List of caves in the United Kingdom facts for kids
This is an incomplete list of caves in the United Kingdom, including information on the largest and deepest caves in the UK.
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Longest, deepest and largest
The longest cave system in the UK is the Three Counties System in the Yorkshire Dales, with 86.7 km (53.9 mi) of passageways. It includes the Ease Gill system, the Notts Pot / Ireby Fell Cavern system, the Lost John's Cave system, and the Pippikin Pot system, all of which are connected.
- The deepest cave in Wales and the UK is Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, 274.5 metres (901 ft) deep and containing around 50 km (31 mi) of passageways.
- The deepest cave in England is the Three Counties System which is 252 metres (827 ft) deep between the entrance of Large Pot, and the deepest point reached by diving in Gavel Pot.
- The deepest cave in Scotland is Cnoc nan Uamh ('hill of the caves') in Assynt, 83 metres (272 ft) deep.
- The deepest cave in Northern Ireland is Reyfad Pot in County Fermanagh, 193 metres (633 ft) deep.
A sea cave on the north side of Calder's Geo in Shetland was measured in 2014 at over 20 metres (66 ft) high and with a floor area of around 5,600 square metres (60,000 sq ft). This makes it the largest known cave chamber in the United Kingdom.
A chamber in Reservoir Hole, Cheddar Gorge called “The Frozen Deep” was discovered in 2012 and found to be 30 metres (98 ft) high and 60 metres (200 ft) long.
England
By English caving region.
Devon
See also Caves in Devon
- Ash Hole Cavern
- Bakers Pit, Buckfastleigh
- Chudleigh Cavern
- Kent's Cavern
Mendip Hills
The following are all within Somerset unless otherwise stated. See also Caves of the Mendip Hills.
- Aveline's Hole
- Charterhouse Cave
- Cox's cave
- Eastwater Cavern
- GB Cave
- Goatchurch Cavern
- Gough's Cave
- Lamb Leer
- Longwood Swallet
- Manor Farm Swallet
- Pierre's Pot
- Reservoir Hole
- Rhino Rift
- Shatter Cave
- St Cuthbert's Swallet
- Stoke Lane Slocker
- Swildon's Hole
- Thrupe Lane Swallet
- Wookey Hole Caves
Peak District
The following are all within Derbyshire unless otherwise stated. See also List of caves in the Peak District and List of caves in Derbyshire.
- Blue John Cavern
- Great Masson Cavern
- Great Rutland Cavern
- Oxlow Cavern
- Peak Cavern
- Poole's Cavern
- Speedwell Cavern
- Thor's Cave, Staffordshire
- Titan
- Treak Cliff Cavern
Yorkshire Dales
- Alum Pot
- Aquamole Pot
- Bar Pot, Gaping Gill
- Boxhead Pot
- Big Meanie (See Death's Head Hole)
- The Buttertubs
- Crackpot Cave
- Coal Hole Entrance (See Short Drop Cave)
- Death's Head Hole
- Disappointment Pot, Gaping Gill
- Ease Gill Caverns
- Eden Sike Cave, Mallerstang
- Flood Entrance Pot, Gaping Gill
- Gaping Gill
- Gavel Pot
- Great Douk Cave
- Goyden Pot
- Great Douk Cave
- Ingleborough Cave
- It's a Cracker (See Lost Pot)
- Jib Tunnel
- Jingling Caves (See Jingling Pot)
- Jingling Pot
- Juniper Gulf
- Langcliffe Pot
- Long Churn Caves
- Lost John's Cave
- Long Drop Cave
- Lost Pot
- Manchester Hole
- Marilyn, Gaping Gill (See Disappointment Pot)
- Mossdale Caverns
- Motley Pot, Gaping Gill (See Disappointment Pot)
- New Goyden Pot
- OBJ Pot, Gaping Gill (See Flood Entrance Pot)
- Oddmire Pot (See Langcliffe Pot)
- Rat Hole, Gaping Gill
- Rat Hole Sink, Gaping Gill (See Rat Hole)
- Rift Entrance (See Short Drop Cave)
- Rowten Pot
- Rumbling Beck Cave (See Rumbling Hole)
- Rumbling Hole
- Short Long Drop Cave (see Long Drop Cave)
- Simpson Pot
- Short Drop Cave
- Skirwith Cave
- Small Mammal Pot, Gaping Gill (See Bar Pot)
- Stile Pot, Gaping Gill (See Bar Pot)
- Stream Passage Pot, Gaping Gill
- Stump Cross Caverns
- Swinsto Cave
- Three Counties System
- Wades Entrance, Gaping Gill (See Flood Entrance Pot)
- Weathercote Cave
- White Scar Caves
- Yordas Cave
- Yordas Pot (See Yordas Cave)
Other areas
- Alloa Lea Quarry Cave, Northumberland
- Creswell Crags
- Excalibur Pot, North York Moors
- Kirkdale Cave, North York Moors
- Miss Grace's Lane, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
- Mother Ludlam's Cave, Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey
- Dog Hole Cave, Cumbria
- Pate Hole, Cumbria
- Slaughter Stream Cave, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
- Heathery Burn Cave, Stanhope, County Durham
- Pen Park Hole, Bristol
Northern Ireland
The following are all within County Fermanagh unless otherwise stated. See also Caves of the Tullybrack and Belmore hills.
- Badger Pot
- Boho Caves
- Marble Arch Caves
- Noon's Hole
- Portbraddon Cave, County Antrim
- Shannon Cave, County Fermanagh and County Cavan, Republic of Ireland)
Scotland
- Calder's Geo, Shetland
- Cleeves Cove Cave, North Ayrshire
- Fingal's Cave, Inner Hebrides
- Smoo Cave, Sutherland
- Uamh An Claonaite, Sutherland
Wales
