Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on

Leck Fell Leck Fell is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Lancashire, England. An area of typically heavily grazed open moorland of rough grass and remnant patches of heather with little or no tree cover, it is characterised by the virtual absence o ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, England. With its three major vertical routes (''Dome Route'', ''Centipede Route'' and ''Monastery Route'') it is a popular place to practise

single-rope technique The single-rope techniques (SRT) are a set of methods used to descend and ascend on the same single rope. Single-rope techniques are used in caving, potholing, rock climbing, canyoning, roped access for building maintenance, and by arborists for ...

(SRT) because of the opportunity for

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. Also it can be safely visited on wet days because many of the pitches can be rigged out of the water. It is an important part of the

Three Counties System The Three Counties System is a set of inter-connected limestone solutional cave systems spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire in the north of England. The possibility of connecting a number of discrete cave systems in ...

. All routes converge on Battleaxe Streamway. From here the usual route is to shuffle along ''Battleaxe Traverse'' at a high level protected by rope, and descend a safe distance from the water. From here a short passage and another pitch leads to ''Groundsheet Junction'' where the ''Leck Fell Master Cave'' is entered. Upstream leads to the high-level passages of ''Lyle Cavern'' and a connection with the

Notts Pot Notts Pot is cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of i ...

system. The main streamway continues to the ''NPC Avens'', where

Boxhead Pot Boxhead Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Descripti ...

and It's a Cracker enter the system. Downstream leads through several neck-deep pools past several inlets, including one which links with

Rumbling Hole Rumbling Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a deep fenced shaft, and it rapidly descends a series of pitches to a low aqueous passage that has been connected to Lost Johns' Cave. It is part of the Three Count ...

, and another which links to

Death's Head Hole Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North ...

, to a

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which, after {{convert, 800, m, connects with Pippikin Pot.

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Caves of Lancashire Caves of the Three Counties System

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