Clapham
Clapham is a village in the parish of Clapham cum Newby in North Yorkshire.
Understand
Get in
By bus
- 581 from Kirby Lonsdale in Cumbria to Settle
- Malham DalesBus 881 from Lancaster (8:40AM) to Malham Su and BH 15 Aug- 17 Oct.
By car
Just north of the A65 between Settle and Kirkby Lonsdale.
By train
Go to Kirby Lonsdale Station.
Get around
See
- 🌍 Ingleborough Cave, Ingleborough Cave, LA2 8EE (Walk up Clapham Beck a toll path). 10AM–5PM. Adults £9.50, family (2 adults + 2 children) £27.00.
- 🌍 Falls on Chapham Beck.
- 🌍 Trow Gill, LA2 8EE. A steep sided rock value on the path to Inglebough (peak).
Do
Be winched down into:
- 🌍 Gaping Gill (North of Trow Gill where Fell Beck disappears). 100 m (330 ft) as Britian's longest single drop waterfall into Main Chamber Britian's largest underground cavern. The Bradford Pothole Club set this winch up for a short time in the summer.
Gaping Gill together with several other Shake holes nearby (including: 🌍 Bar Pot, 🌍 Disappointment Pot, 🌍 Flood Entrance Pot, 🌍 Stream Passage Pot and others) are in depressions in the ground - deep enough to kill or seriously injure those who fall into them. For emergencies:
- 🌍 Cave Rescue Organisation, 5, Church Lane, LA2 8HH, ☏ 999, toll-free: 999. Ask for the police when you call.
Buy
- 🌍 Clapham Community Shop Ltd, The Village Store, LA2 8DP, ☏ +44 15242 51524. 8:30AM–5:30PM. A community-run shop with a garden at the back to drink your coffee or eat your ice cream.
Eat
Drink
- 🌍 The New Inn Hotel, Old Rd, LA2 8HH, ☏ +44 1524 748500.
Sleep
Cope
- 🌍 Public toilets, Church Lane, LA2 8EQ (next to the Lake House and car park).
Go next
- South east to Settle 6.5 mi (10.5 km) via A65.
- North east to Kirkby Lonsdale 11 mi (18 km) via A65.