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| Image: former show cave trails with debris. |
| Location: | Ingleton, Yorkshire. 300m off the Hawes Road (B6255), 1,800m from the A65 Skipton-Kendal road which passes by Ingleton. Turn off this road and come through Ingleton village, over Storrs Common and you will see Skirwith Farm on the left amid trees. Turn right opposite the farm gate and drive up the road to the large cave car park, in the middle of the field. Do not block gate way, agricultural access is required at all times. |
| Open: |
For permission call Mrs. Smith (9-18). [2010] |
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| Classification: |
 Karst cave.
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| Light: | bring torch |
| Dimension: | L=770m. |
| Guided tours: | L=244m, D=30min. |
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| Address: | Skirwith Cave, Mrs. Smith, Landale, Cold Cotes, Clapham, Lancaster, LA2 8HZ, Tel: 015242-41788 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2011/12/13 08:53:52 $ |
| 1964 | opened to the public. | |
| 1974 | closed. |
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| Image: river passage in Skirwith Cave. |
We added Skirwith Cave to showcaves.com after Tony Oldham allowed us to use his booklet. See his original description below.
However, since 1972 a lot changed with this show cave. Only two years after the guidebook was published, the cave was closed. There are numerous show caves nearby, probably there was just not enough tourism for all of them. On the other side the cave seems to be sometimes a litte narrow and/or low. Today the cave has fallen in a state of disrepair. The paths are mostly destroyed, so is the electric light. But the cave may be visited with the permission of Mrs. Smith.
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This almost unspoiled cave well known to potholers, was opened to the public in 1964. Great care has been taken to preserve as much of its natural beauty as possible, whilst making it possible for tourists to visit it. It contains some very fine formations, including long straw stalactites, and some excellent examples of stalactite curtains, hanging realistically from the walls and ceiling. At the end of the show section is a most impressive waterfall. In places this cave is a little narrow, and in consequence is a great favourite with the younger, more sporting members of a family. Excavation has revealed remains of humans and animals, thought to be Romano-British. Text from: Tony and Anne Oldham (1972): Discovering Caves - A guide to the Show Caves of Britain. With kind permission by Tony Oldham. |
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