Stump Cross Caverns
Stump Cross Caverns is a limestone cave system between Wharfedale and Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. First discovered around 1860 by the Newbold brothers and further explored in the 1920s, the caverns are now open to the public as a commercial tourist attraction.Photo: Simon Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in United Kingdom
- Address: Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parcevall Hall Gardens and Grimwith Reservoir.
Parcevall Hall Gardens
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parcevall Hall, also known as Parceval Hall, and its gardens are located at Skyreholme near Appletreewick village, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. Parcevall Hall Gardens is situated 2 miles southwest of Stump Cross Caverns.
Grimwith Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grimwith Reservoir is located in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It was originally built by the Bradford Corporation as one of eleven reservoirs in the Yorkshire Dales to supply fresh water to Bradford. Grimwith Reservoir is situated 2 miles northwest of Stump Cross Caverns.
St Mary
Church
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary is a church, which is situated 1½ miles east of Stump Cross Caverns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenhow and Trollers Gill.
Greenhow
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm302, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenhow is a village in North Yorkshire, England, often referred to as Greenhow Hill. The term how derives from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill and a mound, so Greenhow literally means 'Green's hill or mound'. Greenhow is situated 1½ miles east of Stump Cross Caverns.
Trollers Gill
Locality
Photo: Jamesfcarter, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Trollers Gill is a limestone gill or gorge in North Yorkshire, England, close to the village of Skyreholme and 4.7 miles south-east of Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales. The gorge, which is 0.5 miles in length, is also known as Trollerdale. Trollers Gill is situated 1½ miles southwest of Stump Cross Caverns.
Skyreholme
Village
Skyreholme is a hamlet in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1-mile east of Appletreewick, in the small side valleys formed by Skyreholme Beck and Blands Beck, which meet in the hamlet to form Fir Beck, a short tributary… Skyreholme is situated 2½ miles southwest of Stump Cross Caverns.
Stump Cross Caverns
- Categories: show cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Appletreewick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.06743° or 54° 4′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.86533° or 1° 51′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6W348M+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 917322017OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7628655
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