The club publishes a regular professionally printed newsletter containing a round up of members’ caving trip reports, news, reviews, photos and more. This is currently being produced quarterly and is sent to club members as well as UK and international caving clubs in a publication exchange scheme.

All newsletter issues from year 2000 onwards are available on this website as PDF files, and can be downloaded by volume and issue number using the Newsletter Archive page.

Latest Issue

Volume 66 Nos. 7-9, July-September 2024

Cover: Shuttleworth Pot. Photo by Matt Voysey.
  • Don’t Panic, We’re from Poland - A team from WKTJ travelled over from Poland to sample the delights of caving in South Wales, and this what they did.
  • Rare Potato Caves - History and location information of “Potato Caves” found at various sites in Dartmoor.
  • Aisholt Cave, Quantocks - Digging update and history of the Aisholt Cave dig in The Quantocks.
  • Beauty and the Beasts - Caving in Brazil, Part 2 - The concluding part of this tale of caving adventure in Brazil, this instalment focuses on caving trips undertaken in the Terra Ronca National Park.
  • Photographic Stories - Thoughts on the relevance of cave photography and the story behind the photo (even if it does involve a broken arm).
  • Ogof Fechan Revisit - A trip to Ogof Fechan, a cave previously visited by Jennie some decades ago… or was it?
  • Working Week at Whitewalls - A summary of improvements made to Whitewalls during the days leading up the CSS Summer Barbecue.
  • Pillar Holes and Long Kin West - The first of three trip reports from the CSS Yorkshire Meet, featuring the descent of two neighbouring potholes with fine SRT pitches.
  • Dowbergill Passage - a doddle! - Trip report of the infamous Dowbergill Traverse, undertaken on the Saturday of the Yorkshire Meet.
  • Shuttleworth Pot - A trip to Shuttleworth Pot in Leck Fell, featuring pleasant SRT, fine formations and two notable newts.
  • CSS Meets List - Upcoming CSS Meets Oct-Dec 2024.
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Previous issues of the CSS Newsletter are available in the archive