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Creswell Crags
Creswell, East Midlands
A limestone gorge with caves holding the northernmost Ice Age cave art in Europe.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Creswell Crags is a small limestone gorge on the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire border with caves lived in by Neanderthals and later humans between about 60,000 and 10,000 years ago. The caves hold Upper Palaeolithic cave art, the northernmost in Europe, and a lake runs through the gorge. The visitor centre runs guided cave tours that you should book ahead.
Good to know
- Book cave tours in advance
- Walk the lake path for free
- Short drive from Bolsover and Hardwick
- Best time
- Dry day, any season
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Visitor centre car park off the B6042 (check parking charges)
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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