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19 December 2009 - History of the Reservoir behind Kennedy park Britwell by Robert Grace. The water in the Reservoir fell on Denmark about 2 centuries ago and is filter through rocks until it surfaces in Britwell after travelling though the newly found Slough Caverns. It has been proved by scientist seeding clouds with a radioactive isotope in Denmark and then checked the water in Brtwell and found the water was active.
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4 November 2009 - Gordon Brown signs lucrative Gold Mining contract with the Slough Gold Mining Company. For more information and photos click here: Gold Mining In Slough Berkshire
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3 July 2009 - Alexandra Whittaker of the Manchester Subteranean Bat Society has been awarded the contract to undertake a population study of the caverns bat colonies. The studies which will all take place at depths of 2-3 miles beneath Slough train station will be carried out at night as the bats are nocturnal. Alexandra Whittaker says he's thrilled at being awarded the research project, and has currently set up base the in new apartment blocks next to Slough train station which is just a 2 minute walk from the caves main entrance within the Tesco superstore. The service lift is currently not available to the general public because of European health and safety regulations regarding stale air which is found in random pockets in the caves and sends people loopy.
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28 June 2009 - Professor Sally Munnings of the Open University Geological Society, Oxford Branch undertakes research programme to investigate subteranean hydrological channels connecting the caverns with aquifers across Oxfordshire and North Wiltshire. The research programme is currently looking for associate research staff to set up special interest groups for particular aspects of the study. For more information please contact Professor Sally in Oxford.
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11 February 2009 - Continuing bad weather, including the wrong type of snow through out January has further hampered deep construction activity putting the opening of the first sections of the cavern system way back, probably to coincide with the recovery of the British economy. However, an observatory platform has been erected at the top of the Queensmere Observatory Car Park just off of the A4 on the other side of Tescos. The observation platform, located on the 10th floor of the car park facing North, by the trolly park has breath taking views over the cavern system stretching as far afield as Beaconsfield and even Heathrow Airport. Entry to the observation platform costs £5.00/adult with children allowed in free. An additional charge of £1.00 is made to use the binoculars and £1.50 to use the Telescope. Microscopes can be made available upon request for school parties and groups etc. It is recommended that visitors bring warm clothing and wellington boots as caves can be cold and wet.
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Slough
Caverns were discovered by Micheal Fink of WS Atkins contractors
during the construction of the new Tesco Megastore on Wellington
Street in Slough, Berkshire England on 3rd November 2005.
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The
cavern system is still not fully charted but mapping to date shows
at least 120 miles of cavern system stretching across an area of 5
square miles beneath Slough, Berkshire.
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Archeological
evidence has been discovered to indicate previous human inhabitation
of the cavern system.
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The
cavern systems will be made open to the public, by special arrangement
from as early as April 2010, weather permitting.

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