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Address: Winnats Passage , Hope Valley S33 8WA, DBY, GB
Phone: 01433 620512
State: DBY
City: Hope Valley
Zip Code: S33 8WA

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A fascinating place to visit to explore some of the hidden local history of the Peak District. The tour takes place by boat, and hard hats are understandably required especially for the taller traveller as the ceilings in many places are low, and knocks to the head are likely. The tour guides are extremely knowledgeable, entertaining, and engaging, and made the experience of traversing the tight confines of the cavern both interesting and diverting, which should be a reassurance to anyone who suffers from claustrophobia. Well worth a visit, though it's advisable to bring waterproof coats and boots.
Visited here after Mam tor. Fortunately managed to get a ticket available on the door for an afternoon trip. I also bought a parking ticket from the shop alternatively, you can use the machine across the road from the entrance.The parking fee was £3.50 on my visit and around £20 for the tour. The tour is guided and primarily by boat. Once you find a suitable hard hat, access to the boat is via a set of steep slippery steps. The tour lasts approximately an hour and follows a tunnel to the site of an underground waterfall. The guides are very friendly and provide lots of fun facts. The tunnels are very compact in places and the hardhats come in very handy. Something to consider if you are planning a visit. Fairly novel way to view an old lead mine.
An interesting experience down the flight of stairs, onto the boat and through the narrow tunnels. Not much to see but the tour guide did his best to try and make it interesting for us. The stop over whilst the boats change hands was quite underwhelming. If it was cheaper, I'd have been more impressed but at £17pp, you can spend your money better elsewhere. Just a reminder, this is not for claustrophobic people!
I decided to take my family here for a day trip here and it was an amazing experience. It was a an insanely warm day, but it was a very cool and refreshing 9 degrees underground. There were a lot of steps down to the boat tour, so would make sure anyone you take with you is well equipped to deal with them and would recommend taking a jacket and decent shoes on your trip here. Overall it is worth the trip and the money, even if the tour guides are a little cringe.
This tour was great, we only had time to do one cavern, and there is 4 pretty much next to eachother here, but we're so glad we chose this one. It's a super unique experience taking a boat through the cave, and the natural cave at the end was also really cool. The mix of man made mine and natural also was a nice mix. The tour guide was fantastic, I unfortunately can't remember his name, I'm sure he gave the classic anecdote of "if you liked this tour my name is... and if you didn't it's...". He made us laugh and taught us a lot, super friendly guy who made the experience even better. Definitely worth a visit for anyone planning to visit the area. My pictures and others online don't do this place justice, just trust and visit, it's worth it.
Fantastic experience. Leo was fantastic, very knowledgeable and answered everyone's questions easily enough. The experience lasts about 45 minutes in total and includes a boat ride through a tunnel be wary if you are claustrophobic. There are 106 steps which aren't too bad. It is probably best thing is to take your time and use the hand rails and if you are over 5ft 10 you may need to duck your head! Would definitely recommend a visit
A very good experience but they need to review the ticket prices. They are actually expensive but if you don't want to go into the cave you can or if someone in your group have phobia for enclosed areas. They can go over the hill and can do some tracking right onto the Winnats pass.
An interesting little tour of an old lead mine. Great part is there's not much walking - because it's by boat! But there is a steep flight of over 100 steps down to the boat. And it's definitely not for people with claustrophobia - one poor guy on our tour had a panic attack and had to be taken back up to the surface.
Very nice place, good and interesting time with kids. Special thanks to guide ALEX, he made our journey superb. You can get tickets in kiost or book online. Be aware its not the best network in those areas. Overall if you visiting those areas highly recommend :
Although neither of us had shared our expectations in advance, following the trip we both agreed it had not been what we expected and not good value for money. The advert stated "An Incredible underground boat journey" and "A magnificent cathedral-like cavern" but it was not as fabulous or incredible as we had hoped. The walk down just over 100 steps is an adventure in itself, make sure you wrap up warm, it got chilly and make sure you have sturdy footwear for the descend. This tour is dog friendly, we took our furbaby with us, make sure they have something warm to wear. Our tour guide Leo was very good, extremely knowledgeable interesting and he was flexible.. which was good as we would not have got very far otherwise. It was our first time in a cave system/cavern, so perhaps we were naive as to what to expect. This did not met our expectations, based on the advert, certainly not like any Cathedral we have visited. There is very little to see or hear and it is a good job you get to wear a hard hat/helmet. Personally, for us this felt more of an educational school trip. The photographs are far better than what you see in real life. This was not good value for money in our opinion.
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