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Joint Hole

Yorkshire Dales, Great Britain · about 6 km from Ingleton

Joint Hole

Closed to divers

Access closed: new landowner, the CDG is negotiating. Stay away until permission is granted (CNCC).

  • CertificationFull cave

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  • Fill stationAqualogistics (Stockport)~120 min drive (estimate)Air and nitrox; other mixes: askRoute ↗
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Status
Closed

What it looks like

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The dive

Joint Hole is a resurgence in Chapel-le-Dale near Ingleton, a well-known British cave-diving site.

Profile and sections

Joint Hole is a resurgence in Chapel-le-Dale near Ingleton, a well-known British cave-diving site.

Practical: the CNCC page (last updated November 2017) reports the closure; ask the CDG Northern Section whether access has reopened since.

Depth and profile
Depth and length not published.
Configuration
Not diveable while access is closed.
DPV: unknown
No data.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Full cave
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveConfiguration unknown — research beforehand · doesn't decide who may dive
Permission needed

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How to get there

Access closed: there is a new landowner and the CDG is negotiating access. Stay away until permission is formally granted, so as not to jeopardise the negotiations. Not on access land.

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Around Joint Hole

Fills1 fill station · 88 km
  • Aqualogistics (Stockport)

    ~120 min drive (estimate)

    Unit 13 Enterprise Centre Two, Chester Street, Stockport SK3 0BR

    Air and nitrox; other mixes: ask

    Tue, Thu, Fri 10:30–17:00, Wed 10:30–18:00, Sat 10:30–16:30; closed Mon and Sun

    Dive shop with a service centre off the M60 in Stockport (Greater Manchester), about 1 h 20 by car from Llangollen. Fills air and nitrox and also names 'other gas mixes'; also cylinder testing and regulator servicing.

Caves nearby4 within 49 km

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Nearby

Articles about cave diving that name a place within 25 km of this site, but no cave by name. They're not necessarily about this site.

Access and rules change: check what applies locally right before your trip. Source: GDELT Project and the news feeds of diving magazines. Search for more news ↗ Searched automatically, last on 13 Nov 2026.

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from public sources (CNCC 2017–2025, Northern Caves, Cave Diving Group, InDEPTH 2020, a 2021 dive report, Wikipedia, TDI/Scubaverse 2019–2021, finstrokes, DeeperBlue 2019, Furness Diving Club, Visit Cumbria, British Caving Association, British Hyperbaric Association, DDRC, Capernwray, divernet and The ScubaDiving Gear Store; Sept 2026). Pins converted from Northern Caves and CNCC grid references (Hurtle Pot and Joint Hole accurate to ~70 m) and from finstrokes (Hodge Close). ~ = estimate. Access and rules change — check locally.