Regulations United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales National Park
Bar Pot
Caving
Regulations on 30 October 2026
Signs at the site and later resolutions prevail; check the source.
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Permit required
Caving · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Book online
Advanced online booking is required. You can also email the booking seretary.
Access to this cave is available to everyone all year round, but must be booked prior to your trip to satisfy the landowner’s requirements for managed access (and out of courtesy to other cavers too). One booking may be made per cave entrance per day. The CNCC has created a simple online booking system to allow individuals to book access to this (and other) caves using an intuitive calendar-based approach.
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Published by Council for the Northern Caving Community, 11 Aug 2019 · CNCC - Bar Pot
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Regulated
Caving · 1 May to 31 May
Not in force on 30 October 2026
The dates are not exact.
Twice per year a winch-meet event is run when the water is diverted and a gathering of cavers from local clubs operate a winch from the surface down into Gaping Gill chamber (Bradford Pothole Club in May, […]). […]
Information for cavers visiting the winch meet
During winch meets, the presiding club administers access to several Gaping Gill system entrances, including:
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Dihedral, Main Hang and Rat Hole are usually not able to be descended at all by visiting cavers during the winch meet.
Cavers wishing to visit one of these potholes should research with the organising club (the Bradford Pothole Club in May […]) to determine which entrances will be rigged and when. Do not use the CNCC’s Online Booking System.
On the day of your trip. check-in at the caving tent next to Gaping Gill; they will keep a record of who is underground. […]
Published by Council for the Northern Caving Community · CNCC - Gaping Gill: Information for Cavers
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Regulated
Caving · 1 Aug to 31 Aug
Not in force on 30 October 2026
The dates are not exact.
Twice per year a winch-meet event is run when the water is diverted and a gathering of cavers from local clubs operate a winch from the surface down into Gaping Gill chamber ([…] Craven Pothole Club in August). […]
Information for cavers visiting the winch meet
During winch meets, the presiding club administers access to several Gaping Gill system entrances, including:
[…]
Dihedral, Main Hang and Rat Hole are usually not able to be descended at all by visiting cavers during the winch meet.
Cavers wishing to visit one of these potholes should research with the organising club ([…] or the Craven Pothole Club in August) to determine which entrances will be rigged and when. Do not use the CNCC’s Online Booking System.
On the day of your trip. check-in at the caving tent next to Gaping Gill; they will keep a record of who is underground. […]
Published by Council for the Northern Caving Community · CNCC - Gaping Gill: Information for Cavers
In Yorkshire Dales National Park
Regulated zone
Yorkshire Dales National Park
These hold everywhere inside the boundary, whether or not a site is marked.
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Permit required
Camping & bivouac · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Wild Camping & Fly Camping
Wild camping is not permitted anywhere in the Yorkshire Dales without prior permission from the landowner.
As the National Park Authority we do not have the power to allow camping on private land and we do not permit camping on the small amount of land that we own.
Fly camping and overnight occupation of vehicles in our car parks is also not allowed at any time. […]
Published by Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, 28 Mar 2025 · Motorhome and campervan hire and camping