You are standing on a tunnel!
Following extensive discussions and public consultations, work began in 1995 to upgrade the old A299 Thanet Way and replace it with a new dual carriageway. One obstacle to the new route was the fact that Chestfield Golf Course would be split in two by the proposed road. The road was therefore channelled through a purpose-built cut-and-cover tunnel with the golf course on top of it. The tunnel is 315 metres long, 30 metres wide and 10 metres high. The golf course had to be re-arranged quite substantially to accommodate the demands of the New Thanet Way and the redesigned course was completed in June 2000. Today, the road noise from the cars is the only evidence that you are standing on top of a tunnel. The cache is located about one metre off the public footpath.
Explore the Area
To the South, the footpath over Shrub Hill gives views of the off-shore wind farm, Isle of Sheppey and as far as Southend on a clear day. Please stay on the signposted paths across the golf course. You can walk from the cache to Thornden Woods nature reserve without crossing a road if you fancy a hike. Suggested parking is at Chestfield Recreation Ground N51 20.849, E001 03.811.