Dream Cave
Dream Cave is a natural limestone cavern located near Wirksworth and Hopton in Derbyshire, England. It was discovered by lead miners in 1822 and was found to contain the almost complete skeletal remains of a woolly rhinoceros and other large mammal bones.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Derbyshire, England
- Also known as: “Dream Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wirksworth Town Hall and St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth.
Wirksworth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wirksworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Wirksworth Urban District Council, now accommodates the local public library. Wirksworth Town Hall is situated 1 mile northeast of Dream Cave.
St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth
Church
Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The existing building dates mostly from the 13th–15th centuries, but notable survivals from the Anglo-Saxon period indicate a church has stood on this site since at least the 8th century AD. St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth is situated 1 mile northeast of Dream Cave.
Wirksworth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Neil Ferguson-Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wirksworth railway station is a stop on the heritage Ecclesbourne Valley Railway that serves the town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. It was the former terminus of the Midland Railway's Wirksworth branch line, leaving the Midland Main Line at Duffield. Wirksworth railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Dream Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Godfreyhole and Callow.
Godfreyhole
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godfreyhole is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located at the junction of the B5035 and West End roads, 2 miles west of Wirksworth.
Callow
Hamlet
Photo: Eamon Curry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callow is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was less than 100.
Hopton
Hamlet
Photo: U1ajl5xge2, CC0.
Hopton is a small village adjacent to the village of Carsington and two miles from the market town of Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Dales. Evidence of human activity near Hopton, during a warm period known as the Aveley Interglacial around 200,000 years ago, is provided by the discovery of a Paleolithic Acheulean hand axe in the area.
Dream Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.0743° or 53° 4′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.59439° or 1° 35′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C5W3CF4+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 7291780011OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q79284423
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