Ingleborough Cave is a little over a mile from the village of Clapham on the walk through the nature trail. Here Fell Beck re-emerges into daylight having plunged down Gaping Gill's main shaft high up on Ingleborough. Access to Ingleborough Cave was first gained in 1837 when a natural calcite dam was breached draining water from the passages. Today visitors can enter the first 550 yards (500m) of the cave on well maintained walkways suitable for pushchairs. For the more adventurous trips are available beyond the tourist trail with Clapham Adventure, an outdoor group based in the village. Ingleborough Cave was connected to the Gaping Gill system in 1983 when a team of cave divers assisted by cavers made the difficult through trip from the Main Shaft to the show cave entrance, an event which was captured on film by eminent cave film maker, Sid Perou. www.ingleboroughcave.co.uk claphamadventure.co.uk |
 Ingleborough Show Cave entrance |  Pathway in Ingleborough Cave |
 Visitors in Ingleborough Cave |  Formations in Ingleborough Cave |
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