White Scar Caves

{{Short description|Show cave in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox cave

| name = White Scar Caves

| photo = Inside White Scar Caves - geograph.org.uk - 1140760.jpg

| photo_caption = Formations in the show cave

| photo_width = 220

| location = Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England

| depth =

| length = {{convert|6.5|km|mi}}

| grid_ref_UK = SD 7128 7452

| discovery = 1923

| geology = Carboniferous limestone

| difficulty =

| entrance_count = 2

| access = Show cave

| map = United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales

| map_width = 220

| coordinates = {{coord|54.165626|N|2.441345|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = {{convert|259|m|ft}}

| hazards = Water

| show_cave = Opened 1925

| show_cave_length = {{convert|1600|m|yd}}

| survey = [http://cavemaps.org/cavePages/White%20Scar__White%20Scar%20Cave.htm cavemaps.org]

| website = {{URL|http://www.whitescarcave.co.uk/}}

}}

White Scar Caves is a show cave in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England, under Ingleborough in the Chapel-le-Dale valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a solutional resurgence cave formed in Carboniferous limestone, some {{convert|6|km|mi}} long.

It was first explored in August 1923 by two amateur geologists, Christopher Long{{cite book | last = Rodgers | first = Peter | title = Geology of the Yorkshire Dales | publisher = Dalesman | location = Clapham, N. Yorkshire | year = 1978 | isbn = 0852064829 |page=77}}{{cite journal |last1=Reckert |first1=Nick |title=Half a Century On |journal=Cambridge Underground - the journal of Cambridge University Caving Club |date=1972 |pages=35-40 |url=https://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1972/50yrs.htm |access-date=17 July 2024}} and J.H. Churchill, but there have been further discoveries since then, including "The Battlefield", one of the largest known cave chambers in Great Britain at {{convert|90|m|ft}} long.{{cite web |url=http://www.whitescarcave.co.uk/group-visits/caving |publisher=White Scar Cave |title=Caving |access-date=26 October 2023}} Originally accessed through a vertical boulder choke, an access tunnel has been cut to include it on the visitor trail.

The system is open as a show cave. The entrance is from the Ribblehead to Ingleton road on the west of Ingleborough; tours are run throughout the year. The visitor facilities include a shop and café.