Giggleswick Scar and Kinsey Cave

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Giggleswick Scar and Kinsey Cave is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire. It lies within the Forest of Bowland National Landscape and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. For more of the same, Oxenber and Wharfe Woods and Lords Wood and Pasture are close by. The closest station is Settle, about 1.8 km to the south-east.

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