Lancaster Hole

Lancaster Hole is a cave in Casterton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Lancaster Hole is situated nearby to the cave Cow Pot, as well as near Mistral Hole.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Long Drop Cave and Death’s Head Hole.

Long Drop Cave

Cave

Long Drop Cave is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into Death's Head Hole, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Long Drop Cave is situated 1 mile south of Lancaster Hole.

Death’s Head Hole

Cave

Photo: Langcliffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 64-metre deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Death’s Head Hole is situated 1 mile south of Lancaster Hole.

Rumbling Hole

Cave

Rumbling Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 50-metre deep fenced shaft, and it rapidly descends a series of pitches to a low aqueous passage that has been connected to Lost Johns' Cave. Rumbling Hole is situated 1 mile southeast of Lancaster Hole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masongill and Kirkby Lonsdale.

Masongill

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Masongill is a small community on the western edge of the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village, in the Yorkshire Dales, lies near the border of Lancashire to the west, and the nearby hamlet of Ireby. Masongill is situated 3½ miles south of Lancaster Hole.

Kirkby Lonsdale

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirkby Lonsdale is a town in Cumbria in northwest England, with a population of 2000 in 2021. It's best known for Devil's Bridge, the ancient crossing over the River Lune.

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 4 miles southeast of Lancaster Hole.

Lancaster Hole

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Casterton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.22107° or 54° 13′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.51676° or 2° 31′ 0″ west

Open location code

9C6V6FCM+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 554858725

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cow Pot and Mistral Hole.

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