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

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...
10
Dec 24
AKA Hole anchored

AKA Hole has been a promising dig on Leck Fell. On 5th October, it was finally connected into the Blissful Creek area of Ireby Fell Caverns. One of our anchor...
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Upcoming Training & Meetings

Mar
30
SRT rigging: Underground refresher workshop (2:1)
A one day underground workshop aimed at cavers who have some rigging experience and wish to refresh these skills whilst adding some more to the “Toolbox” This low ratio...
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Apr
19
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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Apr
21
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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Apr
26
Experience caving: Hosted by the Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club
A chance to experience the incredible underground world of the Yorkshire Dales.Hosted by the Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club (RRCPC), this day is for anyone who's interested in taking...
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Apr
26
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
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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Conservation Projects

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

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.
03
Apr 24
Lost Johns' Stile repair

A great effort by our own Treasurer, Pete Bann, to repair the broken stile for the Lost Johns' Cave enclosure on Leck Fell. Not only a great service to cavers,...
15
Feb 24
Stump Cross remediation works

An outstanding effort by members of the regular Stump Cross digging team to make safe several sites in the field opposite Stump Cross, where the show cave are looking at...
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