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Best Walks in Chislehurst
Hawkwood is a hidden gem in our handsome town of Chislehurst, at the very edge of the Commons behind Coopers School and down Botany Bay Lane. The estate is managed by the National Trust and takes in 230 acres of grazed pastures and small blocks of woodland. It borders...
read moreGreat life-saving news for Sainsbury’s Chislehurst
We are really excited to hear that Sainsbury's in Chislehurst has been one of the stores picked for installing a defibrillator. Local 'celebrity' and Chislehurst resident Sister Josephine Udie is the Vice Chair of the Patients Forum for the London Ambulance and has...
read moreMy Chislehurst….by Don Drage
Don Drage is Chislehurst born and bred with an extraordinary, lifelong association with one particular road. Now in his seventies, he remains heavily involved in community life and is busier than ever. Read in his own words, Don’s memories of the home town he has...
read moreHarry was born on Christmas Day….
Visit Chislehurst caught up with the Andersons who wanted to share their son's story this Christmas. You see Christmas is extra special for this local family whose little son, Harry was born on Christmas Day. When Kate Anderson went into labour with her first child...
read moreMy Chislehurst by Lucy Stamp
Hello, my name is Lucy Stamp, full-time mum of twins and part-time marketeer. I moved to Chislehurst a year and a half ago, after falling in love with the area. Having grown up in the Wiltshire countryside mixed with the yearning for city life and a ‘high-flying’...
read moreMy Chislehurst by Samantha Rumens
Before you have children, there are lots of things you say you will never let them do – you’ll never let them throw food in a restaurant or ride a scooter in the supermarket; you’ll never use bribery to defuse a toddler tantrum or let them eat chips for lunch; you’ll...
read moreMy Chislehurst by Don Drage
Don Drage is Chislehurst born and bred with an extraordinary, lifelong association with one particular road. Now in his seventies, he remains heavily involved in community life and is busier than ever. Read in his own words, Don’s memories of the home town he has...
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read moreAnyone for tennis…?
With Wimbledon in full swing, Visit Chislehurst sent local resident, Mark Grover to the Chislehurst Tennis Club to test the facilities and meet the Chairman, Clive Richardson…. Although I always had fun tennis playing at school, and even played in a couple of...
read more30 minutes from Chislehurst… Coolings Green & Pleasant Nature Trail
A visit to Coolings Green & Pleasant Nature Trail... Our recent survey has shown us that one of the things our readers want to read about (amongst other things) is what there is to do with kids in Chislehurst and the environs. Hence this new feature is born – “Just 30...
read moreMy Chislehurst by Christopher Bennett
My name is Christopher Bennett. I’m a British-Greek freelance illustrator who moved to Chislehurst a little more than a year ago, with a newly-gained BA Honours Degree in Illustration from the University of Derby. I have developed a technique that incorporates...
read moreMy Chislehurst by Hannah Green
Chislehurst has been the place I call home for nearly 30 years. I have so many memories all based here, from feeding the ducks at the pond, working in a local care home in my teenage years, enjoying social times in the wonderful restaurants and pubs, walking down to...
read moreMy Chislehurst by Claire Chamberlain
Having grown up in Orpington, just a few miles down the road, this was the extent of my knowledge of Chislehurst back in 1998: “Call when the train goes through Chislehurst, and I’ll come and pick you up from the station.” As far as I was concerned, Chislehurst was...
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