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The ground above Kirkdale Cave (Sentinel-2)

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Kirkdale Cave

9 °C inside, all year.

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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

The descent

The entrance, at 59 m.

The real relief above Kirkdale Cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance158 m1.0 kmvertical × 16.6depth not publishedEntrance158 m1.0 kmvertical × 35.9

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

59m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

9°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

62m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

9 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 9 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 19 °C at the entrance, 10 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.

outside, at the entrance (59 m)inside
  1. 6°2°Jan
  2. 6°2°Feb
  3. 8°2°Mar
  4. 11°4°Apr
  5. 14°7°May
  6. 17°10°Jun
  7. 19°12°Jul
  8. 19°12°Aug
  9. 17°10°Sep
  10. 13°8°Oct
  11. 9°5°Nov
  12. 7°3°Dec
Inside: 9 °C all yearWettest: Aug

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Cave in North Yorkshire, England

Kirkdale Cave is a cave in United Kingdom. The entrance is at 59 m.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Kirkdale Cave (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 1other cave entrances within 3 kmKirkdale Cave
  • 2marked hiking routes within 3 kmTabular Hills Walk, The Inn Way
  • 14car parks within 2 km
  • 1information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 3bus stops within 2 km
  • 16campsites within 8 kmCarlton Grange Caravan Site, Wombleton Caravan Park, Golden Square Caravan Park and 13 more
  • 13hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmThe Feathers, The Pheasant Hotel, Sleightholmedale Cottages and 10 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • viewpoints within 3 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Kirkbymoorside2.0 km in a straight line
  • Helmsley6.5 km in a straight line
  • Pickering13 km in a straight line
  • Thornton Dale16 km in a straight line
  • Bilsdale16 km in a straight line
  • Malton17 km in a straight line
  • Norton18 km in a straight line
  • Sheriff Hutton19 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Kirkdale Cave.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Islandyason an island
Great Britain228,938 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon6681114171919171397
Afternoon6681114171919171397
Night2224710121210853
Rain (mm)675654515680809164827871
Rainy days161313121214151512151615
Sun hours/day1.32.33.75.46.45.55.74.84.42.51.51.1
Snow on the ground (cm)864100000016
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan662671.3
Feb662562.3
Mar882543.7
Apr11114515.4
May14147566.4
Jun171710805.5
Jul191912805.7
Aug191912914.8
Sep171710644.4
Oct13138822.5
Nov995781.5
Dec773711.1

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (59 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202071%153%51%28%28%118%96%118%81%121%60%173%
2021210%163%79%29%196%33%95%52%76%128%74%125%
202237%142%94%50%106%49%53%31%124%114%120%110%
202371%42%172%153%58%81%163%98%128%138%141%209%
2024155%142%139%182%141%64%88%41%185%108%50%108%
2025129%63%46%25%50%66%87%28%175%83%167%161%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Kirkdale Cave

United Kingdom

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 59 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

Mother Shipton's Cave

United Kingdom · 44 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 48 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Mossdale Caverns

United Kingdom · 68 km

  • 76 mDepth
  • 10 kmGalleries
  • 437 mEntrance altitude
  • 7 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Creswell Crags

United Kingdom · 112 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 103 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q3197395) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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