On Sunday, 22nd March, Mendip Cave Rescue responded to a protracted 12-hour rescue under the Mendip Hills, where a caver was physically stuck in a tight passage. Whilst managing this incident, a further call was received for assistance at another cave …
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 14:24 on 7th February 2026 requesting assistance for three cavers who were cold and exhausted, but uninjured, beneath the 20 foot pitch in Swildon’s Hole, Priddy. They were appro…
Following on from the enjoyable quiz held in January in previous years, Mendip Cave Rescue will be running another Cavers Quiz Night at the Hunters Lodge Inn, Priddy on Saturday 17th January 2025, starting at 19:30. As usual, all questions will be (vag…
Following on from the enjoyable quiz held in January in previous years, Mendip Cave Rescue will be running another Cavers Quiz Night at the Hunters Lodge Inn, Priddy on Saturday 17th January 2025, starting at 19:30. As usual, all questions will be (vag…
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 14:36 on 4th October 2025, following a report that a Scout caver was stuck in a passage in Eastwater Cavern, Priddy. With the location and condition of the casualty initially unk…
Wiltshire Police contacted Mendip Cave Rescue, following a large fire reported at Bethel Quarry, and at 20:28 a SARCALL alert was received via Avon & Somerset Police requesting assistance. Two local MCR members attended the scene and briefed office…
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 23:39 on 27th September 2025, following a report that a solo caver was overdue and hadn’t returned from a trip into Eastwater Cavern, Priddy. With a large number of MCR members a…
Last year MCR were invited to give a talk to students at Bridgwater College on MCR and cave rescue. The students were all on a 999 Academy course, and had presentations from various emergency services during their course. MCR members gave a presentatio…
On 27th of January 2025, members of the MCR rigging team held a rigging practice session at Wookey Hole, along with some members from our neighbouring cave rescue teams GCRG and MCRO. The scenario covered rigging a tyrolean traverse over Wookey chamber…
On 18th of January 2025, 30 MCR members held a rescue practice at Sludge Pit in Priddy. The scenario covered all aspects of a complex cave rescue, with Command & Control (based at the nearby Wessex Cave Club headquarters), underground and surface c…
Following on from the enjoyable quiz last year, Mendip Cave Rescue will be running another Cavers Quiz Night at the Hunters Lodge Inn, Priddy on Saturday 18th January 2025, starting at 19:30. As in previous years, all questions will be (vaguely) caving…
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 12:25 on 3rd November 2024, following a report from a member of the public that a rucksack had been found abandoned by the entrance to Goatchurch Cavern in Burrington Combe. Four…
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 19:52 on 3rd May 2025, following a report that a solo cave diver was overdue and hadn’t returned from a trip into Stoke Lane Slocker, Stoke St Michael. This cave has an entrance …
On 29th of September 2024, 13 MCR members passed their MREW Remote Rescue Medical Technician (previously known as “Cas Care”) course, which allows them to provide advanced first aid to people in remote environments. This course has been running since t…
On 29th of September 2024, 13 MCR members passed their MREW Remote Rescue Medical Technician (previously known as “Cas Care”) course, which allows them to provide advanced first aid to people in remote environments. This course has been running since t…
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 16:34 on 10th August 2024, concerning a caver with an ankle injury who was unable to exit GB Cave near Charterhouse. A team had entered the cave earlier in the day, but one party…
Wiltshire Police contacted Mendip Cave Rescue, following a report of smoke coming from an air shaft above Bethel Quarry, and at 21:28 a SARCALL alert was received via Avon & Somerset Police requesting assistance. Two local MCR members attended the …
At 00:25 on Saturday 11th May 2024, Mendip Cave Rescue received a SARCALL alert asking for assistance regarding two mine explorers who were unable to exit Box Stone Mine. They had entered the mine on Friday afternoon via a grilled entrance, but were un…
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 16:41 on 17th February 2024, concerning a caver with equipment failure who was unable to exit Hunters Hole in Priddy. Two cavers had entered the cave earlier in the day, but one …
Mendip Cave Rescue were called by Avon and Somerset Police via SARCALL at 16:41 on 17th February 2024, concerning a caver with equipment failure who was unable to exit Hunters Hole in Priddy. Two cavers had entered the cave earlier in the day, but one …
Following on from the enjoyable quiz last year, Mendip Cave Rescue will be running another Cavers Quiz Night at the Hunters Lodge Inn, Priddy on Saturday 20th January 2024, starting at 19:30. All questions will be (vaguely) caving related, and entries …
At 21:14 on Saturday 9th December 2023, Mendip Cave Rescue were informed that an experienced mine explorer had suffered a fall in Brownes Folly Mine, Monkton Farleigh at about 20:30. Following this fall the casualty had a leg injury and was unable to b…
Mendip Cave Rescue held a rescue practice for the Stone Mine members in Swwan Mine on Saturday 5th March 2022. This was a practice aimed more at the stone mines area, concentrating on the command & control and communication aspects of a search of a…
Alan Gray, the Secretary of Mendip Cave Registry and Archive, has been collating reports of all caving rescue and incidents located in the Mendip Cave Rescue region, from early reports of an incident in Pen Park Hole in 1669 through to the current day….
