Reading University Caving Club 
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Fri 13th Oct 6:00pm to Sun 15th Oct 11:00pm | Freshers Weekend Trip A weekend of caving, partying and amazing views! The cost is just £35, and we provide all the caving equipment you need. This is our first weekend caving trip of the term, and is highly recommended to get a better idea of our typical activities. No previous caving experience is required. Note that spaces are limited, and you must sign up as a club member to go on this trip. Please get in touch with us if you would like to come along, or have any questions. Godre Pentre, Ystradfellte, Aberdare CF44 9JF, UK  |  |
Fri 3rd Nov 6:00pm to Sun 5th Nov 11:00pm | Somerset Fireworks Trip The (caving) world famous Belfry Bonfire Night! This is also a good opportunity to try caving if you haven't already been on one of our previous trips - no previous caving experience is required. The cost is just £35, and we provide all the caving equipment you need. Note that spaces are limited, and you must sign up as a club member to go on this trip. Please get in touch with us if you would like to come along, or have any questions. Bristol Exploration Club, Wells Rd, Wells BA5 3AU, UK | |
About Our Trips
If you want to go on any of the trips, please let our secretary or president know.
For weekend trips, we usually leave Reading in a minibus at approximately 6pm on a Friday evening and return late on a Sunday, so it’s a pretty intensive weekend, but great fun. The weekend trip fee includes accommodation, travel, equipment, breakfast and Saturday dinner. We will usually stop at a service station enroute on Friday.
Trips will start from our tackle store, near Wessex Hall.
If you want to join us or have some questions, then please come to one of our regular pub meet-ups and sign up – please see our Instagram page, our Facebook group or the calendar above for the location of our next pub night. To accompany us you need to have Club membership (£15) and Reading Students’ Union Sports Federation insurance (prices from £18 per year).
What to Bring
Caving Abroad
Our more enthusiastic members sometimes go caving further afield… In recent years, we’ve enjoyed some fantastic caving (along with various other activities such as hiking, rock climbing, via ferrata and swimming) on club trips to Southern France, Ireland, and Austria. If your really keen, there are even opportunities to join expeditions abroad. This year (Summer 2026) we will be visiting Spain.
If you’d be interested in going on one of these trips and/or expeditions abroad, or would like to know more, please get in touch with our committee, and we can provide you with all the details.
In previous years our club has travelled even further afield – travelling as far as Spain, Romania, Slovenia and China to see some truly spectacular caves! To read more about some of these historic expeditions, please see our old site…