Introduction
The Peak Speedwell System is located in the village of Castleton, made up of Peak Cavern, Speedwell Mine, James Hall Over Engine Mine and Titan Shaft. The system contains about 18km of cave passage, one of the deepest underground cave dives in the UK, down to a depth of 74 metres; the highest underground pitch in the UK which is 145 metres high, it has six known entrances but only four are usable.
Peak Speedwell Survey 2024
The new Peak Speedwell Survey is now published.
Following the death of John S Beck in 2015, i took on the task of re-working the survey. John had used AutoCAD to draw the survey that was published in 2012, which originally i tried using to update the survey but this was pretty limiting and once my laptop died, i had to purchase a more modern laptop, this meant that my version of AutoCAD stopped working so a new software package was required.
EA Peakshole Water level Logger at Goosehill Bridge, Castleton
T
he Environment Agency have installed EA water depth logger at Goosehill Bridge, Castelton. This is now live at: https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/9595 . The water depth is updated every 15 minutes and the datum is the crest of the weir that was installed in 1984/5 by TSG and a group from Manchester Poly. The metre ruler on the left bank of the river when looking downstream from the bridge has the same datum so the levels on the web should be the same as the levels on the ruler.. The outputs contributing to the total flow are Peak Cavern, Slop Moll, Peakshole Sough and Russet Well.
Read more: EA Peakshole Water level Logger at Goosehill Bridge, Castleton
James Hall to Far Sump Extension Connection!
Update: 19th February 2024
The connection from the bottom of Leviathan through to Far Sump Extensions is currently impassable. Through Trips to Peak Cavern from Titan are currently not possible so if you do go down Titan, be prepared to go back up. We will not be taking bookings for through trips to Peak Cavern at the moment.
The Peak Cavern Keyholder team are currently investigating the blockage, and hopefully we will have a plan of action going forward to restore this route. Updates will appear in due course.
Note: This is also known as the old Stemple Highway Inlet Sumps 1 and 2.
Peak Cavern events 2024
The Descent - Friday 10 May 2024
The Goonies - Saturday 11 May 2024
The Princess Bride - Sunday 12 May 2024
The Lost Boys - Friday 17 May 2024
Labyrinth - Saturday 18 May 2024
Back To The Future - Sunday 19 May 2024
The Selecter – Friday 24 May 2024
Buzzcocks – Saturday 25 May 2024
Simon & Oscar (Ocean Colour Scene)- Bank Holiday Sunday 26 May 2024
The South – Friday 28th June 2024
The Slow Readers Club + special guest Liam Frost – Saturday 29th June 2024
QUEEN BY THE BOHEMIANS – Friday 5th July 2024
Watershed Aven / Boom! **UNSAFE**
Watershed Aven / Boom! fixed aids are unsafe and need replacing - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLIMB (31/01/2024)