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  
Cross Pot 2 Brough Brough NY81871773 427 m 36 m 17 m
Cross Pot 3 Brough Brough NY818177 427 m 9 m 8 m
Crystal Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD66618412 231 m 310 m 21 m
Cubby Hole Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78089554 372 m 4.5 m
Cuddling Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY67141871 134 m 4.5 m
Culvert Cave Brough Brough NY77350744 189 m 76 m
Cup Cake Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD67158499 284 m 5 m 5 m
Cupcake Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66727842 334 m 875 m 85 m
D'oh Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66708002 318 m 7 m 4 m
Dale Barn Cave Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71087555 259 m 5.57 km
Damocles Pot East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70537665 389 m 18 m
Danny Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69799127 160 m 198 m
Dark Lord's Sink Barbondale Barbondale SD68378512 402 m 5 m 2 m
Dead Dobbin Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66447807 294 m 122 m 56 m
Dead Sheep Rift Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78479733 422 m 3 m
Dead Sheep Sink Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78489735 423 m 5 m
Death's Head Hole Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66787916 335 m 351 m 120 m
Deep Clouds Pot Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73909938 428 m 6 m 4 m
Deep Gill Caves Mallerstang Mallerstang NY77790031 330 m 5 m
Deep Moss Pot Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73959951 427 m 3 m
Deepdale Beck Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72688318 268 m 11 m
Deepdale Head Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72558317 277 m 91 m
Devil's Grinding Mill Brough Brough NY77330752 183 m 223 m 6 m
Diggle Wigglepit Other Areas Other Areas SE01760759 375 m 61 m 20 m
Dinkling Green Mine Cave Bowland Bowland SD64414754 240 m 9 m
Dob Dale Cave Bowland Bowland SD74875931 245 m 50 m
Dobson's Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD275724 69 m 30 m 20 m
Dockle Sike Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72308418 251 m 33 m
Doctor's Pot Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY29054049 308 m 8 m
Dog Hole Barbondale Barbondale SD66698403 255 m 914 m 24 m
Dog Holes Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48337303 49 m 55 m
Doline Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY73750571 340 m 14 m 4 m
Donney's Pot Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY66551267 247 m 14 m
Double Three Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69467762 384 m 10 m
Doublet Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79288985 526 m 55 m
Doublet Resurgence Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79338989 514 m 6 m
Dove Cote Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD69489195 220 m 100 m
Dove Cove Sink Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78858810 580 m 50 m 18 m
Dove's Nest Caves Other Areas Other Areas NY25311158 490 m 91 m
Dover Gill Lower Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75689441 411 m 376 m
Dover Gill Upper Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75679448 421 m 514 m
Dragon Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67758075 326 m 12 m 6 m
Drifter Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68417692 405 m 60 m 10 m
Drip Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69467737 381 m 25 m 24 m
Dry Gill Cave Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71897596 236 m 1.07 km
Dukerdale Cave Brough Brough NY81220523 457 m 15 m
Dukerdale Pot 1 Brough Brough NY81330513 495 m 12 m
Dukerdale Pot 2 Brough Brough NY81310532 508 m 6 m
Dukerdale Pot 3 Brough Brough NY81230508 502 m 6 m
Dukerdale Pot 4 Brough Brough NY81240510 498 m 6 m
Dunald Mill Hole and Dunald Mill Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD51596762 76 m 329 m
Duncan Sike Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD75298390 510 m 153 m
Dungeon Hole 1 East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70447689 361 m 6 m
Dungeon Hole 2 East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70447689 361 m 4.5 m
East Bank Cave Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71387928 320 m 21 m
East Bank Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75709441 410 m 30 m
East Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD501772 25 m 55 m
East Cellar Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70787735 381 m 9 m 6 m
Echo Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70947706 390 m 9 m
Eden Sike Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78209700 397 m 772 m
Eden Sike Rising Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78149696 384 m
Ellen's Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79538872 568 m 8 m
Espland Cave 1 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY71891890 157 m 6 m
Espland Cave 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY71811893 157 m 4.5 m
Ewes Top Moss Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71007645 392 m 8 m
Ewes Top Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71007619 396 m 8 m
Eye Holes Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66827918 341 m 8 m 15 m
Fag Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69237708 384 m 9 m
Fairy Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD43358269 8 m 165 m
Fairy Hole Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD49687293 76 m 16 m 5 m
Fairy Hole 1 Bowland Bowland SD65534676 158 m 19.5 m
Fairy Hole 2 Bowland Bowland SD65534676 158 m 14 m
Fairy Hole 3 Bowland Bowland SD65534676 158 m 5 m
Fairy Holes Other Areas Other Areas SE01520468 423 m 46 m 11 m
Fairy Steps Cave 1 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48727891 100 m 4 m
Fairy Steps Cave 2 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48757888 102 m 5 m
Fairy Steps Cave 3 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48747886 100 m 5 m
Fathom Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68817709 398 m 10 m
Fells End Pot 1 Brough Brough NY80720403 499 m 38 m
Fells End Pot 2 Brough Brough NY806040 495 m 12 m
Fenwick Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66587933 332 m 30 m 35 m
Fern Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75759450 425 m
Fidler Gill Cave 1 Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71377983 340 m 15 m
Fidler Gill Cave 2 Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71367984 337 m 4.5 m
Fidler Gill Cave 3 Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71367984 337 m 3 m
Fidler Gill Cave 4 Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71377984 338 m 18 m 6 m
Fidler Gill Cave 5 Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71357984 333 m 37 m
Fifteen Metre Rift Scales Moor Scales Moor SD70717588 397 m 4 m
Finger Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67458051 310 m 15.9 m 12 m
Finger Tip Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79438866 571 m 6 m
Fissure Cave (Lyth) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD43528246 14 m 20 m
Fissure Cave (Silverdale) Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD45567557 11 m 15 m
Flake Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72138393 283 m 6 m
Flatstones Pot Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71307707 396 m 18 m
Flatstones Pot 2 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71327709 395 m 17 m 20 m
Flint Howe Pot 1 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74119830 500 m 4 m
Flint Howe Pot 2 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74099826 500 m 8 m
Flint Howe Pot 3 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD741982 500 m 5 m
Flint Howe Pot 4 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD74069814 500 m 5 m
Flint Howe Pot 5 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD741981 500 m 5 m
Flinter Gill Lower Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD699861 320 m 304 m 15 m
Flinter Gill Upper Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD699861 324 m 20 m 2 m
Flood Cavern Dentdale Dentdale SD73688627 166 m 357 m 17 m
Floyd's Entrance East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD71337839 374 m 115 m
Fly Hole Barbondale Barbondale SD66978473 280 m 9 m 8 m
Fools' Shaft East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD702762 366 m 6 m
Forest Head Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY58375723 266 m 30 m
Forget-me Pot Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68517699 404 m 20 m 40 m
Fox Hole Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73359704 339 m 61 m
Fox Hole 2 Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73359707 336 m 6 m
Frog's Swallet Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY274373 297 m 9 m 6 m
Gale Garth Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66168092 301 m 232 m 32 m
Gary's Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78569805 442 m 14 m
Gastack Beck Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72388380 223 m 153 m
Gate Pots Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77209839 415 m 11 m
Gavel Pot Leck Fell Leck Fell SD66647903 323 m 1.97 km 114 m
Gawthrop Resurgence Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD69118737 177 m 17 m
Gaze Gill Cave Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71477928 343 m 244 m
Gelder Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67578058 314 m 15 m
GHR Pot 1 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71967702 383 m 4.5 m
GHR Pot 2 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71967703 383 m 6 m
GHR Pot 3 Scales Moor Scales Moor SD71947708 383 m 4.5 m
Gill Well Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY67911286 185 m 29 m
Gilpin Bank Caves Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD46718734 19 m 60 m
Gin Trap Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD70427731 282 m 9 m 6 m
Gintrap Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD67748071 327 m 13 m 3 m
Goodham Gill Pot 1 Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77799537 418 m 9 m
Goodham Gill Pot 2 Mallerstang Mallerstang SD77819547 412 m 36 m 4.5 m
Goosey Tyson's Cave Other Areas Other Areas NY04941108 229 m 55 m 5.5 m
Gorge Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD74228644 187 m 6 m
Grabbers Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73908632 178 m 1.60 km
Grabbers Cave 2 Dentdale Dentdale SD73918632 178 m 1.60 km
Grand Arch Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD39027386 34 m 12 m 11 m
Grayrigg Cave Other Areas Other Areas SD57459769 148 m 6 m
Grayrigg Main Rising Other Areas Other Areas SD57459769 148 m 200 m 12 m
Great Coum Pot Dentdale Dentdale SD709837 525 m 7 m
Great Joint Holes Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78818978 532 m 10 m
Great Knoutberry Hole 1 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79438667 564 m 6 m 15 m
Great Knoutberry Hole 2 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79438667 564 m 15 m 18 m
Great Knoutberry Sink Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78618774 585 m 6 m
Great Wheel Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD72088371 270 m 76 m
Great Wood Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD40138084 120 m 35 m
Green Laids Pot West Kingsdale West Kingsdale SD69987846 366 m 28 m 26 m
Green Pot Hill Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78889623 390 m 60 m
Green Rigg Pot Wild Boar Fell Wild Boar Fell SD73639895 404 m 180 m 17 m
Green Scar Crag Pot 1 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD80298769 565 m 6 m
Green Scar Crag Pot 2 Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD80528795 566 m 6 m
Greg's Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79038829 580 m 6 m 7 m
Gret Big 'Ole Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79228852 577 m 15 m
Grid Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD66928474 239 m 24 m 9 m
Grisedale Head Cave Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75209431 418 m 35 m
Grizedale Wood Drainage Level Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD482739 19 m 100 m
Growling Hole East Kingsdale East Kingsdale SD71257749 383 m 290 m 111 m
Gully Sink Mallerstang Mallerstang SD75669449 423 m 8 m
Gunbarrel Hole Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD51048828 26 m 30 m
Hackergill Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73758627 173 m 113 m
Hackergill Pot Dentdale Dentdale SD73698616 170 m 14 m
Hackergill Waterfall Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73798620 178 m 6 m
Hairy Fissure Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66848035 276 m 6 m 6 m
Hale Moss Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD50037757 26 m 213 m
Hammer Root Cave Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY36733669 178 m 30 m
Hanging Boulder Pot Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD78708787 583 m 30 m 15 m
Hanging Cave Barbondale Barbondale SD66938441 283 m 10 m 3 m
Hanging Pot Barbondale Barbondale SD66888435 272 m 12 m 6 m
Hanging Pot 2 Barbondale Barbondale SD66888435 272 m 5 m
Hanging Pot 3 Barbondale Barbondale SD66888435 272 m 7 m
Hardcastle Pot Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78579817 443 m 12 m
Haverbrack Bank Pot Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48268020 58 m 16 m
Haverbrack Bank Slip Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD48278012 62 m 8 m
Hawes Bridge Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD511889 33 m 6 m
Hazel Grove Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD49977706 27 m 450 m
Hazel Sike Cave Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66368194 305 m 22 m 12 m
Heaning Wood Bone Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD26717484 51 m 12 m
Hell Gill Caves Mallerstang Mallerstang SD78809697 415 m 91 m
Hell Hole Bowland Bowland SD67024693 214 m 38 m
Hell's Cauldron Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD73608618 157 m 14 m
Hellot Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66178065 296 m 20 m 21 m
Helm Gate Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD52768904 95 m 126 m 14 m
Helsfell Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD50209362 152 m 32 m
Henning Valley Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD24707638 94 m 213 m 15 m
Herbert's Hole Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66298177 300 m 75 m 13 m
Heron Corn Mill Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD49617997 16 m 50 m
Heron Pot Kingsdale Head Kingsdale Head SD71447876 363 m 1.10 km 40 m
Heysham Beach Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD40856171 5 m 11 m
Hidden Pot Ease Gill Ease Gill SD66228125 296 m 9 m
Hidden Valley Cave Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale Great Knoutberry Hill and Garsdale SD79699055 474 m 91 m
High Gill Lower Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD69368689 227 m 441 m
High Gill Middle Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD69428653 267 m 91 m
High Gill Upper Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD69418635 277 m 244 m
High Plain Pot 1 Marble Steps Marble Steps SD683769 403 m 10 m
High Plain Pot 2 Marble Steps Marble Steps SD68357695 404 m 10 m
High Roads Cave 1 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD515688 90 m 137 m
High Roads Cave 2 Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD514688 90 m 70 m
Hole House Cave Dentdale Dentdale SD69358826 148 m 55 m
Hollow Mill Pot Brough Brough NY80990473 506 m 30 m
Holly Tree Sink Barbondale Barbondale SD66678399 262 m 61 m 12 m
Holme Park Quarry Cave Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay SD535787 90 m 70 m 7 m
Houtsay Quarry Cave 1 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY618279 110 m 100 m
Houtsay Quarry Cave 2 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY618279 110 m 26 m
Houtsay Quarry Cave 3 Vale of Eden and Caldbeck Vale of Eden and Caldbeck NY618279 110 m 10 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.