Enter an Ancient Underground Wonderland in the Heart of the Peak District National Park. Your guide will explain how miners in the 1750’s constructed a tunnel using only hand tools to reach the Blue John Stone deposits inside the hill. You will see veins of Blue John Stone across the cave roof, and ‘The Pillar’, the largest piece ever found. Read more…
Set at the foot of the spectacular Winnats Pass, high above the village of Castleton, Speedwell Cavern takes you on an incredible underground boat journey. Enter the inner world of the underground cave system in the heart of the Peak District National Park and absorb the atmosphere as a watery silence echoes all around you. Peak Cavern Read more…
Welcome to the Heights of Abraham. You may be an old friend or this could be the very first time you have heard of us but one thing for sure is that the Heights of Abraham Cable Cars, Caverns and Hilltop Park is an exciting venue for individuals, families, groups and parties alike. People are always surprised how much there Read more…
Spectacular 18th-century mansion with Adam interiors and parkland Take a trip back in time to the 1760s at this spectacular Neo-classical mansion framed by historic parkland. Designed for lavish entertaining and displaying an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture and original furnishings, Kedleston is a stunning example of the work of architect Robert Adam. The Curzon family have lived here since Read more…
Poole’s Cavern is a ancient natural Limestone Cavern. Explore with our expert guides these vast, beautifully illuminated rock sculpted galleries and marvel at the variety of crystal Stalactites and Stalagmites renowned as the finest underground scenery in the UK. The cavern and country park woodlands are found on the outskirts of the historic Spa town of Buxton in the High Read more…
Haddon Hall is set alongside the River Wye coming out of the bustling Bakewell Town and is a popular Medieval and Tudor manor house and with 900 years of history, Haddon Hall has much to offer. “The most perfect house to survive from the middle ages” – Simon Jenkins Brimming with history and stories of old, a remarkable tapestry Read more…
The Blue John Cavern at Castleton in the Peak District is world famous. It is home to eight of the fourteen known varieties of Blue John stone, a beautiful and ornamental fluor-spar. The mineral has been mined here for centuries and continues to be in the winter months. Miners armed with picks and shovels pursue the stone deep in the mine Read more…
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