White Scar Cave
Britain's longest show cave, with guided tours through an underground waterfall, stalactites and the vast 'Battlefield Cavern'.
White Scar Cave was discovered in 1923 by a Cambridge student and lies on the southern slope of Ingleborough. The guided tour lasts about 80 minutes and covers around 1.6 km. It passes an underground waterfall, groups of stalactites, and the 'Battlefield Cavern', about 100 metres long and 30 metres high. The cave stays at around 8°C all year, so bring a warm jacket, and some passages are low enough that you will need to stoop. Admission is about £15, and the cave is open roughly 10:00–16:30. In winter it opens only at weekends. It is about 2 km from Ingleton and makes a good alternative plan for a rainy day.
Opening hours
~10:00–16:30 (winter weekends)
Nearby sights
- Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
- Ingleborough
- Ingleborough Cave
- Whernside
- Ribblehead Viaduct
- Kirkby Lonsdale
- Settle–Carlisle Railway
- Pen-y-ghent