Event Category: Informal

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Organiser: Robert Ellam The first September trip will be to the Peak District. There’s plenty of good climbing to be had on limestone (both trad and sport), but if you really want to climb gritstone you can… As this is an informal meet, you will need to arrange a climbing partner in advance (perhaps slightly […]

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Anywhere not visited recently i.e. not the Roaches or Windgather. Will work out some camping locations – open to suggestions. Some thoughts on locations. Crowstones: Nice remote location with around 50 relatively easy boulder problems,Very remote but good moorland bouldering. Gets plenty of sun and has good quality rough clean gritstone. 3 to 8M in […]

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Organiser: Martin Hore The Spring Bank Holiday meet will be in the Lake District again this year. Langdale is my preferred venue, with several good low level crags in the valley and a couple of top quality sunny south-facing mountain crags to aim for. Plus there’s plenty of great hill walking and scrambling and relatively […]

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The climbing on Portland is all sport climbing with routes across all the grades, so there is something for everyone. The climbing is mostly on non-tidal sea cliffs, without abseil approaches. There is also trad climbing not too far away in Swanage (probably not beginner-friendly due to abseil approaches and harder grades), if that is your preference. […]

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Climbing-wise there’s some excellent gritstone or limestone, trad or sport with options for all abilities. It’s also a good area for walking, mountain biking, caving and white water kayaking. Likely crags are Brimham Rocks and Almscliff: https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=538 https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=373 Good selective climbing guidebooks for the area are Rockfax Northern England, and Rockfax Northern Limestone : Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire. Good […]