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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

14 July 2025

Ireby Fell Cavern to Duke Street 2 via Ding/Dong/Bell and Shadow

Will Barlow wrote...

In planning this trip, I looked at the topo, saw both routes, and thought "wouldn't it be fun to rig both". It turns out that it is actually really cool rigging both. The top of Shadow and Dong are located in the same chamber, so you can almost talk to each other whilst rigging/derigging. On the way back I found myself derigging Shadow whilst sat on this small shelf a few metres above the traverse line of Dong pitch. Right below me was Viki derigging Dong, a few metres to my left was James prusiking up Ding, and above me... read more

 
Photos & Videos

21 July 2025

Sell Gill Holes dry route - goblin route exchange 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