Birks Fell Cave

Location
Grid Reference: SD 9310 7700

Altitude: 362 m

Entrance close to stream sink, just up fell from the wall.

Description
A fine and sporting cave, with only three (or four, depending on your view) short pitches separated by long stretches of cave.

Access
CNCC permit required.

History
1932 - Originally explored to a low crawl by YRC.

1947 - BPC pushed along the crawl (Bradford Crawl) to a canal.

1968/9 - the main extensions and bulk of the cave were explored by CPC.

References and Further Reading

 * Coe R, 1968 "Birks Fell Cave", CPC Journal Vol4-No.2 p 111-121
 * Coe R, 1969 "Birks Fell Cave", CPC Journal Vol4-No.3 p 150-154
 * Beck H M, Birks Fell Cave (a snapshot), Craven Record 40