Thistle Cave

Thistle Cave is a cave in Ingleton, Craven District, England. Thistle Cave is situated near the cave Runscar, as well as near Roger Kirk Spring.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ribblehead Viaduct and Ribblehead railway station.

Ribblehead Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Michael Bryan, CC BY 2.0.

The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. Ribblehead Viaduct is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Thistle Cave.

Ribblehead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ulleskelf, Public domain.

Ribblehead is a railway station which serves the area of Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. Ribblehead railway station is situated 2,500 feet south of Thistle Cave.

Whernside

Peak

Photo: Cyberdemon007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. Whernside is situated 2 miles northwest of Thistle Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel-le-Dale and Selside.

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 2½ miles southwest of Thistle Cave.

Selside

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selside is a small village in Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles north west of Horton in Ribblesdale. Selside was mentioned, in the form Selesat, in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Roger of Poitou. Selside is situated 3 miles southeast of Thistle Cave.

Stone House

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone House is a locality in the civil parish of Dent, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, It is at Dent Head, on the River Dee to the south-east of Cowgill and to the north-west of Newby Head. Stone House is situated 4 miles north of Thistle Cave.

Thistle Cave

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Ingleton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.21245° or 54° 12′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.36333° or 2° 21′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C6V6J6P+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6895943995

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Runscar and Roger Kirk Spring.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ribblehead Locomotive Depot and Brickworks and Ribblehead Viaduct.

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