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Deepest caves

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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	Agen Allwedd	32.5	160	South Wales	All cave	Short description
22	Eastwater Cavern	2.8	160	Mendip	All cave	Short description
23	Black Shiver Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
24	Strangle Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave
25	Manor Farm Swallet	1.06	156	Mendip	All cave	Short description
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	3.5	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	Newby Moss Pot	< 1	96	Northern Dales	All cave
89	Faunarooska Cave	1.69	94	Co. Clare	All cave
90	Little Crapnell Swallet	< 1	93	Mendip	All cave
91	Pwll Dwfn	< 1	93	South Wales	All cave	Short description
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	Upper Flood Swallet	3.615	89	Mendip	All cave	Short description
104	Waterways Swallet	< 1	89	Peak District	All cave	Short description
105	Grange Rigg Pot	< 1	87	Northern Dales	All cave
106	Sunset Hole	< 1	86	Northern Dales	All cave
107	Cnoc Nan Uamh	1.4	84	Assynt	All cave	Short description
108	Pollnaleprechauns	< 1	84	Co. Leitrim	All cave
109	Coronation Pot	< 1	83	Northern Dales	All cave
110	Low Douk Cave	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
111	The Mohole	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
112	Crescent Cave	< 1	81	South Wales	All cave	Short description
113	Pollballiny	2.065	80	Co. Clare	All cave
114	Llanelly Quarry Pot	1.705	80	South Wales	All cave	Short description
115	Brackenbottom Pot	< 1	80	Northern Dales	All cave
116	Bull Pot	< 1	79	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
117	Devil's Limekiln	< 1	79	Devon	All cave	Short description
118	Cullaun Three	3.5	78	Co. Clare	All cave	Short description
119	Knotlow Cavern	2.6	76	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
120	Sleets Gill Cave	2.4	76	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
121	Ogof Pwll Swnd	1.075	76	South Wales	All cave
122	Chanterelle Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
123	Craftman's Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
124	Cuckoo Cleeves	< 1	76	Mendip	All cave
125	Deep Pot on Largy	< 1	76	Co. Leitrim	All cave
126	Hunger Hill Swallet	< 1	76	Peak District	All cave	Short description
127	Kuling Hole	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
128	Poll Ballynahown	< 1	75	Co. Clare	All cave
129	Scars Hole	< 1	75	Northern Dales	All cave
130	Blaen Onneu Quarry Pot	< 1	74	South Wales	All cave
131	Pollaraftra	3.13	73	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
132	White Pit	< 1	73	Mendip	All cave
133	Coolagh River Cave	5.285	72	Co. Clare	All cave
134	Miss Graces Lane Swallet	4	72	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
135	Small Polldeelin	1.5	71	Co. Galway	All cave
136	Darnbrook Pot	< 1	71	Northern Dales	All cave
137	Poulnaswithin (Largy Rift CPC No.1)	< 1	71	Co. Leitrim	All cave
138	P8 (Jackpot)	1.8	70	Peak District	All cave	Short description
139	Christmas Swallet (P9)	< 1	70	Peak District	All cave
140	North Hill Swallet	< 1	70	Mendip	All cave
141	Pollnatagha - Pollprughlish - Polliniska	< 1	70	Co. Cavan	All cave	Short description
142	Polticoghlan	< 1	70	Co. Leitrim	All cave
143	Poulomega	< 1	70	Co. Clare	All cave
144	Ramsons Pot	< 1	70	Co. Leitrim	All cave
145	Read's Cavern	< 1	70	Mendip	All cave	Short description
146	Penyghent Long Churn	< 1	69	Northern Dales	All cave
147	Twin Titties Swallet	< 1	69	Mendip	All cave
148	Haytime Hole	< 1	68	Northern Dales	All cave
149	Poll na Gonzo	< 1	68	Co. Clare	All cave	Short description
150	Pollballyelly	< 1	68	Co. Clare	All cave
151	Jingling Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
152	Lamb Leer Cavern	< 1	67	Mendip	All cave	Short description
153	Out Sleets Beck Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave
154	Waterwheel Swallet	< 1	67	Mendip	All cave
155	Snatcher Pot	< 1	66	Northern Dales	All cave
156	Tullyhona Rising Cave	1.7	65	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
157	Dowel Dale Side Pot	< 1	65	Peak District	All cave
158	Pollnagollum Slieve Rushen	< 1	65	Co. Cavan	All cave
159	Hurtle Pot - Jingle Pot System	2.37	64	Northern Dales	All cave
160	Catamite Hole	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
161	Cow Hole	< 1	64	Mendip	All cave
162	High Hull Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
163	Hunt Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
164	Slanting Cave	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
165	Carno	8.9	63	South Wales	All cave	Short description
166	Goatchurch Cavern	1.532	63	Mendip	All cave	Short description
167	Pollthanaclanawley (Pollnaclanawley)	< 1	63	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
168	Sludge Pit Hole	< 1	62	Mendip	All cave
169	Carlswark Cavern	3.243	61	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
170	Aughakeeran Pot	< 1	61	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
171	Hardrawkin Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
172	Hull Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
173	Thrupe Swallet	< 1	61	Mendip	All cave
174	Mossdale Caverns	10.5	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
175	Polltoophill	1.92	60	Co. Galway	All cave
176	Black Pot	< 1	60	Co. Fermanagh	All cave
177	Heale Farm Cave	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave
178	Largy Rift II - 4	< 1	60	Co. Leitrim	All cave
179	Lord's Top Dig	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
180	Pen Park Hole	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave	Short description
181	Poll Dearg	< 1	60	Co. Clare	All cave
182	Rose Cottage Cave	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave
183	Rough Pot	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
184	Teampall Shetric	< 1	60	Co. Leitrim	All cave
185	The Churns	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
186	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.