New Goodwill Fee for visiting Swildon’s Hole, Priddy
The goodwill fee for visiting Swildon's Hole, Priddy in Somerset, has remained the same for many years. From the start of 2025 the fee has been increased to £2 per person. The money should be ...
Book Review: Somerset Underground volume 4
This is the fourth and final volume of a set covering the caves, mines and associated features of the county of Somerset. Volume 1 was published in 2020 and features Bristol, Broadfield Down, the Bristol ...
GB Cavern, Mendip – Waterfall route re-opened
The Waterfall climb in GB Cavern, Somerset was closed in 2021 after a major rockfall. Following a recent inspection, Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd (CCC Ltd) have now re-opened the route and have issued the following ...
Wells and Mendip Museum Exhibition: Out of Time: Underground Mendip
Wells and Mendip Museum plan to delve deep into the pioneering days of British caving in an exhibition that will run from 6th July to 7th September 2024. A new exhibition, Out of Time: Underground ...
Somerset Rockfalls: Fairy Cave Quarry and Goatchurch Cavern
The entrance to Goatchurch Cavern with the recent rockfall on the left. Photo: Wayne Starsmore The wet winter of 2023/24 is probably the cause of a couple of rockfalls that Mendip cavers should be aware ...
