Furthest place from a cave in the UK?

[mikem]

Hayes-bre

 

[Fjell]

There are caves in Patagonia (which is about 300 miles away)

But the geology is quite different in Patagonia and the area containing caves is part of the Andean Chain which follows the western side of the continent of South America; in Patagonia it appears very similar to the rock towers in northern Italy which make up the climbing/skiing region, which is sedimentary rock.  The Falkland Islands are part of the eastern continental shelf of the southern part of South America.

I wonder, does somewhere like BGS have a geological map of the Falklands?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Falkland_Islands

It doesn?t look promising for caves. There was a burst of enthusiasm for mapping around the time people got excited about oil I think (seriously unlikely to ever happen). You can see the refs.

I do know someone who spent years counting fish there if that?s more useful. And someone who was the vicar. Maybe they have the lowdown?

 

[andys]

The furthest place in England and Wales from a known cave in limestone/chalk is probably Happisburgh on the north Norfolk coast...

A special, five-gold star mark for the first person to post how Happisburgh is pronounced phonetically.

.......He says to someone who was born and brought up near Great Yarmouth! (And whose brother still lives just a few miles from Haysbru, yer see boy.)

 

[Moose]

How about the farthest reaches of Boulby Potash mine?

 

[yrammy]

You are all wrong. It is Stoney middleton