HOW TO GE T TO THE CAVES The Caves are just around the corner from Chislehurst railway Station. The entrance is off Caveside Close near the Bickley Arms Pub.

ROAD: Take the A222 between the A20 and A21, at the railway bridge by Chislehurst Station, turn into Station Approach, turn right at the end then right again into Caveside Close.

RAIL: There are regular trains from Charing Cross to Chislehurst on the Orpington Line.

BUS: From Bromley on the 269 or 162. OPENING TIMES AND PRICES

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Reconstruction of the Caves Church. CHISLEHURST CAVES Old Hill, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5QX CAVES CAFÉ AND SHOP Serving home cooked meals, snacks and teas from 9:00am and the gift shop for books and souvenirs. Have you thought of having your child’s next birthday party at the The caves at Chislehurst are a labyrinth of man made caves? You can have your own private tour followed by a tunnels, forming a maze covering over 6 Hectares and are buffet meal in our function room (not suitable for children up to 30 metres below the homes and woodlands above. under eight years old). They were dug for chalk, used in lime burning and brick Ideal for school trips all year, the weather is no problem making for the Building of London, also for flints to fire underground. We can arrange private tours for groups of the tinderboxes and flintlock guns of years ago. all kinds, including extended evening tours with a meal in the licensed café. Risk assessments and details are available First open to the public in 1900 as a showplace, the on our website. guides told the Victorians history of Romans, Druids and Reconstuction of soldiers guarding munitions during WW1. There is inside seating by the gift shop and outside picnic Saxons, Smuggling and Murder. tables for consumption of your own food or packed lunches. All visitors under 16 must be accompanied by an Adult The last 100 years has added munitions storage for the 21 or older. Woolwich Arsenal in the1914-18 war. Mushroom growing A tour of the caves may not be suitable for those of a very in the 1920 & ‘30’s and becoming an underground town as nervous disposition or with an acute fear of darkness. the largest deep air-raid shelter outside London, Access through the caves for the disabled and those with protecting over 15000 people every night during the Blitz. pushchairs is possible, but the floor is uneven and the tour In the 1950, ‘60’s and ‘70’s as a venue for dances and covers a distance of about a mile. The car park, café, shop concerts, presenting the foundations of Jazz, Skiffle and and toilets are fully accessible. Folk music to the most famous names in pop and rock. For further details phone 020 8467 3264 or visit And now, still as a tourist attraction & education centre with a gift shop and Café catering for visitors, group www.chislehurst-caves.co.uk outings, evening functions and children’s parties. Roman section of the caves.

Chislehurst Caves Café.

Chislehurst Caves, Café and Car Park. Carving done by Sandy Brown in 1995. Chislehurst Caves Shop.