Honister Slate Mine

What an amazing experience, went on the classic via ferrata £45 and it was well worth the money. Fantastic instructor, Heather, very experienced and knowledgeable about the slate mines and felt very confident climbing in her care. Lovely photos bought and were emailed to us for £20.Very nice cafe, cracking flat white, made with decent coffee, good selection of cakes but also soup, hot pies and hot sandwiches/toasties etc.Toilets in very good condition, car park free with activity ticket otherwise £5 for day and well worth it for access to the local walks.I'd definitely return with my grown up family as there is a list of activities I'd still do plus the slate mine tour underground, £17.50 each, no concessions.Also, if you're lucky, you might see fighter planes on training flight path!

This is a great place to visit & spend the day in the area. As at November 2023 all day parking is £5. Parking is paid for in the Slate Mine shop. There's plenty to do & see, including the famous via ferrata, which I did quite a long time ago. The café is well presented & serves really nice, if not a little expensive, snacks & drinks. The staff were very pleasant too. This is a working mine & you can see what's being made through viewing windows.The mine is situated in an area of the Lake District that has many well known peaks that are easily accessible from where you park. With Derwent Water at one end & Buttermere at the other the drive in is spectacular at all times of the year. Honister Pass can be very dangerous in icy conditions & shouldn't be attempted at all in those conditions due to its steepness, exposure & it being wet most of the year.

Infinity Bridge with Heather and Xtreme Via Ferrata with Andy. Both sessions were amazing; the Infinity Bridge is a great warm-up/taster for Via Ferrata. First pics from Via Ferrata first, last 2 are Infinity BridgeBoth instructors/guides were brilliant and supportive. We had nervous attendees and both instructors were flawless to help and encourage in their own unique way (nobody backed out!). If you're lucky you'll get to catch jets flying through the valley!We hope to come back again for a full day package.The shop is full of great keepsakes and slate products too!

Absolutely stunning backdrop and a well run activity centre. The views from the mine as well as the pass are truley something to take tour breath away. A throughly enjoyable day out. There's so much you can do. From Bungee Jumps, climbing through the cable and zip wire down, the infinity bridge and more. The mine tour is great seeing the cramped conditions people worked in. The restaurant/cafe serves great food and the dinning area is beautiful with solid wood tables and chairs/benches. The gift shop offer plenty of unusual and rare objects made from slate as well as other materials. Staff were amazingly helpful

Can’t recommend enough! We did the adrenaline pass, which included the mine tour, the infinity bridge and the jump. All of it was amazing and we even got to see jets flying through while on the bridge!! Both of our instructors were very friendly and entertaining, they really made the experience! Would 100% recommend it!

Perfect place for break, day out, clean toilets, super b cafe and very nice staff, around lot of places for walk and hiking, big car park for good price. Good advice :-) Please drop price for Americano from £3.20 to £2,50 and will be happy. Stunning place and view point, all area look like Mars or Moon but green :-) Amazing Sunsets and this place must be 1 point to visiting. Honister first and Keswick second! Enjoyed day off. Nice gift shop plus plenty spaces for seating and relaxing after long walk.

Blown away by how great our trip was. We did climb the mine" and it was fab. Sofia

We did the adrenaline package and had Andy as our guide! Andy was very fun and helpful through the entire experience! Going through the mine was so fun but dress warm as it gets down to 8 degrees inside there! Also recommend waterproof pants and shoes as it does get wet down there! Highly recommend and would love to try other activities at Honister the next time I’m in the Lake District!

Was a great experience overall - but be warned, if there's more than three groups of people doing the mine climb (which is what we did) then you'll honestly be spending more than half the time waiting for your go, or, for the person's/people infront of you to finish so you can strap yourself to the next safety point.Great day had regardless - also, alot of crouching through the mine at the very beginning of the tour - which they don't pre-warn you about.