# Weathercote Cave

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Depth:** 33 m
- **Access:** By prior arrangement
- **Length:** 762 m
- **Geology:** Carboniferous limestone
- **Hazards:** water, loose boulders, verticality
- **Location:** Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, [UK]
- **Elevation:** 262 m
- **Map Width:** 250
- **Difficulty:** III
- **Grid Ref Uk:** SD 7393 7756
- **Photo Width:** 250
- **Entrance Count:** 1

At the near end of the shaft, a flight of 51 steps descends beneath a natural rock arch, to the bottom, where a number of short passage all lead to sumps, the main one of which has been connected to Jingle Pot, another daylight shaft located down the valley, and thence to Hurtle Pot, a further down the valley. The total length of explored passages in the combined system is , and the total depth is . The water can be followed upstream of the waterfall through a series of low aqueous passages and small chambers. When the beck is in full spate, the shaft can fill to the top, and overflow down the valley.

![Photo of Weathercote Cave](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Weathercote_Cave.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathercote_Cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)