GB cave

A Great British Cave

Named after two cavers heavily involved in the initial exploration (F. J. Goddard and C. C. Barker of UBSS), this cave has everything. Some squeezes, a duck (but no sump), huge open caverns, a waterfall, a rock bridge and a large...

GB Cave

Hunters lodge inn sink

Pretty pre-drink bimble

What could be better - a cave in a pub car park! And not just any pub, this is the legendary Hunter’s Lodge Inn, epicentre of most things caving on Mendip.Intermediate, fairly easy caving with a short pitch at the entrance a 300m tight...

Manor farm swallet

Second Deepest Descent

Intermediate, srt or ladder first pitch. 2nd pitch short handling or srt. Fun cave wet with some interesting climbs. Entrance 40ft easy pitch that can be laddered or SRT, not free climable. Short incline passage which is a little bit of...

Mangle hole

SRT aficionados trip

Intermediate, srt cave with a hard exit and an interesting rebelay on 2nd pitch.

Pearl mine

Descend to the galleries

Leader cave Intermediate, unique opportunity to see a mendip mine big ladder to start no difficult caving.

St Cuthberts Swallet

Sump one Tourist Trip

Intermediate, cave itself has nothing difficult but entrance rift can be hard work when tired.

Thrupe lane swallet

Marble Streamway

Intermediate srt, long pitch and interesting exchange trip and through trip.

Wookey 21

The Dig

Leader cave Intermediate, beyond the showcave nothing difficult. Interesting and wet.

Drunkards Hole

Deep descent

Not much in the way of formations but an interesting squeezy entrance passage leads to a large chamber and a couple of digs.

Longwoods Swallet

August Hole & Swing Pitch

Resevoir Hole

To the Frozen Deep

Leader led trip, no novices, must have done half a dozen trips. Scrabbly climb down and crawling until you eventually meet a 2 ladder pitch with platform to the Frozen Deep. One of the largest cave chambers in the UK, well decorated and...