Bar Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Bar Pot
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave, Top attraction

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Bar Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system being located about 340 metres south of Gaping Gill Main Shaft, on Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales. It is a popular entrance into the system, being one of the easiest, driest, and having just two vertical pitches to contend with. It lies within the designated Ingleborough Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Discovered: 1949Length: 899 ftDepth: 341 ftCoordinates: 54°8'47"N, 2°22'53"W

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Yorkshire Dales National Park United Kingdom

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Bar Pot – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gaping Gill, Ingleborough Cave, Flood Entrance Pot, Juniper Gulf.

~1150 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
6 min walk • Gaping Gill is a natural cave in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the unmistakable landmarks on the southern slopes of Ingleborough – a 98-metre deep pothole with the stream Fell Beck flowing into it.
0.8 miS
Natural attraction, Cave, Park
Ingleborough Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
20 min walk • Ingleborough Cave is a show cave close to the village of Clapham in North Yorkshire, England adjacent to where the water from Gaping Gill resurges. That part of the cave which is open to the public follows a fossil gallery for some 500 metres. The passage is spacious, and well decorated with stalagmitic formations.
~260 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Flood Entrance Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
2 min walk • Flood Entrance Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system located about 300 metres south of Gaping Gill Main Shaft.
1.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Juniper Gulf, Yorkshire Dales National Park
28 min walk • Juniper Gulf is a pit cave in on the side of Ingleborough in Yorkshire, England. It is a popular single rope technique trip for cavers, especially known for its final 50-metre pitch.
~980 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Disappointment Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
5 min walk • Disappointment Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system, located in a steep grassy shakehole some 120 metres south-east of Gaping Gill Main Shaft.
~1250 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Stream Passage Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
7 min walk • Stream Passage Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill system being located about 320 metres ESE of Gaping Gill Main Shaft. It is a popular and sporting entrance into the system, featuring three well-watered big shafts.
~1270 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rat Hole, Yorkshire Dales National Park
7 min walk • Rat Hole is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system, located in the north bank of Fell Beck 30 metres upstream of Gaping Gill Main Shaft.
~1190 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Jib Tunnel, Yorkshire Dales National Park
6 min walk • Jib Tunnel, also known as Lateral Passage is one of the entrances into the Gaping Gill cave system, located behind a large boulder in the north bank of Fell Beck adjacent to Gaping Gill Main Shaft.

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Which popular attractions are close to Bar Pot?

Nearby attractions include Flood Entrance Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park (2 min walk), Disappointment Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park (5 min walk), Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales National Park (6 min walk), Jib Tunnel, Yorkshire Dales National Park (6 min walk).