Treak Cliff Cavern

Fantastic place. One of the best for differing things to look at and the names of the caverns. Useful tour on an app or boards to read in each cavern which we did as we just don’t like using our phones when we are having a day away from technology. We always choose to come back to this cavern even though there are loads in the area. Very lovely friendly staff too. Only downside if the water is fed from the hills and the toilets and cafe have never been open when we go there so we have to use the facilities down in the town beforehand and after for our lunch but still a great cavern. Well worth the visit. The dogs love it in there too 😀

I found this place worth the ticket price. Rich history, well-maintained and deeply mesmerizing to be inside the cave...it was my first time visiting a cave,I was definitely in awe. I had read caves and chase in mined mountains like in Hobbit. I had my own imagined scenery. Now I was looking at real thing so pardon me for getting amazed.😀 One thing : i didnot find it easy to listen to audio guide on my walk inside caves since you gotta be careful with your steps and mindful of your head so holding a phone to listen to guide while doing all this and clicking photos and taking in everything got too much for me😀 I found sign boards and informational plaques enough to help me understand the place. If I need more info, I can listen to audio or read once I am out of cave and sitting on that slope of hill with lush views of valley down.

Did the self-guided tour on a quiet Saturday morning, staff were pleasant and the tour app had some good information explaining each of the caverns hostory. It doesn't take too long to get around, even though you can go at your own pace I think most people would struggle to take longer than an hour or so to see everything there is to offer. There are bits where you need to crouch quite low which can be especially awkward if you're tall, so be warned.

Excellent, fairly easy cavern to do. Not that many steps but good footwear recommended as steps are wet. Very pretty. Gift shop is also great to look at and some piece of blue John aren't too expensive, plus some nice jewellery with beautiful colours.

Very informative self-guided your with all. You are up close to items being discussed. Gives you time to look around. The Blue John Vein is huge compared to the one on your in Blue John Cave, but I would go to both. The view coming out of cave is stunning, even in the pouring rain. So glad I stopped here!

The whole experience was inclusive and fun. The tour lasts about 45 mins and we bought tickets inside the gift shop. I would recommend buying online if you come visit during a school term break or holiday period. Parking is free here and just climb walk about 5 mins to the entrance. Overall, Treak Cliff Cavern offers an engaging and informative experience that combines natural beauty with historical insights. It’s a worth to visit. Just a warmly remind, to wear suitable footwear & warm comfortable clothing, most of the cavern tour floor are wet and beware your head to hit the rock.

Booked this self guided tour a few days before we went and went for an earlier one as you get a discount for an earlybird tour. They made sure we had the app installed so we could get the narration. Very friendly and welcoming and we were told to take as long as we liked. You could see all the Blue John in the walls and the narration was very good. Was in the mine for about an hour and a half. A steep walk from the road to the mine (it does state this on the website) and not too many steps in the mine in one go. Loved that we could go at our own pace and stay where we wanted for as long as we wanted. We booked the tour primarily to see the Blue John but there are stalactites and stalagmites as well. The shop is well stocked with Blue John and other minerals. We would definitely recommend this tour.

Well worth a visit. We took our dog with us and she enjoyed it too. Staff were friendly and there is a place to get a hot drink and a snack.

We decided to visit this cave as we heard it was the prettiest one of all the caves. We were not disappointed. It is about a 15min walk from town centre to caves, there is also a car park about 5mins from caves. There is a short but steep walk to the entrance. It was £8.50 entrance which is cheapest cave as far as I know. The cave tour took about 40mins. It is gorgeous in the cave. Lots of stalactites and stalagmites, with the blue john stone in show as well. There are some steep steps in the cave which people with walking difficulties might struggle with. The tour guide was knowledgable and engaging. I actually think that I would have preferred to visit the Original Blue John cave as the caves seem bigger with more to see.

I've visited the cavern twice, and it's my favorite of the four in the area. It's incredibly pretty, and the guides do a great job. If I could only visit one cavern in Castleton, it would be this one. Their souvenir shop is also, in my opinion, the best - they have adorable rock figurines for a very reasonable price, and my kids have loved the items I picked up for them. Their artisans are very talented. Also, I highly recommend their online shop. I ordered a ring and pendent from them, and they were exactly as pictured, and came to the States much faster than I could have expected (normally everything I order from UK takes a month, but they arrived in a week and half). Seriously, they do a great job.

Well worth a visit. We only had time to visit one set of caves on our visit so looked at all the different ones in Castleton and chose Treak Cliff Cavern - very glad we did! Tours seem to leave every half hour or so with no booking needed (we went in October) and the price was competitive, being about half of what some of the other caves charge. Our guide was very knowledgeable and gave us a good tour, just the right length, happy for us to take photos and didn't rush us. The tour takes you up inside the hillface, through caverns mined out for Blue John stone and then into natural caverns before coming out onto the hillside via an old mine shaft. Great view from the top too, and there's a gift and coffee shop as well. Really enjoyed it.

According to my extended family (who also happen to be locals), Treak Cliff Cavern is THE cavern to visit when in Castleton. My family had just recently visited the other caverns in the area and they all proclaimed that this was the best cavern of them all. I only got a chance to visit Treak Cliff but I don't feel like I missed out on the others because I thoroughly enjoyed Treak! The trek up the stairs to get to the entry point into the cavern is a bit of climb but not impossible. There are railings and the steps are sturdy so take a break if you need to. Plus, the views of the Yorkshire countryside from the top are well worth it. Our tour guide was very informative and provided a pleasant tour of the caverns. He was super nice and chatted with us about other stuff we could do locally after the tour was over. The tour itself isn't too arduous, again, take your time going up and down the stairs and be careful because it can get slippery. The caverns here are quite unique and they do a great job highlighting the tour's main sights (the fossils, blue john, stalagmites, and stalactites). I guess my only complaint is that the tour seemed a bit short. I would've preferred to explore more of the cavern but the tour is around 40 minutes long which is actually a good amount of time.