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The tunnel under a nightclub

Discover the secret smuggling hideaway for Tudor-time Evesham monks, just off Bridge Street, underneath what is now Marilyn's Nightclub.

Discover the secret smuggling hideaway for Tudor-time Evesham monks, just off Bridge Street, underneath what is now Marilyn's Nightclub.

The Vale of Evesham in the present day is known for its world famous asparagus, a chain ferry across the River Avon that鈥檚 been in use for nearly 1,000 years and its huge medieval battle re-enactment every year.

But rewind the clock, and dig a few feet down, you could be interrupting monks smuggling contraband, potentially to the nearby Abbey.

As Alistair Binney has been discovering, with local historian David Snowden.

Image credit: Sam Benjamin/Marilyn's Nightclub

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Producer Phillip Stoneman