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Caves, Mines & Underground in Sheffield
Caves, Mines & Underground in Sheffield: every place written up honestly, with the details parents actually need.
12 places 2 free to visit
from £9.50City of Caves
Nottingham
Sandstone tunnels under Nottingham with WW2 shelters and a medieval tannery, walked with an audio guide.
Booking requiredCard onlyGift shopGroup bookings
from £5Creswell 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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from £16Heights 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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Houdini's Escape Room Experience - Leeds
Leeds · ages 2-18
Sixty minutes locked in a themed room working through puzzles and riddles as a team, with the game master watching the clock.
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FreeNational Coal Mining Museum for England
Wakefield · ages 0+
Free entry to a 42 acre former colliery, with the real draw being a guided trip 140 metres underground.
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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.
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from £13.75Peak 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
from £5Peak 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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FreePonden Kirk & Fairy Cave
Keighley
A rocky crevice cave and gritstone outcrop on the moors above Haworth, tied to the Brontë novels.
from £14.50Speedwell Cavern
Castleton · ages 5-15
A boat ride into a flooded lead mine to see the Bottomless Pit, down 106 steps in Castleton.
Booking requiredParking
from £29.80The 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 £8Treak 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 Sheffield
Are any of them free?
Yes, National Coal Mining Museum for England and Ponden Kirk & Fairy Cave 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, Matlock Bath, Leeds, Wakefield and 4 more. Every place we list is in or around Sheffield, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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