Braida Garth

Braida Garth is a farm in Thornton in Lonsdale, Craven District, England. Braida Garth is situated near the cave King Pot, as well as near Valley Entrance.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Rowten Pot and Simpson Pot.

Rowten Pot

Cave

Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.

Rowten Pot is one of several entrances into the 27-kilometre long cave system that drains Kingsdale in North Yorkshire, England. Its entrance is a shaft some 27 metres long, 10 metres wide, and at the southern end 72 metres deep. Rowten Pot is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Braida Garth.

Simpson Pot

Cave

Photo: Langcliffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Named after Eli Simpson, Simpson Pot is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It leads into Swinsto Cave and thence into Kingsdale Master Cave, and it is popular with cavers as it is possible to descend it by abseiling down the pitches, retrieving the rope each time, and exiting through Valley Entrance of Kingsdale Master Cave at the base of the hill. Simpson Pot is situated 2,800 feet west of Braida Garth.

Aquamole Pot

Cave

Aquamole Pot is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was originally discovered by cave divers who negotiated 168 metres of sump passage from Rowten Pot in 1974, to enter a high aven above the river passage. Aquamole Pot is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Braida Garth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scar End and Chapel-le-Dale.

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 1½ miles south of Braida Garth.

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 2 miles east of Braida Garth.

Ingleton

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ingleton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is 17 miles from Kendal and 17 miles from Lancaster on the western side of the Pennines. Ingleton is situated 3 miles south of Braida Garth.

Braida Garth

Type: Farm
Address: Westhouse, Ingleton, LA6 3PH
Category: agriculture
Location: Thornton in Lonsdale, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.19348° or 54° 11′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.45495° or 2° 27′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C6V5GVW+92

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204258998

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Braida Garth Wood and King Pot.

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