Short Drop
Short Drop is a cave in Leck, Lancaster, England. Short Drop is situated nearby to the cave Rift Entrance, as well as near Coal Hole.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rumbling Hole and Long Drop Cave.
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 640 feet northeast of Short Drop.
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 820 feet north of Short Drop.
Lost Johns’ Cave
Cave
Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.
Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England. With its three major vertical routes it is a popular place to practise single-rope technique because of the opportunity for exchange trips. Lost Johns’ Cave is situated 950 feet south of Short Drop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masongill and Scar End.
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 2½ miles south of Short Drop.
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 3 miles southeast of Short Drop.
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.
Short Drop
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Leck, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2051° or 54° 12′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.50693° or 2° 30′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C6V6F4V+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 6919205036OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rift Entrance and Coal Hole.
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