White Scar Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: White Scar Cave
Address: Low Sleights Road, Yorkshire Dales National Park, LA6 3AW, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15242 41244

#3 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Natural attraction, Cave, Top attraction, Park

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White Scar Caves is a show cave in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England, under Ingleborough in the Chapel-le-Dale valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a solutional resurgence cave formed in Carboniferous limestone, some 6 kilometres long. ()

Discovered: 1923Length: 4.04 miElevation: 827 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°9'57"N, 2°26'30"W

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Low Sleights RoadYorkshire Dales National Park LA6 3AW United Kingdom

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+44 15242 41244

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White Scar Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gaping Gill, Ingleborough, Great Douk Cave, Ingleton Pottery.

2.6 miSE
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