Caves · North East England
Fairy Holes Cave
Fairy Holes Cave in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Fairy Holes Cave is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Fairy Holes Cave is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It is located on the western flanks of Snowhope Moor, on the right bank of Westernhope Burn, some 3 km south-west of the village of Eastgate. The cave is the longest known stream passage in the Yoredale Limestone of the North Pennines and the best developed example of its type. The Geological Conservation Review classes it as being of national importance.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.7167, -2.1000
- Established
- 1961
- Official site
- designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5430959 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fairy Holes Cave (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fairy Holes Cave?
- Fairy Holes Cave is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7167°, -2.1000°.
- When was Fairy Holes Cave built?
- Fairy Holes Cave dates to 1961.