A small but nasty vertical cave not far from Whitewell that lives up to it's name.
The open shaft in a small wood is a 14m (47') ladder climb down to a dig in the floor where things get a bit nasty as there is a blind rift and climb down through a stempled hole and a rift leading to a 15m (50') pitch.

Although nasty, the pothole is graded "moderate".

Hell Hole is on the Duchy of Lancaster Estate.  Permission is required from the Estate Office in Forton near Preston, Lancashire.

Nearby are Whitewell Cave and Pot.

Midnight trip to Hell Hole November 1985, temperature -7ºC!