The Cave Rescue Organisation is based in Clapham in North Yorkshire and provides the cave and mountain rescue service in the Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and also extending westwards into Lancashire and Cumbria and eastwards as far as Malham and Gordale.
The CRO is a charity run by volunteers, and depends on public donations for its finance. Registered Charity number 241091.
The CRO is affiliated to the Mountain Rescue (England and Wales) and is a member of the British Cave Rescue Council.