Skirwith Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Skirwith Cave
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#66 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Skirwith Cave is a major resurgence solutional cave on Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England; it was a show cave between 1964 and 1974. It is no longer open to the public but is still visited by cavers. It lies within the designated Ingleborough Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Discovered: 1934Length: 3281 ftCoordinates: 54°9'32"N, 2°26'47"W

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Skirwith Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gaping Gill, White Scar Cave, Ingleborough, Ingleton Pottery.

2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
68 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.
0.5 miN
Natural attraction, Cave, Park
White Scar Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
14 min walk • 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.
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Flat-topped peak with fortress ruins
Ingleborough, Settle
52 min walk • 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.
1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Shopping
Ingleton Pottery, Yorkshire Dales National Park
27 min walk • Ingleton Waterfalls Trail is a well-known circular trail beginning and ending in the village of Ingleton in the English county of North Yorkshire, now maintained by the Ingleton Scenery Company.
2.9 miN
Cave
Jingling Pot, Yorkshire Dales
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2.5 miNW
Cave
Swinsto Cave, Yorkshire Dales
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2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Bar Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Flood Entrance Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
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2.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rowten Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St Oswald's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
38 min walk • St Oswald's Church is in the village of Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven and the Diocese of Leeds.
2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Aquamole Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
75 min walk • 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.