North Wales Cave Rescue
NWCRO Members, log in here.

Latest News

Incidents List

24/02/2010

The Incident List page has been updated with the most recent incidents. Please click here for full details.


2010 Training Schedule

22/02/2010

Some data for your diary! The 2010 Training Schedule is now online. Please click here for full details.

North Wales Cave Rescue

NWCRO is responsible for rescue incidents in the mines and caves of North Wales, namely the old counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd. There are only a handful of sporting caves, mainly near Mold and Wrexham, the most prominent of which are:

  • Ogof Hesp Alyn
  • Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau
  • Ogof Llyn Du
  • Ogof Pool Parc

There are also numerous metal and slate mines dotted about all over North Wales. The more prominent mining areas are:

  • Great Orme - copper mines
  • Parys Mountain Anglesey - copper mine
  • Snowdonia - several old copper mines
  • Blaenau Ffestiniog - many extensive slate caverns
  • Llanrwst - old lead mines
  • Clwyd - extensive lead mines on Halkyn Mountain, the Alyn Valley and Minera Mountain
  • Dolgellau - gold mines
  • Corris - slate mines

Members of the NWCRO are drawn from 4 local clubs which are, in alphabetical order:

  • Grosvenor Caving Club
  • Great Orme Exploration Society
  • North Wales Caving Club
  • Parys Underground Group

NWCRO also welcomes individual team members who have an interest in the area. There are two underground practice meets and a number of surface techniques meets every year.


© Copyright 2009 North Wales Cave Rescue. All Rights Reserved. Email: info@northwalescro.org.uk
North Wales Cave Rescue is a Registered Charity, Number 1052986
Website by Bilberry Design

XHTML 1.0 strict