Dodgy stuff definitely went on in these tunnels, though nobody is really sure quite what. Image: Matt Brown
If you're looking for a family-friendly attraction that used to host subterranean sex romps and pagan rituals, then Buckinghamshire's Hellfire Caves tick every box.
I recently bumped into Benjamin Franklin deep beneath the Chilterns.
On their way to a Stygian orgy? Image: Matt Brown
There goes the Founding Father on the right, accompanied by Sir Francis Dashwood, the man who had the caves excavated in the 1750s. The facsimile statesmen may simply be inspecting the caves, or they may be on their way to a Stygian orgy. Dodgy stuff definitely went on in these tunnels, though nobody is really sure quite what.








