Ingleborough Cave

Ingleborough Cave is a show cave close to the village of Clapham in North Yorkshire, England, adjacent to where the water from Gaping Gill resurges. That part of the cave that is open to the public follows a fossil gallery for some 500 metres.

Photo: Peter Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gaping Gill and Bar Pot.

Gaping Gill

Cave

Photo: Bob Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gaping Gill is a natural cave in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the unmistakable landmarks on the southern slopes of Ingleborough – a 98-metre deep pothole with the stream Fell Beck flowing into it. Gaping Gill is situated 1 mile north of Ingleborough Cave.

Bar Pot

Cave

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bar Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system being located about 340 metres south of Gaping Gill Main Shaft, on Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales. Bar Pot is situated 4,200 feet north of Ingleborough Cave.

Flood Entrance Pot

Cave

Photo: Langcliffe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Flood Entrance Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system located about 300 metres south of Gaping Gill Main Shaft. It was the first alternative entrance into the main system to be explored, and it is now a popular entrance into the system, with a fine 38-metre pitch landing in Gaping Gill's South-East Passage. Flood Entrance Pot is situated 1 mile north of Ingleborough Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clapham and Newby.

Clapham

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Clapham is a village in North Yorkshire, with a population of roughly 600. It's set in the limestone scenery of the Dales, and its main attractions are Ingleborough show cave and the cave complex of Gaping Gill.

Newby

Hamlet

Photo: SIMON PHILLIPS, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newby is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles west of Ingleborough Cave.

Wharfe

Hamlet

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wharfe is a hamlet about a mile north east of the village of Austwick, North Yorkshire, England. Its postcode is LA2 8DQ. The name means 'The bend', The hamlet is the only settlement in Crummackdale, the upper valley of Austwick Beck. Wharfe is situated 2 miles southeast of Ingleborough Cave.

Ingleborough Cave

Type: Cave
Description: cave in United Kingdom
Categories: show cave, tourist attraction, and landform
Location: Austwick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.13508° or 54° 8′ 6″ north

Longitude

-2.37774° or 2° 22′ 40″ west

Elevation

1,322 feet (403 metres)

Open location code

9C6V4JPC+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1383310653

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

GeoNames ID

2646209

Wikidata ID

Q1663064

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ingleborough Cave” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Ingleborough Cave”
Dutch: “Ingleborough Cave”
Egyptian Arabic: “كهف انجليبورو”
French: “Ingleborough Cave”
German: “Ingelborough Cave”
German: “Ingleborough Cave”
Swedish: “Ingleborough Cave”

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