Local Area

White Scar Cave

Discovered by amateur geologists in 1923, White Scar Cave is 3.7 miles long, through Carboniferous limestone hollowed out down the ages by mildly acidic water.

You’ll put on a hardhat for the tour, which leads you through this strange subterranean world for a mile and takes around 80 minutes.

The adventure begins with the First Waterfall, with a discharge of 55 tons a minute in full flow, while people suffering from claustrophobia may need to prepare themselves for The Squeeze, where the trail narrows to less than half a metre between two bulging walls of flowstone.

As you go you’ll see weird concretions like the Arum Lily stalagmatic column, and the Carrots, small stalactites with a bright orange hue cau Discovered by amateur geologists in 1923, White Scar Cave is 3.7 miles long, through Carboniferous limestone hollowed out down the ages by mildly acidic water.

You’ll put on a hardhat for the tour, which leads you through this strange subterranean world for a mile and takes around 80 minutes

ingleton falls

This five-mile walk begins and ends in the village, and takes you off into oak woodland protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The trail winds up into a craggy, geologically landscape on the North and South Craven Fault, leading you past no fewer than seven waterfalls including Thornton Force (a highlight), and the stunning triple spout of Beezley Falls. The trail, first opened in 1885, is on private land with an entry fee of £7. Ingleton is also in the shadow of Ingleborough, the second-highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales at 723 metres.

Cautley Spout

Cautley Spout is a spectacular broken cascade of waterfalls that drops almost 200m from the rim of Cautley Crags down into Cautley Holme Beck. This means that, while Hardraw Force takes the credit for being the highest single drop waterfall above ground in England, Cautley Spout is the highest waterfall.

Farfield Mill

Set in the shadow of the glorious Howgills near Sedbergh and restored from a Victorian woollen mill, Farfield Mill provides an excellent visit for arts and heritage enthusiasts alike. Take your time to discover a programme of top-quality exhibitions; a unique range of fine art and crafts created by resident and visiting artists; fascinating displays telling the history of the Mill; Weaving demonstrations from our farfield friends of hand weaving on Mondays and Wednesdays; rugs or throws produced on the mill’s own looms.

Ingleborough Cave

Ingleborough Cave, first entered and made accessible in 1837, is one of the Yorkshire Dales finest examples of limestone scenery. A well lit concrete footpath leads you past huge stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones. Visitors are lead by our expert guides through a kilometre of awe-inspiring passages that are brought to life by formations and artefacts dating back millions of years! The Cave also shows the significant impact of the Ice Age, and as recently as 2002 the tooth of a woolly rhinoceros, now long extinct, was discovered just beyond the show cave. You reach the Cave via the Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail, a picturesque 1.3 mile walk through the woodland along a well maintained gravel track.