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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. [4] [5]
Caving grew in popularity in the 1950s and 60s through participation in caving clubs. There are about 4,000 active cavers in the UK and nearly twenty times that number who attend instructor-led courses each year in caves around the country. In addition, many tourists visit show caves such as Wookey Hole Caves. Cave diving is a niche technical ...
This is a partial list of caves in the Peak District of England, arranged alphabetically. [1] [2] Most lie within the Peak District National Park. [3] [4] Eldon Hole Lathkill Head Cave Poole's Cavern Speedwell Cavern Thor's Cave. Some of the caves are protected Scheduled Monuments and are marked with * in the table below.
The Leck Beck Catchment Area Site of Special Scientific Interest, which is based around the catchment area of the Three Counties System, states in its reason for notification: "The scale and variety of the caves makes this a most important site for the study of surface and underground landform development over a long period of the recent past."
This is a partial list of caves in Derbyshire, England, arranged alphabetically. [1] [2] Many lie within the Peak District National Park. [3] [4] Giant's Hole Great Masson Cavern Poole's Cavern Speedwell Cavern Cave entrance at Harboro' Rocks. Some of the caves are protected Scheduled Monuments and are marked with * in the table below.
This is a listing of articles about caves in England. (See also Category:Caves of Scotland , Category:Caves of Wales and Category:Caves of Northern Ireland ) Subcategories
Burrington Combe is a Carboniferous Limestone gorge near the village of Burrington, on the north side of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in North Somerset, England. "Combe" or "coombe" is a word of Celtic origin found in several forms on all of the British Isles, denoting a steep-sided valley or hollow.
The cave system is the largest in the Peak District, and the main entrance is the largest cave entrance in Britain. Until 1915, the cave was home to some of Britain's last [note 1] troglodytes, who lived in houses built inside the cave mouth and made a living from rope making, while the depths of the cave were known as a haven for bandits.
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