Reigate Caves Open Days

Nearly 1000 years ago, a Norman baron dug a tunnel under a castle to improve his security, and for the next 800 years, the local residents did much the same thing under their back gardens, for their prosperity.

The castle, which no longer exists was in Reigate, but many of the tunnels still remain and on a few days of the year, some of them are open to the public.

Although commonly known as Reigate Caves, technically speaking, caves are made by the effect of nature, while man made diggings are known as mines, so these are the Reigate Mines.

On the open days, there are three to visit.

Tours run every 20 minutes according to demand and availability of guides. To visit all the caves at a leisurely pace will take about 3 hours.

Ian has Visited - review here.