bunch of 20 or 30 of us would run amok. We didn't feel scared as down there we felt safe. With so many families living cheek by jowl, minor disputes arose about noise and cleanliness. But these were resolved by cave captains who enforced a list of rules in each section. These included orders to put rubbish in bins and stop music by Best of Britain.

Chislehurst Caves. An astonishing maze of underground tunnels and caverns runs deep under Chislehurst, created by the mining efforts of ancient inhabitants over the course of 8, years.

Timbers, Ide Hill - Coach House, Sevenoaks - Apple Bough, Chiddingstone - Kirkdale Hotel - 7. Gateway Hotel - 9. During the Second World War they were used for shelter from air raids, and many families sheltered there on a regular basis. They are accessed from Old Hill. Has anyone checked this because it was not what I was told as a boy by my father. There is a gift shop and cafe. Open Weekends and school holidays.