1. Longest, deepest and largest

2. England
    Devon  Mendip Hills  Peak District  Yorkshire Dales  Other areas 

3. Northern Ireland

4. Scotland

5. Wales

6. See also

7. References

8. External links

This is a list of caves in the United Kingdom, including information on the largest and deepest caves in the UK.

Longest, deepest and largest

The longest cave system in the UK is the Three Counties System in the Yorkshire Dales, with {{convert|86.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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.^[1]

• The deepest cave in Wales and the UK is Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, {{convert|274.5|m|ft}} deep and containing around {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} of passageways.^[2]
• The deepest cave in England is the Three Counties System which is {{convert|252|m}} 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, {{convert|83|m|ft}} deep.
• The deepest cave in Northern Ireland is Reyfad Pot in County Fermanagh, {{convert|193|m|ft}} deep.

A sea cave on the north side of Calder's Geo in Shetland was measured in 2014 at over {{convert|20|m|ft}} high and with a floor area of around {{convert|5600|m2}}. This makes it the largest known cave chamber in the United Kingdom.^[3][4]

A chamber in Reservoir Hole, Cheddar Gorge called “The Frozen Deep” was discovered in 2012 and found to be {{convert|30|m}} high and {{convert|60|m}} long.^[5]

England

By English caving region. {{category see also|Caves of England}}

Devon

See also Caves in Devon

• Ash Hole Cavern
• Bakers Pit, Buckfastleigh
• Chudleigh Cavern
• Kent's Cavern

• Kitley Show Cave
• Pridhamsleigh Cavern, Ashburton
• Reed's Cave

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.

• 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
• 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

• Creswell Crags
• Excalibur Pot, North York Moors
• Kirkdale Cave, North York Moors
• 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. {{category see also|Caves of Northern Ireland}}

• 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

• Cathole Cave
• Dan yr Ogof
• Ogof Agen Allwedd
• Ogof Craig a Ffynnon
• Ogof Draenen
• Ogof Ffynnon Ddu
• Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau
• Ogof Hesp Alyn
• Ogof Llyn Parc
• Ogof Nadolig
• Ogof y Daren Cilau
• Otter Hole
• Porth yr Ogof

See also

• Caving in the United Kingdom
• Geography of the United Kingdom
• List of caves
• List of UK caving fatalities
• Speleology

References

External links

• UK Caves

• Alderano Cybo
• Alderbrook School
• Alder buckthorn
• Alder burn
• Alderbury
• Alderbury Junction railway station
• Aldercar High School
• Alder Creek Grove
• Alder Dagge Moth
• Alder Dagger
• Alderdale, Ontario
• Alder Dam
• Alderdice Peak
• Alderetes, Tucuman
• Alderetes (Tucuman)
• Alderfen broad
• Alderfer
• Alder Flats
• Alderfly
• Alder fly
• Aldergrove (disambiguation)
• Aldergrove (Edmonton)
• Aldergrove Kodiaks
• Aldergrove Public School
• Alder Hey Hospital