Braithwaite Wife Hole
Braithwaite Wife Hole is a sinkhole in Ingleton, Craven District, England. Braithwaite Wife Hole is situated nearby to the cave Knacker Trapper Hole, as well as near Southerscales Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Douk Cave and Ingleborough.
Great Douk Cave
Cave
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Douk Cave is a shallow cave system lying beneath the limestone bench of Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England. It is popular with beginners and escorted groups, as it offers straightforward caving, and it is possible to follow the cave from where a stream emerges at a small waterfall to a second entrance close to where it sinks 600 yards further up the hill. Great Douk Cave is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Braithwaite Wife Hole.
Ingleborough
Peak
Photo: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ingleborough is the second-highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, and is frequently climbed as part of the Three Peaks walk.
Weathercote Cave
Cave
Photo: Langcliffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weathercote Cave is a natural solutional cave in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England. It has been renowned as a natural curiosity since the eighteenth century, and was accessible to paying visitors until 1971. Weathercote Cave is situated 1 mile north of Braithwaite Wife Hole.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chapel-le-Dale and Selside.
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.
Selside
Hamlet
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Selside is a small village in Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles north west of Horton in Ribblesdale. Selside was mentioned, in the form Selesat, in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Roger of Poitou. Selside is situated 2½ miles east of Braithwaite Wife 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 2½ miles west of Braithwaite Wife Hole.
Braithwaite Wife Hole
- Type: Sinkhole
- Category: landform
- Location: Ingleton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.18106° or 54° 10′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.39478° or 2° 23′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C6V5JJ4+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1015965160OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sinkhole
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