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By the latter years of the 19th century, caving was established as a sport in the British Isles but remained largely the preserve of a very few adventurers and scientists. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] One of the oldest established clubs, Yorkshire Ramblers' Club , was founded in 1892 and began exploring the Marble Arch Caves from 1907. [ 7 ]
Gaping Gill (also known as Gaping Ghyll) is a natural cave in North Yorkshire, England.It is one of the unmistakable landmarks on the southern slopes of Ingleborough – a 98-metre (322 ft) deep pothole with the stream Fell Beck flowing into it. [3]
Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton was the first woman to descend the 40-foot pot at Swildon's Hole in the Mendip Hills in 1922. Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton FSA (1885 – 1968) was an English archaeologist and pioneering caver.
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 Johns' Cave system, and the Pippikin Pot system, all of which are connected.
Great Douk Cave is a shallow cave system lying beneath the limestone bench of Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England.It is popular with beginners and escorted groups, as it offers straightforward caving, and it is possible to follow the cave from where a stream emerges at a small waterfall to a second entrance close to where it sinks 600 yards (549 m) further up the hill.
The British Cave Research Association (BCRA) is a speleological organisation in the United Kingdom.Its object is to promote the study of caves and associated phenomena, and it attains this by supporting cave and karst research, encouraging original exploration (both in the UK and on expeditions overseas), collecting and publishing speleological information, maintaining a library and organising ...
The National Caving Association (NCA) was established in 1968 as the first governing body, recognised by the Sports Council. However, the British Cave Research Association , the successor to the BSA, continued perform some 'national body' functions after its formation in 1973.
The Yorkshire Subterranean Society is a caving club based at Helwith Bridge near Horton in Ribblesdale in the Yorkshire Dales. The Yorkshire Subterranean Society is more commonly known as the YSS. The YSS organises regular Caving and Walking meets to the Yorkshire Dales twice a month and other UK Caving areas through the year.