System Notices
The new Peak Speedwell Survey is now published.
Following the death of John S Beck in 2015, i took on the task of re-working the survey. John had used AutoCAD to draw the survey that was published in 2012, which originally i tried using to update the survey but this was pretty limiting and once my laptop died, i had to purchase a more modern laptop, this meant that my version of AutoCAD stopped working so a new software package was required.
Therion Cave Surveying Software (https://therion.speleo.sk/) was the obvious software to use but a steep learning curve was required to learn how to use it but was certainly worthwhile in the end. Alastair Gott persuaded me to use the Cave Registry Data Archive for storing the data so it wouldn't be lost then he also got involved working on the model.
The survey has been drawn by: Wayne Sheldon and Alastair Gott. Copyright © 2024 Technical Speleological Group
After nearly ten years, the survey can be found below:
I provided a copies of the latest Peak Speedwell Survey to the owners of Peak Cavern and Speedwell Mine so they could display them in the show caves. The Speedwell Mine one was displayed about a month before I was approached by the Speedwell owners, asking if we could provide a survey, rotated 180 degrees so north faces the bottom of the paper, Many visitors to Speedwell Mine buy joint tickets that involve a visit to Peak as well, walking to the entrance so when they looked at the current survey, they would assume the entrance was at the top of Winnats Pass, not taking into account the orientation of the survey. This version of the survey can be found below:
Peak Speedwell Survey - Rotated by 180 degrees
The survey is published in memory of the Late John S Beck.
The following people have undertaken surveys in the system over many decades:
Tim Allen, Steven Ancliffe, Dave Arveschoug, Nigel Ball, John S Beck, Allan Brentnall, Luke Brock, Simon Brooks, Mark Brown, David Botcherby, Luke Cafferty, John N Cordingley, Charley Cooley, John C Cooper, Paul Deakin, Katie Eavis, Robert Eavis, Alastair Gott, Adrian Gregory, John Gunn, Brian Hague, Olly Hall, John D Harrison, Tim Horne, Terry Jackson, Keith Joule (nee Bottoms), Anthony Marsden, Louise McMahon, Mark McAuley, John Middlemiss, Ted Mullins, Dave A Nixon, Mark Noble, Pete O'Neill, Shaun L Puckering, John Randles, Alex Ried, Glyn Roberts, Roy Rodgers, Henry Rockcliffe, Luke Rowe, Matt Ryan, Angus Sawyer, Richard Shaw, Wayne Sheldon, Dave Shearsmith, Robbie Shone, Guy Smith, Sam Stringer, Ann Soulsby, Joze Taylor, Laurence Thistlewood, Jeff Wade, Tim Webber, Clive Westlake, Bill Whitehouse, Edd Williats, Phil Wolstenholme.
The survey will be available for sale in due course and details will be updated to this website.