Honister Slate Mine
Honister Slate Mine is based in Keswick, Cumbria, and offers a professional and friendly team to help you have a great time and enjoy the experiences available.
At Honister Slate Mine you will find all of the below activities, facilities, and important information.
Activities at Honister Slate Mine include:
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We have also included their opening times and contact details. If you have any questions, you can contact the venue directly.
Facilities
Refreshments
Toliets
Parking
Activities available in this location
VENUE WEBSITE
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Open Times
Monday 08:30-17:00
Tuesday 08:30-17:00
Wednesday 08:30-17:00
Thursday 08:30-17:00
Friday 08:30-17:00
Saturday 08:30-17:00
Sunday 08:30-17:00
Open times may vary.
Contact
01768 777 230
Honister Pass
Borrowdale
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12 5XN
Borrowdale
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12 5XN
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Climb the Mine
Age Appropriate
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Climb the Mine follows the route of the original underground mine workings. Complete with vertical climbs, rope-bridge crossings and steel ladder ascents. This weather-proof experience sees participants led deep underground to explore a secret world of hidden passages and magnificent caverns where miners used to extract rock for roofing slates. Then, climb up into the roof of the mine itself, delve into a previously unseen part of the cavern to experience what miners used to over 100 years ago,
Infinity Bridge
Age Appropriate
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Strung accross a breathtaking gorge high up on the mountain, 2,000 feet above the valley floor. The Infinity Bridge is the longest of this type of bridge in Britain.
Step across a gorge 2,000 feet above the valley floor, in a spectacular industrial landscape steeped in years of Slate mining history.
Why not test your limits by crossing our high wire bridge whilst taking in the breathtaking panoramic of Honister Pass? The Infinity Bridge is enough to test even the most adventurous of adventurers
Step across a gorge 2,000 feet above the valley floor, in a spectacular industrial landscape steeped in years of Slate mining history.
Why not test your limits by crossing our high wire bridge whilst taking in the breathtaking panoramic of Honister Pass? The Infinity Bridge is enough to test even the most adventurous of adventurers
Mine Tour
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Go Deep Underground on our historic slate mine tour! Learn about our 450-million-year-old volcanic green slate.
Experience Honister’s rich mining history for yourself! Delve deep within our underground tunnels and caverns in the magnificent Fleetwith Pike and experience first-hand what life was like for the miners through the ages, listen to the story of 8-year-old John Taylor and learn how Slate mining at Honister progressed through his lifetime.
Experience Honister’s rich mining history for yourself! Delve deep within our underground tunnels and caverns in the magnificent Fleetwith Pike and experience first-hand what life was like for the miners through the ages, listen to the story of 8-year-old John Taylor and learn how Slate mining at Honister progressed through his lifetime.
Via Ferrata
Age Appropriate
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Via Ferrata Classic is the original Award Winning product suitable for most ages and abilities.
Following the original Miners route to the top of the Mountain, Via Ferrata Classic is not as challenging or demanding as the Via Ferrata Xtreme. You will follow the historic miners path high onto Fleetwith Pike in a thrilling stunning and safe outdoors activity. It’s an adrenaline rush with an essence of natural beauty. Not just for climbers and walkers but young families
Following the original Miners route to the top of the Mountain, Via Ferrata Classic is not as challenging or demanding as the Via Ferrata Xtreme. You will follow the historic miners path high onto Fleetwith Pike in a thrilling stunning and safe outdoors activity. It’s an adrenaline rush with an essence of natural beauty. Not just for climbers and walkers but young families