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White Scar Caves
White Scar Caves
	Formations in the show cave
Location	Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England
OS grid	SD 7128 7452
Coordinates	54°09′56″N 2°26′29″W / 54.165626°N 2.441345°W
Length	6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi)
Elevation	259 metres (850 ft)
Discovery	1923
Geology	Carboniferous limestone
Entrances	2
Hazards	Water
Access	Show cave
Show cave opened	Opened 1925
Show cave length	1,600 metres (1,700 yd)
Cave survey	cavemaps.org
Website	www.whitescarcave.co.uk

White Scar Caves is a show cave in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England, under Ingleborough in the Chapel-le-Dale valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a solutional resurgence cave formed in Carboniferous limestone, some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long.

It was first explored in August 1923 by two amateur geologists, Christopher Long^[1]^[2] and J.H. Churchill, but there have been further discoveries since then, including "The Battlefield", one of the largest known cave chambers in Great Britain at 90 metres (300 ft) long.^[3] Originally accessed through a vertical boulder choke, an access tunnel has been cut to include it on the visitor trail.

The system is open as a show cave. The entrance is from the Ribblehead to Ingleton road on the west of Ingleborough; tours are run throughout the year. The visitor facilities include a shop and café.

References

^ Rodgers, Peter (1978). Geology of the Yorkshire Dales. Clapham, N. Yorkshire: Dalesman. p. 77. ISBN 0852064829.
^ Reckert, Nick (1972). "Half a Century On". Cambridge Underground - the journal of Cambridge University Caving Club: 35–40. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Caving". White Scar Cave. Retrieved 26 October 2023.