Derbyshire and the Peak District are great places for a unique day out, with a number of remarkable show caverns and caves dotted across the county.
These are some of the best caverns and caves to explore this autumn – will you be making plans to visit any of them over the coming weeks?
5. Speedwell Cavern
Speedwell Cavern is one of the many impressive caves that can be found dotted across the Peak District, and is set at the foot of the spectacular Winnats Pass - offering boat tours for those who want to explore the cavern Photo: © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/5952026
6. Heights of Abraham
You can take the cable cars at the Heights of Abraham in Matlock Bath and explore the Great Masson Cavern - a former lead mine that is now a popular tourist attraction. Photo: Brian Eyre
7. Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern
Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern are a pair of the Peak District’s most remarkable caves. The rare mineral Blue John can only be found inside these two caverns in the Castleton area, and it is well worth taking the Blue John Cavern tour to explore the site and potentially purchase a unique gift made from Blue John. Photo: jason chadwick
8. Explore the ‘druids rocks’
The Rowter Rocks at Birchover have caves, rooms, tunnels, steps and even an armchair carved into the stone. Victorian tourists were lead to believe these were the work of an ancient Druid community - but were carved by a local man some 300 years ago. Photo: cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Patrick Baldwin - geograph.org.uk/p/2818130