Caves of Worle Hillside Weston-Super-Mare

[russporter]

Hello,

I'm looking for information on any known caves around Worle Hillside in Weston-Super-Mare.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated, thanks in advance 

Russ

 

[Les W]

Have you tried mcra.org.uk?

A quick search centred between WSM and Worle found quite a few sites. 

 

[Duncan Price]

Not the ones that Russ is interested in...

 

[graham]

Not the ones that Russ is interested in...

Does that mean that you, a registrar, have information on sites not (yet) in the registry?

 

[estelle]

If you search the publications on the BEC website for 'worle' - http://www.bec-cave.org.uk/publications-mainmenu-32.html - the two Nicks have written up quite a bit on caves in the Weston area. Chris Richards (used to work for weston museum, don't know if he still does), was also a font of knowledge on caves in the Weston area. I had a look at quite a few caves in the Weston area in the 90s but memory is a bit rusty, so i'd have to dig out my logbooks from then for more information.

 

[Gerbil007]

Oi Sprout! What secret project are you undertaking without telling me? 

 

[russporter]

Thank you all for your replies 

No secret project yet Kev , thought I should know more about the caves on my doorstep.

 

[mikem]

Wow, there's an impressive number of caves within 2km of ST 32602 62649 on the Registry.

Mike

 

[andymorgan]

I grew up around there. I only cave I was aware of at the time was the one on Manor Road with the electricity substation in it. A couple of years ago before the MCRA registry was online I had a look at the ones in the town quarry - very small! In the latest issue of Descent there is an article about a dig that the two Nicks from the BEC are doing.

I'm planning to take a look at some of the caves listed on MCRA soon.