The Top 20 Caves in the Pennines Mountains
Looking to visit a cave in the Pennines Mountains on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Pennines Mountains’s 20
best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.
best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.
Last updated: November 26, 2025
Rydal Cave
Highlight • Cave
Rydal Cave is actually an old quarry called Loughrigg Quarry. It was used to mine slate tiles for the local buildings around 200 years ago. It now lies dormant and is partially flooded.
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Janet's Foss
Highlight • Forest
Janet's Foss is a beautiful waterfall nestled among trees on the footpath from Malham Village to Gordale Scar. You can splash around in the waterfall and its plunge pool, making …
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Cathedral Cavern
Highlight • Historical Site
Cathedral Cavern is a surprisingly impressive chamber that emerges from the woodland just to the south of Little Langdale. At its centre is a massive pillar that supports the cavern …
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Cathedral Quarry
Highlight • Cave
Great to explore the tunnels and caverns. Bring a torch!
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Hull Pot
Highlight • Canyon
Hull Pot, on the western side of Pen-y-Ghent, is a collapsed cavern, and an impressive hole measuring 91m (300ft) long by 18m (60ft) deep.
In the late 18th century, in …
In the late 18th century, in …
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Buttermere Tunnel
Highlight • Structure
This tunnel-like cave is on the footpath around Buttermere. It is about 50 feet (15 m) long. A torch is useful as there are deep puddles inside in the pitch-black cave.
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Rydal Caves
Highlight • Cave
Don’t be disappointed thinking this is the large cave with stepping stones you were expecting 😂😂…that’s just a little further up around the corner but these smaller caves are worth a look on the way.
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Trollers Gill
Highlight • Gorge
Really dramatic scenery and an exhilarating scramble when the gill is full of water! Don't forget to take a peek in the cave on the right-hand side as you reach the top of the gill!
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Priest's Hole
Highlight • Cave
This highlight does not have an established path to but well worth a visit. When the main path flattens from the steep climb veer towards the rock outcrop to the …
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Gaping Gill Waterfall and Cave Entrance
Highlight • Cave
One of Britain’s largest underground chambers, Gaping Gill is a spectacular sight. Fell Beck plummets spectacularly into the chasm, to reappear some way down the hillside at Ingleborough Cave. Take …
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