Tub Hole

Location
Grid Reference: SD 7322 8611

Altitude: 160m

Parking is fairly limited but the cave can be accessed from the roads on either side of the valley. Take the path to the small footbridge, drop down into the gill and the cave is under the small cliff.

Description
In a tributary to the river Dee, with the entrance lower than the stream so it will flood completely in wet weather.

The low entrance drops down into a wide and fairly impressive canal which deepens to chest deep wading (at least it was after a few days of rain). Along the canal by some roof inlets a small passage off to the right ends a sump after about 20m. Wading on along the canal comes to an area of boulders, going over these drops back into the canal which leads to a sump. Apparently at lower water levels the sump can be bypassed by taking the passage to the left.