Exploring the Mine

What to expect on your visit

Kitting up with miner's lamp, lamp belt, helmet and safety clips [+]

All of the Corris Mine explorations start from the Corris Craft Centre where you meet your guide and are kitted up with special safety equipment for your trip. Mark, your guide, explains how the equipment works and then you set off on the short walk to the mine entrance.

You will be taken into the dark, damp tunnels and underground workings in exclusive groups of no more than 10, by the experienced guide.

There are 3 trips to choose from:

Taster Trip (1 hour)

Suitable for families (minimum age 8) and anyone wanting a shorter exploration...

Kit provided: Hand torch and helmet.

Explore the dark, abandoned slate workings and find immense chambers and discarded machinery and tools. Get a taste of what the main exploration trips involve.
Walking distance: 1/4 mile.

Mine Explorer Trip (2 hours)

Explore deeper in the mine and learn more of the mine's social history (minimum age 10).

Kit provided: Helmet, cap lamp, lamp belt and safety clips.

Get kitted up in special safety equipment before exploring the huge abandoned slate chambers. Find discarded tools, machinery and other mining relics. See how the machinery would have worked. Be shocked as stories of life in the mine are brought alive by your guide.
Walking distance: 1/2 mile.

Miles of winding tunnels [+]

Half Day Mine Expedition (4 hours)

A journey of exploration, discovery and exhilarating enjoyment... (minimum age 13).

Kit provided: Helmet, cap lamp, lamp belt and safety clips.

Get kitted up in special safety equipment before exploring different parts of the mine; chambers dug by hand and those which were mechanically excavated. Discover old equipment, see how it would have been used and have a go at working it yourself. Find old tools, candles and other mining relics left behind. Feel the mine come alive as stories of its bustling, and often tragic, history spill out in the most fascinating way. You will experience over 10 chambers which are very rarely visited.
Walking distance: 2 miles plus.