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Pleasley Vale Railway Cutting Pot

Entrance of Pleasley Vale Railway Cutting Pot

Access

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Entrance gated & kept locked on instruction of Notts. Wildlife Trust which manages disused line (part of the Meden Trail) as a nature reserve. DCA has responsibility for administering access. Key obtainable from Mark Bennett, 11 Booth Crescent, Bull Farm Estate, Mansfield. NG19 7LQ. Tel. (reveal). Car park at both ends of track. Leave gate secure. Cave is part of Pleasley Vale SSSI and is subject of a Conservation Management Plan by Notts. Wildlife Trust.

Warning

Continuing rock movements mean that visits to the chamber below Rift Chamber Pitch are not recommended.

References

Dawkins, W.B. ,, , Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc. Ransom, ,
,, , Report of the British Association., ,
Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010), , Caves of the Peak District, p. 251, DCA