Northern Caves Index

Note that only caves listed in the current book (Three Counties System and the North-West) are listed here.

Cave Area NGR Elevation Length Depth  
Howgill Sink Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67218043 292 m 137 m 12 m
Howk 1 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY31843978 185 m 9 m
Howk 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY31863977 180 m 4.5 m
Howk 3 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY31863977 176 m 12 m
Howk 4 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY31863977 176 m 9 m
Howler Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67208041 307 m 10 m 6 m
Hugh's Moss Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78879011 503 m 1.10 km
Humble Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67067914 347 m 4.5 m
Humphrey Head Slip Cave 1 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD39047366 5 m 13 m
Humphrey Head Slip Cave 2 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD39047366 8 m 6 m
Humphrey Head Slip Cave 3 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD39047366 8 m 16 m
Hunts Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68887571 325 m 10 m 8 m
Ibbeth Peril Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74108643 181 m 1.40 km 23 m
Ibbeth Peril Cave 2 Dentdale Dentdale SD74098642 181 m 650 m 18 m
Illusion Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70007625 285 m
Ingheads Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD77339067 271 m 8 m
Innominate Hole Dentdale Dentdale SD74408462 492 m 140 m
Innominate Sink Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67518047 327 m 33 m
Ireby 0.5 Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67357732 396 m 40 m 15 m
Ireby Fell Cavern Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67357732 396 m 6.20 km 112 m
Ireby Main Sink Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67367733 394 m 35 m
It's a Cracker Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67137836 367 m 213 m 110 m
Jamie's Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79568868 572 m 6 m 17 m
Javelin Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66168117 291 m 5 m 9 m
Jingling Caves West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69887837 378 m 375 m
Jingling Pot Brough Brough NY80950410 510 m 9 m
Jingling Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69907837 370 m 61 m 67 m
Jingling Sike Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78809661 404 m 305 m
Joe Hole Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD45288657 125 m 6 m
Kail Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68767687 396 m 17 m
Kango Hole Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66717836 320 m 24 m 16 m
Keer Wood Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD56217546 89 m 20 m
Keld Beck Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD77668702 515 m 1.00 km
Keld Head West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69587656 253 m 8.10 km 35 m
Keld Head Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY73800215 275 m 82 m
Keld Hole Mallerstang Mallerstang NY78530255 260 m 20 m
Keld Nook Cave West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69247674 366 m 9 m 4 m
Keld Nook Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69187677 372 m 8 m
Keld Scar Cave West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69567679 303 m 6 m
Kents Bank Cavern Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD39087586 40 m 24 m
Kiln Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD66918448 267 m 23 m 8 m
King Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70797737 378 m 5.66 km 125 m
Kingsdale Head Cave Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD70857948 302 m 76 m
Kirk Bank Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73058701 326 m 557 m 21 m
Kirk Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66268019 250 m 550 m 67 m
Kirkhead Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD39097566 35 m 13 m
Kirtle Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66318171 305 m 12 m 9 m
Kitchen Gill Valley Pot 2 Brough Brough NY80430419 490 m 12 m
Kitten Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73578616 156 m 15 m
Knock Fell Caverns Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY71843085 762 m 4.50 km
Lady Blue's Underwater Fantasy Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD71889736 229 m 450 m
Lady Lowther's Well Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY75460347 300 m 1.2 m
Lamb Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD67997706 382 m 12 m 17 m
Lamb Trap Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78868983 528 m 10 m
Lamonby Swallet Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY40243537 295 m 38 m 8 m
Lancaster Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66408072 293 m 15.06 km 78 m
Lara Croft's Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69479148 163 m 13 m
Large Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68227685 398 m 2.97 km 122 m
Leck Beck Head East Flood Rising Ease Gill Ease Gill SD65968002 215 m 37 m
Leck Beck Head Main Rising Ease Gill Ease Gill SD65948000 213 m 150 m 24 m
Leck Beck Head West Flood Rising Ease Gill Ease Gill SD65958002 215 m 26 m
Ledge Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73738626 173 m 6 m
Levens Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48428572 8 m 27 m
Levitation Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD70577903 308 m 27 m 11 m
Linglow Pot Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY65021199 312 m 4.5 m 6 m
Link Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66858035 279 m 4.09 km 60 m
Little Demon Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70607680 390 m 4.5 m 4.5 m
Little Dun Fell Pot 1 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY69753301 729 m 5 m 8 m
Little Dun Fell Pot 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY69773299 735 m 2 m 4 m
Little Dun Fell Pot 3 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY69763295 720 m 6 m
Little Hole Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY76432316 453 m 18 m
Little Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68237685 398 m 42 m 27 m
Little Scar Gill Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD80788844 561 m 6.5 m
Lockin Garth Cave 1 Dentdale Dentdale SD72248378 245 m 6 m
Lockin Garth Cave 2 Dentdale Dentdale SD72228376 252 m 6 m
Long Drop Cave Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66977917 351 m 283 m 82 m
Loophole Barbondale Barbondale SD66698397 250 m 9 m
Lord's Top Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70647721 378 m 364 m 60 m
Lost Johns' Cave Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67077864 354 m 6.00 km 145 m
Lost Marbles Entrance Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68017707 383 m 198 m
Lost Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67107839 368 m 68 m
Lost Pot Sink Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67107839 368 m 40 m 12 m
Low Douk Cave Marble Steps Marble Steps SD67767679 335 m 1.04 km 82 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 1 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD75439994 520 m 15 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 2 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD753999 520 m 5 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 3 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD75339991 520 m 12 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 4 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD75009974 520 m 25 m 8 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 5 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74959971 520 m 9 m 4.5 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 6 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74789953 515 m 5 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 7 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD747995 520 m 9 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 8 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74639934 506 m 35 m 14 m
Low Greenrigg Pot 9 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74619932 500 m 5 m
Low Hall Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD70438753 138 m 300 m
Lower Brown Hills Cave Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD713793 320 m 46 m
Lower Kirk Cave 1 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66077998 217 m 8 m
Lower Kirk Cave 10 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66097999 228 m 8 m
Lower Kirk Cave 11 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66077999 223 m 18 m
Lower Kirk Cave 2 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66097997 217 m 5 m
Lower Kirk Cave 3 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66097997 217 m 8 m
Lower Kirk Cave 4 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66107997 217 m 12 m
Lower Kirk Cave 5 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66107997 220 m 12 m
Lower Kirk Cave 6 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66107997 227 m 15 m
Lower Kirk Cave 7 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66117998 217 m 8 m
Lower Kirk Cave 8 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66117998 217 m 5 m
Lower Kirk Cave 9 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66097999 218 m 12 m
Lower Pate Hole Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY67791250 195 m 24 m
Lower Scythe Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74308650 188 m 6 m
Lower Stone Rigg Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD68008629 285 m 6 m
Lyth Valley Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD45068976 41 m 205 m
Maize Beck Cave 1 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74892691 580 m 10 m
Maize Beck Cave 1a Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74892690 580 m 5 m
Maize Beck Cave 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74882690 580 m 5 m
Maize Beck Cave 3 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74872692 580 m 32 m
Maize Beck Cave 4 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74862694 580 m 22 m
Maize Beck Cave 5 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74862697 580 m 5 m
Maize Beck Oxbow Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74892693 580 m 5 m
Mammary Pot Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD45508792 34 m 10 m 6 m
Maple Leaf Dig Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66938055 322 m 9 m
Marble Steps Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD67997707 382 m 1.13 km 132 m
Marble Steps Wet Entrance Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68017706 381 m
Mask Hill Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY69340725 287 m 9 m
Mearley Quarry Cave Bowland Bowland SD77414097 230 m 13 m
Meridian Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66447922 315 m 45 m 25 m
Merlewood Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD41177886 47 m 9 m
Merlin Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67128037 312 m 5 m 6 m
Micromesh Cave Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY76350189 415 m 25 m
Midas West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD70557903 313 m 20 m 8 m
Midnight Hole 1 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD512683 99 m 48 m 16 m
Midnight Hole 2 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD511683 85 m 26 m 9 m
Midsummer Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78898812 581 m 12 m
Mill Beck Flood Sink Dentdale Dentdale SD70128696 162 m 10 m 2 m
Mill Beck Sink Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD70128696 165 m 561 m 28 m
Millhead Cave 1 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD49847146 15 m 8 m
Millhead Cave 2 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD49847148 15 m 9 m
Millrace Cave Brough Brough NY77300745 183 m 110 m
Miners' Cave Scales Moor Scales Moor SD72437653 270 m 76 m 18 m
Mini Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD71247741 384 m 3 m
Minor Rift East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70307644 381 m 6 m
Mir Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66248020 252 m 5 m
Misery Pot Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD23477273 84 m 76 m 15 m
Mitochondrion Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD82089025 534 m 9 m
Moor Pot Sinks Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY76810242 389 m 10 m
Moota Swallet Other Areas Other Areas NY16813735 179 m 4 m
Moral High Chair Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66198070 301 m 8 m
Mothering Sunday Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68347677 399 m 8 m
Mousegill Cave Brough Brough NY85251190 425 m 150 m
Nameless Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73198619 152 m 30 m
Nameless Cave 2 Dentdale Dentdale SD73198619 152 m 6 m
Natland Mud Mines Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD51328948 32 m 17 m
Needlehouse Gill Cave Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73999724 409 m 512 m
Needlehouse Gill Rising Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73899724 395 m 20 m
Needs a Name Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78918816 580 m 6 m
Nelly Bridge Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74168645 190 m 25 m
Nether Hall Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD43658458 58 m 12 m
Nettle Brow Pot 1 Mallerstang Mallerstang SD76179445 425 m 5 m
Nettle Brow Pot 2 Mallerstang Mallerstang SD76159448 430 m 10 m
Nettle Brow Pot 3 Mallerstang Mallerstang SD76119445 425 m 5 m
Nettle Brow Pot 4 Mallerstang Mallerstang SD76049447 425 m 6 m 4 m
Nettle Pot Dentdale Dentdale SD69378734 162 m 800 m 30 m
New Cave Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67628067 318 m 122 m
New Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69257741 381 m 11 m
New Rift Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66847851 340 m 5 m
New Slit Sinks Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67668069 319 m 58 m 12 m
Nicnac Sink Dentdale Dentdale SD75168400 512 m 37 m 4 m
Nippikin Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66768011 323 m 15 m 55 m
Nirvana Dentdale Dentdale SD73798628 174 m 1.60 km
No Link Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73988621 189 m 9 m
Norma's Dig Scales Moor Scales Moor SD72157730 379 m 20 m
North End Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68307652 395 m 110 m 48 m
North End Quarry Cave Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68067673 372 m 8 m
North Green Cave East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70917703 395 m 12 m 5 m
North Slope Pot 1 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY76090006 515 m 6 m
North Slope Pot 2 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY76150010 518 m 9 m
Notts Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67107780 373 m 1.10 km 115 m
Old Holborn Cave Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67588059 314 m 10 m 4 m
Opposite Hackergill Cave Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73738627 173 m 6 m
Optimistic Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79068645 566 m 18 m
OS Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD72007713 389 m 14 m 10 m
Otter Holes Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD50678634 12 m 300 m
Our Lady's Cave Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66338183 301 m 78 m 30 m
Owert Kilns Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66128123 305 m 22 m 11 m
Owl Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67118039 291 m 9 m 8 m
Owl Tree Hole Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD56027767 206 m 6 m 7 m
Owlet Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66788029 297 m 11 m
Owlet Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70477748 290 m 4.5 m
Owlfinger Hole Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66457899 305 m 8 m 6 m
Oxbow Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74278603 219 m 15 m
Oxford Cave 1 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67558058 317 m 23 m
Oxford Cave 2 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67568055 317 m 46 m
Oxford Cave 3 Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67618052 332 m 21 m 6 m
Oxford Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67538056 314 m 177 m 30 m
PAG Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD71227824 372 m 18 m
Paper Mill Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD49657990 18 m 87 m
Pasture Gill Sink Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77189830 412 m 6 m
Pate Hole Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY67861212 200 m 1.59 km 33 m
Peat Bog Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD71067723 387 m 6 m 4.5 m
Peg Leg Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66328025 259 m 950 m 43 m
Peggles Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72808705 326 m 6 m
Penny Farm Gill Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69839313 215 m 30 m
Penny Farm Gill Cave 2 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69819313 213 m 5 m 2 m

You can use the NGR grid search to find caves within a specific square kilometre. Just select your map sheet and enter the 4-digit grid reference for the square you want on the OS map and the search will show you what caves are within that square.