7 November 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 October 2023
BCA Anchor Installers' Technical Forum On 14th October 2023, the CNCC hosted a technical forum for BCA regional anchor installers and...
Sheep removal from Bull Pot, KingsdaleBull Pot in Kingsdale is one of the more popular potholes in our region, offering...
3 October 2023
Most cavers will now be aware of the problem of ash dieback. It’s a serious disease of ash trees, often...
25 September 2023
Venture Underground LeafletsOver the last year, the CNCC has been leading an initiative to support local cavers to run ‘try...
28 August 2023
Welcome to our new Youth Development RepresentativeWe are pleased to welcome Aila Taylor as our new Youth Development Representative…“Having started...
Come and say hello at Hidden Earth 2023!Hidden Earth is only three weeks away, and we’re so pleased to see...
15 August 2023
Announcing our autumn-winter 2023-2024 workshopsWe are delighted to publicise our Autumn/Winter 2023-2024 calendar of training workshops, spanning SRT skills (including...
14 August 2023
Photos on display at The Folly, SettleOne year ago, we were lucky enough to get a photo exhibition of caving...
Wretched Rabbit reopensOver two years ago now, the entrance to Wretched Rabbit, a popular, non-SRT entrance into Ease Gill Caverns,...
23 July 2023
Autumn new-to-caving eventsWe are pleased to be supporting the Yorkshire Subterranean Society (YSS) and Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club...
10 July 2023
Hidden Earth, the UK's national caving conference, is back for 2023!!!This follows a long period of dormancy during and in...
30 June 2023
Underground rigging refreshers June-July 2023On the 11th June and 2nd July, CNCC trainer Sam Litten ran our ‘rigging refresher’ workshops…...
26 June 2023
Conservation work at Malham CoveJohn Cordingley reports on some recent CNCC-sponsored work to replace the lid at Malham Cove rising:The...
19 June 2023
Swinsto Hole and Simpson Pot anchor remediationSimpson Pot and Swinsto Hole on West Kingsdale are two of the most well...
15 June 2023
Craven Pothole Club / CNCC litter pick at ButtertubsJune 2nd 2023. Attending were:Ian Patrick Lin Patrick Derek MonkJohn HelmReport by Ian Patrick:During...
14 May 2023
Newsletter #13, May 2023 is out nowWe're delighted to publish our longest newsletter to date, coming in a 12 pages...
12 May 2023
New access requirements for Mongo Gill HoleLast month we reported the discontinuation of the long-standing CNCC-facilitated agreement with the owners...
27 April 2023
On 18th March, we ran one of our-ever popular SRT Underground Refresher workshops at Sell Gill Holes. A great time was...
24 April 2023
Photo; Kitting up for a trip into The Mistral, by Gary Douthwaite.We are pleased to announce several topo/route description updates...
Over the last month, we have seen a number of issues at Death's Head Hole on Leck Fell, starting with...
23 April 2023
Coal Hole on Leck Fell is a more sporting route into Short Drop Cave.A few weeks ago we received a...
17 April 2023
Top Sink entrance scaffoldingA few months ago, we received a report that the scaffolding in the entrance of Top Sink...
11 April 2023
Death's Head Hole - New surface anchorsA few weeks ago we issued a warning about the poor condition of the...
3 April 2023
Changes to access for the caves around Stump CrossShort summary:The CNCC has decided to discontinue the former access agreement for...
28 March 2023
Dead tree at Deaths Head Hole, Leck FellYet another casualty of Ash Dieback has been brought to our attention. The...
8 March 2023
In recent months, we have heard of a number of incidents and near misses on the small road (Fell Road)...
6 March 2023
A successful weekend of SRT training. Our two-day new-to-SRT training workshop ran on the weekend of 4th March, with several very...
Another tree removal at Bull Pot of the Witches (BPOTW)November 2022 saw the removal of a large tree that had...
21 February 2023
Spring-Summer 2023 Training WorkshopsWe're pleased to announce our calendar of training workshops for spring and summer 2023.As well as the...
14 February 2023
Successful First New to Caving EventOn 12th February, the first CNCC-supported event for caving novices took place.This new initiative, sees...
13 February 2023
At the start of February, Philip Withnall got in touch with us to say that he had fixed the conservation...
