Honister Slate Mine

United Kingdom / England / Cockermouth / B5289 Honister Pass
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Honister Pass
Keswick CA12 5XN, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 17687 77230
honister.com/

Honister Mine, at the top of Honister Pass, has recently been reopened for commercial use. The mine produces slate as well as offering tourist mine tours and the popular "via ferrata" climbing experience up the old mine track on Fleetwith Pike.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honister_Slate_Mine
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Coordinates:   54°30'39"N   3°11'53"W

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  • A large lakeland slate mine. It is worked on about 23 levels, which are set out diagonal to each other. There are currently three tours in the mine. The Honister tour takes visitors around the honister workings. visitors enter at adit number 14 and return via adit number 13 lower down. The mine is basically one huge chamber, which spreads up these levls, in fact it is more like a huge slightly inclined flat, which is occasionally supported by the odd piller.
  • Much to see here, worth visit.
  • Please don't interfere with the current workings, this is the last working slate mine in Britain! Please take the upmost care of yourself and our site!
  • worth visiting, it actually gives a decent tour unlike Llechwedd in wales
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