This mine has been worked over centuries (probably back to Roman times) and extends many miles. It is located in the village of Box, near Bath. It was used to extract limestone which was used to build many of the buildings in the local area and had military uses during WW2. Box is now a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, on account of the number of bat species which reside in the mine. There are many famous sites to see within Box Mine including the Cathedral (an open shaft to the surface) and the robots (a large number of bricks which people have taken to making into robots and other things).
Exploration of the mine is only recommended to experienced cavers with guides and maps. On this occasion, I visited with a group who had been in the mine a number of times before, and we spent a few hours trying to find the exit!
Exploration of the mine is only recommended to experienced cavers with guides and maps. On this occasion, I visited with a group who had been in the mine a number of times before, and we spent a few hours trying to find the exit!
One entrance can be found in this quarry face
Close-up of the entrance
One of the passages
'The Cathedral'
'The Cathedral'
Another passage
The famous robots
More fun with bricks...
Inside one of the military tunnels
Reinforcement in the military section
14 comments:
Wow i love shot 4 its pretty amazing looking would love to see this place =D
great one collin =D
i was in the cathedral 2 days ago with my friends
The e man d man g man and s man was in the cathedral the other day man it was quality chedda man
Alway exploring around this place, found a new off shoot tunnel, bit of a sqeeze to get in to but it leads to further passage ways, came across a holding pen/ jail cell, also found tracks that carts run on and followed them up to a storage chamber, alot of old un marked wooden crates, also one of the tunnels led to chambers were we found plenty of old atifacts! These section. We found had clearly not been touched for some years, we got the feeling the had just been blocked up and forgot about, or maybe they are sections that were never recorded so time merely forgot. Awsome place if somewhat lonely!
What entrance did u go in 2 get 2 that place
We got the key from the Quarry Man's Arms, not sure which entrance it was though!
How would some novice cavers/explorers gain access to this place?
I say novice but we are experienced cave divers so do this type of thing in drysuits lugging cylinders to breath from! lol
You can get the key from the local pub, I think you hire it for £5. I'm not sure whether it's possible at the moment though as it's Bat Hibernation Season!
had a great time in box freestone mine on the 8th april 2017. plan on going again. had a map but only used it on going in. spent 4 hours walking around with my partner. we plan on going down for a few days the next trip.
Do you know if there are still ways in x
I'm after a high Res map for this mine , would be willing to pay. Thanks
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Went there today with my daughter she was asking where the entrance was and it was 15yrs since I last visited,can I still access?looks like private property and the bats are protected
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