South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team

Formerly known as West Brecon Cave Rescue Team (WBCRT); The South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team (S&MWCRT) is a team covering South and Mid Wales. The team has its base at Penwyllt in the Swansea valley with its own depot in the cottages of the South Wales Caving Club. In the early days of caving in the Swansea valley (back as far as 1946), cave rescue was carried out by SWCC, however, the team is now formally a separate entity and a registered charity. Despite this, links with SWCC remain close; the majority of team members and support is drawn from SWCC.

Most years, in terms of numbers of incidents, S&MWCRT comes second only to the CRO in the Yorkshire Dales.

In August 2009, the Gwent Cave Rescue Team was dissolved and WBCRT took over responsibility for the Gwent area caves and changed its name to reflect the expanded area.

The team regularly practises with and assists with neighbouring Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group.



S&MWCRT website