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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

Events

October 24th - 26th

Freshers Bullpot Weekend

November 7th - 9th

NPC Weekend

December 5th - 7th

Christmas Meal

March 27th - April 5th 2026

Wales Week 2026

More events in the diary...
 
Trip Reports

15 June 2025

Bogg Hall Cave The Kinda Successful Trip

Asher Goodwin wrote...

A couple of fateful weeks ago Dylan put an open invite out in the group chat for an evening trip to Bogg Hall to take advantage of the dry weather. As an eager and slightly stupid caver I immediately signed up without doing any research. I was informed that this cave was a 'wetsuit kind of cave' and I took this as a great chance to use my new-ish cave wetsuit; only to realise halfway there that my lovely wetsuit was only 2 millimetres, and I am a very cold person (flashbacks to having to get Freya to take off... read more

 
Photos & Videos

18 June 2025

County Pot - Top Sink by Erika Lang

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For more info on caving for the first time, check out the New to Caving website...

New to Caving