It’s only Day 3 of our archaeological dig but there’s already much to see! Meridian News visited today and you can see Fred Dinenage...

A very chilly first day on site for the team from SWAT Archaeology. The focus today has been on getting the little digger on site and...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Secret Postcard Auction yesterday afternoon, to all the artists – over 80 of you – who...

Artists are invited to create original postcard-sized artworks to feature in an exhibition and auction of work by new and...

Six weeks ago, The Margate Caves Community Education Trust launched our first Crowdfunder. Thanks to 166 pledges, ranging from £1 to...

We’ve Done It! Margate Caves will reopen in 2019. Following a seven-year campaign, The Margate Caves Community Education Trust is...

We’re a step nearer reopening – the Big Lottery fund have today confirmed a grant of £422,000 to build our community rooms, which added...

Around 7,000 years ago, sea levels rise across Europe forming the English Channel. Water levels continue to rise along the Kent coastline.

In May 1958 the Caves re-open again! James Geary Gardner, owner of the Chislehurst Caves, takes the lease.

World War II forces the Caves to close and three years later, on 21 September 1941, the Vicarage above is badly damaged.

Canon Michael Pryor is appointed to Holy Trinity and pays considerable attention to the Caves. He sets about revitalising them.

This advert appears in Keble’s Gazette in 1885 and is the first mention of smugglers being associated with the Caves.