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

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...
07
Nov 24
Cow Pot Aardvark Country anchored

Earlier this year we told you about two new routes, Sneaky and Devious, down the main pitch of Cow Pot in Ease Gill. Maybe you've done these now and are...
29
Oct 24
Stake Pot - Ease Gill - Loose boulders

WARNING - We have received news of loose and hazardous blocks at Stake Pot in Ease Gill Caverns, on the eastern high-level slope. These blocks are a developing issue which...
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Upcoming Training & Meetings

Feb
22
New to SRT rigging / refresher workshop
A one day indoor workshop aimed at cavers who are SRT competent and want to learn how to rig caves for SRT.A very practical day looking at all aspects of...
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Feb
23
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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Feb
28
SRT refresher workshop (1 Day Indoor) YDG
SRT refresher workshop (1 Day Indoor)Is your SRT rusty ?Has your SRT been limited in recent years and you need a re cap ? Have you been on other intro...
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Mar
1
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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Mar
1
New to SRT / 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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Mar
1
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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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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