The Three Counties System and the North West

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The Three Counties System

West Kingsdale Area Map
 * Kingsdale Master Cave
 * Valley Entrance (III) P - Extremely popular roadside entrance
 * Simpson Pot (IV) P - The finest pull-through trip in the Dales
 * Swinsto Hole (IV) P - ''The other finest pull-through trip in the Dales'
 * Rowten Pot (IV) P - Classic SRT: all vertical with crashing water all around (optional 8m free dive links to KMC)
 * Keld Head - Resurgence for East and West Kingsdale and Marble Steps area
 * Aquamole Pot (III) P - Popular recent addition to Kingsdale's SRT options
 * Swinsto South / Bedstead Pot
 * Bull Pot (III) P - Intermediate level SRT trip - nothing too exciting
 * Jingling Pot (III) P - Popular venue for learning SRT
 * Simpson's Caves (II-III) - Worthwhile horizontal cave with several entrances
 * Turbary Pot (III) - Two pitches provide a short SRT trip
 * Yordas Pot / Yordas Cave (III) P - All the ingredients packed into a short trip. Good intro for beginners who can abseil
 * Craftman's Pot (III-IV) - Not recommended - loose and unpleasant
 * Jingling Caves / Rowten Caves (II) - Good easy horizontal system
 * Slanting Cave (IV)

'''Leck Fell Area Map


 * ''Lost Johns' / Rumbling Hole
 * Lost Johns' Cave (III-IV) P
 * Boxhead Pot (IV) P
 * It's a Cracker (?)
 * Rumbling Hole (IV) P
 * ''Short Drop / Gavel
 * Gavel Pot (II-IV) P
 * Short Drop Cave (II-III) P
 * Coal Hole Entrance (III)
 * ''Big Meanie / Death's Head / Long Drop
 * Big Meanie (IV) P
 * Death's Head Hole (IV) P
 * Long Drop Cave (III)
 * Ireby Fell Cavern (III) P
 * Notts Pot (III-IV) P
 * ''Notts II
 * Iron Kiln Hole (III) ''(Notts II)
 * Voldemort Hole (III)
 * The Cupcake (IV)


 * Brunskill Pot (III)
 * Dead Dobbin Pot (IV)
 * Starting Handle Hole (III)
 * Shuttleworth Pot (III) ''(Witches Cave II)
 * (Get Down) Shep Pot (IV)

Marble Steps Area Map
 * Marble Steps Pot (III-IV) P
 * ''Rift Pot / Large Pot / Low Douk
 * New Rift Pot (IV) P
 * Large Pot (IV)
 * Low Douk Cave (III)
 * The Mohole (III)

East Kingsdale Area Map
 * Brown Hill Pot (IV)
 * Broken Finger Pot (V)
 * Catamite Hole (?)
 * Crescent Pot (V)
 * Growling Hole (V)
 * King Pot (V) P
 * Spectacle / Vesper:
 * Spectacle Pot (V) P
 * Vesper Pot (IV) P
 * Illusion Pot (III-IV)

Kingsdale Head Area Map
 * Heron Pot (III) P
 * Batty Cave (III)

Scales Moor Area Map
 * Dale Barn Cave (IV-V)
 * Dry Gill Cave (III)

Ease Gill Area Map
 * Aygill Caverns (III) P
 * Bull Pot of the Witches (III)
 * Nippikin Pot (III)
 * Pegleg Pot (III)
 * Easegill System:
 * Lancaster Hole (III) P
 * Cow Pot (IV) P
 * County Pot (III) P
 * Wretched Rabbit (III)
 * Pool Sink (III) P
 * Top Sink (IV) P
 * Sylvester Pot (III)
 * The Borehole (III)
 * Link Pot (III-IV) P
 * Mistral Hole (III)
 * Pippikin Pot (IV-V)
 * Bye George (IV-V)
 * Peterson Pot (IV)
 * Boundary Pot (III)

Barbondale Area Map
 * Barbon Pot (IV)
 * ''Crystal / Dog / Bucket
 * Crystal Cave (IV)
 * Dog Hole (III-IV)
 * Bucket on the Head (III-IV)
 * Short Gill Cave (III)

Dentdale and Garsdale Area Map
 * ''Ibbeth Peril
 * Ibbeth Peril I (III)
 * Ibbeth Peril II (III)
 * Upper Hackergill Cave (III)
 * Blea Gill Cave (IV)
 * Nettle Pot (Gawthrop) (III)
 * Nirvana Cave (?)
 * Tub Hole (III)

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 * Angel's Drainpipe (III)
 * Devil's Grinding Mill (I)
 * Smeltmill Beck Cave (II)

Vale of Eden including Caldbeck
 * Knock Fell Caverns (III)
 * Pate Hole (III)
 * The Swilly Hole (III)

P = Permanent Anchors