Dorking Cave Tours

The caves are open on the 2nd Sunday of each month from March to October and the third Sunday in November.

Take a trip into history - deep underground! The Dorking Caves are one of Surrey's best kept secrets. Carved out of the Lower Greensand, these hidden galleries have been in use for hundreds of years and are the last remaining set of the towns network of caves open to the public. A knowledgeable guide will take you back in time to when the caves were used as wine cellars, showing you dark old passageways all atmospherically lit by candles. You will pass by the old wine bins and several ancient well shafts and see dozens of dates and names carved into the walls, some dating back to 1666. When you have inspected the upper section, your guide will then take you down a long staircase descending 50 feet below street level, to Dorking's very own 'mystery chamber'. There you will hear the various facts and legends about it.

A visit to Dorking Caves is one you will not forget!