One of the three bridges over Clapham Beck.

The village contains Clapham CE Primary School, a village hall, one pub (the New Inn), a local shop and post office, and a small number of businesses, B&Bs and guest houses.

Ingleborough Cave is a fine show cave open to the public, accessed through the grounds of the Ingleborough Estate. Beyond the show cave the path continues through the impressive gorge of Trow Gill and hence to Gaping Gill. Local caving clubs set up a winch down Gaping Gill during the Spring and August bank holidays, which is open to the general public.

Based in the village is the Cave Rescue Organisation which serves people and animals above and below ground across a wide area of the Dales.

Since the 18th century Clapham has been home to the Farrer family who established their Ingleborough estate. The family owns and is responsible for much of the land, walls, woods, fields and moors of the village, surrounding countryside and farms.
Electricity has been generated on the Ingleborough estate since 1893. There is still an operating water turbine-powered generator at the top of the village next to the waterfall. It was installed in 1948. Originally it supplied the church, Ingleborough Hall, Home Farm and 13 street lights. There is another turbine in the sawmill which is also still in use although it is now helped by an electric motor when the larger saw is in use.

Location: Clapham

Photographer: D B Flynn