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Poole's Cavern

Stats

Grade-
Length244
Depth
Altitude335
Location53.2495 -1.9265
OS NGRSK 050 725

Feature

  • Cave
SSSI
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In case of pollution, report this to the Environment Agency incident hotline: 0800 80 70 60 (24hr).

Key Documents

mapPoole's Cavern SurveymapPoole's Cavern Survey and Mapfact_checkConservation Audit

Location

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Entrance of Poole's Cavern

Access

Open all year round as a show cave. No access for cavers except for very occasional pre-arranged research or photographic visits.

This site is part of the DCA SSSI Conservation Monitoring Scheme.
See the DCA website for competition details.

References

Gunn, J. Rowberry, M. Smith, A. (2021), Exploring the imppact of tourists on cave air temperture a Covid-19 case study from Poole's Cavern., Caves and Karst Science, p.121 to p.128. Survey, British Cave Research Association
Additional information (references)

Links

Cave Science CentrePoole's Cavern Show Cave