West Sink
West Sink is a cave in Appletreewick, Craven District, England. West Sink is situated nearby to the cave Gamma Pot, as well as near North Pot.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stump Cross Caverns and Grimwith Reservoir.
Stump Cross Caverns
Cave
Photo: Simon Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Stump Cross Caverns is situated 890 feet southeast of West Sink.
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 West Sink.
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 West Sink.
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 West Sink.
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 West Sink.
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 West Sink.
West Sink
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Appletreewick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.06964° or 54° 4′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.86708° or 1° 52′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C6W349M+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 917325424OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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