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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If you are totally new to caving and want to know what it is all about, then read What We Do and Why We Do It.
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The latest news from the club. Just the most recent updates appear here. All the news, including older news (olds?) can be found from the News page.
Fri, Oct 25 2025
Some updates to reflect anchor improvements carried out by The DCA in recent months. Snelslow Swallet now has rigging information for entering via the top shaft. Eyam Dale House Cave shows the extra deviations introduced to reduce rope rub in the entrance shaft. Hungerhill Swallet shows the rebolting carried out to replace the exploration concrete screws with resin anchors. Note that some rope rub still exists in Deep Space that will need rope protectors. The rock is highly fractured and loose. Knotlow Cavern has updates to the rigging of the Climbing and 210' shafts, with their surface stake backup anchors and to the Chain Passage route in to the 210' shaft. A topo has been added for the Streaks Pot Upper Entrance, in Stoney Middleton, which now has DCA anchors. Thanks to Jess Eades, Martyn Grayson, Phil Wolstenholme and Pete Knight for checking the topos.
Mon, Oct 6 2025
The planned trip to Little Hull Pot on Penyghent was moved, after Storm Amy dropped a significant amount of rain over the Dales. Instead, a visit was made to North by North End Pot, on the fell above Masongill. A magnificent final pitch dropped the team in to a series of chambers, separated by muddy crawls. Mud is more of a Peak District thing, so the team felt at home! Some photos from Gaz.
Sun, Sep 28 2025
This weekend, three club members were at the annual Hidden Earth caving conference, held this year in Llangollen Pavillion. A good time was had listening to talks and perusing the trade, club and organisation stands, plus plenty of socialising with friends old and new.
A view of the main hall, over the camping
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.
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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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