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Deepest caves

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Rank	Cave Name	Length (km)	Vertical Range (m)	Region	Type	More Info
1	Peak Cavern - Speedwell Cavern	17.59	248	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
2	Lancaster - Easegill - Pipikin - Lost Johns	75	211	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
3	Giants Hole - Oxlow Caverns	4.8	211	Peak District	All cave	Short description
4	Gaping Gill System	16.8	197.5	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
5	Penyghent Pot	5.2	196	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
6	Ireby Fell Cavern - Notts Pot	11.5	183	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
7	Wookey Hole	3.66	182	Mendip	All cave	Short description
8	Meregill - Roaring Hole	4.6	181	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
9	Nettle Pot	< 1	180	Peak District	All cave
10	Gingling Hole	6.9	177	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
11	Longwood Swallet	1.65	175	Mendip	All cave	Short description
12	Long Kin West	< 1	168	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
13	Swildon's Hole	9.41	167	Mendip	All cave	Short description
14	Kingsdale Master Cave	24	165	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
15	Dale Head Pot	< 1	165	Northern Dales	All cave
16	Eastwater Cavern	2.8	160	Mendip	All cave	Short description
17	Black Shiver Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
18	Strangle Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave
19	Manor Farm Swallet	1.06	156	Mendip	All cave	Short description
20	Tatham Wife Hole	1.219	155	Northern Dales	All cave
21	Winnats Head Cave	< 1	148	Peak District	All cave
22	St. Cuthbert's Swallet	6.7	145	Mendip	All cave	Short description
23	Rhino Rift	< 1	144	Mendip	All cave	Short description
24	Birks Fell Cave	3.6	142	Northern Dales	All cave
25	Quaking Pot	< 1	142	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
26	Broken Finger Pot	< 1	137	Northern Dales	All cave
27	Trapdoor Pot	< 1	137	Northern Dales	All cave
28	Pillar Holes	< 1	136	Northern Dales	All cave
29	GB Cave	1.95	134	Mendip	All cave	Short description
30	Echo Pot	< 1	134	Northern Dales	All cave
31	Marble Steps Pot	1.273	131	Northern Dales	All cave
32	Alum Pot System	2.454	129	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
33	Juniper Gulf	< 1	128	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
34	Big Sink Cave (or swallet)	1.2	126	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
35	Large/Rift Pot	4.17	122	Northern Dales	All cave
36	Crescent Pot	1.146	122	Northern Dales	All cave
37	Reservoir Hole	< 1	122	Mendip	All cave
38	Thrupe Lane Swallet	1.417	120	Mendip	All cave	Short description
39	Foul Pot	< 1	120	Northern Dales	All cave
40	Redmire Pot	1.6	117	Northern Dales	All cave
41	Lancliffe Pot	9.6	116	Northern Dales	All cave
42	Brown Hill Pot	1.01	115	Northern Dales	All cave
43	Spectacle Pot - Vesper Pot	< 1	114	Northern Dales	All cave
44	Long Kin East - Rift Pot	1.5	113	Northern Dales	All cave
45	Nick Pot	< 1	113	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
46	Washfold Pot	< 1	112	Northern Dales	All cave
47	Growling Hole	< 1	111	Northern Dales	All cave
48	Wigmore Swallet	1.125	110	Mendip	All cave
49	Little Hull Pot	1.097	110	Northern Dales	All cave
50	Hurnel Moss Pot	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
51	Newby Moss Cave	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave
52	Borrins Moor Cave	1.433	108	Northern Dales	All cave
53	Marble Sink	< 1	108	Northern Dales	All cave
54	Clearwell Caves	24	107	Forest Of Dean	Part mine	Short description
55	Hangman's Hole	< 1	106	Northern Dales	All cave
56	Strans Gill Pot	< 1	105	Northern Dales	All cave
57	Car Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
58	Pasture Gill Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave
59	Marble Pot	< 1	103	Northern Dales	All cave
60	Sell Gill Holes	< 1	101	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
61	Slaughter Stream Cave	14	100	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
62	Ban y Gor (Ban-yr-Gore) Cave	< 1	100	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
63	P5	< 1	99	Northern Dales	All cave
64	Knacker Trapper Hole	< 1	98	Northern Dales	All cave
65	Newby Moss Pot	< 1	96	Northern Dales	All cave
66	Little Crapnell Swallet	< 1	93	Mendip	All cave
67	Long Drop - Death's Head - Big Meanie	1	92	Northern Dales	All cave
68	Eldon Hole	< 1	92	Peak District	All cave	Short description
69	Magnetometer Pot	4.6	91	Northern Dales	All cave
70	Lizard Pot	< 1	91	Northern Dales	All cave
71	Gough's Cave	2.135	90	Mendip	All cave
72	Blue John Caverns	1.274	90	Peak District	Part mine
73	Langstroth Pot	1.1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
74	Hammer Pot	1.036	90	Northern Dales	All cave
75	Jean Pot	< 1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
76	Upper Flood Swallet	3.15	89	Mendip	All cave	Short description
77	Waterways Swallet	< 1	89	Peak District	All cave	Short description
78	Grange Rigg Pot	< 1	87	Northern Dales	All cave
79	Sunset Hole	< 1	86	Northern Dales	All cave
80	Coronation Pot	< 1	83	Northern Dales	All cave
81	Low Douk Cave	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
82	The Mohole	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
83	Brackenbottom Pot	< 1	80	Northern Dales	All cave
84	Charterhouse Cave	< 1	80	Mendip	All cave
85	Bull Pot	< 1	79	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
86	Devil's Limekiln	< 1	79	Devon	All cave	Short description
87	Knotlow Cavern	2.6	76	Peak District	All cave	Short description
88	Sleets Gill Cave	2.4	76	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
89	Chanterelle Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
90	Craftman's Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
91	Cuckoo Cleeves	< 1	76	Mendip	All cave
92	Hunger Hill Swallet	< 1	76	Peak District	All cave	Short description
93	Kuling Hole	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
94	Scars Hole	< 1	75	Northern Dales	All cave
95	White Pit	< 1	73	Mendip	All cave
96	Miss Graces Lane Swallet	4	72	Forest Of Dean	All cave	Short description
97	Darnbrook Pot	< 1	71	Northern Dales	All cave
98	P8 (Jackpot)	1.8	70	Peak District	All cave	Short description
99	Christmas Swallet (P9)	< 1	70	Peak District	All cave
100	North Hill Swallet	< 1	70	Mendip	All cave
101	Read's Cavern	< 1	70	Mendip	All cave	Short description
102	Penyghent Long Churn	< 1	69	Northern Dales	All cave
103	Twin Titties Swallet	< 1	69	Mendip	All cave
104	Haytime Hole	< 1	68	Northern Dales	All cave
105	Jingling Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
106	Lamb Leer Cavern	< 1	67	Mendip	All cave	Short description
107	Out Sleets Beck Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave
108	Waterwheel Swallet	< 1	67	Mendip	All cave
109	Snatcher Pot	< 1	66	Northern Dales	All cave
110	Dowel Dale Side Pot	< 1	65	Peak District	All cave
111	Hurtle Pot - Jingle Pot System	2.37	64	Northern Dales	All cave
112	Catamite Hole	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
113	Cow Hole	< 1	64	Mendip	All cave
114	High Hull Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
115	Hunt Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
116	Slanting Cave	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
117	Sludge Pit Hole	< 1	62	Mendip	All cave
118	Carlswark Cavern	3.243	61	Peak District	Part mine	Short description
119	Hardrawkin Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
120	Hull Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
121	Thrupe Swallet	< 1	61	Mendip	All cave
122	Mossdale Caverns	10.5	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
123	Heale Farm Cave	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave
124	Lord's Top Dig	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
125	Pen Park Hole	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave	Short description
126	Rose Cottage Cave	< 1	60	Mendip	All cave
127	Rough Pot	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
128	The Churns	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
129	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 England 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 England.

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.