Plan Your Visit

Your guided tour will take you back to a time when the cave was home to ancient humans, sheltering from extreme weather, making fires, shaping tools and hunting prehistoric Ice Age animals. As you walk easily through the extensive labyrinth of caverns, you will experience a moment of total darkness, and be surrounded by 400 million-year-old rocks and spectacular cave formations.

Kents Cavern is open all year, close to secluded beaches and coastal walks. It is one of Britain's few prehistoric heritage attractions and is conveniently situated in the heart of the UNESCO Global Geopark.

MAIN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:

Access into the caves is with a guide.
Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour begins.
Tickets should be pre-purchased online.
Walk-up tickets may be available but are less likely at busy periods (school holidays).
Warm clothing and sensible footwear are advised. The caves are a consistent 14 degrees all year round.
The Woodland Trail can be visited before or after the tour, and is included in your ticket price.
Dogs can come on-site but are not allowed in the caves or in the Woodlands.

TICKETS & PRICES

Accessibility

Kents Cavern is a relatively easy walk, with mostly flat concrete surfaces and only 9 shallow steps. There is plenty of headroom and best of all no stooping!

Over 7 million people have enjoyed visiting Kents Cavern since 1880, but because this is an underground space we do ask all visitors to take care when visiting the caves as the walls, paths and ceilings are not straight.

Sensible footwear should be worn, and please note that the caves stay at a constant 14 degrees all year round.

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Dog friendly café at Kents Cavern, Torquay

Food & Drink

Overlooking the beautiful Ilsham Valley, the Kents Cavern café offers a varied menu. Traditional Devon Cream Teas, bacon rolls, pasties, paninis and sandwiches as well specialist coffees and teas, and refreshing cold drinks.

As a Gold Winner in Devon Taste of the West, fresh, local and quality food is important to us. That’s why the café is popular amongst locals as well as visitors to the caves.

Kents Cavern Café

Children in gift shop | Kents Cavern, Torquay

Gifts and Souvenirs

As you exit the caves, you will walk through our gift shop, stocked with plenty of unique gifts and souvenirs.

You can take home your very own Maverick the Mammoth and his prehistoric friends teddies, as a cuddly reminder of the Ice Age Animals you’ll see in the Woodland Trail.

Or discover our fantastic range of Kents Cavern branded souvenirs, including glasses, pin badges, stationery and more!

It is important to us to support local suppliers as much as possible. We use recycled paper sources, recycle relevant waste and operate a sustainable purchasing policy.

Gifts and Souvenirs

Explore Kents Cavern

Tour guide and child | Kents Cavern, Devon

Caves

Be surrounded by 400 million-year-old rocks and spectacular stalagmites and stalactites.

Discover our caves

Mammoth coffee art | Kents Cavern, Torquay

Food and Drink

Overlooking the beautiful Ilsham Valley, the Kents Cavern café offers a varied menu.

View the cafe

Mammoth and children at Kents Cavern | Devon

Woodland Trail

Our woodland trail is where you can find plenty of things to do for all ages.

Explore the Woods

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How to find us

Cavern House,
91 Ilsham Road, Torquay,
Devon TQ1 2JF

+44 1803 215 136

[email protected]

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Testimonials

baz867

Well, this was a real find and we had a wonderful time.

Sue

Absolutely super visit, and our guide Noah was outstanding and so knowledgeable.

Jo D

Brilliant tour around stunning caves in Torquay. Fab day out for the family.

HolidayPenguin

The guide was informative and fun with the right mix of history and facts along the way. Would recommend.

carolinemhill321

Can't recommend enough. Its an excellent place, suitable for adults and children. Go and see for yourselves, you won't regret it.

Keith G

An amazing experience and a must if you’re in the area. Very easy to walk around only a few steps. Definitely visit again and tell friends and family.