Jewellery Making Experience and Treak Cliff Cavern Self-Guided Audio Tour

This experience is purely workshop based, you will be able to choose from an array of pre-mined pieces of Blue John stone in the workshop, where our craftspeople will help you to turn your chunk of Blue John into a polished specimen on our grinding wheels, and sand it with different grades of abrasive paper until ready for the final polishing stage. After a short break for a hot drink made from our naturally filtered cave water you will return to the workshop to create a freeform Blue John pendant on cord, our craftspeople will supervise while you polish it to a lovely shine, and attach a leather cord. Then you can try your necklace on and adjust the length to fit. Since each piece of Blue John Stone has distinctive pattern and colour combinations, you’ll be creating very own piece of unique jewellery.

Be aware we are on a steep hillside so there is no wheelchair access to or inside the Cavern, and some areas underground are low and narrow. 

Itinerary Experience running order:


Before you arrive, please download the Treak Cliff Cavern app in advance of your visit.
You may want to bring a portable power bank or headphones to use with your smartphone or tablet when you come to visit.
All Cavern tours are self led.
The Cavern tour is approximately 45 minutes.
The temperature underground is a constant 11° centigrade/ 52° Fahrenheit.
There are 80 steps leading up to the cavern entrance.
There are 196 steps in the Cavern with no more than 30 in one place.
There are low and narrow points with the lowest being 4 foot 6 (137cm) in the entrance tunnel.
Allow plenty of time to travel and park in Castleton, especially so at weekends and school holidays.

We look forward to welcoming you.
 
Inclusions
What's Included
📋 Other - Self-guided audio tour (using your own Smart phone)
 
What you'll need
🧤 Warm Clothing - The temperature inside the Cavern is a constant 11 degrees Centigrade, which can feel very cold, or occasionally less cold compared with the outside seasonal temperature !!!
REMEMBER you may want to bring a portable power bank, headphones or Bluetooth earpiece to use with your smartphone or tablet when you come to visit. We look forward to welcoming you !!
 
Inclusions
What's Included
🧰 Equipment - Blue John Stone, materials and equipment
📋 Other - Self-guided audio tour (using your own Smart phone)
 
What you'll need
🧤 Warm Clothing - The temperature inside the Cavern is a constant 11 degrees centigrade.
☂️ Waterproofs - Water drips from the cavern ceilings all the time, but you should dress for the weather conditions, the entrance is on a steep exposed hillside, 5 minutes walk from the car park.
📋 Other - Suitable footwear, Your smartphone or tablet fully charged ready to download our App for the audio tour if you haven't already downloaded it. You may want to bring a portable power bank and headphones.