Poole'S Cavern & Country Park

Our new Family Explorers activity pack has just arrived and is available from the cavern visitors centre. Rammed with fun things to see and discover on your journey through the cavern and the country park sculpture trails

We love to see visitors photos from the cavern but this marvellous painting by Dianna Lee is superb

We had a recent evening visit by the Derbyshire Camera Club who kindly shared these lovely images of Poole's Cavern. Thank you David Lane and all the members

Please take extra care to protect our beautiful Peak District during this dry weather

Back for the second year running! Babbling Vagabonds invite you on a Wild Walk Theatre Adventure! Help a hapless Prince find the rascal who has been stealing the King’s Golden Apples. Follow the action around magical outdoor spaces as the story unfolds.... Pit your wits against riddlers, puzzle makers, and a not-so-big, not-so-bad Wolf called Barry! See if you can discover who is THE GOLDEN THIEF!
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And Buxton country park sculpture trails too of course

Happy Easter. Join us for a journey into one of the most beautiful and spectacular caverns in the UK and join in our Easter bunny hunt in the cavern. we are open every day from 9.30 to 5 pm. Enjoy a our award winning cafe with homemade special from local produce and explore the country park woodland with our new sculpture trails leading to the hilltop viewpoint.

Well the snow has mostly gone and Spring is returning to the country park. We are open daily from 9.30 to 5 with cavern tours starting every 20 mins through the day. See the beautiful cave formations newly illuminated as never before. Stroll through the woods and follow our fun new sculpture trails to Solomon's temple viewpoint and relax in our award winning pet friendly cafe afterwards.

Weather permitting the visitor centre and cafe will be open this weekend and cave tours as normal. Probably the warmest place in Derbyshire is underground, no wonder our ice age ancestors lived in caves.

Our visitor centre and cafe will be closed today March 1st due to the weather conditions

We've been keeping quiet about this but there has been some very exciting work going on in the cavern to really bring to light the incredibly beautiful rock and crystal formations at Poole's Cavern. We will be revealing what we've been up to in the coming week,but here's a clue, do you know that Stalactites can naturally glow in the dark ?

Buxton mountain rescue assisted an injured walker from Solomon’s temple today. Thank you to the dedicated volunteers and please consider donating when you see a collecting box anywhere in the Peak District to keep this valuable service going.

We took the children for a day out exploring the cavern and surrounding woodlands. We had an amazing day, the children loved the interesting history behind the cavern and the guide was very knowledgeable. Beautiful scenery and lots of areas to relax and enjoy a picnic. Would highly recommend the walks and a visit to Solomon's temple.

Was here yesterday, really enjoyed the tour of the Cavern. Our guide (Martin - I believe) was excellent, my four year old boy didn't believe daddy that it was Batman's cave though. I would also highly recommend the walk up to Solomons Temple as well, we got lucky as the weather was really good, but the view when you arrive is fab! Lots of different routes you can take up to it as well. Finally after a good 4hr plus there we had a bite to eat and a coffee at the cafe, which is also dog friendly. Good half day and would recommend.

Visited yesterday. Fascinating place, our guide Ashley was brilliant, very knowledgeable & made it interesting. The cave is well lit but cold; you definitely need a warm jacket. The cafe was good, very reasonable prices. Recommended if you are in the area.

Visited late on a Friday afternoon on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. Warm welcome in reception and a brilliant guide called Luke. Very informative and stunning caves. Beautiful, eerie and a great place to reflect on how a stalegmite takes tens of thousands of years to form and we are gone in the blink of an eye.. Well worth a visit.

Visited for the first time yesterday. It's It's a great place guide was fab. Cavern was huge. Would recommend it. Gift aid ur ticket and it's valied for 1 year. Take a coat as it's always 7oC in the cavern. Park land is great too. Very steep and muddy so good walking shoes advised.

Very interesting place . Great value for money .

Thankyou Esme for a great tour today. Very fun and interesting really enjoyed it

Really good experience. 8 year old loved it too ��

Really enjoyed this tour of Pooles Cavern it was much bigger than we thought it would be and very interesting to listen to the history of the cavern over the years. The tour guide called Ben who had been going in the cavern for thirty years and worked there for a long time and had witnessed many excavations was very informative and had a good sence of humour too. I have been visiting Buxton on and off for years but this was the first time i had been in the cavern and now wish we had visited before. If the weather is good walk up to Solomons Temple on the hill above Buxton for the view, all in all a good end to our day in Buxton.

Just got back from a tour with Austin. It was really informative and interesting. The caves are beautiful and the cafe has a good selection. Good value for money and well worth a visit.

It's a beautiful place to visit , we enjoyed our walk around and will be coming back �

I always went to castleton for the caves but having visited here will certainly come back. Lovely place friendly staff

Had a fantastic trip to Poole's Cavern. Ashely was a great guide and extremely knowledgable which was ace. The cafe was really nice too.



I will defintely be visiting again in the very near future ��

Fantastic day out at Poole's Cavern yesterday! Ashley was a great tour guide and even made it fun for all the children. Would definitely recommend it,especially for families. Just make sure you wear something warm for inside the cave!

Fabulous visit here yesterday, the staff were welcoming, polite and very helpful x The tour was interesting and our guide was brill, he made us chuckle a few times x The cafe drinks and cake were delicious x Thoroughly enjoyed our experience, thank you x

Definitely worth a visit!

Came to see santa today on a lovely snowy day. I thought the santa visit was perfect for the kids. We particularly appreciated the personal touch of having their names ready on the gifts in the sack ready for them. And we were not rushed at all with Santa. Cave looked lovely all lit up. Excellent for snow ball fights outside too! Thank you �����

Absolutely brilliant tour! Lauren was wonderful with the kids and very informative. This tour is excellent value for money, compared with other much more expensive tours in the Peak District. All the staff were friendly and helpful and the range of educational books was much appreciated. To top it off the caves are beautiful. Can highly recommend!

Visited to see The Butterfly Theatre Company's production of Alice in Wonderland. The show was absolutely fantastic and the cavern was used brilliantly. The only downside was that, despite the last show starting at around 9pm, the cafe was shut for anything other than basic tea, coffee, etc which meant that all of the people, around 30 in our group, wanting food couldn't get any and potentially valuable revenue lost.