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Caves, Mines & Underground in Derby

Caves, Mines & Underground in Derby: every place written up honestly, with the details parents actually need.

11 places 2 free to visit

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from £9.50

City of Caves

Nottingham

Sandstone tunnels under Nottingham with WW2 shelters and a medieval tannery, walked with an audio guide.

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from £5

Creswell Crags

Worksop

A limestone gorge, Ice Age caves and rock art to hunt out, with a museum and lakeside walk to fill the rest of the day.

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Free

Glenfield Tunnel

Leicester

Seasonal guided walks into a historic 1829 railway tunnel near Leicester - free with donation, book via LIHS.

Booking required

from £16

Heights of Abraham

Matlock Bath · ages 4-15

A cable car ride over the valley, two cavern tours underground, then a hilltop park of play areas and views.

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Traditional brick pub frontage with dark wooden door, white-framed windows, and golden signage on red brick exterior.

Old Queen's Head

Sheffield

A Grade II listed Tudor building in Sheffield with a courtyard to explore and pub food to fill you up after.

Food on siteRestaurant

from £13.75

Peak Cavern

Castleton

Walk a guided showcave under the gorge with a rope-makers story - chilly low section, from £13.75 online for children.

Booking required

Four children wearing safety helmets stand in a mine tunnel next to a rack of coloured hard hats.

from £5

Peak District Mining Museum

Matlock · ages 4+

An underground guided tour through a real lead mine, plus a museum where kids climb mock tunnels and pan for minerals.

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Children gather around an adult guide in a vintage electronics laboratory filled with vintage computer equipment and control panels.

Free

Snibston Colliery

Coalville

Former-miner surface tours plus the Into the Dark coalface simulation - no real underground, but a proper Leicestershire pit day out.

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from £14.50

Speedwell Cavern

Castleton · ages 5-15

A boat ride into a flooded lead mine to see the Bottomless Pit, down 106 steps in Castleton.

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Visitors exploring a cave chamber with dramatic rocky walls lit by bright artificial lighting.

from £29.80

The Great Rutland Cavern

Matlock Bath · ages 4+

A cable car ride over the valley followed by two illuminated show caverns cut into the hillside.

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from £8

Treak Cliff Cavern

Castleton · ages 5-17

A 45-minute self-guided walk into a real cavern hung with Blue John stone, but it's steps and slopes, not a pram job.

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Good to know: caves, mines & underground in Derby

Are any of them free?

Yes, Glenfield Tunnel and Snibston Colliery are free to visit.

What does a paid visit cost?

Paid entry starts from £5 at Creswell Crags. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.

Whereabouts are they?

You'll find caves, mines & underground in Nottingham, Worksop, Leicester, Matlock Bath, Sheffield and 3 more. Every place we list is in or around Derby, and each listing has the full address and directions.