South Wales Mountaineering Club | Clwb Dringo De Cymru

The South Wales Mountaineering Club was established in 1960 and aims to encourage interest in mountaineering in all its forms and to bring together like minded people interested in mountaineering. The club's activities range from mountaineering and rock climbing to scrambling and hill walking, catering for all level of experience including total beginners.

With approximately 150 members, we have branches in Cardiff and Swansea who meet regularly to climb indoors and out.

The club organises a number of meets to climbing areas throughout Britain and occasionally further afield. There are also a number of specialist introductory meets organised for those with little or no experience.

Membership is open to anyone aged 18 or over. We are affiliated to the BMC. The club also has a Junior Section.

The club operates regular weekly meets on Wednesday evenings, climbing at local crags during the summer and indoor climbing centres during the winter, and arranges a number of trips further afield throughout the year. Please see the meets page for further details. Novice climbers are encouraged to attend the weekly meets, but should contact a club member first.

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Cardiff (East) Weekly Meets

The East members meet every Wednesday in the North West corner (nearest to the filling station) of the Asda car park, Coryton interchange (M4 junction 32), North Cardiff in time to leave at 18:00 to climb on local crags in South East Wales or the Wye Valley.  For more information, contact John Custance, especially if you are a beginner.  The crag will be decided on at this time to suit abilities.  You can text or phone John on 07802-712335.

Swansea (West) Weekly Meets

West members every Wednesday in the Gower Inn car park, Parkmill at 5.30pm to climb on Gower.  Novice climbers are encouraged to attend these weekly meets, but should contact a club member first.

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