Thor's Cave, Peak District

Name: Thor's Cave
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#28 among attractions in Peak District

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Thor's Cave is a natural cavern located at SK09865496 in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England. It is classified as a karst cave. Located in a steep limestone crag, the cave entrance, a symmetrical arch 7.5 metres wide and 10 metres high, is prominently visible from the valley bottom, around 80 metres below. Reached by an easy stepped path from the Manifold Way, the cave is a popular tourist spot, with views over the Manifold Valley. The second entrance is known as the "West Window", below which is a second cave, Thor's Fissure Cavern. ()

Alternative names: Length: 150 ftCoordinates: 53°5'30"N, 1°51'15"W

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Thor's Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dovedale, Thorpe Cloud, Tissington Hall, Manifold Way.

3.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Dovedale, Peak District
81 min walk • Dovedale is a valley in the Peak District of England. The land is owned by the National Trust, and annually attracts a million visitors.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Thorpe Cloud, Peak District
105 min walk • Thorpe Cloud is an isolated limestone hill lying between the villages of Thorpe and Ilam on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border at the southern end of Dovedale.
5 miE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Tissington Hall, Peak District
127 min walk • Tissington Hall is an early 17th-century Jacobean mansion house in Tissington, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.7 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Manifold Way, Peak District
69 min walk • The Manifold Way is a footpath and cycle way in Staffordshire, England. Some 8 miles in length, it runs from Hulme End in the north to Waterhouses in the south, mostly through the Manifold Valley and the valley of its only tributary, the River Hamps, following the route of the...
3.6 miSW
Family zoo with small mammals and birdlife
Peak Wildlife Park
92 min walk • Peak Wildlife Park is a zoo in central England. The nearest towns are Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. The zoo was originally known as Blackbrook Zoological Park, but entered administration in 2014 and closed.
1.7 miSE
Ruins
Throwley Old Hall, Peak District
44 min walk • Throwley Old Hall is a ruined stately home near the village of Calton and adjacent to the River Manifold, in north-east Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument. The estate is privately owned.
1.7 miNW
Church
St Bartholomew's Church, Peak District
45 min walk • St Bartholomew's Church, Butterton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Butterton.
5.2 miE
Church
Tissington, Peak District
132 min walk • St Mary’s Church, Tissington is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Tissington, Derbyshire.
5.2 miNW
Memorial
Merryton Low, Peak District
132 min walk • Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands.
3.8 miE
Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Peak District
98 min walk • St Michael and all Angels' Church, Alsop en le Dale is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alsop en le Dale, Derbyshire.
3.3 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Hostel, Park
Ilam Park, Peak District
84 min walk • Ilam Park is a 158-acre country park situated in Ilam, on both banks of the River Manifold five miles north west of Ashbourne, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The property is managed as part of the Trust's White Peak Estate..