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Rank	Cave Name	Length (km)	Vertical Range (m)	Region	Type	More Info
1	Ogof Ffynnon Ddu	50	308	South Wales	All cave	Short description
2	Peak Cavern - Speedwell Cavern	17.59	248	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
3	Ogof Daren Cilau System	28	232	South Wales	All cave	Short description
4	Lancaster - Easegill - Pipikin - Lost Johns	75	211	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
5	Giants Hole - Oxlow Caverns	4.8	211	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
6	Charterhouse Cave	2.7	209	Mendip	All cave
7	Gaping Gill System	16.9	197.5	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
8	Penyghent Pot	5.2	196	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
9	Reyfad - Pollnacrom - Polltullybrack	6.7	193	Co. Fermanagh	All cave	Short description
10	Ireby Fell Cavern - Notts Pot	11.5	183	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
11	Wookey Hole	3.66	182	Mendip	All cave	Short description
12	Meregill - Roaring Hole	4.6	181	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
13	Poll na gCeim	< 1	181	Co. Clare	All cave	Short description
14	Nettle Pot	< 1	180	Peak District	All cave
15	Gingling Hole	6.9	177	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
16	Longwood Swallet	1.65	175	Mendip	All cave	Short description
17	Long Kin West	< 1	168	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
18	Swildon's Hole	9.41	167	Mendip	All cave	Short description
19	Kingsdale Master Cave	27	165	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
20	Dale Head Pot	< 1	165	Northern Dales	All cave
21	Manor Farm Swallet	1.17	162	Mendip	All cave	Short description
22	Agen Allwedd	32.5	160	South Wales	All cave	Short description
23	Eastwater Cavern	2.8	160	Mendip	All cave	Short description
24	Black Shiver Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
25	Strangle Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave
26	Tatham Wife Hole	1.219	155	Northern Dales	All cave
27	Ogof Draenen	70	151	South Wales	All cave	Short description
28	Dan-Yr-Ogof	16	150	South Wales	All cave	Short description
29	Winnats Head Cave	< 1	148	Peak District	All cave
30	St. Cuthbert's Swallet	6.7	145	Mendip	All cave	Short description
31	Tunnel Cave	2.135	145	South Wales	All cave	Short description
32	Rhino Rift	< 1	144	Mendip	All cave	Short description
33	Birks Fell Cave	3.6	142	Northern Dales	All cave
34	Carrowmore Caverns	< 1	142	Co. Sligo	All cave
35	Quaking Pot	< 1	142	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
36	Poulnagollum - Poulelva	16	140	Co. Clare	All cave	Short description
37	Broken Finger Pot	< 1	137	Northern Dales	All cave
38	Trapdoor Pot	< 1	137	Northern Dales	All cave
39	Pillar Holes	< 1	136	Northern Dales	All cave
40	GB Cave	1.95	134	Mendip	All cave	Short description
41	Echo Pot	< 1	134	Northern Dales	All cave
42	Polliska	< 1	134	Co. Sligo	All cave	Short description
43	Tyning's Barrow Swallet	1.28	132	Mendip	All cave
44	Marble Steps Pot	1.273	131	Northern Dales	All cave
45	Poulnagree	5.2	130	Co. Clare	All cave
46	Shannon Cave - Polltullyard	5	130	Co. Fermanagh	All cave	Short description
47	Alum Pot System	2.454	129	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
48	Juniper Gulf	< 1	128	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
49	Big Sink Cave (or swallet)	1.2	126	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
50	Little Neath River Cave	8.8	125	South Wales	All cave	Short description
51	Large/Rift Pot	4.17	122	Northern Dales	All cave
52	Crescent Pot	1.146	122	Northern Dales	All cave
53	Reservoir Hole	< 1	122	Mendip	All cave
54	Thrupe Lane Swallet	1.417	120	Mendip	All cave	Short description
55	Foul Pot	< 1	120	Northern Dales	All cave
56	Redmire Pot	1.6	117	Northern Dales	All cave
57	Lancliffe Pot	9.6	116	Northern Dales	All cave
58	Ogof Craig A Ffynnon	8	115	South Wales	All cave	Short description
59	Spectacle Pot - Vesper Pot	< 1	114	Northern Dales	All cave
60	Long Kin East - Rift Pot	1.5	113	Northern Dales	All cave
61	Nick Pot	< 1	113	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
62	Washfold Pot	< 1	112	Northern Dales	All cave
63	Growling Hole	< 1	111	Northern Dales	All cave
64	Ogof Llyn Parc	4	110	North Wales	Part mine
65	Uamh An Claonaite	2.868	110	Assynt	All cave	Short description
66	Wigmore Swallet	1.125	110	Mendip	All cave
67	Little Hull Pot	1.097	110	Northern Dales	All cave
68	Hurnel Moss Pot	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
69	Milwr Tunnel - Powell's Lode Cavern	< 1	110	North Wales	Part mine	Short description
70	Newby Moss Cave	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave
71	Noon's Hole - Arch Cave	3.7	108	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
72	Borrins Moor Cave	1.433	108	Northern Dales	All cave
73	Marble Sink	< 1	108	Northern Dales	All cave
74	Clearwell Caves	24	107	Forest Of Dean	Part mine	Short description
75	Hangman's Hole	< 1	106	Northern Dales	All cave
76	Strans Gill Pot	< 1	105	Northern Dales	All cave
77	Car Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
78	Pasture Gill Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave
79	Marble Pot	< 1	103	Northern Dales	All cave
80	Pollatoomary	< 1	103	Co. Mayo	All cave	Short description
81	Sell Gill Holes	< 1	101	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
82	Slaughter Stream Cave	14	100	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
83	Ban y Gor (Ban-yr-Gore) Cave	< 1	100	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
84	P5	< 1	99	Northern Dales	All cave
85	Knacker Trapper Hole	< 1	98	Northern Dales	All cave
86	Ogof Hesp Alyn	2	97	North Wales	All cave	Short description
87	Pant Mawr Pot	1.2	97	South Wales	All cave	Short description
88	Pwll Dwfn	< 1	97	South Wales	All cave	Short description
89	Newby Moss Pot	< 1	96	Northern Dales	All cave
90	Faunarooska Cave	1.69	94	Co. Clare	All cave
91	Little Crapnell Swallet	< 1	93	Mendip	All cave
92	Long Drop - Death's Head - Big Meanie	1	92	Northern Dales	All cave
93	Eldon Hole	< 1	92	Peak District	All cave	Short description
94	Magnetometer Pot	4.6	91	Northern Dales	All cave
95	Lizard Pot	< 1	91	Northern Dales	All cave
96	Gough's Cave	2.135	90	Mendip	All cave	Short description
97	Blue John Caverns	1.274	90	Peak District	Part mine
98	Langstroth Pot	1.1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
99	Hammer Pot	1.036	90	Northern Dales	All cave
100	Ogof Ap Robert	1.015	90	South Wales	All cave	Short description
101	Dragonfly Pot	< 1	90	Co. Sligo	All cave
102	Jean Pot	< 1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
103	Poll na Gonzo	< 1	90	Co. Clare	All cave	Short description
104	Upper Flood Swallet	3.615	89	Mendip	All cave	Short description
105	Waterways Swallet	< 1	89	Peak District	All cave	Short description
106	Grange Rigg Pot	< 1	87	Northern Dales	All cave
107	Sunset Hole	< 1	86	Northern Dales	All cave
108	Cnoc Nan Uamh	1.4	84	Assynt	All cave	Short description
109	Pollnaleprechauns	< 1	84	Co. Leitrim	All cave
110	Coronation Pot	< 1	83	Northern Dales	All cave
111	Low Douk Cave	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
112	The Mohole	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
113	Crescent Cave	< 1	81	South Wales	All cave	Short description
114	Pollballiny	2.065	80	Co. Clare	All cave
115	Llanelly Quarry Pot	1.705	80	South Wales	All cave	Short description
116	Brackenbottom Pot	< 1	80	Northern Dales	All cave
117	Bull Pot	< 1	79	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
118	Devil's Limekiln	< 1	79	Devon	All cave	Short description
119	Cullaun Three	3.5	78	Co. Clare	All cave	Short description
120	Knotlow Cavern	2.6	76	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
121	Sleets Gill Cave	2.4	76	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
122	Ogof Fawr	1.1	76	South Wales	All cave	Short description
123	Ogof Pwll Swnd	1.075	76	South Wales	All cave
124	Chanterelle Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
125	Craftman's Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
126	Cuckoo Cleeves	< 1	76	Mendip	All cave
127	Deep Pot on Largy	< 1	76	Co. Leitrim	All cave
128	Hunger Hill Swallet	< 1	76	Peak District	All cave	Short description
129	Kuling Hole	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
130	Poll Ballynahown	< 1	75	Co. Clare	All cave
131	Scars Hole	< 1	75	Northern Dales	All cave
132	Blaen Onneu Quarry Pot	< 1	74	South Wales	All cave
133	Pollaraftra	3.13	73	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
134	White Pit	< 1	73	Mendip	All cave
135	Coolagh River Cave	5.285	72	Co. Clare	All cave
136	Miss Graces Lane Swallet	4	72	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
137	Small Polldeelin	1.5	71	Co. Galway	All cave
138	Darnbrook Pot	< 1	71	Northern Dales	All cave
139	Poulnaswithin (Largy Rift CPC No.1)	< 1	71	Co. Leitrim	All cave
140	P8 (Jackpot)	1.8	70	Peak District	All cave	Short description
141	Christmas Swallet (P9)	< 1	70	Peak District	All cave
142	North Hill Swallet	< 1	70	Mendip	All cave
143	Pollnatagha - Pollprughlish - Polliniska	< 1	70	Co. Cavan	All cave	Short description
144	Polticoghlan	< 1	70	Co. Leitrim	All cave
145	Poulomega	< 1	70	Co. Clare	All cave
146	Ramsons Pot	< 1	70	Co. Leitrim	All cave
147	Read's Cavern	< 1	70	Mendip	All cave	Short description
148	Penyghent Long Churn	< 1	69	Northern Dales	All cave
149	Twin Titties Swallet	< 1	69	Mendip	All cave
150	Haytime Hole	< 1	68	Northern Dales	All cave
151	Pollballyelly	< 1	68	Co. Clare	All cave
152	Jingling Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
153	Lamb Leer Cavern	< 1	67	Mendip	All cave	Short description
154	Out Sleets Beck Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave
155	Waterwheel Swallet	< 1	67	Mendip	All cave
156	Snatcher Pot	< 1	66	Northern Dales	All cave
157	Tullyhona Rising Cave	1.7	65	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
158	Dowel Dale Side Pot	< 1	65	Peak District	All cave
159	Pollnagollum Slieve Rushen	< 1	65	Co. Cavan	All cave
160	Hurtle Pot - Jingle Pot System	2.37	64	Northern Dales	All cave
161	Catamite Hole	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
162	Cow Hole	< 1	64	Mendip	All cave
163	High Hull Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
164	Hunt Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
165	Slanting Cave	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
166	Carno	8.9	63	South Wales	All cave	Short description
167	Goatchurch Cavern	1.532	63	Mendip	All cave	Short description
168	Pollthanaclanawley (Pollnaclanawley)	< 1	63	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
169	Sludge Pit Hole	< 1	62	Mendip	All cave
170	Carlswark Cavern	3.243	61	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
171	Aughakeeran Pot	< 1	61	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
172	Hardrawkin Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
173	Hull Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
174	Thrupe Swallet	< 1	61	Mendip	All cave
175	Mossdale Caverns	10.5	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
176	Polltoophill	1.92	60	Co. Galway	All cave
177	Black Pot	< 1	60	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
178	Heale Farm Cave	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave
179	Largy Rift II - 4	< 1	60	Co. Leitrim	All cave
180	Lord's Top Dig	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
181	Pen Park Hole	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave	Short description
182	Poll Dearg	< 1	60	Co. Clare	All cave
183	Rose Cottage Cave	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave
184	Rough Pot	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
185	Teampall Shetric	< 1	60	Co. Leitrim	All cave
186	The Churns	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
187	Upper Hesleden Cave 2	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave

If you don't see the cave you want, but you know it should be in the all regions section, remember that this list only shows caves with at least 60 m depth of natural passage. Other caves may show up in the list of longest caves in all regions.

However, if you are looking for a specific cave that does have at least 60 m depth of natural passage, and should be listed here, please let me know about it so I can update the database.