Heron Pot
Heron Pot is a cave in Leck, Lancaster, England. Heron Pot is situated nearby to the peak Stephenson’s Hill, as well as near the heath High Brown Hill Pasture.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yordas Cave and Aquamole Pot.
Yordas Cave
Cave
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yordas Cave is a solutional cave in Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It has been renowned since the eighteenth century as a natural curiosity, and was a show cave during the nineteenth century. Yordas Cave is situated 2,600 feet west of Heron Pot.
Aquamole Pot
Cave
Aquamole Pot is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was originally discovered by cave divers who negotiated 168 metres of sump passage from Rowten Pot in 1974, to enter a high aven above the river passage. Aquamole Pot is situated 1 mile southwest of Heron Pot.
Rowten Pot
Cave
Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.
Rowten Pot is one of several entrances into the 27-kilometre long cave system that drains Kingsdale in North Yorkshire, England. Its entrance is a shaft some 27 metres long, 10 metres wide, and at the southern end 72 metres deep. Rowten Pot is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Heron Pot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chapel-le-Dale and Scar End.
Chapel-le-Dale
Hamlet
Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a valley of the same name, and was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Chapel-le-Dale is situated 2 miles southeast of Heron Pot.
Scar End
Hamlet
Scar End is a settlement on the side of Twisleton Scar in the English county of North Yorkshire. This Scar itself is the end of a spur running westwards from Whernside, one of the Three Peaks, towards Ingleton, North Yorkshire, and the beds of limestone project to a height of 120 metres above sea level. Scar End is situated 2½ miles south of Heron Pot.
Ingleton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ingleton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is 17 miles from Kendal and 17 miles from Lancaster on the western side of the Pennines. Ingleton is situated 4 miles south of Heron Pot.
Heron Pot
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Leck, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.20691° or 54° 12′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.44067° or 2° 26′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C6V6H45+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 268105239OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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