British Caving Association

The BCA can now announce our membership rates for 2020. There are some changes to previous years mainly affecting DIM membership: Club Individual Members (CIMs): No change from 2019Active caver (those participating in caving/mine exploring/digging etc): £17 Non caver (those not participating in caving/mine exploring/digging etc): £6 Student caver (in full time undergraduate education): £8 […]

The government’s Review of national parks and AONBs led by Julian Glover has just been published: Our CRoW Officer, David Rose, met with Julian and his review team at the end of last year at Defra’s HQ in London and made a strong case that the current official position on CROW access and caves is […]

The BCA has been asked by Bob Hall, on behalf of Natural Resources Wales, South Wales Caving Club, and the OFD Cave Advisory Group, to circulate this press release. This may be of interest to anyone accessing the OFD cave system. In essence, access as perceived for most cavers is not expected to change, however […]

The BCA Conservation and Access Committee are very grateful to the Eastern Moors Partnership for hosting the Derbyshire hub of our meeting at their offices at Barbrook Cottage, with the stunning back drop of the Peak District. The meeting was a great success, with regional council and constituent body reps joining forces to discuss and […]

Expedition insurance for UK cavers – Designed by cavers for cavers! In recent years, cavers travelling abroad on expedition have had to buy their travel insurance from various commercial outlets, however many have had concerns – is cave exploration covered? Age limits? Will the insurer actually pay out??… The BCA have been working hard on […]

At the 2018 AGM the official BCA policy on the Countryside and Rights of Way Act was formally ratified. This position was arrived at following due process which has included a poll of the membership and a ballot to remove impediments from the constitution. BCA Council then asked the Conservation and Access Committee to draw […]

For some time, the E&T Committee have been searching for an alternative to the DMM Eco Anchor, which is no longer manufactured. Our preferred option would be to find an exact copy of the Eco Anchor since this retains all of the existing investment in testing, procedures and training as well as recognition of the […]