Greensett Cave

Greensett Cave is a cave in Dent, Westmorland and Furness, England. Greensett Cave is situated nearby to the lake Greensett Moss, as well as near the waterfall High Force.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whernside and Ribblehead Viaduct.

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.

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 2 miles southeast of Greensett 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 2½ miles southeast of Greensett Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stone House and Cowgill.

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 2½ miles northeast of Greensett Cave.

Cowgill

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cowgill is a village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and is located 9 miles south east of Sedbergh. Cowgill is situated 3 miles north of Greensett Cave.

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 3 miles south of Greensett Cave.

Greensett Cave

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Dent, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.23472° or 54° 14′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.38883° or 2° 23′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C6V6JM6+VF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9443465166

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Greensett Moss and High Force.

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