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Met Office Weather and Warnings
Any weather warnings for southern England in the next seven days are listed here:
- Yellow warning of thunderstorm affecting South West EnglandYellow warning of thunderstorm affecting South West England: Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire valid from 0300 Sun 01 Sep to 2000 Sun 01 Sep
- Yellow warning of thunderstorm affecting London & South East EnglandYellow warning of thunderstorm affecting London & South East England: Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham valid from 0300 Sun 01 Sep to 2000 Sun 01 Sep
BCA News Feed
- Data breach – DIMS (02 Jul 2024 12:08)
- Ghar Parau Foundation : Application Deadline (25 Jun 2024 11:15)
- Council Election Results (24 Jun 2024 09:05)
- Council Elections 2024 (05 Jun 2024 09:51)
- BCA Finances and Membership Fees (22 May 2024 17:49)
- Fix for Petzl harnesses whose leg buckles tend to come undone (19 Mar 2024 11:03)
- BCA statement on peer to peer training (01 Feb 2024 11:03)
- CALL FOR INSPECTION – Petzl ASTRO and CANYON GUIDE harnesses! (25 Oct 2023 10:03)
Singing River Mine Access Restored
It is now possible to visit Singing River Mine once more thanks to a new access agreement.
20th September 2023
Replacement gate at Compton Martin Ochre Mine
The gate at Compton martin Ochre Mine has needed replacement for some time, after the old gate rusted away.
This has now been completed, so please remember to bring a CSCC key if you are visiting.
1st June 2022
MCR: Invitation to Join Mendip Cave Rescue
From Mendip Cave Rescue
MCR has had to restructure itself and has reconstituted itself as a registered charity. With the new structure cavers who wish to continue supporting the MCR by being on the cavers call out list are invited to apply for associate membership …
26th May 2021
Access to caves in Cheddar Gorge
Further to the decision by Longleat to close the show caves and suspend their operations in Cheddar, they have notified CSCC that with immediate effect caver access to all caves on Longleat property which includes the whole south side of the Gorge, is no longer available. This includes all caves and digs, and affects sites such as Reservoir Hole, Spider Hole, Goughs Cave, Long Hole, Great Oones etc …
11th Oct 2020