Rumbling Hole, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Rumbling Hole
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#113 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Rumbling Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 50-metre deep fenced shaft, and it rapidly descends a series of pitches to a low aqueous passage that has been connected to Lost Johns' Cave. It is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system that spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. ()

Discovered: 1899Length: 3579 ftDepth: 413 ftCoordinates: 54°12'24"N, 2°30'17"W

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Yorkshire Dales National Park United Kingdom

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Rumbling Hole – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gragareth, Lost Pot, Boxhead Pot, Lost Johns' Cave.

1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gragareth, Yorkshire Dales National Park
26 min walk • Gragareth is a mountain straddling the border between Lancashire and North Yorkshire in England. At 627 metres, its summit is the second highest point in the post-1974 county of Lancashire.
0.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lost Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
12 min walk • Lost Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87 kilometres cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
0.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Boxhead Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
12 min walk • Boxhead Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87 kilometres cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
~1600 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lost Johns' Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
8 min walk • Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England. With its three major vertical routes it is a popular place to practise single-rope technique because of the opportunity for exchange trips.
~360 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Three Counties System, Yorkshire Dales National Park
2 min walk • The Three Counties System is a set of inter-connected limestone solutional cave systems spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire in the north of England.
~1250 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Death's Head Hole, Yorkshire Dales National Park
7 min walk • Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 64-metre deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ease Gill Caverns, Yorkshire Dales National Park
29 min walk • The Ease Gill Cave System is the longest, and most complex cave system in Britain as of 2011, with around 41 miles of passages, including connections only passable by cave diving. It spans the valley between Leck Fell and Casterton Fell. The water resurges into Leck Beck.
1.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ireby Fell Cavern, Yorkshire Dales National Park
29 min walk • Ireby Fell Cavern is a cave system on Ireby Fell, Lancashire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire. It is a segment of the Three Counties System, linking the Rift Pot system to the south with Notts Pot to the north.
0.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Notts Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
21 min walk • Notts Pot is cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England. It is described as 'the most concentrated vertical maze in Britain'.
~770 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Short Drop Cave - Gavel Pot System, Yorkshire Dales National Park
4 min walk • Short Drop Cave and Gavel Pot are different entrances into the same cave system on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. The main top entrance, Short Drop Cave, is a small hole in a fenced off shakehole near the main stream sink; Gavel Pot, a window into the system, is a large fenced shakehole some 40-metre deep requiring tackle to descend.
~640 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Long Drop Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
4 min walk • Long Drop Cave is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into Death's Head Hole, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.

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Which popular attractions are close to Rumbling Hole?

Nearby attractions include Three Counties System, Yorkshire Dales National Park (2 min walk), Long Drop Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park (4 min walk), Short Drop Cave - Gavel Pot System, Yorkshire Dales National Park (4 min walk), Death's Head Hole, Yorkshire Dales National Park (7 min walk).