Battleship Edge is one of the most popular sport climbing venues in Dorset. Nestling beneath, somewhat unnoticed, is a collection of large boulders home to close to 110 boulder problems. With reasonably easy access, quality rock, and good climbing across the grades, Battleship Beach deserves far more attention. Landings are rocky and sometimes uneven, so bouldering mats are essential - in fact the more the better if you are going to push your grade.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ring Quest | The West Bank | 1 | f5+ |
2 |
Sad Dog | The West Bank | 1 | f4+ |
3 |
Gardener's Delight | The West Bank | 1 | f4 |
4 |
Tower of Babel | The West Bank | 2 | f6B+ |
5 |
Tower of Babel, Stand | The West Bank | 2 | f6A |
6 |
Lost and Found | The West Bank | 1 | f6A |
7 |
Rising Sun | The West Bank | 1 | f5 |
1 |
Sirocco | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6A |
2 |
Sir Occum | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6B |
3 |
St Aldhelm's Finger | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6C |
4 |
Subungual Haematoma | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6C |
5 |
Windy Arete | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f5+ |
6 |
Wind Shear | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f5+ |
7 |
Windy Pocket | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6A |
8 |
Granny Basher | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f5+ |
9 |
Granny Banger | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f6A+ |
10 |
Tall Wall Traverse | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f4+ |
11 |
The Main Sequence | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6C+ |
12 |
Wow Signal | Tall Wall Area | 3 | f6C |
13 |
SETI | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f5+ |
14 |
Stan Tonne Warrior | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f6A+ |
15 |
The Last Leg | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f5+ |
16 |
Lip Line | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f6A+ |
17 |
A-Line | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f7A+ |
18 |
B-Line | Tall Wall Area | 3 | f7A+ |
19 |
C-Line | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f7A |
20 |
Dustpan and Brush | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f5+ |
21 |
Good Housekeeping | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f6A |
22 |
Extra Special Effort | Tall Wall Area | 2 | f6B+ |
23 |
Revealed by Nature | Tall Wall Area | f5+ | |
24 |
Unearthed | Tall Wall Area | 1 | f5+ |
1 |
Better if You're Short | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f5 |
2 |
Play Your Cards Right | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5 |
3 |
Shipwreck Slab | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f3 |
4 |
Beat the System | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f6B+ |
5 |
Pass Me the Chesney | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6B |
6 |
Middleman | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f6B+ |
7 |
Kevin Spacey | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f6B+ |
8 |
Repeat to Fade | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f6A |
9 |
Buzzard Eyes | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f4+ |
10 |
Buzzard Arete | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f5 |
11 |
The Fateful Encounter | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f5+ |
12 |
The Ramp | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f4+ |
13 |
Moe | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5 |
14 |
Landslide Victory | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5 |
15 |
Larry | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f4+ |
16 |
Shemp | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f3 |
17 |
Low Hanging Fruit | Shipwreck Area | f4+ | |
18 |
Scrumping | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f4+ |
19 |
Deathwatch | Shipwreck Area | f6B+ | |
20 |
Etch a Sketch | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6C |
21 |
Bad Vibrations | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6B+ |
22 |
Cheese God | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f7A |
23 |
Dirt Devil | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6C |
24 |
The Flake | Shipwreck Area | 3 | f7A |
25 |
Windswept | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6C |
26 |
The Big Pinch | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6C |
27 |
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5+ |
28 |
Colville | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5+ |
29 |
Golden Grove | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5+ |
30 |
Piedmont | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f4+ |
31 |
Mary Ann | Shipwreck Area | f3 | |
32 |
Columbine | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5+ |
33 |
Aeolus | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6B+ |
34 |
Arethusa | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6B+ |
35 |
Earl of Abergavenny | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f5+ |
36 |
Carvalho | Shipwreck Area | 1 | f6C |
37 |
Leonora | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f6C+ |
38 |
Elegiac Stanzas | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f7A+ |
39 |
Fortuna | Shipwreck Area | 2 | f6A+ |
1 |
Crossfire | Petit Peabody Area | 3 | f7B+ |
2 |
Power by Proxy | Petit Peabody Area | 3 | f6B |
3 |
Storm Front | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6A |
4 |
Sky's the Limit | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6C |
5 |
King Kanute | Petit Peabody Area | 3 | f6B+ |
6 |
Cash for Gold | Petit Peabody Area | 2 | f6C+ |
7 |
Birthday Arete | Petit Peabody Area | 2 | f6A |
8 |
Sir Dabalot | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6A |
9 |
Dark Side | Petit Peabody Area | f4 | |
10 |
Dark Horse | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f4+ |
11 |
Dark Energy | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f3 |
12 |
Chiggy-wigs Do the Pants Dance | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f7B+ |
13 |
Rise and Fall | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f5+ |
14 |
Spanish Moon | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6B |
15 |
Full Moon | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6C |
16 |
Over the Moon | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6A |
17 |
Close to Tears | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6A |
18 |
Self Arm | Petit Peabody Area | 2 | f6B |
19 |
Jitters | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6B |
20 |
Falters | Petit Peabody Area | 1 | f6B |
1 |
Force of Nature | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6A |
2 |
The Nature of Force | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6A+ |
3 |
Clothes, Bankrolls and Hoes | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6A |
4 |
Salopian Sloper | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f6C+ |
5 |
Peachy Ride | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f6C+ |
6 |
Paper Street Soap Company | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f5+ |
7 |
Robert Paulson | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f5+ |
8 |
Liposuction | Force of Nature Area | f5+ | |
9 |
Saponification | Force of Nature Area | f5+ | |
10 |
Living the Dream | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6A |
11 |
Down to Earth | Force of Nature Area | f5 | |
12 |
The Weavel-Werrit | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f7A |
13 |
The Wizard | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f6C+ |
14 |
The Winnit | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6B+ |
15 |
No Manners | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6A |
16 |
The Chert Locker | Force of Nature Area | 1 | f6B+ |
17 |
Bad Manners | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f6B+ |
18 |
Ill Manors | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f6C |
19 |
All Out of Manners | Force of Nature Area | 2 | f6B+ |
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