NDAC: Top UK dive training quarry closes

The National Diving & Activity Centre (NDAC) issued a 'notice of site closure' on Friday 18 February 2022.

The National Diving & Activity Centre is based at a large flooded quarry in Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England. This dive site is located on the English / Welsh border at Chepstow, just a few minutes drive from the M48 Severn Bridge. For 52 years this was a toll bridge - cars would pay ￡5.60 to cross the River Severn. When bridge tolls were scrapped on 17 December 2018, NDAC suddenly became financially more attractive to dive.?

NDAC is permanently closed. We are not taking bookings for leisure activities or public diving.

Tidenham / Dayhouse Quarry

Originally the site was mined for limestone and it was known as?Tidenham or Dayhouse Quarry. The site closed in 1992, possibly due to flooding, which was considered severe.?In 1996 plans were submitted by TS Thomas & Sons and MJ Carter Associates to the Forest of Dean District Council, to restore the site and build a hotel, diving training facilities, toilets and shower facilities, a compressor house and car parking.

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First published by X-Ray Magazine, 18 February 2022