Caves · North West England
Alum Pot
Alum Pot is a cave in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Ribblehead · 3.5 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Alum Pot is a named cave entrance in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 54.1754°, -2.3464°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Ingleborough SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: INGLEBOROUGH
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Alum Pot is a pothole with a large open shaft at a surface elevation of 343 metres (1,125 ft) on the eastern flanks of Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England. It connects with nearby Long Churn Cave and Diccan Pot. The pot is accessed via a 1-km private track on payment of a small fee from Selside Farm in the hamlet of Selside in Ribblesdale. Alum Pot has variously been known as Allan, Alan, Allen, Hellen and Hell'n.
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Background
History
In 1847 John Birkbeck undertook the first partial descent of Alum Pot from Long Churn Cave which did not reach the floor of the shaft. He returned the following year and made a successful descent, when a group of nine men were lowered to the shaft floor in a large bucket winched down by a group of railway workers. In 1932 a 24-strong group of cavers from the Craven Pothole Club made the first passage from Alum Pot to Diccan Pot. In July 1936 Mabel Binks became the first caving fatality in the Yorkshire Dales when she was hit by a rock falling down the Main Shaft. Evidence from the inquest indicated that it had been thrown down deliberately.
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- Coordinates
- 54.1754, -2.3464
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Parish
- Horton in Ribblesdale
- Postcode
- BD24 0HZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Nearest railway station
- Ribblehead — 3.5 km
Sources
- osm: n1886829990 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Alum Pot (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Alum Pot - geograph.org.uk - 147334.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Alum Pot?
- Alum Pot is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BD24 0HZ), in the parish of Horton in Ribblesdale.
- Is Alum Pot a protected site?
- Yes — Alum Pot is part of the Ingleborough SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the INGLEBOROUGH National Nature Reserve.
- Is Alum Pot free to visit?
- Yes, Alum Pot is free to enter.
- How do I get to Alum Pot?
- The nearest railway station is Ribblehead, about 3.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BD24 0HZ.