The People Who Made Caphouse Tour
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The People Who Made Caphouse Tour

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Price
Free
Dates
Thursday 1 February 2024 - Thursday 6 March 2025
Times
10am-11am
Location
Meet at Reception
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Discover the lives of the inventors and innovators that made Caphouse and Hope Colliery. The tour will focus on Jack Inman, Thomas Newcomen, James Watts, Lady Matilda, Richard Trevithick, John Blenkinsop and Emma Lister Kaye.

Explore how problems in mining were solved by brilliant innovations by these people over more than three centuries and how these advances were used here on site.

Easy to moderate, some uneven ground.
Please let us know if you have any access requirements, as the tour can be adapted.
Suitable for 12+
Limited places – book online or call Reception on 01924 848806

Image Credit Mr Firth