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Fell Beck

Coordinates: 54°08′58″N 2°22′57″W / 54.1495°N 2.3826°W / 54.1495; -2.3826
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Fell Beck
Fell Beck above Gaping Gill
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Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
54°08′58″N 2°22′57″W / 54.1495°N 2.3826°W / 54.1495; -2.3826
Basin features
ProgressionWenning, Lune
River systemLune
Gaping Gill: the natural cave shaft down which Fell Beck falls

Fell Beck is a stream near the foot of Ingleborough, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is notable for running into Gaping Gill, the second-largest natural cave shaft in the UK (after Titan).[1] As it falls down the shaft for 110 metres it is the tallest unbroken waterfall in the UK.[2] At times it is blocked off by a temporary dam to allow members of the public to descend the Gaping Gill shaft on a winch.[3]

It later emerges as Clapham Beck in Beck Head Cave, adjacent to Ingleborough Cave. This was confirmed by cave divers in 1983, and by fluorescent dye tests many years before.[2] Beyond the village of Clapham, Clapham Beck flows into the River Wenning, which in turn flows into the River Lune and thence to the Irish Sea.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "About Gaping Gill". Craven Potholing Club. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Yorkshire Dales guide to Clapham". YorkshireNet. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Gaping Gill Winch". Bradford Potholing Club. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Clapham Beck | Catchment Data Explorer". Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 17 April 2024.