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Short Gill Cave System

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Short Gill Cave System is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, covering 0.35 km². It is one of 235 SSSIs in the county. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Dent Station is about 9.5 km to the east. For more of the same, Leck Beck Head Catchment Area and Combe Scar are close by.

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Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.Iconic

Yorkshire Dales

You’re inside itNational Park near Gayle

Limestone country of dry-stone walls, field barns, waterfalls and the Three Peaks.

Photo of Dent, a village in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Dent

Village

A whitewashed village of cobbled streets deep in Dentdale, birthplace of the geologist Adam Sedgwick.

4.3 km NE · Cumbria

Photo of Sedgwick Geological Trail, a landmark near Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Sedgwick Geological Trail

Landmark near Sedbergh

A short trail near Dent following the Dent Fault, laid out for the pioneering geologist Adam Sedgwick.

7.3 km N

Photo of The Black Bull, a gastropub near Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Black Bull

Gastropub · With rooms near Sedbergh

Restored coaching inn with rooms in the Dales book town of Sedbergh.

7.5 km N

Photo of Thornton Force, a waterfall near Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

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Waterfall near Ingleton

The showpiece of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, the Twiss tumbling 14 metres over a bar of ancient rock.

9.7 km S

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

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National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

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