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. 

With membership, experienced and aspiring alpinists benefit from a varied meets programme, regional lectures with notable guest speakers, reduced rates at many alpine huts, opportunity to apply for grants to support expeditions, significant discounts at many UK retailers, extensive networking contacts, access to the AC Library and maps - and more! 

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Lectures

Here is a list of lectures at the Alpine Club. Select additional pages using the numbers at the bottom.

The lectures provide a good opportunity for AC members to meet one another and exchange news, views and information. New members and prospective members are particularly welcome. Prospective members are asked to contact the AC office before attending. Lectures generally start at 7:30pm.

For the lectures in London, non-members are asked to register their attendance in advance either by filling in the relevant form on the lecture page or by contacting the office at admin@alpineclub.org (Please note that a donation is requested on entry).

Anyone who has had an interesting trip and would be prepared to lecture is invited to contact the AC Office or the lecture organisers.

Each event includes a clickable map with the address of the venue.

Events Calendar

Northumberland Rock Climbing Meet 2025
From Friday 01 August 2025
To Sunday 03 August 2025
Contact Charles Stupart
Friday 01 August 2025

 

Once again, this weekend camping and climbing meet will be focused around the most northerly crags covered in the Northumberland Mountaineering Club guide. The plan is to visit crags such as Bowden Doors, Back Bowden, Berryhill, and Kyloe.

The meet will start on the Friday afternoon at one of the crags and finish on the Sunday late afternoon. Members are of course welcome to simply join the meet for a day, or part of the weekend.

If you would like to come, either for the day or for the weekend, please get in touch and I will send you further details.

Meet Coordinator: Charles Stupart - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.