Welcome to York University Cave and Pothole club.
Exploring caves all over the world since 1981.
If you want to experience places few people get to see, wander in caverns six times the size of York Minster and abseil down to 300 metres underground, then come and see US! YUCPC is an ever-growing group of friendly cavers who meet every Tuesday & Thursday in the University Sports Hall at 8:00pm. We go caving every weekend, in the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and sometimes further a field such as Wales and the Mendips. You don’t need to worry about gear as we have all the equipment and clothing you need... read more
Saturday September 18th
Robinsons' Pot
Sunday October 3rd
Freshers Trip -- Long Churn
Saturday October 9th
Freshers Trip -- Long Churn
Sunday October 10th
Freshers Trip -- Not Long Churn
Saturday October 16th
Freshers Trip -- Giants
More events in the diary...15 September 2021
Lancaster Hole -Magic Roundabout
Rosie Marshall wrote...
For clarification if anyone wants to do the Magic Roundabout route in the future: the old Northern Caves descriptions on the drive are not particularly helpful, since the reverse route has more recently become the established route and can be done as a pull through (since you are going down Aquarius Shaft). Therefore, if you are doing MR, don’t wait for Bob’s Boss to look for the passage to the right, start looking for a smaller stumpier stalagmite that precedes BB for the window onto Arson Shaft (still on the right though). The way through the Magic Roundabout is fairly... read more
17 June 2021
Rat Hole - A journey to Hallucination Aven, and back again by Jean-luc Heath
More photos & videos...For more info on caving for the first time, check out the New to Caving website...
