This vast man-made complex of underground caverns was created by centuries of quarrying the famous Beer Stone. The underground quarry, first worked by the Romans, supplied stone for 24 cathedrals including Exeter and St.Paul’s, parts of Westminster Abbey,the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle.
Guides will take you on an hour long tour through the vast man-made complex of underground caverns with their mighty halls of vaulted roofs and pillars of Beer Stone which have been likened to a vast underground cathedral.
See for yourself the methods used to quarry and deliver the huge blocks of stone, the working conditions, the hardships endured and the dangers faced daily by the work-force using only the light from a flickering tallow candle and you may never again see a famous building with the same eyes.
Open daily at 10.00am from 28th March until they close on November 2nd.
Tours are every hour on the half hour. Last tour 3.30pm except local Summer holidays (25/7/20 – 31/8/20) then the last tour is 4:30pm.
October / November Tours are:
1st – 23rd Oct and Nov 1st: 10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm.
24th to 31st Oct as March to September with the last tour at 3.30pm.
Saturday 31st October come and enjoy a spooky time at Beer Quarry Caves.