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PEAK CAVERN
THE DEVIL’S ARSE!!
GUIDED TOURS
ROPE-MAKING

DEMONSTRATIONS
AMAZING CONCERTS
CHRISTMAS CAROLS

PEAK CAVERN IS OPEN DAILY

We advise booking early as ticket numbers are currently restricted. Peak times (weekends and Bank Holidays) can sell out quickly.

PEAK CAVERN COVID-19 ADMISSIONS POLICY

From 19th July, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the following restrictions and safety measures will remain in place:

1. Tour capacities will continue to be limited to still enable safe social distancing between groups.

2. Tickets can be booked and paid for on-line, in advance, through our website BUY TICKETS.

3. As the Cave’s natural environment has extremely high levels of humidity we are insisting that ALL customers continue to wear masks whilst in the Cavern. To protect our staff, customers and business we are not accepting exemptions during the current situation. Please be kind & respectful.

4. Our Tour Guides will be wearing masks and/or full face visors whilst conducting the tours.

5. Hand sanitiser will be provided and must be used on entry to and exit from the Cavern.

6. Our staff will continue to follow enhanced cleaning and hygiene protocols throughout.

7. There are no toilet facilities at the cave. The nearest facilities are by the Castleton Visitor Centre.

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An impressive approach leads up to the Cavern through a gorge beneath Peveril Castle
The largest cave entrance in the British Isles 100m long 20m high 35m wide. Contains the remains of a rope makers village inside
The entrance was used from 1642 to 1880 by rope makers,making rope for the lead mining industry around Castleton. Rope making ended with the onset of the First world War
A memorial to the last of the rope makers is on the rope walks. Bert Marrison was born 1884, started work at the age of 8 years retired in 1974 when he was 89 he died 1983 his plaque is marked with a candle
There are large flow stone stalactite formations in the entrance
Early visitors to the cave were the Gentry and other wealthy people and were taken round the cave by the rope makers using only candles for light
The visitors entered the great cave by boat crossing the first water and being pushed by the rope makers through a very low archway
1842 a small passageway was blasted out for the second visit of Queen Victoria by- passing the first water
Up the right hand side of the cave is a pathway to the top of the cave where a tunnel leads into the orchestra gallery this was used by the rope maker’s children, they would climb this path to stand in the orchestra gallery and sing to the visitors
The cascade of water in Rodger Rains house is where a stream sinks into the ground directly above from “Lady’s well” spring in Cave Dale
Pluto’s Dining room has very small stalactites due to an impervious layer of lava above the limestone
On the wall in Pluto’s dining room there is writing, some of which dates back to the Middle Ages
The Devil’s staircase leads on to 13 miles of caving system it links with Speedwell and is the longest cave system so far discovered in Derbyshire
Peak Cavern is one of the most written about caves. Visiting writers included Daniel Defoe, Lord Byron, Arthur Conan Doyle, Gervase of Tilbury, Thomas Hobbs, Charles Cotton and Carl Phillip Moritz
Carl Moritz visiting the cave in 1782 described it as “an abode of silent horror”
Filming that has taken place in the cave including Chronicles of Narnia the silver chair, Clash of the Santa’s, Sherlock Holmes, The Medieval Mind , Most haunted, and County File
The highest vertical chamber in Britain “Titan” was discovered January the 1st 1999 by David (Moose) Nixon in the further reaches of the Peak Cavern system
Cave exploration is ongoing in the Peak Cavern system, and information on current exploration projects, such as Ink Sump, is displayed in the Cavern entrance

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Operation dragon is complete. Climbing high into t

The early morning descent through the land of drag

The discussions over nesting rights has begun. We

We scaled the cavern wall to place a new lamp high

#happyfriday one of the tasks we have embarked upo

The moles have made their own versions of #mamtor

A glorious #wintermorning #frostymorning with a go

The sun will shine today, but it won’t feel much

Once upon a time, in a huge cave in the Peak Distr

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April To October	Daily 10.00am to 5.00pm (later at peak times) Tours every hour
Last Tour	4.00pm
November to March	Weekends (and daily during school holidays) 10.00am to 5.00pm Tours every hour
Last Tour	4.00pm
	Monday to Friday (outside schools holidays) 3 tours per day starting at 11:00 13:00 & 15:00
CLOSED	Christmas Day Boxing Day & New Years Day

WELCOME TO

PEAK CAVERN

THE DEVIL’S ARSE!!

GUIDED TOURS

ROPE-MAKING

DEMONSTRATIONS

AMAZING CONCERTS

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

PEAK CAVERN IS OPEN DAILY

PEAK CAVERN COVID-19 ADMISSIONS POLICY

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Deep in the gorge below Peveril Castle is Peak Cavern's imposing entrance chamber - the largest natural cave entrance in the British Isles

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An impressive approach leads up to the Cavern through a gorge beneath Peveril Castle

The largest cave entrance in the British Isles 100m long 20m high 35m wide. Contains the remains of a rope makers village inside

The entrance was used from 1642 to 1880 by rope makers,making rope for the lead mining industry around Castleton. Rope making ended with the onset of the First world War

A memorial to the last of the rope makers is on the rope walks. Bert Marrison was born 1884, started work at the age of 8 years retired in 1974 when he was 89 he died 1983 his plaque is marked with a candle

There are large flow stone stalactite formations in the entrance

Early visitors to the cave were the Gentry and other wealthy people and were taken round the cave by the rope makers using only candles for light

The visitors entered the great cave by boat crossing the first water and being pushed by the rope makers through a very low archway

1842 a small passageway was blasted out for the second visit of Queen Victoria by- passing the first water

Up the right hand side of the cave is a pathway to the top of the cave where a tunnel leads into the orchestra gallery this was used by the rope maker’s children, they would climb this path to stand in the orchestra gallery and sing to the visitors

The cascade of water in Rodger Rains house is where a stream sinks into the ground directly above from “Lady’s well” spring in Cave Dale

Pluto’s Dining room has very small stalactites due to an impervious layer of lava above the limestone

On the wall in Pluto’s dining room there is writing, some of which dates back to the Middle Ages

The Devil’s staircase leads on to 13 miles of caving system it links with Speedwell and is the longest cave system so far discovered in Derbyshire

Peak Cavern is one of the most written about caves. Visiting writers included Daniel Defoe, Lord Byron, Arthur Conan Doyle, Gervase of Tilbury, Thomas Hobbs, Charles Cotton and Carl Phillip Moritz

Carl Moritz visiting the cave in 1782 described it as “an abode of silent horror”

Filming that has taken place in the cave including Chronicles of Narnia the silver chair, Clash of the Santa’s, Sherlock Holmes, The Medieval Mind , Most haunted, and County File

The highest vertical chamber in Britain “Titan” was discovered January the 1st 1999 by David (Moose) Nixon in the further reaches of the Peak Cavern system

Cave exploration is ongoing in the Peak Cavern system, and information on current exploration projects, such as Ink Sump, is displayed in the Cavern entrance

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