Poole's Cavern
2 million year old, natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Attraction in Buxton
Inside Buxton
Poole's Cavern is inside Buxton’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Warmest: July and August
Afternoon highs of 18–18°C, on the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages for Buxton. When to go ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Buxton, and rain in a month. Green months are the warmest.
Poole's Cavern
2 million year old, natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
In Buxton, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Buxton
- Official site
- poolescavern.co.uk
Where Poole's Cavern is
Orange: Poole's Cavern. Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Buxton’s built-up area.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Poole's Cavern
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out. Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Also near Poole's Cavern
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Castle · English HeritagePeveril Castle14 km away2
Historic house · National TrustLyme Hall13 km away3
MuseumBuxton Museum and Art Gallery1.1 km away4
CastlePilsbury Castle11 km away5
AttractionDevil's Arse (Peak Cavern)14 km away6
Fort · National TrustCastleton Town Defences14 km away7
MuseumBlue John Cavern13 km away8
AttractionSpeedwell Cavern14 km awayVisiting Poole's Cavern
Where is Poole's Cavern?
Poole's Cavern is in Buxton, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Poole's Cavern?
2 million year old, natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
When is the best time to visit Poole's Cavern?
July and August are the warmest months in Buxton, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Poole's Cavern?
Within 15 km: Peveril Castle (14 km), Lyme Hall (13 km), Buxton Museum and Art Gallery (1.1 km) and Pilsbury Castle (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Poole's Cavern: Dave Pape, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peveril Castle: Darren Copley from Sheffield, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyme Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buxton Museum and Art Gallery: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pilsbury Castle: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devil's Arse (Peak Cavern): Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castleton Town Defences: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blue John Cavern: The original uploader was Espresso Addict at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Speedwell Cavern: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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