A heart-shaped lake in one of the UK’s most loved beauty spots is set to become an underground attraction.
Located in the Lake District, Elterwater Quarry will be getting a new ‘Cavern Explorer’ experience. As part of the attraction, several steel staircases and platforms will be installed across the quarry’s cavern.
The ziplines will then take visitors from one platform to another.
The experience is said to allow visitors to see parts of the cavern that were previously inaccessible.
Other plans for the attraction include ‘The Quarryman’s Viewpoint’, which will offer visitors a place to look out across the Lake District.
There will be a natural history trail, venturing through parts of the nearby countryside as well, and a visitor centre with information boards.
Proposals were first submitted two years ago by Burlington Slate, which owns Elterwater slate mine and Zip World.
In the application, the mine said: “The proposed experience at Elterwater will provide a blend of heritage-based adventure through the caverns and offer a unique immersive experience within an underground mine that dates back to the middle of the 19th century.”
However, the first proposals were rejected; a year later they were resubmitted and approved.
The site of the new attraction is a 40-minute drive from Windermere and an opening date is yet to be revealed.
