Working Together for Northern Caving

The CNCC is the regional council of the British Caving Association for northern England and Scotland, and the representative body for cavers and caving clubs in these regions. We work with landowners to achieve greater access for cavers, as well as providing resin anchor placement, conservation coordination and training workshops. Read more...

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News

28
Apr 25
Simpson-Swinsto re-anchoring complete

For two years our installers have been working to improve the anchors in Simpson Pot and Swinsto Hole in Kingsdale. Work is now complete, including the much-anticipated chains on three...
20
Mar 25
Training for spring-summer 2025

We're pleased to announce our training workshops for spring and summer 2025. Of course, we have all the usual general SRT skils, for all abilities from total novices to those...
18
Mar 25
Updated Caves of Scotland

After seven years and thousands of downloads, we're pleased to update our guide to the Caves of Scotland. The biggest change is the addition of several excellent caves of the...
30
Jan 25
Yorkshire Dales Management Plan

The Yorkshire Dales National Park has published its objectives for the 2025-2030 management plan. They are open to consultation and feedback. We are asking northern cavers to take ten minutes...
03
Jan 25
Notts Pot updates

We've made some changes to our rigging topo and route description for Notts Pot, following a recent anchor audit. With these changes being fairly significant, and with Notts being such...
16
Dec 24
Newsletter 16 out now

We're pleased to announce our 16th newsletter, covering all of our work from June to December 2024. You'll find the usual compilation of our work spanning anchoring, conservation, training and...
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Upcoming Training & Meetings

May
4
SRT underground refresher - Intermediate
This one day workshop is aimed at cavers who have some SRT experience and want a trip underground in a slightly more challenging cave to polish up their skills with...
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May
10
New to SRT / skills refresher (1 day indoor, 1day underground))
Most caves in Yorkshire have a vertical element, the most common way to access these spectacular parts is to use “SRT”. This stands for Single Rope Technique, and involves using...
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May
17
Women's SRT rigging 2 day workshop
A 2 day rigging workshop specifically aimed at and run by women. A comprehensive two day workshop aimed at cavers who are SRT competent and want to learn how to...
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May
17
An underground geology tour with The Rock Doctor
A great opportunity to increase your knowledge and understanding of the amazing geology of the Yorkshire Dales.A full day with Dr John Helm "The Rock Doctor". The morning will be...
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May
24
SRT underground refresher
This one day workshop is aimed at cavers who have some SRT experience and want a trip underground to refresh their skills with a patient friendly trainer on hand to...
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May
26
Pull through techniques using Swinsto Hole
Caving through one of our classic “Pull through” caves we will be looking at all aspects of what is involved in these kind of rewarding trips.We will look at...
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Conservation Projects

Some recent projects undertaken by CNCC volunteers. More on conservation...

25
Apr 25
Rumbling Hole fence repair

Back in 1995, we funded the fencing of several of the open Leck Fell pots. Today, it's just a matter of maintainance. Thank you to one of our volunteers for...
25
Apr 25
Foxholes restoration

In March 2024 we heard about a serious collapse of the slope and wall above Foxholes at Gaping Gill. After arranging permissions, a CNCC conservation team took advantage of some...
04
Dec 24
Digging equipment cleanup in Notts II

A stirling effort by a motivated small team to clear out disused digging equipment from Notts II. This pipework has been sat in a pile at Mincemeat Aven (on the...
30
Aug 24
CNCC-supplied pipe for Furness Iron Mine

It's not often we get the chance to support our mine exploration community. However, we were recently very pleased to be able to provide a plastic pipe to support access...
22
Aug 24
Stream Passage Pot reopened

After several weeks of hard graft, digging out the old entrance pipe and installing a new one, Stream Passage Pot is open for business again - with a little more...
01
Aug 24
Calf Holes stile repair

A lovely job by some of our conservation volunteers to repair the stile adjacent to the Calf Holes entrance.
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