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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]
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.
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 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.
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."
The caves here are some of the oldest remaining in the city, with pottery finds dating some of them to 1270–1300, [4] and were inhabited from at least the 17th century until 1845 when the St. Mary's Nottingham Inclosure Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 7 Pr.) banned the renting of cellars and caves as homes for the poor. [5]
Realising immediately that the six cavers who remained inside the cave system were in danger, she ran 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) across the moor to raise the alarm. [3] Cave rescue teams arrived at the scene, but the high water levels prevented access to the cave. The waters of Mossdale Beck had to be diverted away from the cave entrance by digging ...
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.