Climbing, hill walking and mountaineering are the principle objectives of the clubs featured in the list. They are all based in and controlled by their own members. All club applications are submitted to the BMC National Council for approval.
Nine areas form the democratic base of the BMC, and serve as local forums for discussion and debate about mountaineering issues. The clubs are listed under the relevant area, but usually accept members from other areas. There is a small number of national clubs and these are listed separately. The contact for each club listed here will normally be able to supply you with details of their club membership requirements, activities, meeting places, etc.
Explanation of Categories:
- B - Club accepts beginners and novices
- A - Club meets at venues that have facilities that are accessible to those with physical disabilities
- F - Club has a family membership category
- Y - Club accepts applications from those under the age of 18
- H - Club has a hut/s
National
ABMSAC-Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club
ABMSAC - Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club
Founded in 1909, we are a national club offering its members regular UK hut/bunkhouse/hotel based weekends, plus summer alpine hotel and camping meets, and autumn trekking meets.
With its own hut in Patterdale, Ullswater, which we now share with the AC, complete with a Members room; use of huts in North Wales and Derbyshire through reciprocal rights; an Annual Journal; a London based autumn/winter lecture programme; and access to AC regional lectures in London, Bristol, Hathersage, Kendal and Edinburgh.
To find out more visit our website and Facebook page.
Main club contact: Julie Freemantle
julie.freemantle@sky.com
Website www.abmsac.org.uk
Categories B.H.Y
Alpine Club
The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, was founded in 1857. For over 150 years, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration.
We invite membership from climbers who are interested in Alpine climbing, whether aspiring or already experienced. Membership benefits include a varied meets programme which includes international meets and expeditions as well as mentoring meets for aspirants; regional lectures with notable guest speakers; opportunities to apply for grants for expeditions; significant discounts at many UK retailers; extensive networking contacts; access to the renowned Alpine Club Library for books and maps - and more!
Please contact
Richard Nadin
Office Telephone: 020 7613 0755
Email: membership@alpine-club.org.uk
Website: www.alpine-club.org.uk
BMS CMC
We are a National Club with membership spread out across the country, from the South West to The Lakes and Northumberland. We also have a strong international membership in Scandinavia. We are an active club, we are not elitist and are happy whether you are keen on hill walking, rock or ice climbing or summer/winter mountaineering. Although we limit membership to over 18s, we regularly hold meets for families to support our members with children. Please take a look at our website and decide if we are right for you. Our membership covers a wide range of abilities. In the mountains we value friendship and trust. As a group, we value long term commitment, contribution and endeavour. Like everyone else… we are very sociable… probably more so.
Website: http://bmscmc.org/
Buxton Mountaineering Club
We are small local club with around 50 members. People with children and beginners are welcome, although no formal instruction is available (Do not be put off by this, if you make it known that you want to climb, we will enjoy seeing that you have a go).
Club activities fall into 3 groups. Tuesday evenings at crags in the Peak District or during the winter at JD Wetherspoons pub on Fairfield Rd, Buxton. Monthly weekend hut meets, principally in North Wales and the Lakes, but occasionally in Yorkshire or the Brecon Becons. And adhoc events throughout the year.
The best reason for joining is that it gives a pool of people to climb, walk, ski, camp, canoe, go munro bashing or even watch Shakespeare at Buxton Opera House!
Chamois Mountaineering Club Ltd
Nationally based, large hut in Snowdonia, see comprehensive website at www.chamois.org.uk
G S Exiles Mountaineering Club
Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland
Long established general mountaineering club with cottage in Bethseda Snowdonia. Caters for walkers, scramblers, climbers, skiers, mountain bikers etc.
Strong links with Scottish clubs, especially in winter. Monthly meets in all areas with members from all over the UK. Members active in many parts of the world (Himalaya, European Alps, Greenland, USA). Beginners welcome. See web-site for examples of club activities.
Lower age limit 18
LMC Mountaineering Club
We are a small, friendly walking club with the majority of our members based in the South of England. The Club was formed in 1975 by Shell employees in London, but we are now disassociated from Shell, and membership is open to anyone. We aim to provide a varied programme of events and meet roughly once a month, either for day walks in the London/South East area or for weekends further afield. Accommodation on these weekends would usually be in pubs or B&Bs but occasionally in self-catering cottages or hostels.
Members completed the South West Coast Path in 2023 and the Wales Coast Path is the next challenge. In recent years, members have participated in the annual Crickhowell Walking Festival in South Wales and there is the occasional social event in London. We welcome new members so please get in touch - we would be happy to send you our latest Newsletter which includes details of our activities.
Midland Association of Mountaineers Ltd
The Midland Association of Mountaineers, MAM, is one of Britain’s leading mountaineering clubs. Founded in 1922 it has grown from its historical links in the Midlands area into a national club with some 550 members across the UK.
Its membership includes mountaineers, rock climbers, snow and ice climbers and hill walkers, many of whom are also mountain bikers, fell runners or wild swimmers. Whatever their interests and level of expertise they are all share a passion for enjoying activities in the mountain environment.
MAM own 4 properties: Glan Dena in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Low House and Low Cottage in Coniston in the Lake District, and Star Cottage in Two Dales in the Peak District. These provide some of the best maintained, quality mountain hut facilities in the UK.
Members can stay at these huts and bring their guests. MAM also has reciprocal hut use arrangements with kindred clubs which gives MAM members access to a wide range of properties across the UK.
The MAM holds over 60 meets a year, mostly at its huts, but also elsewhere in the UK and abroad. If you would like to know more or join us on a meet, please contact the club officer most relevant to your enquiry via the contact details given on the club’s website.
Website: www.themam.co.uk
Categories: BYH
Not So Trad - LGBTQ+ Climbers
Pinnacle Club
The Pinnacle Club is a UK based club of women climbers who are united by shared enthusiasm for climbing. We have a varied and full programme of around 30 meets a year catering for all tastes, but we love trad! Whether you enjoy the challenge of placing protection on multi-pitch routes or like clipping bolts on sports routes, the Pinnacle Club has something to offer you.
We have our own hut in Snowdonia – Cwm Dyli – which is available for club members to use outside of meets. We also have reciprocal hut agreements with other well-known mountaineering and climbing clubs in the UK.
The club’s ethos is about getting out there and climbing competently at your chosen grade. The emphasis is on being able to safely lead trad climbs whether at Difficult or Extreme level. Membership is open to women over 18 who can safely lead climb (at any grade).”
secretary@pinnacleclub.co.uk
Red Rope Walking & Climbing Club
Red Rope is a walking and climbing club, with socialist, left-wing, green and alternative roots. The club has over 200 members in a dozen regions of the UK, has a very inclusive ethos, and at least half our members are women.
Our activities include country walking, hill-walking, and mountaineering, plus climbing in a few of our regions. We organise day events and weekend trips, with a popular programme of longer ‘National Trips’ to hill-walking areas such as North Wales, the Lakes and Scotland, including mountain trips summer and winter. We use the network of ‘huts’ owned by BMC clubs plus other bunkhouses or youth hostels and arrange occasional camping trips. We have a special arrangement with Lancashire Mountaineering Club for shared use of their two huts in Snowdonia and the Lake District.
The club is organised around a principle of sharing. Membership and trip charges are on a scale related to your income, making club activities affordable for all. On trips we share communally cooked meals, usually vegetarian, and we try to share transport where possible.
Our regions vary in their activities, depending on who is in the group and the location. You can join your nearest region for walks, socials and trips but are very welcome on any region’s events, and the National trips, all advertised in a monthly mailing. We have groups in Bristol & South-West, East Anglia, Leicester & Nottingham, Liverpool & Merseyside, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, the Midlands, and Scotland.
We aim to make new members most welcome, including beginners. Find out more about Red Rope from our website https://www.redrope.org.uk/
We are also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedRopeWalkingAndClimbingClub
To make a general enquiry contact: info@redrope.org.uk
Royal Air Force Mountaineering Association
The Royal Air Force Mountaineering Association welcomes rock climbers, walkers, mtn bikers and skiers. Open to all RAF, ex-RAF and other personnel serving with the Royal Air Force. Come along to one of our highly successful weekend meets- details on the website along with application forms. We run expeds to the Alps and Greater Ranges, which all full members are entitled to attend. Associate BMC membership included in joining fee with BMC insurance and a copy of Summit Magazine.
Royal Navy & Royal Marines Mt Club
The aim of the club is to foster recreational mountaineering within the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and associated Naval Services. Full membership is open to both serving and retired members of the RN and RM.
Sphinx Mountaineering Club
Super Drooper Mountaineering & Caving
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District Limited
The FRCC, founded in 1906, is one of the major mountaineering clubs in the country. Its objectives are to encourage mountaineering and rock climbing particularly in the Lake District. Experience of and an interest in the Lake District mountains are among the requirements for membership. The Club has some of the leading UK climbers amongst its members and especially welcomes applications from active climbers and mountaineers over the age of 18 to continue its traditions of excellence.
Members are involved in all types of mountain-related activities including rock, snow and ice climbing, mountain walking, back-packing, trekking, orienteering, fell running, skiing, mountain biking etc.
The Club owns five properties in the Lake District and two in Scotland. There is an extensive programme of meets which occur almost every weekend based on our own or kindred club huts throughout the UK. Overseas meets are also organised several times per year in various parts of Europe.
The Club publishes the definitive climbing guidebooks of the English Lake District for summer and winter climbing. These can be purchased on-line via the Club website. An increasing number of climbs are being made available as Apps. A Club Journal is produced every two years and quarterly Chronicle is distributed to members. Members are also regularly kept informed by e-newsletters, the website and Facebook.
Applicants are proposed and seconded for membership by Full members who have a good knowledge of the applicant. Election to the Club is via the Committee.
The Gentian Mountaineering & Hillwalking Club
We are a national club, with male and female members from all over Britain. We organise a programme of meets throughout the year in areas such as the Lake District, Wales, the Peak District,Yorkshire Dales and Scotland. There is also an annual trip abroad, e.g. Mallorca, the French Alps, Pyrenees, Austrian Alps or the Costa Blanca.
We book a very wide range of accommodation. At one end of the spectrum we use remote ‘huts’ with basic facilities. At the other end, we visit luxury lodges with twin rooms, wifi and ensuites. Most accommodation is somewhere in the middle. Full details of the accommodation are always given on the programme.
Experienced Club members are always willing to share their knowledge. In addition, members are eligible to attend one-day skills training courses run by the BMC at a reduced price for club members.
The Club is probably best described as a "hard walking club". Most members are not in the "super fit" category but we do have many strong hill walkers and many who enjoy scrambling.
Our Club prides itself on being very friendly and welcoming to new members. Unlike many clubs we cater together. In the evening there is always a vegetarian and non-veg option as well as starter and dessert. There's beer and wine as well!
We welcome everyone from complete beginners to experienced mountaineers and it would be great to see you on a meet! To find out more, see our Facebook page or visit our website www.gentianclub.org.uk
The Rucksack Club Ltd
Founded in Manchester in 1902, our club has 550 members who enjoy a wide variety of outdoor activities including climbing, walking, mountaineering, biking and running. With a membership spread across Britain (from Cornwall to Sutherland) we are very much a national club although traditionally members have lived around Manchester and the Peak and this is reflected in our weekday Meets programme. We also have a strong Merseyside contingent.
The Club has an active Meets programme with walking and climbing Meets to suit all tastes every Wednesday, most frequently in the Peak District. Weekend Meets make the most of our three mountain huts based in central Snowdonia (Nant Peris), the southern Lakes (Duddon Valley) and Glencoe (overlooking Loch Linnhe). We also travel further afield with regular Alpine trips and a winter sun-rock Meet firmly on the Meets calendar.
Friendship has always been at the heart of the club and our social events cater for all ages. We very much welcome new members, whether experienced or relative newcomers to our core activities, so explore our website, get in touch and join us “getting out there”… Why not become an Associate Member, which provides the benefit of BMC membership (and importantly its third party liability insurance) as well as offering a chance to get to know us better?
For information on joining simply contact the Associate Members' Secretary John Farrow at join@rucksackclub.org or download details from the website.
We are also on FaceBook and Instagram at therucksackclub so visit our pages!
Channel Islands
Guernsey Mountaineering Club
Contact email: thegmcblog@gmail.com
The GMC has members actively taking part in the following activities: Rock climbing, winter and summer mountaineering & hillwalking, bouldering, coasteering, ice climbing and Via Ferrata. The local crags are of perfect blue and pink granite, mostly single pitch south facing seacliffs, offering traditionally protected climbs of all grades up to E6.
Jersey Rock Climbing Club
If you are looking for excellent climbing in a beautiful surrounding look no further than Jersey. There are over 1000 Trad routes on good quality Granite. Grades range from Moderate to E8 with the main concentration of climbs being between Severe and E2 and 10m to 60m in height. New and Visiting Climbers welcome.
Contact us that https://www.jerseyrockclimbingclub.com/contact
Website: www.jerseyrockclimbingclub.com
Lakes
Barrow Mountaineering & Ski Club
Burnmoor Lodge Club
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Carlisle Mountaineering Club
Club Hut in Newlands Valley, North Lake District, O.S. Grid Ref. NY 229 117 available to non-members £6.00 per night per person.
Carlisle Mountaineering Club Ltd is a long established club, close to the English Lake District. We have regular evening and weekend meets throughout the year including summer & winter climbing. Although we are based in Carlisle, we have members throughout Cumbria & beyond.
The club currently has over 100 members, from a wide range of backgrounds and ages, some of whom climb hard & some less so! You can generally find someone who wants to climb at your grade.
We welcome new members and encourage anyone thinking about joining to come along to a meet first & meet some of our members. We do not have any facility to teach climbing but we can put you in touch with people who can should you wish to learn.
Our club hut based in the Newlands Valley is free for club member's use
Website: carlislemc.co.uk
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/169637216412918
Eden Valley Mt Club
Junior members ie under 18 accepted with adult.
K Fellfarers
Bunkhouse details: www.k-fellfarers.co.uk
Kendal Mountaineering Club
Keswick Mountaineering Club
KMC is a very active, adventurous club with meets in the North Lakes during the summer weeks and meets at many UK venues at weekends. Lower age limit 18
West Cumbria Mountaineering Club
London & South East
Aylesbury Climbing Club
Aylesbury Climbing Club is a friendly group of people who enjoy all aspects of climbing, walking and mountaineering. Experienced mountaineers and beginners will be made very welcome at all of our events.
The club has an active membership with organised meets taking place every month at huts all over the UK. Have a look at the meets list to see where the meets are going to be in the coming months.
Club members are also active on many weekends of the year with trips to areas such as the Peak District and Wye Valley.
All activities tend to be organised at our weekly get-together which takes place every Monday from 9.15pm at the Broad Leys pub near the centre of Aylesbury.
Basingstoke Climbing Club
Bedford Mountaineering Club
Black Lizard - Climbing & Mountaineering Club
Britain & Abroad Mountain Walking and Trekking
Cambridge Climbing & Caving Club
A club for those interested in climbing, caving, mountaineering and ski-mountaineering. Regular trips for these activities throughout the year.
Chelmsford Mountaineering Club
Climbridge
Email address: contact@climbridge.co.uk
Climbridge is a vibrant community of climbers of all abilities based in and around Cambridge. We revolve around weekly bouldering sessions at Rainbow Rocket, in addition to regular trips to other indoor and outdoor destinations such as The Castle and Big Rock to go bouldering, top roping or lead climbing.
Colchester Climbing Club
Colchester Climbing Club (CCC) is a friendly group of mixed ages and abilities, based in North-East Essex, and currently welcoming new members. The club is run by climbers, for climbers.
Cragrats Mountaineering Club
Croydon Mountaineering Club
Dacorum Adventure Group
DAG is a friendly Hemel Hempstead based walking group of all abilities. Established for over 25 years it organises monthly weekends away to the mountainous areas of England and Wales and regular local walks around the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside and surrounding areas. The group is run on a very informal basis and keeps costs down to a minimum by using bunk-houses and self-catering. New members of all abilities are always welcome. Do enquire and come along and meet us on a local walk or join us for a week-end away for a trial run.
Please contact Jas Phugura - enquiries.dag@gmail.com
East Grinstead Climbing Club
Grafham Climbing Club
Grafham Climbing Club is a friendly and inclusive climbing club, welcoming climbers of all abilities across Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
We aim to provide our members with a safe, friendly and sociable environment in which to learn, develop and progress climbing skills both indoors and out.
We are an independent club with BMC affiliation and exist with the kind support of the Grafham Water Center.
We meet weekly on Wednesday nights between 7 and 9:30pm at the Grafham Water Centre in Perry near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Guildford Mountaineering Club
Hampshire Mountaineering Association
Harpenden Expedition Club
Hastings Rock & Fell Club
We are a friendly club, who meet at various local walls, and sandstone outcrops. We have trips away, both in the U.K. and abroad. Walking and climbing.
Hertfordshire Mountaineering Club
The Hertfordshire Mountaineering Club is a diverse and friendly club, we welcome all new members, of all ages and abilities, both for walking, climbing and cycling. Please see our website for more details
Herts and Essex Climbing Club
Highdown Hillwalking & Mountaineering Club
email - membership@highdownhmc.org.uk
We welcome members aged 18 upwards from West Sussex and elsewhere in the country. Our activities cover anything from gentle hill walking to the more challenging mountain walking and scrambling. Visit our website for our programme of local walks and monthly trips to wild country areas of UK and abroad.
Hillingdon Mountaineering Club
We are a friendly group of around 20 people and we meet on Tuesday evenings at Brunel University Climbing Wall in Uxbridge from 8.30pm onwards. We have one pre-arranged trip each month, details of which are on our website.
Ibex
Ibex is a friendly and active club that organises regular weekend hiking trips in the UK and week long trips in Scotland and The Alps. Some of our favourite locations include: The Lake District, Snowdon, The Peaks, Dartmoor and Scotland. We love mountain and hillwalking, climbing and scrambling. We have a monthly social meet in London as well as a climbing meet at various London climbing walls. We also do weekend day walks in and around London if you want to try us out.
email membership@ibexmc.org.uk
Lanchester Mountaineering Club
London Mountaineering Club
Climbing, hillwalking, scrambling, mountaineering and socials. Very regular meets. Hut in Wales. Friendship and fun.
London Rock Climbers Outdoors
We are a diverse group of climbers who like to get amongst the rock outdoors. Our members have a broad spectrum of ability and experience. Some have had incredibly empowering experiences climbing outdoors for the first time whilst others are experienced climbers who know many outdoor routes like the back of their hand.
The club trips vary from local day trip to Southern Sandstone, weekend trips to Dorset, Wye Valley, Devon and Peak District, and longer excursions to Wales, Lakes, Font and Spain. You will find not only find passionate climbers in the club but also sociable friends who simply enjoy hanging out together which sometimes happens to be at a climbing crag.
London Rockhoppers MC
We are a friendly medium-sized London-based club with male and female members from a wide age range, active in hill walking, scrambling, rock-climbing, & mountaineering with the odd foray into other activities such as mountain biking. New members of any standard always welcome - whether you are completely new to mountain sports or a seasoned mountain goat.
We organise meets every 2 weeks throughout the UK camping in summer and staying in huts in winter, with additional informally-arranged trips to both in the UK and abroad, and visits to the climbing wall. Our pub evenings are on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at the Devereux Pub, Devereux Court (off the Strand) in London from 7:30pm onwards, usually with a talk & slide show on the 3rd Tuesday. To find out more visit us at one of our pub evenings or see our website.
Loughton Mountaineering Club
Loughton Mountaineering Club (LMC) is a friendly and inclusive club for those interested in hill walking, scrambling, rock climbing. Established in 1975, we welcome and encourage enthusiastic new members of all interests, ages and abilities providing a safe, friendly and social environment to develop your own skills. We have an active membership and organise regular weekend trips to mountainous areas in the UK and keep costs low by sharing transport, using bunk houses and catering together. We organise local walks in Essex, Hertfordshire and London, have a regular local social meet in Loughton and members organise sessions at London climbing walls and plan other outdoor adventures. We are a small club, so you can easily get to know the regulars. To find out more, look at our website and meet us at one of our local walks or socials.
Maidstone Mountaineering Club
We are a very active club with all abilities. Beginners welcome. There is always advice and spare gear for lending.
Marylebone Mountaineering Club
The Marylebone Mountaineering Club is one of London's friendliest clubs and welcomes climbers and walkers of all levels. We have fewer than 100 members which is perfect for getting to know the regulars and gaining confidence in your preferred activities.
We hold full weekend Meets outside of London at least once a month at different locations and one day climbing and walking socials across the year. You can also find the climbing members at different walls, with small groups meeting at the Castle Climbing Centre, Westway, Mile End, and The Arch.
We focus our main updates on our website but please do feel free to check out our social media pages also:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MaryleboneMountaineeringClub
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/marylebonemountaineeringclub/
We'd love to hear from you so please do get in touch!
You can find our details on our website's Contact Us page or email the Membership Secretary here: membership@themmc.org.uk
Milton Keynes Mountaineering Club
Milton Keynes Mountaineering Club is a friendly and enthusiastic group of walkers, climbers and mountaineers. The club is open to everyone of all abilities. We organise regular monthly trips away to National Parks and other areas across the UK. Members are often found training at Big Rock Climbing Centre, Kingston, MK on a Tuesday and Thursday evening. New members will be made very welcome at all of our events. Please see our web site for more details.
www.mkmountaineering.org
info@mkmountaineering.org
Newbury Mountain Club
Newbury Mountain Club is West Berkshire's friendliest club for all hill walking, mountaineering and climbing. We organise regular weekend trips, mostly in the UK but with the occasional jaunt to foreign shores. There's an eclectic mix of abilities and outdoor interests (up hills, on rock faces, in beer gardens...), and everyone's welcome.
The Club meets on alternate Tuesdays at the Dolphin pub, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.
North London Mountaineering Club
Norwich Climbing & Mountaineering Club
Oxford Mountaineering Club
The friendliest club in the south of England. Enthusiastic people of all abilities are welcome to join our membership of over 100 mountaineers, rock climbers, and hill walkers.
Peterborough Mountaineering Club
Reading Mountaineering Club
Weekly wall meets. Monthly organised meets. Informal trips most weekends. Social events. Overseas trips.
Senderismo En Londres Ltd
Slough Mountaineering Group
SMOG covers all types of mountaineering. Our activities range from a weekend in Wales to a month in Greenland. We hold meetings twice a month at a venue in Slough which has disabled access. Lower age limit 18 years.
Southampton Climbing Club
We're a friendly group of people who enjoy climbing, mountaineering, bouldering and hill walking. We have weekly indoor evening meets at the bouldering & roped walls in the Southampton area and regular outdoor meets all around the UK throughout the year and occasionally overseas.
Whether you're just starting out in your climbing journey or already into the E's, please check out our website for membership info and what we're up to - or look us up on Facebook or Instagram and drop us a message
Surbiton & Kingston Mt Club
Surrey and South West London based mountaineering and rock climbing club of over 120 members at the end of 2017.
We have an active, friendly and diverse membership of rock climbers and mountaineers of all abilities. SAKMC meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at White Spider Climbing wall in Tolworth www.whitespiderclimbing.com and from 9pm on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at the Royal Oak in Surbiton. We organise two weekend rock climbing meets a month from Easter to October and at least 1 winter hut meet per month in winter as well as numerous ad-hoc day or evening trips to nearer venues such as Swanage, Portland and the Southern Sandstone.
Drop us an email at membership@sakmc.org or post on facebook.com/groups/309967138239 to make contact.
Sussex Climbing Community
Thames Valley Climbing Club
The Outcasts
The Outcasts is a club for people interested in outdoor activities, including hill-walking and climbing.
Tunbridge Wells Mountaineering Club
TWMC is a friendly, medium-sized club centred around the local sandstone crags. We welcome independent climbers of all abilities, have members in their 20s through to their 60s. Most of our activity is roped rock climbing, with some mountaineering and hiking. Please visit our website to find out more. Thanks, The TWMC Committee
Unemployed Climbers Club (Craggers)
We activley encourage family membership. Each year we run a number of family holidays at Blacklands Farm, however we manage to include our children in all activities throughout the year. This does not detract from the quality of walking and climbing. There is no lower age limit at present.
WWA - Walkers with Altitude
Midlands
Bewdley & District Mountaineering Club
Biddulph Hiking & Mntg Club
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Bowline Climbing Club
The Bowline Climbing Club is an active and friendly Leicester-based club with a rich history. We hold regular meets throughout the UK and further afield. As well as rock climbing and mountaineering, club members participate in many other outdoor activities including fell running and mountain biking. We also have access to our very own club hut in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park.
Most weekends club members go climbing in the Peak or go away for a meet. We also meet locally on Tuesday evenings for bouldering at the The Climbing Station in Loughborough. Thursday evening is climbing either at The Tower climbing wall in Leicester, or outdoors if the weather is good and the evening light enough.
The best way to see if you'd like to join is to get in touch and arrange to come along to one of our regular weekly meets. So we can make sure we have someone available to welcome you, please contact our chair on 07376 629180 or email join@bowlineclimbingclub.co.uk
Bromsgrove & Redditch Mt Club
Bromsgrove and Redditch Mountaineering Club, BRMC, is a mountaineering club based in Worcestershire which brings together a wide range of people who have an interest in walking, climbing, scrambling, ice climbing – in fact any aspect of mountaineering and most other outdoor activities!
BRMC is affiliated to the BMC.
We usually have a social meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month from 8.30pm at The Ladybird Inn, Bromsgrove B60 2DZ.
We arrange weekend club meets at both our hut and various locations across the UK.
Members also regularly meet at Redpoint Worcester and Wyre Forest (Kidderminster) climbing walls for a social climb and to try to keep climbing skills up.
The Club also owns a climbers hut in Tremadog, Snowdonia at the one of the prime climbing locations in North Wales, right next to the Valeries Rib buttress at Bwlch-y-Moch, Tremadog: https://brmc.club/hut.
Our hut is available to book by BRMC members, other clubs, organisations and the general public. Please do have a look at the link to the hut for the facilities, which include: two dorms, sleeping 14 people, one dorm being on the ground floor for easy access; two showers, two toilets, two washrooms; large kitchen and dining area; large lounge with log burner; basic drying room; parking for 9 cars. It's a two minute walk from the Bwlch-Y-Moch Crag, ten minutes’ walk from Craig Pant Ifan, twenty minutes’ walk from Tremadog village and easy driving to Porthmadog, Anglesey, Ogwen, Moelwyns, just to name a few.
All of our adventures are on our website: https://www.brmc.club.
You can find us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/brmc.adventure/.
Get in touch: committee@brmc.club.
Ceunant Mountaineering Club
Coventry Mountaineering Club
Extreme Sports Central
We are friendly, laid back group in the West Midlands (and a few extras we pick up on the way) that connects people with a love for extreme sports including: Surfing, Mountain Biking, Climbing, Kayaking, Hiking… generally anything where you get to throw yourself about a bit, get dirty, get wet, and generally have fun. Club night is on a Wednesday at The Bull in Aston where we chat about upcoming activities. Those into climbing head to Redpoint every Weds before the pub from 7pm. See www.extremesportscentral.co.uk for more info!
Hereford Mountain Club
Contact email - thehmc@hotmail.co.uk
A small club. Hill walking in Wales, Scotland etc. Overseas trips. Families. Some membersscramble and climb. Pub meets on Tuesdays. (ring Ian on 07733 301869).
We welcome the children of active adult members who remain responsible for them.
Hinckley Mountaineering Club
For more information please contact the Meets Sec inedwards@hotmail.com 01455 274174
Lichfield Mountaineering Club
The L.M.C. celebrated 40 years in 2010. It brings together people from Lichfield, Rugeley, Stafford, Cannock, Sutton Coldfield and Walsall, with an interest in the outdoors.
The outdoor activities undertaken by members include: mountaineering, climbing, fell walking and cycling.
We have a meets list on our website containing details of our monthly weekends away staying in mountaineering huts or camping. Day meets occur throughout the year.
For further details please see our website. Members of the club can be found in the Wetherspoons Pub, Bird Street Lichfield on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 9pm
Mercian Mountaineering Club
Mercian Mountaineers Club welcomes new members, beginners or experienced. Regular meets! details can be found on Twitter as @mercianmc
North Leicestershire Mountain Club
Rugby Mountaineering Club
For further details of the RMC contact Enquiries@rugbymc.uk or meet us in the Seven Stars Pub on a Thursday night after 9:30pm.
Saltley Hillwalking Group
Group open to all sectors of the community. Offer training in navigation, fitness, first aid, social events. Minibus travel.
Shrewsbury Mountaineering Club
Email : mail@shrewsburymc.com
Shrewsbury MC welcomes new members who should be 18yrs+ although members are welcome to bring along their own children when appropriate. We hold regular meets with the aim of having one Sunday meet and one residential meet per month. We also have a local walk in Shropshire each Tuesday evening prior to adjourning to a country pub. We have a few rock climbers who generally meet on a Thursday evening for local cragging or indoor wall.
Solihull Mountaineering Club
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SolihullMountaineeringClub/
Contact email: Contactus@solihullmc.org.uk
We are a friendly and active Solihull/South Birmingham based club with members from all over the Midlands and further afield. Our aim is to get out and enjoy the outdoors across the UK and abroad as much as possible. We welcome new members who are 18 or over, with any level of experience.
Our members enjoy many activities including trad and sport climbing, bouldering, walking, mountaineering and biking in all seasons. We organise an annual meets programme which includes one full weekend meet each month in locations across Wales, Scotland and England. We also arrange various formal and informal day meets and occasional trips into Europe for skiing, climbing and mountaineering activities.
We also love a get-together and run a range of social events throughout the year including curry nights, film festival days, evening get-togethers and a formal annual dinner evening.
We also regularly meet at indoor climbing walls across Birmingham and many members climb or boulder on Tuesday evenings at Creation Climbing Wall, Moseley B12 9AA.
Prospective members are welcome to meet us at Creation or join us on a social or arranged meet. To find out more about our club visit our website and Facebook pages and get in touch via Contactus@solihullmc.org.uk
The Mountain Club - Stafford
We offer a family membership rate based on BMC family membership guidelines.
Due to current child protection legislation etc, we request that anyone under 18 wishing to join the Club does so as part of a family membership.
Please email themountainclub@hotmail.co.uk
The Nuneaton Hill Walking and Mountaineering Club
We meet socially on Thursday evenings at 8:30pm at the Attleborough Liberal Club, Bull Street, Attleborough,Nuneaton. We have an organised programme of events throughout the year and many other events are organised by members on a more informal basis.
Warwick Climbing Club
Friendly club welcoming beginners. Own climbing wall, outdoor trips. Wide range of abilities.
Warwick University Climbers’ Union
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Wellingborough Mountaineering Club
This friendly club meets weekly on a Wednesday night at the local Pinnacle Climbing Wall ( NN4 8ES ) and on the third Wednesday of the month at the Brampton Halt Pub (NN6 8BA). Club Meets are usually at our hut in Snowdonia and the main events are in July for a BBQ, November for Bonfire Night and a December Christmas Meet and Dinner. There are small groups of people who meet on a more regular basis at the mountain hut and activities vary from hillwalking to rockclimbing, past events have included winter meets in Scotland. Family membership is welcomed and is necessary if U18s wish to join. Children are either free (U12) or discounted (U18) on club meets.
West Bromwich Mountaineering Club
Contact email - membership-secretary@wbmc.org
If you are looking for a friendly & active mountaineering club in the West Midlands then West Brom MC is probably right for you. Our 200 strong membership is attracted from all over the West Midlands as we are one of the few clubs that runs a regular monthly coach to the hills, so that members and guests can walk & climb sociably, without having to worry about parking or driving home. And of course a coach also opens up the possibility of linear routes across the mountains!
Our members enjoy climbing, hillwalking, scrambling, biking, running, surfing and similar activities, plus they have exclusive use of our hut in Snowdonia. Every February we have a Winter Week based at a hotel in Scotland and there are also regular weekend meets & social events, including family weekends, plus occasional long weekend or week-long trips abroad e.g. Alps, Morocco, Russia.
New and visiting climbers & hill walkers welcome, especially on our coach meets - one of the best ways to get to know people! Or else come along to our regular Thursday club nights - indoor slide shows in winter & outdoor evening meets in summer. FREE MEMBERSHIP or reduced fees for young, junior and student members.
Wolverhampton Mountaineering Club
Worcester Mountaineering Club
Wrekin Mountaineering Club
North East
Northumbrian Mountaineering Club
Sunderland Mountaineering Club
Friendly, sociable club with an active calender centering on weekends away, generally every 2 weeks. Climbers and walkers of all grades and experience welcome.
North West
Bremex Mountaineering & Climbing Club
Camramblers Walking Club
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Cheshire Amateur Ramblers Club
Chester Great Outdoors Club
Chester Mountaineering Club
See Chester Mountaineering Club link on the BMC website.
Clitheroe Mountaineering Club
Congleton Mountaineering Club
Mrs Anne-Marie Murray
Tel: 07913 601096
Also available on Facebook.
The club has been in existence since 1982. We meet every Tuesday evening, local climbing walls in the winter, local peak district grit and limestone crags in the summer. We have monthly weekend meets in the UK especially during the summer months, (Lake District, Wales, Scotland, Pembroke, Cornwall etc ) and have ventured abroad into Europe.
We are a very sociable group and look forward to a Christmas meet each year, where we usually go hill walking. We have experience in summer and winter climbing but also have runners, mountain bikers and skiers in the club.
We welcome both novices and experienced climbers. Please contact us through any of the above.
East Cheshire Outdoor Group
East Cheshire Outdoor Group was established in 1982 and is based around Macclesfield, East Cheshire and has around 100 members. We are a friendly and sociable group and welcome anyone to join us regardless of experience or fitness - there's something on the programme for everyone. We hold a whole host of activities including day walks, bike rides, weekends away and of course social events. Feel free to browse our website.
Frayednotts Mountaineering Club
The 'Frayednotts' are ex-members & friends of the University of Nottingham Explorers Society.
Fylde Mountaineering Club
Gwydyr Mountain Club
We are an active club of roughly 120 members of all ages and abilities. Activities include Hill walking, Rock Climbing, Scrambling, Mountain Biking , Caving, indeed anything in the mountains goes. We have an amazing converted chapel in Capel Curig as a bunkhouse and a fantastic meets calendar visiting all parts of the UK and abroad. New members are more than welcome and we meet every Tuesday in Gallaghers Pub, Birkenhead from 9.00pm. In the summer we have regular evening meets to the local crags of Helsby, Frodsham, Pex Hill and also weekly visits to the local indoor climbing walls. For those fortunate enough to be free during the week we have some great mid-week walks too. Please look at our website or email for more information at membership@gwydyrmc.org.uk
Innominata Mountain Club
We have around 60 active members based in South Manchester and further afield. For the climbers we have weekly Tuesday evening meets, at the wall in winter and in the Peak/Lancashire in the summer. We also have a few organised day trips further afield and one or two sport climbing trips abroad. Even when there is no formal meet there are always members out climbing most weekends. Walks are arranged on a monthly basis for the walkers. These range from local walks within the Peak District to long days out in places like the Lakes, North Wales or the Howgills. There are also opportunities for walking if attending one of the monthly weekends away.
We also organise monthly hut/camping meets to Wales, the Lakes, Scotland etc which are usually attended by climbers, walkers and mountaineers. As a BMC club we can book lots of different huts, we have established a good reputation with the huts so we have a great array of huts to choose from.
We welcome novices and experts alike, you just need the minimal equipment and for climbers we prefer you to have enough experience to belay safely.
If you are interested, we are happy for you to try us out by coming on a few meets, without obligation.
Please email membership@innominata-mc.org.uk if you are interested in finding out more about us.
Lancashire Climbing and Caving Club Ltd
The Lancashire Climbing and Caving Club is an active and friendly club, formed in 1936 and still going strong (about 200 members)! Although we are centred in Lancashire, we have members in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Wales and further afield.
We have meets most weekends, which include caving, climbing (both trad and sport), walking, mountaineering and ice climbing, as well as regular trips abroad throughout the year. We also have regular and well-attended mid-week evening meets at local venues, and members who get out in the day mid-week.
We have two huts, one near Dow Crag in the Lake District, and one below the Moelwyn Crags in North Wales. We have a quarterly newsletter and publish a journal.
If you would like to find out more about us or join us on a meet, contact us through our facebook group (Lancashire Climbing & Caving Club) and/or check out our website (www.thelccc.co.uk ), where you will find our meets calendar. We offer FREE 3-month Prospective membership (with no obligation beyond that). This provides us with your contact details and an emergency contact, and your level of climbing; and provides you with free civil liability insurance through the BMC.
For more information on LC&CC membership benefits, and how to join, please go to www.thelccc.co.uk and click on ‘The Lancs’ and then ‘How to Join’.
We look forward to meeting you at the crag, getting to know you, and having many adventures together.
Lloyds Bank Outdoor Sports Club
Merseyside Mountaineering Club
Mountaineering Club of Bury
Mynydd Climbing Club
We are a friendly and active club of nearly 200 members and a wide range of abilities and interests. Whilst most of us are based in South Manchester, the Northern Peak District and East Cheshire, others regularly get involved from Sheffield, Leeds, North Wales, Cornwall and even Orkney!
Whilst we do not currently have formal family or youth membership options, there are several families within the club and children are welcome on our meets. Please email members.mynydd@gmail.com for more information.
Powsers Mountaineering Club
Affiliated with the BMC since 1983, we are a laid back, friendly and fun group of around 40 members covering a wide range of ages. Based in Glossop, our main activity is hill walking, typically ranging from 7 to 12 miles long. Members also meet regularly during the week, and we often have trips away to the Lake District, North Wales, and Scotland, we usually run at least one international trip each year. In addition to hill walking, we also have keen scramblers, climbers, skiers, mountaineers and beer tasters (it's important to support the local pubs!). Beginners, children and dogs are all welcome, and we encourage prospective members to come and try us out before joining. To find out more email thepowsers@gmail.com, alternatively call Joe on 07885 390 654
Preston Mountaineering Club
South Cheshire Climbing Club
St Helens Mountaineering Club
The Club has about 80 members of large mountaineering diversity. The meets' list therefore includes, climbing and fell walking trips throughout the UK, high mountain climbing in all areas of the world, evening climbing at indoor walls (winter) and local crags and quarries (summer), Sunday rambles (Winter) and slide shows.
There are two beginners' meets for rock climbing per year.
Hut in the Lake District available for use by climbers at any time.
The Chapel Mountaineering Club
The Climbing Clan
The Climbing Clan is a bunch of supportive, friendly people who like to encourage each other to climb and eat cake. Sometimes at the same time.
You're welcome and encouraged to be part of the Clan. We climb weekly indoors at Parthian Manchester and Summit Up in Oldham, as well as outdoors around Manchester and the Peak District area. We also organise monthly overnight trips to climbing huts in different parts of the UK and regularly run training to help improve and upskill our members.
You can find out more about what we’re up to by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/407286212936269
Vagabond Mountaineering Club
The Vagabonds are a Liverpool based climbing / mountaineering club with around 60 members of varied ages and climbing ambition. We meet on Tuesday evenings either at an indoor wall or local crag depending on the season. We own the best hut in North Wales, situated in Nant Peris and available only to club members. There is an active weekend meets list and members regularly organise various trips abroad including rock climbing, winter hot rock, ice climbing and trips to the Alps.
Wirral Outdoor Education Association
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Bassetlaw Hill & Mountain Club
The B.H.M.C encourage all aspects of mountaineering, hill walking and climbing in Britain and Abroad, and welcome new members.
Burton Skyline Mountaineering Club
Burton Skyline Mountaineering Club is based in Burton on Trent although our membership is spread over the Midlands. We are a small but very active and friendly club and we welcome new members of all abilities. We run a full programme of climbing and walking meets, both in the mountains and more locally in the Peak District, with members also arranging further informal events on social media regularly. Come and join us!
For membership enquiries please see our facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Burton-Skyline-Mountaineering-Club-328998523789882
Castle Mountaineering Club
Founded in 1967, the Castle is a Sheffield-based mountaineering club, but we're not just about mountaineering. Our members undertake a wide range of activities including rock climbing, walking, trekking, backpacking, ski mountaineering, cycling, ski touring and mountain biking. What unites us is our love of the outdoors and enjoying it with others. We're a rather sociable and supportive bunch with a lot of combined experience. Many lifelong friendships have resulted from club membership.
New members are always welcome, whatever your level of experience.
We have a programme that covers 52 weeks of the year with weekly weekend local meets, and monthly hut or camping weekends. During the summer there is also weekday evening climbing in the Peak District. Generally summer meets tend towards rock climbing, winter meets towards hillwalking and winter mountaineering while weekends away are a free-for-all of various activities depending on location! We also arrange to meet through our messageboard. See our website for our current programme of activities.
The Castle has a club house behind the Rising Sun on Abbey Lane, Sheffield S11 9ND with its own indoor climbing wall. We meet on the first and third Thursday of the month from about 9:00 p.m. to discuss forthcoming meets, drink beer and have a chat. During the winter we hold regular presentations of members' activities undertaken during the year. Winter also sees regular trips to one of the local walls.
You can also find us on Facebook.
Christian Rock & Mountain Club
The Christian Rock and Mountain Club (CRMC) is a national club with a range of ages, backgrounds, abilities and interests. Our activities and members cover the spread of mountain activities – hill walking, scrambling, rock climbing, winter mountaineering and Ski touring. Events mainly take place in the peak district, lake district and Scotland.
Clogwyn Mountaineering Club
We are a small, friendly Derby-based club with our own hut in North Wales. Regular climbing and walking, both locally in the Peak District and throughout the UK. Beginners are always welcome.
Cromlech Club
The Cromlech Club was founded in 1952 and currently has approximately 70 members covering a wide range of ages. We have a varied programme of meets throughout the year including rock climbing, walking, and biking with occasional skiing, mountaineering and caving.
Meets are usually located in the Peak District or North Wales and club members are mostly based around Manchester.
Derbyshire Pennine Club
The Derbyshire Pennine is a long-standing Peak District based club for climbers, cavers and hill-walkers.
We have members countrywide, although most live locally in and around the Peak and Sheffield areas.
We are based in Stoney Middleton, where our hut Carlswark Cottage is available for members and outside bookings.
Please see our website for more information."
Derwent Mountaineering Club
We welcome both novices and experienced mountaineers/climbers, young and old to join us climbing, walking and mountaineering. With a programme of weekly local meets combined with weekends and longer trips away we have something to suit you - whether you wish to explore the Peak District’s many offers or venture afield to the UK (and Europe’s!) mountains and sea cliffs. This is a friendly local club with members throughout Derbyshire - we are open to new members, join us!”
Oread Mountaineering Club
Based around the Peak District since 1949 the club is the friendliest and most active outdoor club in the Derbyshire area. We have around 200 members who enjoy all levels of mountaineering, climbing and walking and outdoor adventure. All new members welcome although under 18’s need to be accompanied by an adult. We have a full programme of weekend meets, a regular Wednesday evening climbing meet outdoors in summer and Climbing on Indoor walls on Monday and Wednesday evenings in the winter as well as many other informal club events. We also have two huts in Derbyshire and North Wales.
Peak Climbing Club
Based in Sheffield and the eastern Peak District since 1942, we are happy to welcome new members or to help passing climbers find the best crags. Meet every Thursday evening for climbing outdoors in summer and indoors in winter - see website for the full list. Informal meets on other weekday evening and weekends. Expanding program of weekend trips further afield. Under 18's welcome but must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Phoenix Mountaineering Club
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Rock & Heather Club - Nottingham
Sheffield Climbing Future
The goal of Sheffield Climbing Future is to help young climbers become fully competent in Trad and Sport climbing and bridges the gap between instructed courses and independent climbing.
Univ of Lincoln Mntg Society
Univ of Nottingham Climbing Club
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Cornwall Climbing Club
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New members always welcome! Lower age limit 14 years
Exmoor Climbing Club
We are a friendly club based in North Devon, and welcome all abilities.
The club's members' interests include Bouldering, Trad, Sport, Scrambling and Alpinism. In addition to indoor climbing and making use of our fabulous coastline and moors, we organise a range of trips both in the UK and abroad.
On Wednesday evenings we meet at the welcoming Rock and Rapid Adventure Centre, South Molton, with its great facilities for lead climbing, bouldering and dry tooling.
Gloucestershire Mountaineering Club
Club website linked to BMC. Hut details already held on BMC website.
Malvern Mountaineering Club
We are a small friendly mountaineering club based in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK.
We meet weekly for indoor climbing and do trips further afield - walking, climbing, mountaineering and other outdoor activities
South Devon Mountaineering Club
Swindon Mountaineering Club
The Warminster Adventure Sports Club
If you wish to join please contact Charlotte Rivers
Phone: 07856 307665
Email: communications@thewasc.org
Website: www.theWASC.org
Warminster Adventure Sports Club (or WASC) is a tribe of outdoor enthusiasts based in Wiltshire and North East Somerset. We hold weekly meets, social events, and trips all over the UK and abroad in all seasons of the year.
Wessex Mountaineering Club
The club encourages members of all aspirations and abilities from the Hampshire, Dorset and surrounding areas.
Yeovil Mountaineering Club
Based on the Somerset / Dorset Border. Climbing, hillwalking, scrambling, mountain biking and fell running - We do them all. Regular weekend meets and social events - Come along and join in. Climbing every Tuesday eve.
Wales
Brecon Beacons Climbing & Mountaineering Club
The Brecon Beacons Climbing & Mountaineering Club is based in and around the Brecon Beacons. We are a friendly club which meets regularly for climbing and walking in the area, as well as farther afield. We are always keen to welcome new members, no matter the age, ability or level of experience, you will be assured of a warm welcome.
Cloudbase Mountain Adventures
Clwb Mynydda Cymru
"Hyrwyddo mynydda trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg / Promoting mountaineering through the medium of Welsh " is the Club's aim. Active learners of Welsh are welcome, as are those with any level of conversational Welsh. Fell walking and mountain walks, scrambles, rock climbing and indoor climbing sessions are held weekly throughout Wales. In additional there are regular expeditions to Scotland in winter, Ireland and upland England. Other foreign ventures include the Himalayas, Alps, Atlas, Tatras.
Gwent Mountaineering Club
For information on joining
Contact: Mr John Jones
Email address: members@gwentmountaineeringclub.org.uk
Website: https://gwentmountaineeringclub.org.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gwentmc
Gwent Mountaineering Club (or GMC) is a group of friendly outdoor enthusiasts keen on Mountaineering based in South East Wales. We hold mid-weekly and weekend climbing and walking events, social events and trips around the UK and abroad throughout the year. The club’s activities include hillwalking, scrambling, rock and ice climbing and general mountaineering.
For the opportunity to join like-minded people and make new friendships while improving your skills please contact John Jones (members@gwentmountaineeringclub.org.uk) or Jo Dodd (website@gwentmountaineeringclub.org.uk) to find out more or see our Website or Facebook page.
Mountaineering Club of North Wales
Although have a nationwide membership of about 120, the Clubs activities are mainly based in Snowdonia, with several ‘away meets’ organised by members and the committee throughout the year. We are a friendly and welcoming bunch with a common interest in walking, scrambling, rock climbing and mountaineering. Our hut is beautifully located with a stunning views of Tryfan, Moel Siabod and the Glyders from close quarters.
The Club was founded in 1954 and members have been enjoying adventures in Snowdonia together for over 65 years. Members receive a newsletter throughout the year with updates and anecdotes. The Club’s website is actively updated and currently shows many digital photos of our beautiful mountains taken during club members meets.
North Wales Youth Climbing Academy
Pembrokeshire Climbing Club
Pembrokeshire Climbing Club are a group of local climbers who meet every week for either outdoor or indoor climbing. The club organises away trips throughout the year for both climbing and other activities such as hiking and scrambling. The club welcomes people of all abilities and runs regular training sessions for both new and experienced climbers
South Wales Mountaineering Club
We bring together like-minded people interested in mountaineering – activities include rock climbing, scrambling and hill walking, in the UK and abroad - catering for all level of experience including total beginners.
Areas covered include Cardiff, Swansea and South Wales valleys
Yr Hafod Scout Activity Centre
Yorkshire
Calderdale Mountaineering Club
Based in the Calderdale Valley but have active members from Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield and surrounding areas. Regular weekend meets once a month and two evening meets a week.
We are a very social club with a wide range of ages and abilities in addition to the organised meets there are many unofficial meets. We try to organise at least one club climbing holiday a year with trips to Spain, Majorca, The Himalayas, The Alps planned for this year.
Although primarily a climbing club, we have broadened our scope as a multi purpose club, with members enjoying mountain biking, caving and canoeing days.
https://www.facebook.com/CalderdaleMC/
East Pennine Outdoor Club
East Yorkshire Mt and Climbing Club
The E.Y.C.M.C.
The club meets every Tuesday from 7.30pm at Rock City climbing wall, Hawthorne Avenue, Hull.
Gritstone Club
The Gritstone Club was founded in 1922 to encourage pursuits of mountaineering, rock climbing, hill walking, potholing and skiing.
We accept members of any experience who have a strong enthusiasm to take part in outdoor activities the main emphasis being on walking, rock climbing, ice climbing and mountaineering.
Most of our members live in West Yorkshire which makes arranging meets easy but we also have many members who live further afield and enjoy the facilities the club has to offer.
We hold regular mid-week and weekend meets throughout the year for both walking and climbing. In Winter the mid-week climbing meet takes place indoors usually at the Big Depot Leeds.
Meets are held locally, throughout the UK and there are also usually several international meets in the calendar.
The club is very friendly towards families and there are usually several family meets arranged each year.
We own two well positioned club huts, one in the Lake District near Thirlmere and one in the Yorkshire Dales near Ribble head.
Leeds Mountaineering Club
Nidderdale Adventure Club
North Yorkshire Fell Club
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The activities of the club are fellwalking, scrambling and mountaineering. All walks are led by club members. They are experienced but with no qualifications.
Scunthorpe Mountaineering Club
Vibram Mountaineering Club
York Mountaineering Club
York Mountaineering Club is a mixed-membership group spanning an age range from early twenties to early sixties.
People who are relatively new to outdoor activities can mix easily with more experienced mountaineers. Members' interests vary, including hill walking, back-packing, munro bagging, indoor climbing, rock climbing, winter (ice) climbing, bouldering, alpine climbing, mountaineering, fell running, skiing and snowboarding. The Club has a long history and has been active since 1948. We extend a warm welcome to new members:- the only requirement is an interest in pursuing hill-going or climbing.
Opportunities to develop outdoor skills can arise informally through participation. The Club also runs occasional skills courses and first aid courses.
Yorkshire mounta
Founded over a century ago in 1892, the Yorkshire Ramblers’ Club is one of the UK’s senior mountaineering, exploration and caving clubs. The YRC is involved not just in one outdoor 'activity' but in exploration in its widest sense. So, whether you are a caver, climber, mountaineer, scrambler, hill-walker or ski-tourer, the club has plenty to offer you. The one thing we never do is ramble and we have no links whatsoever with the Ramblers Association!
We have an active programme of meets throughout the year spread across the UK and internationally. The meets list also includes a couple of European trips and often a trip to one of the greater ranges - Himalayas/ South America/ Californian High Sierras/ China etc.
Exploration has always been a key part of the club's ethos both in formal expeditions and through members organising their own trips. You can read about these and about our Club meets in our Journal which is published annually or checkout our Facebook page.
The YRC has two well-equipped properties: a traditional Lakes cottage in Little Langdale and a purpose-built club headquarters near Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales. Members can stay at these huts and bring their guests and families. We also have reciprocal hut use arrangements with several kindred clubs which gives our members access to a wider range of accommodation at favourable rates.
We have some 160 members living across the UK, but our roots are in firmly in Yorkshire. We take pride in giving prospective members and guests a warm welcome, so why not visit our website, see what we are up to next and join in.
UK meets are catered for by the organiser, so you just need to bring lunches and refreshments. On the hill, members and guests fragment into smaller parties by inclination and ability to tackle their mutual objectives, so you will always find a few of us who are up for whatever you want to do.
So, if you are interested in joining a friendly, active club with a wide scope of activities at all levels of difficulty in and outside the UK contact the YRC Membership Secretary for more details.
Yorkshire Mountaineering Club
Yorkshire Walkers & Climbers Club
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The Climbers' Club, founded in 1898, is one of the foremost mountaineering clubs in Great Britain. Its objectives are to encourage mountaineering and rock climbing and to promote the general interests of mountaineers and the mountain environment.
This national club owns seven huts in the UK, produces an annual journal and publishes climbing guidebooks (currently 18 in number) covering most of Wales and Southern England. Some guidebook profits are distributed from The Climbers' Club Colin Kirkus Fund to assist climbing-related projects.
Candidates are proposed for membership and may be elected by Committee provided adequate support is obtained.
Cleveland Mountaineering Club
email clevelandmountaineeringclub@hotmail.co.uk
The Cleveland Mountaineering Club holds a weekly Tuesday evening meet, at local crags (North York Moors/Cleveland, Brimham, Almscliff etc) in the summer and local climbing wall (Newton Aycliffe) throughout the winter. There is a programme of winter slide shows, walks, weekend trips to climb further afield, including Scotland, North Wales and beyond. The CMC has a comfortable hut in Patterdale. Enthusiastic new members of all abilities are very welcome. Whilst the focus of the club is rock climbing, members' active interests span climbing, mountaineering, walking and biking.
Cliffhangers Climbing Club
Climb 2 Recovery
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Clwyd Mountaineering Club
Active, friendly club, encourages new members. Sunday climbing meet at Capel Curig. Fortnightly walks, monthly slide show in winter and evening meets in summer. Away meets in Scotland and Lakes, and abroad in the summer. Journal published quarterly.
Craven Mountaineering Club
The Craven Mountaineering Club is a friendly club based in Skipton, North Yorkshire with a regular programme of climbing and walking meets in the Dales, Lake District, Scotland and North Wales.
Exploration Group of North Somerset
Friendly, informal, mixed hillwalking/mountaineering club. Events every Sunday/weekend.
Hill & Mountain Walking Club
Ipswich Mountaineering Club
Karabiner Mountaineering Club
The KMC is a Manchester based Club with over 150 members with a wide range of ages. We organise weekly meets throughout the year featuring a range of activities catering for different tastes - walking, climbing, winter mountaineering, as well as indoor lectures, social events and 'one-offs'. We have a superb hut above Llanberis, which is frequently used as a base for Club activities in Snowdonia and Anglesey.
Lancashire Mountaineering Club
We are a club of 200 members, active most weekends. Activities include rock climbing, hill walking, mountain biking and ski mountaineering.
We have huts in the Lake District, Scotland and Wales. We welcome new members and meet on the first Tuesday of each month at the Black Dog, Belmont. See our website or contact our Enquiries Secretary (01772 862263 or 07742665736) for further details.
Leeds University Union Hiking Club
Let's Go Belay and Boulder Together (LGBT) CC
Mynydd Du Climbing & Mountaineering Club
NMITE Outdoor and Adventure Society
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North Kingston Hillwalking Club
We are a hill-walking club based in Kingston-upon-Thames, but with members from the wider area around south-west London and Surrey, and several members from further afield. We organise weekend trips to the main hill walking areas of England and Wales (Lakes, Wales and Peaks etc) most months, an annual week in Scotland and occasional European trips. We also organise a monthly day walk usually around the Surrey hills mostly at weekends.
Ohjac Club
The Over the Hill and Just Around the Corner (OHJAC) Club is a club for people with interests in walking, hill-walking, trekking, climbing and mountaineering based in East Devon, England.
Formed in February 2004 the Club now has over 50 members who participate in regular walks/ventures in the UK and Europe, and social activities.
Polaris Mountaineering Club
We have a nucleus of members in and around the Peak area, the rest being randomly scattered around the country, brought together regularly by our common love of the outdoors. Activities include climbing, walking, mountain biking, canoeing, winter mountaineering, cross country skiing, etc. We're a small club and as such are not able to "teach" climbing, though novice climbers will always find encouragement.
We have a programme of meets throughout the year anywhere from Lands End to the NW Highlands, and small local groups of members who make more casual arrangements for outings in their area (typically South Coast, Peak District, Yorkshire, North West). We’ve also ventured further afield with longer trips to the Alps, the Dolomites and Sardinia, and several of our members have walked and climbed in North & South America, Canada and Nepal.
We have a regular session each week at the Nottigham Climbing Centre, so if you want to find out more about us, please get in touch
RAU Mountaineering Society
St Georges Climbing Society
The University of Salford Nature Society
Univ of London Graduate Mt Club
Friendly club that welcomes all of those interested in mountain sports, from walking and climbing to fell running and mountaineering. National and international trips throughout the year and two lovely huts in the Peak and Snowdonia. We particularly encourage graduates or staff of the University of London to join.
University of West London Climbing Club
West Midlands Paraclimbing Club
West Sheffield Mountaineering Club
York St John Mountaineering
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| Main club contact: |
Miss Suzan Ruth Jennifer Claire Bezant |
| Telephone: |
077553 642150 |
| Email: |
ysjclimbing@gmail.com |
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Club accepts beginners and novices
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Club meets at venues that have facilities that are accessible to those with physical disabilities
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Club accepts applications from those under the age of 18
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Club has a hut/s
Additional Information
Climbing, hill walking and mountaineering are the principle objectives of the clubs featured in the list.
They are all based in and controlled by their own members. All club applications are submitted to the BMC National Council for approval.
Eleven areas form the democratic base of the BMC, and serve as local forums for discussion and debate about mountaineering issues. The clubs are listed under the relevant area, but usually accept members from other areas. There is a small number of national clubs and these are listed separately. The contact for each club listed here will normally be able to supply you with details of their club membership requirements, activities, meeting places, etc.