Derbyshire Scout Caving Team

25/01/2026

Back by popular demand - Scout Caving Day Sunday 26th of April

Details
Cost £12.00 per Scout which includes tour of a Derbyshire lead mine including hire of helmet and light.
Please wear old clothes, wellies or walking boots and bring a paper medical form which must be carried with the scout at all times. Anyone who needs an inhaler must bring this along and carry it with them during the trip. Our trip should last in total 2 hours 15 mins

To book on….
Scout leaders are to book their own troop on by sending an email to caving@derbyshirescouts.org with the subject line stating “Scout Caving Day 2026” . We will need to know the name of the Troop, a contact number for the leader attending on the day and how many places you would like to book.
Please note parents cannot book their kids on, we will only take bookings from scout leaders. Minimum number per troop is 7 people. You can fill the spaces up with leaders and young leaders if you are struggling for 7 scouts.

Once booked on and we have confirmed everyone who will be attending on the day, your troop will be emailed with a specific time to turn up in Matlock bath. Note a scout leader or someone from the group who is a leader must attend on the day with the troop but they don't have to go underground

Our meeting place will
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The times for your group won’t be handed out until the start of April.

23/07/2025

Cub Caving day 2025

£10.00 per person on Sunday the 19th of October . Our caving session is held at Pikehall Derbyshire and lasts 1 hour 30 mins.

FAQ

How to book a place?
Firstly you must be a leader from a group to book on - send our team an email with the number of places you require . Please put in the subject box “ Cub caving 2025”Caving@derbyshirescouts.org

What if I cannot fill all the places I have requested?
You can bring along young leaders, young scouts and any leaders as they will be classed as 1 person, we cannot unfortunately offer refunds on the day or near the time if anyone decides not to attend

Can anyone come along?
We can only take members of the scout association - so that’s leaders, cubs, scouts, explorer scouts and young leaders are all welcome - no parents

What do they need to wear?
Walking boots or wellies are essential
old warm clothes
A drink and snack for afterwards

Where do we need to meet?
Meeting location what3words:
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Can we request a time slot?
Unfortunately we cannot guarantee the time slot requested but we will do our best to accommodate

Session 1 9.30-11.00am (35 places available)
Session 2 11.30-1.00pm (35 places available)
Session 3 1.30-3.00pm (35 places available)
Session 4 3.30-5.00pm (24 places available)

Once booked on and you have confirmation back of the booking we will see you on the day. Please arrive only 15 mins before your time slot and be ready to go caving in old clothes. Parking is limited so please car share

We don’t require leaders from the cub packs to go underground but you will need to send a leader to meet the cubs at the venue along with a medical form for each person which must remain with that person or with the leader that arrives with the group . Anyone who needs an inhaler must bring this along and carry it with them during the trip.

To book a place or for more information send us an email - we don’t always check our direct messages on Facebook 🦇

04/04/2025

13/03/2025

We still have a few places remaining for our Scout Caving Day

If your troop would like to attend get in touch caving@derbyshirescouts.org

Scout Caving Day Sunday 27th of April

Details
Cost £12.00 per Scout which includes tour of a Derbyshire lead mine including hire of helmet and light.
Please wear old clothes, wellies or walking boots and bring a paper medial form which must be carried with the scout at all times. Anyone who needs an inhaler must bring this along and carry it with them during the trip. Our trip should last in total 2 hours 15 mins

To book on….
Scout leaders are to book their own troop on by sending an email to caving@derbyshirescouts.org with the subject line stating “Scout Caving Day 2025” . We will need to know the name of the Troop, a contact number for the leader attending on the day and how many places you would like to book.
Please note parents cannot book their kids on, we will only take bookings from scout leaders. Minimum number per one group is 7 people.

Once booked on and we have confirmed everyone who will be attending on the day, your troop will be emailed with a specific time to turn up in Matlock bath. Note a scout leader or someone from the group who is a leader must attend on the day with the troop

Our meeting place will
be ///tripods.informs.carver (What3words)
The times for your group won’t be handed out until the start of April.

13/02/2025

Scout Caving Day Sunday 27th of April

Details
Cost £12.00 per Scout which includes tour of a Derbyshire lead mine including hire of helmet and light.
Please wear old clothes, wellies or walking boots and bring a paper medial form which must be carried with the scout at all times. Anyone who needs an inhaler must bring this along and carry it with them during the trip. Our trip should last in total 2 hours 15 mins

To book on….
Scout leaders are to book their own troop on by sending an email to caving@derbyshirescouts.org with the subject line stating “Scout Caving Day 2025” . We will need to know the name of the Troop, a contact number for the leader attending on the day and how many places you would like to book.
Please note parents cannot book their kids on, we will only take bookings from scout leaders. Minimum number per one group is 7 people.

Once booked on and we have confirmed everyone who will be attending on the day, your troop will be emailed with a specific time to turn up in Matlock bath. Note a scout leader or someone from the group who is a leader must attend on the day with the troop

Our meeting place will
be ///tripods.informs.carver (What3words)
The times for your group won’t be handed out until the start of April.

12/09/2024

We still have some places available for our Cub Caving day

£10.00 per person on Sunday the 20th of October . Our caving session is held at Pikehall Derbyshire and lasts 1 hour 30 mins.

Meeting location what3words:
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Session 1 9.30-11.00am (24 places available)
Session 2 11.30-1.00pm (fully booked)
Session 3 1.30-3.00pm (fully booked)
Session 4 3.30-5.00pm (18 places available)

We don’t require leaders from the cub packs to go underground but you will need to send someone to meet the cubs at the venue along with a medical form, snack and drink for afterwards

Walking boots or wellies are essential along with old warm clothes.

To book a place or for more information send us a DM 🦇

23/10/2022

13/07/2022

We had an amazing time with providing caving at Activation 2022

05/01/2022

Great post from a scouting colleague and friend from across the pond in the USA.

10/11/2021

Maxine who is mentioned in this story was a scout caver and got into caving a member of the old Bucks Scout Caving Team, well done to Maxine and the rest of the 100’s of volunteers involved in this rescue.

George Linnane is in hospital with multiple injuries after he was stranded in a cave for two days.

20/09/2021

If anybody is in Chesterfield town centre on Saturday, come and support Chesterfield Scouts on their open day to showcase what scouting is all about!

Please share this post with anybody you think could be the next best scout leader! :)

20/07/2021

We are delighted to say that since advertising we are back running caving trips we have been inundated with enquiries and are now fully booked for 2021!

We are now taking bookings for 2022 ☺️

Please note we are always on the look out for individuals to join our team in a variety of positions (not all involve running trips underground). Get in touch if you think this is something you'd be interested in!