Longest caves
Rank | Cave Name | Length (km) | Vertical Range (m) | Region | Type | More Info |
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1 | Three Counties System | 86.619 | 253 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
2 | Kingsdale Master Cave | 27 | 165 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
3 | Clearwell Caves | 24 | 107 | Forest Of Dean | Part mine | Short description |
4 | Gaping Gill System | 21 | 192 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
5 | Peak Cavern - Speedwell Cavern | 17.75 | 248 | Peak District | Part mine | Short description |
6 | Slaughter Stream Cave | 14 | 100 | Forest Of Dean | All cave | Short description |
7 | Hudgill Burn Mine Caverns | 13.244 | < 60 | Northern Dales | Part mine | Short description |
8 | Mossdale Caverns | 10.5 | 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
9 | Lancliffe Pot | 9.6 | 116 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
10 | Swildon's Hole | 9.41 | 167 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
11 | St. Cuthbert's Swallet | 7.103 | 145 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
12 | The Goyden System | 7.1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
13 | Gingling Hole | 6.9 | 177 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
14 | White Scar Cave | 6.5 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
15 | Mongo Gill Hole - Stump Cross Caverns | 5.8 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
16 | Charterhouse Cave | 5.218 | 228 | Mendip | All cave | |
17 | Penyghent Pot | 5.2 | 196 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
18 | Giants Hole - Oxlow Caverns | 5.12 | 211 | Peak District | Part mine | Short description |
19 | Bagshawe Cavern | 5 | 75 | Peak District | All cave | Short description |
20 | Dale Barn Cave | 4.9 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
21 | Upper Flood Swallet | 4.72 | 136 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
22 | Meregill - Roaring Hole | 4.6 | 181 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
23 | Magnetometer Pot | 4.6 | 91 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
24 | Knock Fell Caverns | 4.5 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
25 | Red Moss/Birkwith System | 4.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
26 | Miss Graces Lane Swallet | 4 | 72 | Forest Of Dean | All cave | Short description |
27 | Dub Cote Cave | 4 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
28 | Dow Cave - Providence Pot | 3.7 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
29 | Wookey Hole | 3.66 | 182 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
30 | Baker's Pit - Reeds | 3.631 | < 60 | Devon | All cave | Short description |
31 | Birks Fell Cave | 3.6 | 142 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
32 | Boreham Cave | 3.6 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
33 | Gough's Cave | 3.405 | 115 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
34 | Carlswark Cavern | 3.243 | 61 | Peak District | Part mine | Short description |
35 | Fairy Holes | 3.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
36 | Ibbeth Peril - Upper Hackergill Caves | 2.803 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
37 | Eastwater Cavern | 2.8 | 160 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
38 | Knotlow Cavern | 2.6 | 76 | Peak District | Part mine | Short description |
39 | Lathkill Head Cave - Ricklow Cave | 2.58 | < 60 | Peak District | All cave | Short description |
40 | Excalibur Pot | 2.5 | < 60 | North York | All cave | Short description |
41 | Alum Pot System | 2.454 | 129 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
42 | Aygill Caverns | 2.438 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
43 | Sleets Gill Cave | 2.4 | 76 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
44 | Hurtle Pot - Jingle Pot System | 2.37 | 64 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
45 | Stoke Lane Slocker | 2.25 | < 60 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
46 | Robinsons' Pot | 2.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
47 | Reservoir Hole | 2.196 | 131 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
48 | Black Keld | 2.115 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
49 | Cliff Force Cave | 2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
50 | GB Cave | 1.95 | 134 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
51 | Dog Hole - Crystal Cave | 1.95 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
52 | Smeltmill Beck Cave | 1.9 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
53 | P8 (Jackpot) | 1.8 | 70 | Peak District | All cave | Short description |
54 | Blea Gill Cave | 1.8 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
55 | Devis Hole Mine Caves - South and East Cave Series | 1.791 | < 60 | Northern Dales | Part mine | Short description |
56 | Joint Hole | 1.77 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
57 | Ayleburn Mine Cave | 1.7 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
58 | Devis Hole Mine Caves - Central Maze | 1.7 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
59 | Malham Cove Risings | 1.7 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
60 | Great Douk Cave | 1.676 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
61 | Longwood Swallet | 1.65 | 175 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
62 | Redhouse Lane Swallet | 1.615 | < 60 | Forest Of Dean | All cave | Short description |
63 | Redmire Pot | 1.6 | 117 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
64 | Spittle Croft Cave | 1.6 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
65 | Goatchurch Cavern | 1.532 | 63 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
66 | Wigmore Swallet | 1.52 | 113 | Mendip | All cave | |
67 | Long Kin East - Rift Pot | 1.5 | 113 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
68 | Scoska Cave | 1.5 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
69 | Borrins Moor Cave | 1.433 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
70 | Thrupe Lane Swallet | 1.417 | 120 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
71 | Shatter Cave | 1.373 | < 60 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
72 | Blue John Caverns | 1.324 | 90 | Peak District | Part mine | |
73 | Tyning's Barrow Swallet | 1.296 | 132 | Mendip | All cave | |
74 | Eglin's Hole | 1.28 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
75 | Marble Steps Pot | 1.273 | 131 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
76 | Tatham Wife Hole | 1.219 | 155 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
77 | Big Sink Cave (or swallet) | 1.2 | 126 | Forest Of Dean | All cave | Short description |
78 | Bown Scar Cave | 1.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
79 | Cherry Tree Hole | 1.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
80 | Hagg Gill Pot | 1.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
81 | White Keld | 1.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
82 | Windegg Mine Caverns | 1.2 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
83 | Manor Farm Swallet | 1.17 | 179 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
84 | Fairy Cave - Hillier's Cave - Hillwithy Cave | 1.17 | < 60 | Mendip | All cave | Short description |
85 | Crescent Pot | 1.146 | 122 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
86 | Langstroth Pot | 1.1 | 90 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
87 | Grabbers Cave | 1.1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
88 | Hugh's Moss Cave | 1.1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
89 | Pridhamsleigh Cavern | 1.1 | < 60 | Devon | All cave | |
90 | Water Icicle Close Cavern | 1.1 | < 60 | Peak District | Part mine | Short description |
91 | Yew Cogar Cave | 1.1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
92 | Little Hull Pot | 1.097 | 110 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
93 | Heron Pot | 1.097 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | Short description |
94 | Dry Gill Cave | 1.07 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
95 | Lower Cales Dale Cave | 1.055 | < 60 | Peak District | All cave | |
96 | Pikedaw Calamine Caverns | 1.055 | < 60 | Northern Dales | Part mine | Short description |
97 | Rowter Hole | 1.044 | 140 | Peak District | Part mine | Short description |
98 | Hammer Pot | 1.036 | 90 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
99 | Lionel's Hole | 1.006 | < 60 | Mendip | All cave | |
100 | Barras End Mine Caverns | 1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
101 | Kent's Cavern | 1 | < 60 | Devon | All cave | Short description |
102 | Nidd Head North West Rising | 1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
103 | Skirwith Cave | 1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave | |
104 | Tub Hole | 1 | < 60 | Northern Dales | All cave |
Total cave length (for caves of 1 km and above): 457.944 km.
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