Crewe Climbing and Potholing Club
We are an active and friendly caving club that welcomes both new and experienced cavers. Despite our name, we are mainly a caving club, though some members do climb as well. We are mostly based in Cheshire and Staffordshire, but some members live further away. Our caving and mine exploration takes place locally in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales and further afield in this country and abroad.
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Sun, Jul 10 2025
The weekend of the 3rd/4th August, the club was in South Wales, enjoying the delights of the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu system, the deepest and second longest in the UK. A trip was made from the Top Entrance in OFD2, with a diversion to see the Trident and Judge formations, then down the streamway a climb up Diver's Pitch, the Letterbox squeeze, then back to the Streamway in OFD1 to emerge from the OFD1 entrance and the long walk back up the hill.
Wed, Jul 30 2025
Removed pitch lengths from the downstream pitches of the Winnats Head Cave topo. One of these showed a 30m pitch with a 23m rope. Clearly wrong and a mistake that has crept in at some point. The rope lengths are known to be good and since pitch lengths are not essential to know, they have been removed. They have been kept for the upstream pitches, as these are on fixed ropes.
Mon, Jul 21 2025
Weather warnings for thunderstorms meant a rethink of the planned Diccan Pot trip. Instead a visit was made to the ever popular Sell Gill. Some photos from Gaz.
The DCA have rebolted the Chain Passage pitch into the Knotlow Cavern 210' Shaft. The rigging topo has been updated with information kindly supplied by the DCA.s
We can arrange supervised caving trips for individuals, or for small groups, with all equipment provided. Our ability to do this was initially funded through a National Lottery grant. If you are interested, then please get in touch.
The CCPC Peak District Rigging Guide has moved on-line. The most comprehensive collection of SRT rigging topos for the Peak and free to use by all cavers. Accessible by clicking, or tapping the book below and via a link in the menu on any page.
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Yordas Pot in Kingsdale, with some club members. Video © Gareth Williams 2024.
As a club we aim to minimise the impact we have on the cave environment by following the BCA Caving Conservation Code.
As a club, Crewe Climbing & Potholing Club (C.C.P.C.) recognizes that the activities undertaken by Club Members may involve a danger of personal injury or death. As participants in such activities, all adult Members of C.C.P.C. (including Temporary Members) must be aware of, and accept, these risks, and must be responsible for their own actions, and for their own safety. [CCPC Risk Statement. 01-01-2015]
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