April 2027 Open Weekend

The next Open Weekend will probably take place on April 24th and 25th 2027. This date needs to be confirmed by a Club meeting before booking can be opened. The trip will be around Engine Vein, a mine that has a history going back 4000 years to the Early Bronze Age.

Club Dinner 2026

The Club Dinner has been arranged again for Bramhall Golf Club on 28th November. This has been a very successful venue for a few years now. Bookings are now open. There is a three course meal (with menu choices) and this will be followed by awards and a disco. We have held had to increase the price to £30 but the meal remains great value with wine included. Bookings can be made through treasurer@derbyscc.org.uk or go direct to www.derbyscc.org.uk/dinner where you can pick your menu choices and pay.

Club subscriptions now due

Thank you to the 100+ members who have paid subs for 2026. To the others, your subscription is now 9 months overdue! You can pay through the website but please note two things. The BCA part of the fee has increased to £32 so full caving subs are now £45. Secondly, we have to pay £1.36 to collect this via PayPal but BCA won't reimburse that so the cost comes out of your contribution to the club - if you can, please pay by bank transfer.

Alderley public trips

Public trips to the Alderley Mines will usually take place once a month, normally on the third Wednesday of the month. Whether a trip can be run depends on getting volunteers to lead and back-mark the group. So a message to members is: please to see whether any trips need leaders or back-markers and get your name onto the Google spreadsheet. To find out more, contact the Webmaster. Currently, we cannot run trips in April, May, November or December until we get volunteers.

DCC Shop now open

The pages on the website where T-shirts, hoodies, badges, etc can be bought have been revamped. The stock of each size is shown. Members can use this page and others (non-members) can use this page. When you buy an item, you will be taken to PayPal and will see your "cart" so that you can change the quantity or add more items. If you want the items posting to you, please add an appropriate amount for post and packing. If you try to order more than there is stock, you will be charged by PayPal but the Treasurer can refund you for the items unavailable.

Meets List

Although the events on this website have details of trips during the year, members will find more details on the Club Facebook page. Use the link at the bottom of the home page and members' pages to go to the Club Facebook page.

More about the Alderley Mines

The new edition of Chris Carlon's Alderley Edge Mines book is for sale from the publisher and from Amazon. Copies are also available at the Club's Open Weekends and from the Club shop. The book has been heavily revised and describes all the main mines in detail. It remains a useful companion to the Alderley Edge Story published in 2016. Contact Nigel for further details. The cost is £12 POST FREE from Nigel.

Caving and mining log

The most recent items on the caving and mining log can now be viewed in brief in this panel. Click on the section below that says: news | events | log. Remember to add a record of your own trips.

Club Dinner 2026

The Club Dinner has been arranged again for Bramhall Golf Club on 28th November. This has been a very successful venue for a few years now. Bookings are now open. There is a three course meal (with menu choices) and this will be followed by awards and a disco. We have had to increase the price to £30. Contact can be made through treasurer@derbyscc.org.uk or go direct to www.derbyscc.org.uk/dinner to book yourself.

Members may be able to view more events on the DCC calendar that we do not make public.

Members may be able to view more log entries on the DCC log that we do not make public.