List of caves in Derbyshire

This is a partial list of caves in Derbyshire, England, arranged alphabetically.[1][2] Many lie within the Peak District National Park.[3][4]

Giant's Hole
Great Masson Cavern
Poole's Cavern
Speedwell Cavern
Cave entrance at Harboro' Rocks

Some of the caves are protected Scheduled Monuments and are marked with * in the table below.

Cave Near Length (m) Depth (m) Grid reference
Anchor Church [5] Derby SK 3384 2728
Ash Tree Cave* [6] Chesterfield 7 3 SK 5148 7614
Bagshawe Cavern Castleton 5000 75 SK 1716 8089
Blue John Cavern Castleton 1274 90 SK 1318 8320
Carlswark Cavern Stoney Middleton 3200 60 SK 2207 7581
Cratcliff Rocks hermitage* [7] Bakewell SK 2275 6234
Cumberland Cavern Matlock 400 0 SK 2923 5773
Devonshire Cavern Matlock 305 80 SK 290 584
Dowel Cave* [8] Buxton 15 0 SK 0756 6760
Dream Cave Matlock 15 SK 275 530
Eldon Hole Castleton 200 85 SK 1161 8090
Fox Hole Cave* [9] Buxton 56 0 SK 0997 6618
Gautries Cave Castleton 659 26 SK 1013 8145
Giant's Hole Castleton 2298 140 SK 1194 8268
Great Masson Cavern Matlock 5000 0 SK 292 586
Great Rutland Cavern Matlock 171 0 SK 2925 5858
Harboro' Cave* [10] Matlock 15 0 SK 2422 5523
Hermitage at Dale Abbey* [11] Derby SK 4388 3849
Jug Holes Matlock 800 0 SK 2797 5959
Langwith Cave* [12] Chesterfield 30 SK 5180 6950
Lathkill Head Cave Bakewell 1525 55 SK 1707 6589
Merlin's Mine Stoney Middleton 1000 30 SK 2177 7591
Mother Grundy's Parlour* [13] Chesterfield 15 SK 5354 7422
Nettle Pot Castleton 798 174 SK 1253 8200
Odin Cave Castleton 42 0 SK 1342 8346
Oxlow Cavern Castleton 2134 145 SK 1241 8219
P8 Castleton 1800 0 SK 1078 8179
Peak Cavern Castleton 6026 130 SK 1486 8257
Pinhole Cave* [13] Chesterfield 52 SK 5354 7422
Plunge Hole Buxton 9 15 SK 0438 7133
Poole's Cavern Buxton 244 0 SK 050 725
Reynard's Cave Ashbourne 12 0 SK 1451 5252
Robin Hood's Cave* [13] Chesterfield 290 SK 5354 7422
Rowter Hole Castleton 1044 182 SK 1343 8233
Speedwell Cavern Castleton 6929 235 SK 1393 8275
Suicide Cave Castleton 137 27 SK 1375 8271
Thirst House Cave Buxton 58 0 SK 0969 7133
Titan Castleton 2086 196 SK 1387 8184
Treak Cliff Cavern Castleton 305 0 SK 1357 8310
Winnats Head Cave Castleton 610 148 SK 1314 8282

See also


References
  1. "Caving in Derbyshire". www.derbyscc.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. "The Caves - peakdistrictcaving.info". www.peakdistrictcaving.info. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
  4. OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
  5. Historic England. "Anchor Church  (Grade II) (1096534)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  6. Historic England. "Ash Tree Cave (1017583)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. Historic England. "Cratcliff Rocks hermitage (1008008)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. Historic England. "Dowel Cave (1011923)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. Historic England. "Fox Hole Cave (1011922)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. Historic England. "Harboro' cave (1007044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. Historic England. "Hermitage 170m south east of All Saints Church (1019632)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  12. Historic England. "Langwith Cave (1011954)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  13. Historic England. "Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave (1003770)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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