Beer Quarry Caves, Beer, East |Devon, UK
Beer Quarry Caves, nr. Seaton, Devon, UK. with John Scott
Beer Quarry Caves, Quarry Lane, Beer - East Devon
The caves are open every day until Friday 31st October 2014.
2014 Times and prices
Open daily at 10.00 am. From 7th April Until the end of September tours are every hour on the half hour e.g. 10.30, 11.30 - Last tour 4.30 pm
October Tours are 10.30, 12.30 & 2.30.
Admission - Adult £7.00.
Child 5 to 16 years and Senior Citizen £5.20. Family 2 adults + 2 Children £22.00.
Under 5's FREE.
Useful Facts
Onsite Car Parking is Free
The caves are cool even on a warm day and a warm top with sensible footwear is advisable
There is no crawling required, height varies from 13 to 20 feet (4 to 6 metres).
Regrettably the path to the cave entrance is impractical for wheelchairs
Unfortunately dogs are NOT permitted underground.
Light refreshments and souvenirs available.
Location - Between Beer and Branscombe
Many of us marvel at the intricacy of stonemasons' work on numerous stately buildings, cathedrals and churches. But do we ever stop to consider where the stone came from and the history of the excavation behind it?
News - Macbeth at the Caves
Macbeth For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth the Four of Swords Theatre performed Macbeth at the caves in May 2014. Tickets quickly sold out and there may be further performances later. See for more information. Click for Further info or Photo's by Matt Austin
Conducted Underground Tours
Our guides will take you on an hour long tour through the awe-inspiring caves with their mighty halls of vaulted roofs and pillars of Beer Stone which have been likened to a vast underground cathedral.
This vast man-made complex of underground caverns was created by centuries of quarrying the famous Beer Stone. The underground quarry, first worked by the Romans, supplied stone for 24 cathedrals including Exeter and St.Paul's, parts of Westminster Abbey,the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle. Quarried by hand, a small block weighing 4 tons, the stone was carted on horse-drawn wagons and by barges from Beer beach to its destination, sometimes involving journeys of several hundreds of miles. The quarry closed around 1920 as a new quarry opposite was opened. This closed in 2003, so there is no quarrying activity now.
Your Journey through Time
The entrance leads directly into the Roman section, which now houses a small museum containing pieces of Beer stone carved centuries ago by skilled masons, the tools used by the Quarrymen, copies of ancient documents and photographs. A late medieval Beer stone window forms the centrepiece of the museum. From this very chamber the Romans quarried the first blocks of Beer Stone to build their villas, leaving typical Roman arches and even their tool-marks are still visible on the walls. On through the Saxon part of the workings to where the Normans quarried stone for cathedrals, castles and Manor houses. You will then get to the modern era, where saws replaced pickaxe's as the main cutting out tool.
The sheer grandeur of the mighty halls, vaulted roofs and massive supporting pillars of natural stone are awe- inspiring and have often been likened to a vast underground cathedral. As you pass through you will be shown the charcoal signatures of the quarrymen who toiled here years ago and places where bats - mostly greater or lesser horseshoe hibernate during the winter months.
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BEERQUARRYCAVES
One of my first 'explores'. this is when you realise that exploring alone isnt always the wisest plan. Needless to say , i didnt go in alone, but could clearly see a way in, one obvious, one not so much... Oh, and the alarm, and the fact that there was a shoot going on nearby, definitely felt the buzz that day ;)
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Speed x4
Music:
Tobu - Seven [NCS Release]
Car:
Toyota Yaris S (2014)
Camera:
GoPro Hero 4 Silver Edition.
Beer & Seaton, Devon - from the nude beach to Beer
Seaton & Beer beach front - a complete panoramic span from one side of the beach to the other. The beach does not connect each town, however, a coastal path gives access with superb stunning views of the World Heritage Jurassic coastline. The area at the very first scene shot of the film is extremely remote and sometimes frequented by nude sunbathers. Seaton, Beer and Lyme Regis are all my local beaches and I've also made a stunning Lyme Regis film viewed here -
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Bike Ride - Beer Caves to Beer Beach 2015
A record of Beer from the Caves to Beer Beach in 2015
Beer , Devon
Beer is a pretty coastal village that grew up around a smugglers' cove and caves which were once used to store contraband goods. These are now part of the attraction of the village. Many of the buildings are faced with flint, a hard glassy stone found in the local chalk rock.
Boats are winched up the beach as there is no harbour, and fresh fish is sold nearby. Nowadays small electrically driven winches using steel cables or tractors are located on the beach to haul boats in. Higher up is an old manual capstan operated by up to 20 men, now disused.
A WW2 pillbox is located close to the Western side of the beach exit, somewhat disguised by the stonework, the slits are still visible.
The shape of the coastline allowed local seafarers to operate in weather conditions when other towns could not, as it is protected from the prevailing westerly winds by Beer Head and the chalk cliffs which are the furthest outcrop of limestone on the SW coast.
Filmed with a DJI Phantom Quadcopter , GoPrp Hero3 Black camera and a cheap no brand name brushless gimbal.
Filmed at 1080p , 60fps.
Beer & Seaton
Beer and Seaton in Devon by canoe. 27/03/2015
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Pecorama (Beer Heights Railway) and Seaton Devon England
Beer Heights Railway, model trains and miniature steam engines with beautiful gardens, then on to Seaton seafront
Beer Village Promotional Video
Short promotional video about the village of Beer in Devon on the Jurassic Coast.
Beer, Devon's best-kept secret.
Scuba Diving in Beer east devon 2018
Shore diving off beer beach in east devon, nice sheltered beach protected by beer head,
Multiple reefs approx 100yrds off shore at high tide there is on site parking on the beach and also you can get cylinder fills from the local dive shop that is 150 meters from the beach up the hill past the car park next to the anchor hotel
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Places to see in ( Beer - UK )
Places to see in ( Beer - UK )
Beer is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village faces Lyme Bay and is a little over one mile west of the town of Seaton. The village is situated on the 95-mile long Jurassic Coast, England's first natural World Heritage Site. Its picturesque cliffs, including Beer Head, form part of the South West Coast Path.
Beer is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time it was located within Colyton hundred and had 28 households. Its name is not derived from the drink, but from the Old English word bearu, meaning grove and referring to the original forestation that surrounded the village.
Historically, the main sources of income for the village include fishing and lace production. Boats are winched up the beach as there is no harbour, and fresh fish is sold nearby. Nowadays small electrically driven winches using steel cables or tractors are located on the beach to haul boats in. Higher up is an old manual capstan operated by up to 20 men, now disused. A brook winds its way in an open conduit alongside the main road down to the sea.
Nowadays, the sources of income are mainly tourism and fishing. Beer is also the home of the Pecorama (run by the Peco model railway manufacturer), which includes pleasure gardens and the Beer Heights Light Railway. Beer has a steep pebble beach. This makes walking on the beach difficult. Long rubber mats — actually recycled conveyor belts — are laid down to assist walkers.
Beer is home to a cave complex, the Beer Quarry Caves, resulting from the quarrying of Beer stone. This stone has been prized since Roman times, because of its workability for carving and for its gentle yellow colour on exposure to air. Beer stone was used in the construction of 24 cathedrals around the UK, including Exeter Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral, and was also used in the building of Christchurch Cathedral, St.Louis. Missouri, USA. Bovey House, an Elizabethan manor house, is a mile inland. Starre House, the oldest house in Beer is built using the local Beer stone that has been quarried since Roman times.
Bacteria taken from cliffs at Beer on the south coast were launched to the International Space Station in 2008. The Beer microbes were placed on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Technology Exposure Facility and were sent up still sitting on, and in, small chunks of cliff rock from the Jurassic Coast. After 553-days they found that many were still alive. The survivors are now reproducing in a laboratory. This was part of an experiment to study the survival of microbes (which naturally live on the stone) in extreme conditions.
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