On the edge of Buxton lies a surreal subterranean world. It’s a place where sunlight never reaches, strange formations hang from the ceiling and the temperature remains a constant 7C.
It’s in this underworld where I found myself on a summer’s afternoon. I was visiting Poole’s Cavern, a huge carboniferous limestone cavern which writer Charles Cotton named one of the seven ‘Wonders of the Peak’.
For centuries Poole’s Cavern has been a magnet for visitors. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is said to have visited in the 1580s, while evidence of prehistoric life has been found within the cave. READ MORE: Gorgeous Greater Manchester village has a river running through it, lovely walks, great pubs and top chippy Walking into this underground world it’s easy to see why it’s attracted adventurers, scientists and tourists alike.
It’s not a cave where you have to descend down hundreds of steps or navigate any tight squeezes, yet within a few metres from the entrance you already feel cut off from the outside.
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