Nearcliff Wood Rift Cave

Location
Grid Reference SK 52739 99519

Length: 88m, Depth 12m.

Altitude: 40m

Description
About 400 m North of East end of disused railway viaduct in old quarry, are two entrances, difficult to locate.

Follow path under railway to path slanting up on right over old tips. Follow this path back towards the railway, to branch path on left into thick woodland. With luck the entrances will be found nearby, near foot of scarp.

Lower entrance is 10 m down bank from upper entrance. The crawl into the upper series enlarges to 4.5 m climbable drop into chamber with three routes leading off. First is high level link to upper entrance passage. Second is lower and leads to other entrance. Third is the lowest, reached by a further 4.5 m decent, and ending in a choke after a further link to the lower entrance.

Access
Open access, no permission required.

References and Further Reading
The 1997 RIGS Survey included an assessment of cave systems along the Don Gorge by Tony Gibbs of the Derbyshire Caving Association.