Coal Hole
Coal Hole is a cave in Leck, Lancaster, England. Coal Hole is situated nearby to the cave Rumbling Hole, as well as near Rumbling Beck Cave.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.
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 750 feet northwest of Coal Hole.
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 1,300 feet south of Coal Hole.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masongill and Scar End.
Masongill
Hamlet
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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 Coal Hole.
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 Coal 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.
Coal Hole
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Leck, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.20611° or 54° 12′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.50487° or 2° 30′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6V6F4W+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 6919211002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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