Ray Wright

Founder of Clearwell Caves as a public show mine — opened part of the ancient iron and ochre workings to visitors in 1968 and ran the site until his death in 2015, when his son Jonathan Wright took over.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Clearwell Caves Gloucestershire 1968–2015

Record created: 29 August 2026 · Last researched: 29 August 2026

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