Festive Cavern Illuminations: A Magical Underground Light Walk at Poole’s Cavern

This Christmas, step into the magical glow of festive lights and projections in the awe-inspiring 2-million-year-old limestone caverns at Poole’s Cavern.

With a Self-Guided Light Walk ticket, you can explore the beautifully decorated chambers at your own pace and learn about the cavern’s fascinating history and geology from their knowledgeable custodians.

If you missed out on tickets to Santa’s Grotto (an annual sell-out), this is your chance to experience the caverns in their full festive splendour, lit up especially for the season!

While Santa’s Grotto will be illuminated, please note that Santa and his elves are very busy during this season and may not be present. However, you might catch a glimpse of Santa with other families.

Tickets and Bookings for the Self Guided Light Walk Through 

Tickets cost: £10 per person, BCA members £6, under 5s go FREE and well bahaved dogs £1. For more information and online bookings, click here.

The Café in the Cavern is open for drinks, snacks and daily specials and the cavern gift shop has a range of rocks, minerals and Peak District produce for Christmas gift ideas.

One of Derbyshire’s ‘seven wonders’ of the Peak

The No.1 on Tripadvisor attraction which is now dog friendly was described as one of Derbyshire’s ‘seven wonders’, visitors have been making their way in to this subterranean marvel for centuries. The Duke of Devonshire turned Poole’s Cavern into a tourist attraction in 1854 and even before that, there were unofficial and somewhat dubious guided tours by local residents. Mary Queen of Scots famously visited and then there’s the tale of the eponymous outlaw named Poole himself, not to mention the Romans.

The cave and surrounding Buxton Country Park is a haven for wildlife and there’s more creatures and wildlife that live in here than most people realise

Click here for standard Poole’s Cavern Guided Tours which run all year round.

Santa's Grotto at Poole's Cavern

Poole’s Cavern & Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, SK17 9DH

T: 01298 26978

Book your tour tickets: poolescavern.co.uk

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