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Wookey Hole Caves & Attractions

Wookey Hole, BA5 1BB

Description

Wookey Hole Caves is a magical place of caves, legends, and adventure for all ages. It’s an experience millions of years in the making with plenty to do inside and out. Enjoy vintage penny arcades, museums, adventure golf, and soft play zones, and of course the famous, beautiful caves.

Wookey Hole Caves & Attractions

Wookey Hole Caves and attractions lies In the heart of Somerset. A magical place of caves, legends, and adventure for the young and young at heart.

When you visit Wookey Hole, you’ll enjoy an experience millions of years in the making. There is plenty to do inside and out, from vintage penny arcades to museums, adventure golf, and soft play zones, to name but a few of the attractions. Not forgetting the breathtakingly beautiful caves, for which Wookey Hole is renowned.

Your visit will take you through 8 chambers. Each with a unique beauty and story. You’ll also pass our cheese tunnel, home to the delicious Wookey Hole cheese.

The cheese is not the only resident of the caves. Over the years, Wookey Hole has been home to giant hyenas, bears, Neanderthals, and many local people. It has even been a site of pagan and Roman worship.

You’ll find Wookey Hole holds a surprise around every corner. You might even get to meet our most famous resident, the Witch of Wookey Hole. We have found she most likes to visit during school holidays!

The world-famous Wookey Hole Circus School performs at Wookey Hole at weekends and in School Holidays.

Every year over 250,000 people visit Wookey Hole and take-home cherished memories of a great day out. Whether it is your first time or your fiftieth, there is always something new to discover. We can’t wait to welcome you.


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Opening Hours

Peak season
First admission: 9.30am
Last admission: 4pm
Site closes: 5.30pm
The peak season is February half term, and weekends and school holidays from April to October, and during our Winter Wonderland opening in December. We follow the Somerset school holiday timetable.
 
Off peak
First admission: 10am
Last admission: 3pm
Site closes: 4.30pm
We only open at weekends from November to March (excluding February half term, and Winter Wonderland in December).
We also operate off-peak hours from April to October mid-week, and outside of school holidays.
ALWAYS check ahead to avoid disappointment if you are coming off-peak. Please take note of Wookey Hole closure times below.
 
Wookey Hole closure dates
We are closed midweek (Monday – Friday) from 7 November 2022 up to February half term 2023. However during December we are open everyday during the School holidays for Winter Wonderland. Please note we follow the Somerset School Holiday timetable.

Facilities

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            LANGUAGES SPOKEN

              PARKING & TRANSPORT

                PAYMENT METHODS

                  ROOM & UNIT FEATURES

                    SPECIALIST FEATURES

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                        TRAVEL & TRADE

                          WEDDING

                            • Available for wedding receptions

                            • Blue Badge Guides admitted free

                            • Business facilities (eg. Fax/ modem)

                            • Cater for groups

                            • Celebrity connection

                            • Coach parking

                            • Conference facilities

                            • Demonstrations Given

                            • Educational Visits Accepted

                            • Event venue

                            • Facilities for children

                            • Family Fun

                            • Film or TV location

                            • French printed material

                            • German printed material

                            • Gift Shop

                            • Groups accepted

                            • Guide dogs permitted

                            • Guided Tours Compulsory for Groups

                            • Guided Tours Compulsory for Individuals

                            • Haunted

                            • In countryside

                            • Indoor Attraction

                            • Licenced for civil marriages

                            • Maestro accepted

                            • Marketed towards children

                            • Marketed towards families

                            • Marketed towards senior citizens

                            • MasterCard accepted

                            • Min group size

                            • Of historic, literary or architectural interest

                            • On Bus Route

                            • On site parking

                            • On-Site café/restaurant

                            • Open All Year

                            • Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors

                            • Picnic Site

                            • Shop

                            • Special group rates

                            • Sterling Travellers Cheques accepted

                            • TIC Staff Admitted Free

                            • Toilets

                            • Toilets for disabled visitors

                            • Village Location

                            • Visa accepted

                            Road Directions

                            Leave the M5 at junction 22 and follow the brown and white tourist signs for about 18 miles via Axbridge and Cheddar to Wells.

                            If coming from Bath, take the A39 to Wells.

                             


                            Contact

                            Wookey Hole Caves & Attractions
                            Wookey Hole
                            Wells
                            BA5 1BB
                            United Kingdom


                            T: (01749) 672243

                            F: (01749) 677749

                            E: witch@wookey.co.uk

                            W: wookey.co.uk

                            Facebook: @WookeyHole

                            Twitter: @WookeyHole



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