Around Chapel-le-Dale

Around Chapel-le-Dale

Here are a few things to visit or see in Chapel-le-Dale itself or on the surrounding hills.

White Scar Caves

The longest show cave in Britain.
The cave walk takes approximately eighty minutes and covers about a mile. Paths and lighting have been installed throughout, and visitors are escorted by a guide.

Ingleborough Cave

A well-laid concrete path allows you to traverse comfortably for over half a kilometre into the mountain, and discrete lighting displays the calcite flows, the stalactites and stalagmites at their best. This really is one of the country's natural wonders. An expert guide will help you to interpret the features, enhancing your experience.

Settle-Carlisle Railway

The 72 mile route from Settle to Carlisle takes you on a journey through the magnificent Yorkshire Dales, over the 24 arches of the Ribblehead Viaduct before plunging in to the longest tunnel on the line at Blea Moor.

Southerscales Nature Reserve

The reserve of 42.6 hectares lies at an altitude of approximately 323m amidst dramatic scenery. Here, the typical features of limestone country – the scars, the potholes, the limestone pavement and the limestone grassland – may be seen, along with a remarkable variety of ferns and flowering plants.

St Leonard's Church

The Parish Church of St. Leonard, Chapel-le-Dale. A tiny church built from local limestone. It contains a plaque to commemorate those who died building the Ribblehead Viaduct.

Ingleborough Hill Fort

Ingleborough hill-fort (remains) is an iron-age fortification situated on the summit of Ingleborough. It was probably constructed by the British north-western tribe, the Brigantes, during the first century AD when the area was under attack from the Romans.

Gaping Gill

Fell Beck plunges 360 feet into the Main Chamber - the size of York Minster. A winch service operates in May and August for non-cavers.

Dale House Farm Kune Kunes

Look out for the kune kune pigs grazing in the field as you pass.
Not open to the public, but you are welcome to ring ahead to buy meat and eggs direct from the farm.

Gunnerfleet Farm Pedigree Limousin

Breeders of pedigree Limousin cattle whose stock you will see out in the summer months.

Old English Goats

Once the typical cottagers’ goat in the 19th century, the Old English became less common as incomes rose and fewer people needed a house goat.
Now very rare, you may see some in the fields as you pass Chapel-le-Dale village.