Caves · East Midlands
Titan
Titan — a cave broad in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Titan is a cave broad located in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom. Catalogued from Wikidata's UK heritage register; see the linked Wikipedia article for further details on its history, architecture and visiting information.
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Place summary
Titan is a cave located in the East Midlands. It is notable for being one of the largest caves in the UK, attracting cavers and geologists alike.
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Background
History
In 1793, Plumtree wrote a paper describing a network of passages and shafts that went beyond the well-known Speedwell Cave/Mine system near Castleton. His account took him down the Speedwell Canal and deep into the cave system, but his journal described mined passages (worked mostly in darkness) that went far beyond what had then been explored. The Plumtree account specifically mentions a way out to the surface some 230 m above "by way of another man's mine". Surveying showed that one of many shafts on the surface on the mineral rake in which Speedwell's mined passages are formed was the shaft of James Hall's Over Engine Mine (JH). The Hall family were one of the many families of Castleton…
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- Coordinates
- 53.3334, -1.7933
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- High Peak
- Parish
- Castleton
- Postcode
- S33 8WS
- Parliamentary constituency
- High Peak
Sources
- wikidata: Q7809728 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Titan (cave) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Titan?
- Titan is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode S33 8WS), in the parish of Castleton.
- Is Titan free to visit?
- Yes, Titan is free to enter.
- How do I get to Titan?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode S33 8WS. It sits within the High Peak parliamentary constituency.