Van Hire Chiselhurst

Van Hire - Chislehurst

The Car Hire Company offers a diverse selection of van hire services in the Chiselhurst area and the London home counties. Our unique delivery and collection service is able to deliver your choice of van right to your doorstep and we can also come and collect it when you are finished.

Chislehurst Local Information

Chislehurst is a village in the London borough of Bromley, and derives its name from the Saxon ‘cisel’ (gravel) and ‘hyrst’ (wooded hill).

Chislehurst is home to Camden Place, which is found at Chislehurst Golf Club. Camden Place is said to be the home of Napoleon III and Empress Eugine, after they were exiled. Their son, Prince Imperial, was born here and is buried next to his father, after being killed in South Africa when his party was ambushed by Zulu warriors.

The Prince’s funeral procession was even more lavish than his father’s, and his mother built The Mortuary Chapel next to Saint Mary’s Church specifically to house the bodies of her husband and son. There are many markers to the Chislehurst connection with Napoleon and his family, in the form of street names and memorials – even the local telephone code 467, in its old form, corresponds to the letters IMP (for Imperial).

Take your van hire to see the caves at Chislehurst, which extend beyond Chislehurst to Sidcup, some miles away. During the war, a hospital and chapel were built in the caves and they served as a shelter for many people. The caves are thought to have been built by the ancient Britons, and extended by the Romans and Saxons, and that Druids used the caves for religious ceremonies. Some parts of the caves are said to be haunted! Bands such as Status Quo, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix have played in the caves, and an episode of Doctor Who has been filmed inside.

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