Membership Benefits

There are membership benefits from our club and membership benefits that come from being in a BMC affiliated club.

What do you get for your membership?

Club membership gives:

  • A supportive environment meet new challenges and learn new skills
  • Meet like minded people and make new friends and share those challenges
  • Go to new places and do new things
  • Knowledge that you are with experienced, climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers
  • Access to informal guidance or help from more experienced members of the club
  • Discounted entry prices at our regular indoor climbing walls
  • A full diary of meets and activities, including social events
  • Access to huts owned by BMC Affiliated Clubs when on meets
  • Reduced travel costs when car sharing on trips to the hills
  • It’s fun sharing your day out with others:
    • they can get great photos of you to post on Instagram
    • “You can’t beat sitting round the fire in our hut after a great day on the crag exchanging stories of your epic adventures!”
  • Lastly of course, there is our wonderful company!

Affiliated BMC membership gives:

  • Third party liability insurance
  • Access to BMC travel, activity and life insurance
  • Access to other clubs’ huts in the UK
  • Reciprocal rights card for alpine huts
  • One copy of ‘Summit’ magazine a year
  • Discounts from retailers and the BMC shop 
  • Your membership of the BMC gives you 10-15% discount at many outdoor retailers – click here to go to a full list.
  • ​In addition, over 50 companies offer discounts to BMC members on a range of services including mapping, car hire, first aid courses, skills training, ski hire, expeditions, expedition foods, holidays, hotels and hostels.  Details are here.
  • If an individual member of the BMC or a member of another affiliated you can recover the cost of BMC affiliation

For more information, contact the Membership Secretary through our enquiry form

Use the on-line application form if you want to apply to join