Days Out Underground: 50 subterranean adventures beneath Britain
Hidden beneath Britain are plenty of attractions open to everyone. This unique guide explores 50 underground attractions, from caves to nuclear bunkers, abandoned mines to secret railways, labyrinthine tunnels to ancient crypts, with fascinating text and atmospheric color photography.

This is the definitive guide to the best days out underground. From caves to nuclear bunkers, sewers to secret railways, as well as abandoned mines, ancient crypts and labyrinthine tunnels, these unique tourist attractions are a journey through Britain's hidden history going back thousands of years.

Travel writer Peter Naldrett explores each location with evocative, light-hearted text that reveals the fascinating history of why it came to be constructed, or how it was first discovered. As well as information about facilities and accessibility, Peter also includes essential advice about how to get there and when to go.

There are atmospheric full color photographs throughout, and boxes that highlight precisely why you should visit, as well as things to look out for when you do. Days Out Underground has something to excite everyone, especially families—here's how you entertain the kids on those wet-weather weekends!

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Days Out Underground: 50 subterranean adventures beneath Britain
Hidden beneath Britain are plenty of attractions open to everyone. This unique guide explores 50 underground attractions, from caves to nuclear bunkers, abandoned mines to secret railways, labyrinthine tunnels to ancient crypts, with fascinating text and atmospheric color photography.

This is the definitive guide to the best days out underground. From caves to nuclear bunkers, sewers to secret railways, as well as abandoned mines, ancient crypts and labyrinthine tunnels, these unique tourist attractions are a journey through Britain's hidden history going back thousands of years.

Travel writer Peter Naldrett explores each location with evocative, light-hearted text that reveals the fascinating history of why it came to be constructed, or how it was first discovered. As well as information about facilities and accessibility, Peter also includes essential advice about how to get there and when to go.

There are atmospheric full color photographs throughout, and boxes that highlight precisely why you should visit, as well as things to look out for when you do. Days Out Underground has something to excite everyone, especially families—here's how you entertain the kids on those wet-weather weekends!

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Days Out Underground: 50 subterranean adventures beneath Britain

Days Out Underground: 50 subterranean adventures beneath Britain

by Peter Naldrett
Days Out Underground: 50 subterranean adventures beneath Britain

Days Out Underground: 50 subterranean adventures beneath Britain

by Peter Naldrett

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Hidden beneath Britain are plenty of attractions open to everyone. This unique guide explores 50 underground attractions, from caves to nuclear bunkers, abandoned mines to secret railways, labyrinthine tunnels to ancient crypts, with fascinating text and atmospheric color photography.

This is the definitive guide to the best days out underground. From caves to nuclear bunkers, sewers to secret railways, as well as abandoned mines, ancient crypts and labyrinthine tunnels, these unique tourist attractions are a journey through Britain's hidden history going back thousands of years.

Travel writer Peter Naldrett explores each location with evocative, light-hearted text that reveals the fascinating history of why it came to be constructed, or how it was first discovered. As well as information about facilities and accessibility, Peter also includes essential advice about how to get there and when to go.

There are atmospheric full color photographs throughout, and boxes that highlight precisely why you should visit, as well as things to look out for when you do. Days Out Underground has something to excite everyone, especially families—here's how you entertain the kids on those wet-weather weekends!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844865673
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 05/28/2019
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 14.50(w) x 9.33(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Peter Naldrett is a travel writer who has written several guides to the Peak District, Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, as well as textbooks and resources for Oxford University Press. He has also written for the Telegraph, and writes regularly for publications such as Cumbria, The Countryman and Derbyshire Life.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

The North

01 Stockport Air Raid Shelters 12

02 The Beatles Story 17

03 Western Approaches 21

04 Standedge Tunnel 25

05 National Coal Mining Museum For England 30

06 Ingleborough Cave 34

07 White Scar Cave 38

08 Gaping Gill 43

09 Victoria Tunnel 49

10 Beamish Drift Mine 53

11 York Cold War Bunker 58

12 Jorvik Viking Centre 62

The Midlands

13 Ironbridge Tar Tunnel 70

14 Poole's Cavern 74

15 Treak Cliff Cavern 79

16 Speedwell Cavern 83

17 Peak Cavern 88

18 Peak District Lead Mining Museum 92

19 Creswell Crags 96

The Southeast

20 Grime's Graves 102

21 Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker 106

22 Churchill's War Rooms 110

23 Mail Rail At The Postal Museum 115

24 Wakefield Tower In The Tower Of London 119

25 Leeds Castle Maze And Grotto 123

26 Ramsgate Tunnels 128

27 Dover Castle World War II Tunnels 132

28 Brighton Sewers 138

The Southwest

29 Roman Baths Above And Below Tour 144

30 Cheddar Gorge And Caves 149

31 Wookey Hole 154

32 Dunster Castle Reservoir 160

33 Beer Quarry Caves 164

34 Exeter's Underground Passages 169

35 Kents Cavern 173

36 Porthcurno Telegraph Museum 178

37 Levant Mine 182

38 Geevor Tin Mine 186

Wales

39 Cardiff Castle Wartime Shelters 192

40 National Showcaves Centre For Wales 196

41 Corris Mine Explorers 202

42 King Arthur's Labyrinth 207

43 Bounce Below 212

44 Llechwedd Slate Mines 216

45 Go Below 222

46 Great Orme Mines 226

Scotland

47 The Real Mary King's Close 232

48 Edinburgh's Blair Street Vaults 237

49 Scotland's Secret Bunker 242

50 Spey Bay Icehouse 246

Index 251

Photo Credits 254

Acknowledgements 255

About The Author 256

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