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  
Penny Farm Gill Cave 3 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69839313 220 m 6 m
Penny Farm Rising Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69799314 213 m 21 m
Perilous Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67127791 377 m 140 m 15 m
Pessimistic Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79278648 570 m 22 m
Peterson Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66707993 314 m 299 m 65 m
Pickwick Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67848080 332 m 10 m 4 m
Picnic Pot Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD71509666 300 m 7 m
Pikes Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD77798712 537 m 5 m 4 m
Pilgrim Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68647700 402 m 5 m 8 m
Pimple Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73108620 150 m 5 m
Pin Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70737752 361 m 11 m
Pinchin Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78818975 534 m 15 m
Pipeline Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD52548922 78 m 600 m
Pippikin Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66808009 326 m 3.20 km 103 m
Pippikin Sink Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66808009 326 m 57 m 28 m
Pirate Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD667783 320 m 15 m
Plantation Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD70457919 355 m 17 m 10 m
Plucka Hill Pot Brough Brough NY84911497 360 m 8 m
Plummet Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78878812 581 m 8 m 6 m
Plumpton Shore Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD31247811 11 m 9 m
Poaka Beck Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD232749 62 m 6 m
Polypod Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD70567627 396 m 8 m
Pool Bank Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD43378772 52 m 40 m 5 m
Pool Sink Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67728073 323 m 1.75 km 54 m
Popple Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73098619 150 m 191 m
Porthole Barbondale Barbondale SD66518322 290 m 30 m 34 m
Pot Black Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66468000 305 m 21 m
Preacher's Cave Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell NY73270041 299 m 250 m 16 m
Previously Enjoyed Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66688000 318 m 43 m 20 m
Primrose Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75759452 428 m 5 m
Race Fold Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78758644 560 m 18 m
Rambling Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD73859563 371 m 6 m
Rapunzel Pot 1 Marble Steps Marble Steps SD69017669 373 m 4.5 m
Rapunzel Pot 2 Marble Steps Marble Steps SD69037670 373 m 20 m 38 m
Raven's Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD457851 137 m 5 m
Rawthey Cave Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD71879736 227 m 250 m
Rawthey Cave North Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD71889737 230 m 26 m
Razor Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70637726 372 m 6 m
Rebar Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67838079 331 m 11 m 6 m
Rebuff Cave East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70627662 396 m 12 m
Red Cave West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69457764 384 m 37 m
Redundancy Hole Scales Moor Scales Moor SD72367660 311 m 18 m
Remembrance Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70947758 378 m 29 m
Rescue Pot 1 East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD703767 348 m 6 m
Rescue Pot 2 East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD703767 348 m 6 m
Rift Entrance Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67037887 354 m 100 m
Rift Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD67907689 365 m 2.42 km 101 m
Rigg End Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71497718 393 m 4 m
Roaring Rift Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79518861 575 m 22 m
Robin's Dub Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72368381 226 m 426 m
Robin's Dub Rising Dentdale Dentdale SD72648445 197 m 25 m
Rocky Hole Scales Moor Scales Moor SD710768 396 m 6 m
Roland Rat's Hole Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68977543 300 m 80 m
Root Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD66988514 224 m 9 m
Root Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72968618 153 m 37 m
Rooting Gill Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD81799033 506 m 6 m
Rooting Gill Head Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD81749036 500 m 8 m
Rooting Gill Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD81759022 532 m 6 m
Rosy Sink Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67538055 313 m 45 m 9 m
Roudsea Wood Cave (North) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD33178263 6 m 140 m
Roudsea Wood Cave (South) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD33248255 5 m 490 m
Rough Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67087862 351 m 130 m 55 m
Rowan Tree Rift Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67798077 333 m 17 m
Rowantree Cove Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78639834 446 m 12 m
Rowantree Rift Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78978820 579 m 12 m
Rowell Gill Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD67398554 252 m 7 m 9 m
Rowell Gill Holes Barbondale Barbondale SD674856 253 m 6 m 6 m
Rowten Caves West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69727802 372 m 290 m
Rowten Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69827800 363 m 259 m 105 m
Rumbling Beck Cave Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67167912 357 m 106 m 9 m
Rumbling Hole Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67117911 351 m 814 m 123 m
Ruskin Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD67498537 282 m 12 m 6 m
Safari Cave Marble Steps Marble Steps SD69187534 275 m 14 m
Samson's Pot Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD44768595 185 m 10 m
Sandy Hill South Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD82369011 543 m 6 m 5 m
Sandy Hill South Pot 2 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD82369011 543 m 6 m
Sandy Hill West Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD82149024 535 m 12 m
Scales Farm Swallet Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY38173330 305 m 14 m 10 m
Scales Moor Cave Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71857706 389 m 30 m 30 m
Scales Moor Cave 2 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71867703 384 m 8 m
Scales Moor Mine Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71347710 396 m 40 m 23 m
Scales Moor Pot 1 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71537683 389 m 37 m 22 m
Scales Moor Pot 2 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71957705 389 m 12 m
Scales Moor Pot 3 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71517675 389 m 18 m
Scales Moor Pot 4 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71527677 387 m 8 m 6 m
Scales Moor Pot 5 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71477674 388 m 5 m 2 m
Scales Moor Pot 6 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71487673 388 m 5 m
Scandal Beck Sink Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD75769979 488 m 9 m
Scandal Head Pot 1 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD75829982 490 m 5 m
Scandal Head Pot 2 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD75819979 495 m 5 m
Scar Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71127651 392 m 5 m
Scar Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78788974 533 m 6 m
Scaredy Cow Pot Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD72349831 303 m 41 m 13 m
Scarrowmanwick Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY60014807 290 m 12 m
Scotchergill Rising Dentdale Dentdale SD72488734 308 m 15 m
Scroggy Bank Cave Brough Brough NY85551316 318 m 18 m
Scrotty Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD67968614 285 m 10 m
Scythe Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74338648 188 m 18 m
Second Best Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67638064 332 m 8 m
Second Bestest Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67658065 323 m 36 m
Second-Hand Hole Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY26563761 290 m 6 m
Shaking Moss Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79548862 573 m 33 m
Shaking Moss Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79388858 577 m 16 m
Shale Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72648325 260 m 33 m
Shale Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD43278280 9 m 15 m
Shatter Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD512683 102 m
Shaws Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD79819489 430 m 6 m
Sheepfold Cave Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67608060 328 m 35 m
Sheepfold Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69007694 387 m 9 m
Short Cave East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70587678 390 m 4.5 m
Short Drop Cave Leck Fell Leck Fell SD67037893 354 m 2.50 km 55 m
Short Gill Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD66978473 253 m 549 m 21 m
Short Gill Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD67008473 268 m 61 m 29 m
Short Gill Rising Barbondale Barbondale SD66748465 220 m 10 m
Short Gill Strike Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD67078468 282 m 15 m
Short Long Drop Cave Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66977917 351 m 18.5 m 13 m
Shorty Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66378066 291 m 26 m 22 m
Shout Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD70177869 361 m 96 m 26 m
Shrinking Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78628928 536 m 150 m 9 m
Shuttleworth Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66217977 277 m 1.00 km 67 m
Sid's Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD707783 292 m 6 m
SIG Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD67068508 250 m 45 m 12 m
Sike Foot Pot Dentdale Dentdale SD753839 503 m 6 m 6 m
Silence of the Lambs Barbondale Barbondale SD68528670 290 m 4 m 12 m
Silver Jubilee Pot Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY710315 768 m 75 m 10.7 m
Silverband Mine Caverns Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY70323178 701 m 1.60 km
Silverband Pot 1 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY70313218 716 m 4.5 m
Silverband Pot 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY70313218 716 m 219 m 18 m
Silverband Pot 3 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY702324 716 m 11 m
Silverband Pot 4 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY70293223 722 m 4 m
Silverdale Shore Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD45617549 6 m 7 m
Simpson Cave West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69557776 378 m 317 m
Simpson Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69627787 376 m 884 m 112 m
Sink Hole Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73479879 400 m 6 m 2 m
Skeleton Pot Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY73662973 736 m 10 m 3 m
Skull Pot Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY63491147 290 m 8 m 4 m
Slanting Cave West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD70517925 353 m 372 m 64 m
SLBJ Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70777838 294 m 6 m
Slime Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72638239 425 m 50 m
Slimy Norman's Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78589822 443 m 8 m
Slit Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74588661 193 m 107 m 6 m
Slit Sink Dentdale Dentdale SD746866 191 m 6 m
Slit Sinks Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67668069 319 m 132 m 16 m
Sloping Cave West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD70417910 351 m 18 m 6 m
Slot Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70527676 387 m 6 m
Small Shaft East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70927863 293 m 112 m 35 m
Smeltmill Beck Cave Brough Brough NY84851459 336 m 1.90 km
Smith's Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78549796 439 m 8 m 5 m
Smithy Gill Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77359642 395 m 8 m
Smithy Gill Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77349645 395 m 12 m 5 m
Smokeless Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66687998 318 m 15 m 16 m
Smokey Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66687998 318 m 43 m 20 m
Sodoff Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD66788420 272 m 50 m 19 m
Solo Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71667722 388 m 6 m 6 m
South Rift Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78569714 418 m 6 m
Southern Sink Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78639706 419 m 5 m
Southpaw Sink Barbondale Barbondale SD66698398 265 m 85 m 15 m
Southworth's Hole Scales Moor Scales Moor SD72457644 251 m 8 m
Spectacle Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD71087776 372 m 244 m 102 m
Spider Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD67058518 232 m 15 m
Spider Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72168392 270 m 9 m
Spider Holes Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD219757 62 m 9 m
Spindletree Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75739450 425 m
St George's Cave Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67708071 323 m 6 m
Stag Night Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70877793 351 m 6 m 8 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 1 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD245727 70 m 7.6 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 2 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD242728 53 m 6 m 3 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 3(i) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24377274 61 m 15 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 3(ii) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24377274 61 m 11 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 3(iii) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24357275 61 m 6 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 4 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24267281 61 m 8 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 5 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24467264 70 m 7.6 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 6 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD242728 53 m 18 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 7 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD248728 69 m 61 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 8 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD245727 61 m 244 m 43 m
Stainton Quarry Cave 9 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24437268 73 m 2 m 3 m
Stake Beck Head Cave 1 and 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74642997 716 m 35 m 2 m
Stake Beck Head Cave 3 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY745300 716 m 25 m 2 m
Stake Beck Head Cave 4 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY74513003 716 m 150 m 3.5 m
Starting Handle Hole Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66927860 351 m 58 m 65 m
Stenkrith Park Cave 1 Brough Brough NY77320753 183 m 20 m
Stenkrith Park Cave 2 Brough Brough NY77340748 183 m 15 m
Stenkrith Park Cave 3 Brough Brough NY77240742 190 m 10 m
Steps Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD67997706 382 m 96 m 25 m
Steps Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71577684 389 m 15 m
Stile Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD70337562 365 m 7 m
Stone Man Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71747701 389 m 14 m
Stone Rigg Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD68228661 290 m 30 m
Stranger's Dig Dentdale Dentdale SD74438655 195 m 10 m
Strawberry Sink Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79208851 577 m 6 m
Strike Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD66978509 224 m 90 m
Stubbing Rigg Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77619594 400 m 156 m
Subway Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD66278367 198 m 30 m
Suicide Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69467753 381 m 6 m
Summit Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77919611 363 m 549 m
Sunderland Heads Pot Other Areas Other Areas NY169355 195 m 6 m
Sunnycrest Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67168156 375 m 7 m
Surprise Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70607667 390 m 6 m 8 m
Swantley Pot Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD524678 116 m 8 m
Sweetside Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD80788917 551 m 72 m 12 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.