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                                                                   Exhibit 23.18

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 16, 1998, with respect to the combined
financial statements of the Picayune MS, Lafourche LA, St. Tammany LA, St.
Landry LA, Pointe Coupee LA and Jackson TN cable television systems included in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-77499) and
related Prospectus of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation for the registration of
$1,532,000,000 Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes.

                                       /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
New York, New York
April 17, 2000