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...

Looking to try caving? Visit the New to Caving website for all the information you need to get started.

News

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Nov 23

First aid training, October 2023

First Aid for Cavers Workshop 14-15th October 2023Thanks to everyone who attended this workshop.This was a two-day workshop at the...
25
Oct 23

Anchor Installers Forum 2023

BCA Anchor Installers' Technical Forum On 14th October 2023, the CNCC hosted a technical forum for BCA regional anchor installers and...
25
Sep 23

Venture Underground leaflets

Venture Underground LeafletsOver the last year, the CNCC has been leading an initiative to support local cavers to run ‘try...
28
Aug 23

Our new Youth Development rep

Welcome to our new Youth Development RepresentativeWe are pleased to welcome Aila Taylor as our new Youth Development Representative…“Having started...
28
Aug 23

CNCC at Hidden Earth 2023

Come and say hello at Hidden Earth 2023!Hidden Earth is only three weeks away, and we’re so pleased to see...
15
Aug 23

Autumn-Winter 2023 training

Announcing our autumn-winter 2023-2024 workshopsWe are delighted to publicise our Autumn/Winter 2023-2024 calendar of training workshops, spanning SRT skills (including...
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Upcoming Training & Meetings

Dec
2

New to SRT workshop (2 day indoors)

Suitable for anyone who has attended a ‘try caving’ session and wants to take the next step.Most caves in Yorkshire have a vertical element, the most common way to access...
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Dec
9

Skills for SRT cave 'Leaders'

A one-day underground workshop aimed at cavers who would like to learn relevant skills for organising and guiding groups of cavers on simple SRT trips. (On a non-commercial & non-professional...
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Dec
9

SRT Rescue intermediate / refresher workshop

This one day indoor workshop is aimed at cavers who are SRT competent, already have some basic SRT rescue experience ( see foundation rescue workshop notes ) and want to...
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Dec
10

SRT Rescue Advanced workshop

This one day indoor workshop is aimed at cavers who are SRT competent, already have some SRT rescue experience ( see CNCC foundation and intermediate rescue /workshop notes ) and...
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Dec
16

SRT Refresher (1 day indoor 1 day underground)

An opportunity to refresh SRT skills on this 2 day workshop.This workshop is for those cavers who are reasonable proficient in SRT and already have experience of simple pitches and...
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Jan
6

SRT Rescue Foundation workshop

This foundation one day indoor workshop is aimed at cavers who are SRT competent and wish to start expanding their skill set in order to assist or offer simple rescues...
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Conservation Projects

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

25
Oct 23

Bull Pot sheep removal

Sheep removal from Bull Pot, KingsdaleBull Pot in Kingsdale is one of the more popular potholes in our region, offering...
03
Oct 23

Beck Head Stream Cave

Most cavers will now be aware of the problem of ash dieback. It’s a serious disease of ash trees, often...
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Jun 23

Securing future access to Malham Cove Flood Rising

Conservation work at Malham CoveJohn Cordingley reports on some recent CNCC-sponsored work to replace the lid at Malham Cove rising:The...
15
Jun 23

Buttertubs litter-pick

Craven Pothole Club / CNCC litter pick at ButtertubsJune 2nd 2023. Attending were:Ian Patrick Lin Patrick Derek MonkJohn HelmReport by Ian Patrick:During...
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Apr 23

Death's Head Hole tree planting

Over the last month, we have seen a number of issues at Death's Head Hole on Leck Fell, starting with...
06
Mar 23

Further tree removal at BPOTW

Another tree removal at Bull Pot of the Witches (BPOTW)November 2022 saw the removal of a large tree that had...