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Joint Rescue Practice with SMWCRT

A new date for your diary! A Joint Rescue Practice with SMWCRT on the 19th June 2010. Please see the 2010 Training Schedule.

Updated 26/05/2010

Incidents List

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

Updated 26/05/2010

Training Photographs

The Gallery page has been updated with photographs from the April 2010 training session. Please click here for full details.

Updated 29/04/2010

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.