Martel Galery by Bernd Kliebhan.
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| Image: E. A. Martel on one of his most famous expeditions into Gaping Gill, Yorkshire, Great Britain.
Painting by Lucien Rudaux.
From the
Martel Galery by Bernd Kliebhan.
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| Location: |
Craven, Yorkshire.
 Location by UK Streetmap
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| Open: | May and August bank holidays. |
| Fee: | Winch meets: way down free, way up £7 |
| Classification: | Great Scar Limestone. |
| Light: | electric floodlight (temporary). |
| Dimension: | L=10000m. Shaft: D=105m. Main Chamber: L=140m, W=27m, H=34m |
| Guided tours: | |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: |
Bradford Pothole Club, Tel: +44-1274-615069. Craven Pothole Club, Tel: +44-1756-790223. Yorkshire Dales National Park Centre, Clapham, Tel: +44-15242-51419 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:30:14 $ |
| 1895 | first explored by  E.A. Martel. |
Gaping Ghyll is a hole in the surface of the yorkshire landscape, long known to the locals.
The Fell Beck drops 110 m from the moor into Gaping Ghyll, Britain's largest cavern,
and the fall of the Beck into the pothole is Britain's highest unbroken waterfall.
The water flow under the earth to
Ingleborough Cave to reappear in a well near Clapham.
Gaping Ghyll is not open to the public, as it is not a developed cave. But every year on the May and August bank holidays, there are so called winch meets. At this events, everybody can become lowered down for a guided tour. The visitor sits in a kind of swing mounted at a steel cable.
The spring bank holiday winch meet is organized by the Bradford Pothole Club. The autumn bank holiday winch meet is organized by the Craven Pothole Club.
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