{"id":"69393a6a7202e9abd62bd049","title":"Chislehurst And Willett Memorial","path":"walks/routes/recommended/chislehurst-and-willett-memorial","contentMarkdown":"# Kent Ramblers: Walk 6\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_006.jpg)\n\n## Points of Interest\n\n### The Prince Imperial\n\nThe Prince Imperial, known as Louis, was the son of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNapoleon III (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) and his wife \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEugenie who were exiled in Britain and lived at Camden \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlace. Louis was killed in Southern Africa fighting for \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthe British against the Zulus in 1879 at the age of 23. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHis body was returned to England and a hundred thousand \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpeople attended his funeral procession in Chislehurst. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough he was originally buried in a specially built \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\taddition to St Mary's church, his body was later removed \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tto Farnborough in Hampshire.\n\n### William Willett\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P006a.jpg)\n\nWillett was a successful builder who lived in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChislehurst and championed the idea of putting the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclocks forward in summer to make better use of long \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdaylight hours and save fuel for lighting and heating. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy the time the concept was implemented in 1916, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tinitially as an emergency wartime measure, Willett had \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\talready died. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHe is celebrated by a sundial in Petts Wood woods \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t(above), by a street in Petts Wood village and by the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaylight Inn near Petts Wood station.\n\n### Public Transport\n\nChislehurst High Street is served by many bus routes \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom many places including Orpington.\n\nAutomatically migrated from https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_006.htm on 2025-12-11 09:18","contentHtml":"

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Points of Interest

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The Prince Imperial

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The Prince Imperial, known as Louis, was the son of \n\t\t\t\t\t\tNapoleon III (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) and his wife \n\t\t\t\t\t\tEugenie who were exiled in Britain and lived at Camden \n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlace. Louis was killed in Southern Africa fighting for \n\t\t\t\t\t\tthe British against the Zulus in 1879 at the age of 23.
\t\t\t\t\t\tHis body was returned to England and a hundred thousand \n\t\t\t\t\t\tpeople attended his funeral procession in Chislehurst.
\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough he was originally buried in a specially built \n\t\t\t\t\t\taddition to St Mary's church, his body was later removed \n\t\t\t\t\t\tto Farnborough in Hampshire.

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William Willett

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Willett was a successful builder who lived in \n\t\t\t\t\t\tChislehurst and championed the idea of putting the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tclocks forward in summer to make better use of long \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdaylight hours and save fuel for lighting and heating. \n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy the time the concept was implemented in 1916, \n\t\t\t\t\t\tinitially as an emergency wartime measure, Willett had \n\t\t\t\t\t\talready died. \n\t\t\t\t\t\tHe is celebrated by a sundial in Petts Wood woods \n\t\t\t\t\t\t(above), by a street in Petts Wood village and by the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaylight Inn near Petts Wood station.

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Public Transport

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Chislehurst High Street is served by many bus routes \n\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom many places including Orpington.

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Automatically migrated from https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_006.htm on 2025-12-11 09:18

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