It has also been said that there is a tunnel which leads from Drake's Island to the Hoe.

Then there's Exelsior Tunnel at Kit Hill, which legend has it, was said to have housed top secret testing. You can stay up to date on the top news near you with PlymouthLive's FREE newsletters – enter your email address at the top of the page. The shelters had supposedly been used as romantic getaways, and were often closed to ensure locals didn't get up to any promiscuous 'adult activity' in the unmonitored tunnels - a local historian told us. Most recently, Jake Brown discovered an enormous tunnel underneath his house and a local dog walker who was out for a stroll around the West Hoe area, stumbled upon a series of World War Two air-raid shelters.

Over the years PlymouthLive has written about the networks of underground tunnels and bunkers that are hidden beneath popular routes of the city that most people do not know exist. Plymouth has an assortment of fascinating tunnels and bunkers - each with its own unique and compelling story.

The long dark bunkers