Chislehurst

Chislehurst is the London suburb that still puts Kent on its envelopes. The exiled Emperor Napoleon III picked it as the place to see out his days, and the residents have been campaigning ever since to keep it at exactly his pace. Bowie, Hendrix and Pink Floyd all played the caves underneath, safely out of earshot of anyone who matters. Everything above ground is guarded by a conservation area and a neighbour with a fountain pen.