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Caves
& Derbyshire Caverns near Manchester & in the Northwest Region of
England
  
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Caves,
Caverns
& Mines
Day Trips in the Northwest of England
and Derbyshire
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The
Caves of Derbyshire
Some of the deepest and most challenging caves suitable for potholing
in Britain are to be found in and around the Hope Valley at Castleton
in the Peak District National Park. For the less adventurous there
are show caves and caverns with supervised tours. Some of them
follow :
Poole's
Cavern
Buxton
Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton
Tel: 01298-26978.
An impressive natural cave formation with spectacular stalactites
and stalagmites. Many large galleries, and suitable for people
of all ages. Open daily Easter to November from 10.00am to 5.00pm
(closed Wednesdays) - but check times haven't changed before you
set off.
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The Great Rutland
Cave
Poole's Cavern,
Buxton
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The
Heights of Abraham Country Park & Caverns
Matlock
Bath, Derbyshire. Tel: 01629-582365.
Two great caverns set 1000 feet up a hill, and a return cable
ride! Cavern guided tours and a Masson Pavilion exhibition.
Picnic and play areas, woodland walks, nature trails, restaurant,
café, bar and shop on site.
Blue
John Cavern
Castleton,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01433-620638 & 620642.
An historic cavern containing the first known mined deposits of
the Blue John mineral for which the locality is famous. It was
worked by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. Very large pieces
have been mined intact, and several are used to make large tables
on display at the Ollerenshaw Collection in Castleton Village.
Guided visits through many colourful caves, including the Crystallised
Cavern and the Waterfall Cavern, the latter being a massive stalagmitic
formation. There is also a small exhibition of 19th century miner's
working implements.
Treak
Cliff Cavern
Castleton,
Derbyshire. Tel: 01433-620571.
Claimed to be some of Britain's finest stalactite and stalagmite
formations, imaginatively illuminated to often startling effect.
Guided visitor tours through a quarter mile of galleries, chambers
and passages. The cavern mine contains rich veins of the Blue
John mineral, mined here since 1750. The Pillar is the largest
piece of Blue John left in the cavern. About half a ton of mineral
is still extracted each year.
Speedwell Cavern
Castleton,
Derbyshire. Tel: 01433-620512.
Located at the foot of the Winnats Pass, the Speedwell Cavern
is in many ways a unique cavern experience, as visitors are rowed
through the 200 year old lead workings by boat. A complex labyrinth
of passageways, cut by hand with primitive tools to extract lead,
there is a complex network of passageways and caverns.
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