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Accessibility

We're committed to making sure your day at Kents Cavern is as easy, fun and informative as possible. Kents Cavern is the most accessible cave in Britain and visitors of all ages enjoy the caves.  Your visit to an underground world lies just behind the cave door.

We ask all our visitors to please pay attention to the safety briefing at the beginning of the tour. If you think you may require assistance or have any other needs, please inform the ticket desk staff on arrival. All visitors are able to leave the caves at any time, please inform your guide if you wish to leave.

If you're still unsure about visiting, then you can read our access guidelines or find the relevant information below.

The steps at Kents Cavern | Torquay

Access

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.

Disabled Access

There are a few steep gradients of up to 1:4 – 1:5 in the caves, with nine shallow steps and some narrow sections, unfortunately, wheelchairs cannot negotiate past the first chamber of the cave. A film of the cave tour can be viewed in the visitor centre free of charge.

Pushchairs

Standard pushchairs can negotiate around the cave footpath. Double pushchairs and all-terrain pushchairs are too wide to access the caves.

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Assistance Dogs

Assistance Dogs are welcome at Kents Cavern when accompanied by and under the control of their owners.
We reserve the right to refuse entry into the cave for any assistance dog that does not sit or lie quietly next to their owners, wanders freely around the site or fouls on the Kents Cavern premises.

We may ask assistance dog owners to leave the tour if their assistance dog is becoming stressed or agitated by the cave environment.

Caves are often an alien environment for assistance dogs and there may be hazards inside that your dog was not trained to detect. We therefore strongly advise that anyone planning on visiting Kents Cavern with an assistance dog should call us in advance of their visit.

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Visual Story for Kents Cavern, Torquay | Heritage Ability

Parking

There is a car park adjacent to the caves which costs £3 for four hours, payment by cash or card.  Alternatively, you can park outside on the road all year for free.

Lighting

Visitors susceptible to rapid flashing lights should make themselves known to the guide. For the cave environment lighting levels are kept purposely low; there are short spells of total darkness on the tour.

Visual Story

With help from the HeritageAbility project at Living Options Devon, we have put together a visual story to help children and adults with autism to prepare for a visit to Kents Cavern. Click here to download Visual Story or ask for a copy at the ticket desk.

Blind or Visually Impaired Visitors

All our guides are trained on the challenges the cave may present to blind and visually impaired visitors; to make your visit easier. Helmets are not required in the caves but are available on request. A 'touch and feel' session with our tactile box is available free of charge, please enquire at the ticket desk. Private tours can be arranged for groups over ten; to pre-book please call 01803 215 136 or email [email protected].

Deaf or Hearing Impaired Visitors

Download a version of the tour to view on your phone or tablet (we find this works best in the cave), alternatively you can grab one from the ticket desk! You can also watch a BSL version of the tour below, or on a tablet which you can collect at the ticket desk. 

TOILETS

There are no toilets in the caves. Toilet facilities are located at the far end of the cafe. 

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