Car Hire Chislehurst

The Car Hire Co – Chislehurst, Kent

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Located in Chislehurst are the Chislehurst Caves. The caves are made from chalk and there are over 20 miles of passageways and caverns which have been dug over a period of 8000 years. The caves were originally mined for flint and chalk and are divided into three main sections which are Roman, Saxon and Druid. The three sections were connected by digging out joining passages.

The mining of chalk has been imperative to civilisations over the years and still is to this date providing lime and flint. The compound of lime is the base for plaster and whitewash paint. The mining of flint was for the use of manufacturing tools and at a later date for building. It’s quite difficult to date the mines but they do appear on a charter approximately 1250 and was also mentioned in church records in 1737.

In the information available the last the time were worked was around 1830s where the Saxon mine was used by a lime burner and flint maker. The mines became more accessible when the local railway was constructed in 1865. The railway also made is more accessible as a tourist attraction. During the 1900s many concerts were held there.

The mines were used as part of the Woolwich Arsenal during the First World War as an ammunitions depot. A small railway was constructed to assist with the transport through the passages. Before the Second World War the mines were used by the Kent Mushroom Company.

During the Second World War the mines became very useful as an enormous air raid shelter which was convenient because it was within easy reach of London and the suburbs.

The caves became a famous tourist attraction earlier this century. The BBC and independent films companies have used the caves for filming. Some of the programmes that have been filmed there include Dr Who, Neverwhere, Randall & Hopkirk (deceased) and Isemenoid

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