Northern Pennine Club is one of the oldest and largest caving clubs in the UK. Founded in 1946, the Northern Pennine Club was one of the caving clubs started by various cavers affected by the politics of the British Speleological Association

British Speleological Association

British Speleological Association was founded by Eli Simpson and others in 1935. It was instrumental in the discovery of Lancaster Hole and other caves...

 immediately after the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Whilst the Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club was mainly formed of cavers from Lancaster, the NPC gained many of its members from Leeds.

Notable Discoveries

• Penyghent Pot
• Magnetometer Pot
• Hammer Pot
• Echo Pot
• Link Pot
  Easegill System
  The Ease Gill Cave System is the second longest, afer Ogof Draenen, and most complex cave system in Britain, with around of passages, including connections only passable by cave diving. It spans the valley between Leck Fell and Casterton Fell...
  
  
• Notts II

External links

• Northern Pennine Club website
• NPC - Archive Material