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The Hellfire Caves (West Wycombe)

 
Description: Church Lane / West Wycombe / High Wycombe Buckinghamshire / HP14 3AH / The mines are said to have a prehistoric ... more
The Hellfire Caves (West Wycombe) ... origin, and were presumably created to extract the flint found in the chalk to make hand tools. Locally, flint is used as a building material.

Newest Review: ... I couldn't see a vegetarian option. We holed up in the generous toilet cubicle together to check our make-up and redo our hair while The Boyfriend paid the entrance fee of £5 each. OUR VISIT: The entrance to the caves is through a turnstile where you insert a metal token, there's something quite creepy about the way it's unstaffed and it adds brilliantly to the isolated feeling on the ... more

 ... hill. Those material 'flame' style torches (the kind you get outside nightclubs) glowed red either side of the doorway and a voiceover played on a loop. Desperate to get out of the cold and mist, we pushed each other into the narrow passage and waited f...more

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Crowned Review The Hellfire Caves (West Wycombe): **♠ The Haunting Of The Hellfire Caves ♠ ** (1811 words)
by - written on 22/02/09 (Very useful, 209 readings)
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There was a thick fog over the valleys as we drove to West Wycombe and the car was breathtakingly cold despite the heating on full blast. I shuddered under my scarf and hood and checked the postcode on the tom-tom again. Little Sis (also heavily layered up in warm clothes) was eating a multipack of crisps in the back, The Boyfriend was edging the car forward and moaning about visibility and the fact he hadn't brought a coat. The plan was to visit the infamous Hellfire Caves. It took us a while to find them, partly because The Boyfriend had written the address down wrong, partly because of the mist and the fact that they aren't well signposted. Eventually we ...  Read the complete review

 

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