Clapham is a village in the parish of Clapham cum Newby in North Yorkshire.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By bus
[edit]- 581 from Kirby Lonsdale in Cumbria to Settle
- Malham DalesBus 881[dead link] from Lancaster (8:40AM) to Malham Su and BH 15 Aug- 17 Oct.
By car
[edit]Just north of the A65 between Settle and Kirkby Lonsdale.
By train
[edit]Go to Kirby Lonsdale Station.
Get around
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Map of Clapham
See
[edit]- 1 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.
- 2 Falls on Chapham Beck.
- 3 Trow Gill, LA2 8EE. A steep sided rock value on the path to Inglebough (peak).
Do
[edit]Be winched down into:
- 1 Gaping Gill (North of Trow Gill where Fell Beck disappears). 100 m (330 ft) as Britain's longest single drop waterfall into Main Chamber Britain'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:
2 Bar Pot,
3 Disappointment Pot 
,
4 Flood Entrance Pot ,
5 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:
- 1 Cave Rescue Organisation, 5, Church Lane, LA2 8HH, ☏ 999, toll-free: 999. Ask for the police when you call.
Buy
[edit]- 1 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
[edit]Drink
[edit]- 1 The New Inn Hotel, Old Rd, LA2 8HH, ☏ +44 1524 748500.
Sleep
[edit]Cope
[edit]- 2 Public toilets, Church Lane, LA2 8EQ (next to the Lake House and car park).
Go next
[edit]- South east to Settle 6.5 mi (10.5 km) via A65.
- North east to Kirkby Lonsdale 11 mi (18 km) via A65.