Charterhouse Caving Company

Many Mendip caves are gated at the request of the landowner.

The Charterhouse Caving Company (CCC Ltd), originally the Charterhouse Caving Committee, was set up at the request of Bristol Water to administer access to the caves on their land.

The caves include G.B., Longwood Swallet, Rhino Rift and Charterhouse Cave. When Bristol Water sold the land, access agreements were maintained at the request of the new landowners including Somerset Wildlife Trust. Many of these caves are gated to prevent accidents. In addition, many are also SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest).

A permit is required in order to access any cave administered by CCC Ltd.

Permits are available from Axbridge Caving Group, BEC, CSS, Mendip Caving Group, MNRC, SMCC, SBSS, University of Bristol Spelaeological Society and the Wessex Cave Club

Full details are available from the CCC Ltd. website