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Horseshoe Cave

Natural Monuments

Yorkshire And The Humber

Settle

Horseshoe Cave

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Horseshoe Cave

Recommended by 18 hikers out of 19

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Location: Settle, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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1. Malham Village – Malham Cove Limestone Pavement loop from Malham

21.5km

06:29

670m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Attermire Scar – Top of Malham Cove loop from Settle

21.6km

06:21

600m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. View of Settle and Ribblesdale – Attermire Scar loop from Settle

15.7km

04:30

370m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Damian Gibbons

November 29, 2020

Look left from the path here and go up and you will see the cave opening could be easily missed

Nathan Skene

August 19, 2021

It's a bloody steep scramble to get down. Didn't think about it much going up but did on the way back! There's no path that I could see, it's just tufts of grass and crawling. The cave is neat, couldn't clearly see how deep it goes, but some way.

Oliver G

November 21, 2023

There are a couple of faint paths steeply traversing up the hill from both east and west to the cave entrance - keep your eyes peeled or you may miss them! This is access land so although there is no official footpath you can walk anywhere. Once in the cave, unless you have full caving gear you can't go anywhere near as far as neighbouring Attermire cave

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Elevation 380 m

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Location: Settle, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Horseshoe Cave

1. Malham Village – Malham Cove Limestone Pavement loop from Malham

2. Attermire Scar – Top of Malham Cove loop from Settle

3. View of Settle and Ribblesdale – Attermire Scar loop from Settle

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