Adopt-a-Cave

The Descent Adopt-a-Cave scheme started in 1977 and aims to encourage preservation of the underground environment. Caves are adopted by individuals or clubs who wish to help. This scheme does not confer any rights, or help with access, but it does show that you care.

If you – as a caving club, group of like-minded cavers or as an individual – would like to participate, please contact us. Likewise, please let us know if you are on this list but no longer wish to participate.

Thanks to all involved.

Afton Red Rift Cave – Devon SS

Aveline’s Hole – Uni West England

Bagshawe Cavern – Eldon PC

Baker’s Pit Cave – Plymouth CG

Biddlecombe Caves – WAYA CC inc. ISG

Bridge Cave – West Sussex CC

Brightgate Cave – Masson CG

Carlswark Cavern – Darkside CMC

Charterhouse Cave – Charterhouse Caving Company

Chartist Cave – Crickhowell CG

Cherry Tree Hole – York Uni CPC

Chudleigh Caves – Devon SS

Coral Cave – Axbridge CG

Crackpot Cave – North of Tyne SA

Crescent Pot – Durham Uni SA

Critchlow Cave – Birmingham Cave & Crag

Cuckoo Cleeves – Frome CG

Dallimore’s Cave – Eagles CC

Darfar Pot – Darfar PC

Drunkard’s Hole – LADS CG

Ease Gill Caverns – Red Rose CPC

East Twin Swallet – S Bristol SS

Eastwater Cavern – Bristol EC

Eldon Hole – Eldon PC

Etches Cave (Upper Dove) – Iain Barker

Excalibur Pot – York CC

Fairy Cave Quarry – Fairy Caves Man. Committee

Flower Pot – Southampton UCC

Foxes Hole – Charterhouse OEC

G.B. Cave – Charterhouse Caving Company

Gavel Pot – Kendal CC

Giant’s Hole – Eldon PC

Gibbets Brow Shaft – Shepton Mallet CC

Goatchurch Cavern – S Bristol SS

Great Douk Cave – West Lancs Scouts CT

Great Masson Cavern – Masson CG

Heron Pot – Morley PC

Higher Kiln Quarry Caves – Wm Pengelly CST

Hillocks Mine/Knotlow Cavern – Orpheus CC

Holme Bank Chert Mine – Stanley Head OEC

Holwell Cavern – Yeovil College CG

Hooe Lake Caves – Plymouth CG

Hunters’ Hole – Andy Sparrow

Hunters’ Lodge Inn Sink – Bristol EC

Kitley Caves – Yealmpton CC

Ladyside Pot – Darfar PC

Lancaster Hole – Red Rose CPC

Lathkill Head Cave – Birmingham Cave & Crag

Lesser Garth Cave – Isca CMC

Lionel’s Hole – Broad Pln/Woodside CC

Little Douk Pot – West Lancs Scouts CT

Little Neath RC – Croydon CC

Llethrid Swallet – Welsh Scout CCG

Llygad Llwchwr – Teifi Valley CG

Longwood/August – Mendip CG

Lost John’s Cave – Rubber Duck CC

Loxton Cave – Axbridge CG

Main’s Barn, Priddy – Cotham CG and WAYA CC inc ISG

Manchester Hole – Black Sheep Diggers

Mangle Pot – South London Underground Soc

Manor Farm Swallet – Exeter UCC

Marble Steps Pot – Oxford UCC

Maskhill Mine – Eldon PC

Nancy Camel’s Hole – Mendip CG

Napps Cave – Bideford CCCC

Near Cliff Wood Rift – Doncaster Hallcross Moles SC

Ogof Draenen – Morgannwg CC

Ogof Fechan – Brighton EC

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu – South Wales CC

Ogof Hen Ffynhonau – North Wales CC

Ogof Hesp Alyn – North Wales CC

Ogof Llanymynech – Shropshire Scouts CT

Ogof Pen Eryr – Masons Arms CC

Ogof Pwll Swnd – Hereford CC

Old Ing Cave – Whitehough OEC

Otter Hole – Gloucester SS, Hades CC and Royal Forest Dean CC

Owl Hole – Orpheus CC

Oxlow Caverns – Eldon PC

P8 – Rubber Duck CC

Pant Mawr Pot – Westminster SG

Peak Cavern System – Technical SG

Penyghent Pot – Bradford PC

Pierre’s Pot – Bishop Fox’s School

Pikedaw Calamine Caverns – Yorkshire SS

Pinetree Pot – Mendip CG

Porth yr Ogof – Croydon CC

Pridhamsleigh Cavern – Devon SS

Pulpit Hole – Kent UCC

Pwll Dwfn – Gagendor CG

Radford Cave – Plymouth CG

Read’s Cavern – Bristol Assault Team

Red Moss Pot – Burnley CC

Redhouse Swallet – Gloucester SS

Redhurst Swallet – Darfar PC

Reed’s Cave – Wm Pengelly CST

Rhino Rift – Charterhouse Caving Company

Riverside Swallet – Darfar PC

Rod’s Pot/Bath Swallet – SCG

Rowter Hole – Sheffield USS

Runscar Cave – Whitehough OEC

St Cuthbert’s Swallet – Bristol EC

St Dunstan’s Well Cave – Cerberus SS

Sell Gill Holes – Craven PC

Short Drop Cave – Kendal CC

Shute Shelve Cavern – Axbridge CG

Sidcot Swallet – Mendip OP

Singing River Mine – Young Expl CG

Slaughter Stream Cave – Royal Forest Dean CC

Stoke Lane Slocker – Cerberus SS

Storr Common caves – Black Rose CC

Sunset Hole – Sheffield USS

Swildon’s Dry Ways – Uni West England

Swildon’s Hole – Wessex CC

Tatham Wife Hole – Cambridge UCC

Tearsall Pipe Caverns No. 2 – Masson CG

Thistle Cave – Whitehough OEC

Thrupe Lane Swallet – SCG

Tyning’s Barrows Swallet – Portsmouth UCC

Upper Flood Swallet – Mendip CG

Water Icicle Close Cavern – Orpheus CC

Waterwheel Swallet – Cheddar CC

West Kingsdale Master Cave – ULSA

White Pit – Bristol EC

Total: 121 sites have been adopted by 83 clubs