This hidden and sheltered quarry (named after the moor behind the old workings and called Laurencefield on some maps) has been visited by climbers for over sixty years. Although playing second fiddle to nearby Millstone, Lawrencefield is very popular. With a good set of climbs, a selection of easier and immensely popular routes around Gingerbread Slab, and the hard classics on the steeper walls around the pool, there is something here for most tastes. The long right-hand side of the quarry used to be home to a reasonable selection of climbs but the vegetation continues to encroach and many are beyond recovery, apart from a small selection on the Red Wall.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Shallow Chimney | Roadside Bay | VD | |
2 |
Split Second Timing | Roadside Bay | E1 5c | |
3 |
Spec Arete | Roadside Bay | E2 6a | |
4 |
Frustration | Roadside Bay | 2 | E2 6a |
5 |
Straight Crack | Roadside Bay | 1 | VD |
6 |
The Last Wet Wednesday | Roadside Bay | 1 | VS 4c |
7 |
Rocking Groove | Roadside Bay | 1 | HVS 5b |
8 |
Redbits | Roadside Bay | 1 | E2 5c |
9 |
Slippery Wall | Roadside Bay | 1 | HVS 5b |
10 |
Quantum Crack | Roadside Bay | 1 | HVS 5b |
11 |
Vaseline | Roadside Bay | 1 | VD |
12 |
Positively 4th Street | Roadside Bay | VS 4c | |
13 |
Grass Groove | Roadside Bay | Diff | |
14 |
Proud Crack | Roadside Bay | 1 | VD |
15 |
Brain Cells in Collision | Roadside Bay | 1 | E3 5c |
1 |
Gregory's Slab | Great Harry | S 4a | |
2 |
Summer Climb | Great Harry | 1 | HS 4b |
3 |
Three Tree Climb | Great Harry | 3 | HS 4b |
4 |
Branching Off | Great Harry | 1 | HS 4c |
5 |
Great Peter | Great Harry | 2 | E1 5b |
6 |
Pulpit Groove | Great Harry | 2 | VD 4a |
7 |
Great Harry | Great Harry | 3 | VS 4c |
8 |
Too Good to be True | Great Harry | 1 | E4 5c |
9 |
Suspense | Great Harry | 3 | E2 5c |
10 |
Scoop Connection | Great Harry | 1 | E2 5b |
11 |
Brainstorm | Great Harry | E4 6a | |
12 |
Pool Wall | Great Harry | 3 | E5 6b |
13 |
Cascara Crack | Great Harry | HS 4b | |
14 |
Lawrencefield Ordinary | Great Harry | VD | |
15 |
Austin's Variation | Great Harry | 1 | VS 4c |
16 |
S.A.E | Great Harry | HVS 5b | |
1 |
High Plains Drifter | The Pool Wall | 2 | E4 6a |
2 |
Boulevard | The Pool Wall | 2 | E3 6a |
3 |
Great Wall Traverse | The Pool Wall | 1 | HS 4a |
4 |
Von Ryan's Express | The Pool Wall | 1 | E6 6b |
5 |
Billy Whizz | The Pool Wall | 3 | E2 5c |
6 |
High Street | The Pool Wall | 2 | E4 6a |
7 |
High Times | The Pool Wall | E5 6a | |
8 |
Holy Grail | The Pool Wall | 1 | E4 5c |
9 |
Excalibur | The Pool Wall | 2 | VS 4c |
10 |
J.J.2 | The Pool Wall | E1 5b | |
11 |
Jughandle/Pimpernel | The Pool Wall | S 4a | |
12 |
Louisette | The Pool Wall | S 4a | |
1 |
Once Pegged Wall | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | VS 5a |
2 |
Morning Glory | Gingerbread Slab | E2 5c | |
3 |
Limpopo Groove | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | VS 4b |
4 |
Gingerbread | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | VS 4c |
5 |
Everyman and His Dog | Gingerbread Slab | E1 5b | |
6 |
Meringue | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Eclair | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | E1 5b |
8 |
Vanilla Slice | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | E1 5c |
9 |
Snail Crack | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | VD |
10 |
Nailsbane | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | VD |
11 |
Bole Hill | Gingerbread Slab | VD | |
12 |
Chilly Days and Purple Acorns | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | E1 5b |
13 |
Tyrone | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | VS 4c |
14 |
Nova | Gingerbread Slab | 1 | HS 4b |
1 |
Stonemason's Climb | Stonemason's Buttress | VS 4b | |
2 |
Going for the One | Stonemason's Buttress | E2 5b | |
3 |
Blacksmith's Climb | Stonemason's Buttress | VS 4b | |
4 |
Tuesday's Child | Stonemason's Buttress | VS 4b | |
5 |
Vector | Stonemason's Buttress | VS 4c | |
6 |
Sinister Crack | Stonemason's Buttress | VS 4c | |
1 |
Rattus Norvegicus | Red Wall | E5 6b | |
2 |
Delectable Direct | Red Wall | 2 | E1 5c |
3 |
Red Wall | Red Wall | 1 | VS 4c |
4 |
Red Wall Variations | Red Wall | E1 5b | |
5 |
The Delectable Variation | Red Wall | 3 | VS 4c |
6 |
Cordite Crack | Red Wall | 1 | VS 4b |
7 |
Skyline | Red Wall | E3 5b | |
8 |
Block Wall | Red Wall | 1 | E4 6b |
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