A fine two-tiered cliff of New Red Sandstone, overlooking the River Mersey and the M56 motorway. Uninformed climbers often glance up and scorn the place as they speed by on their way to North Wales. Perhaps they should consider taking the time to have a closer look since most will be pleasantly surprised by the compact and clean walls offering some superb routes on great rock. From below, the dark overhangs appear to dominate the view and the fine pink walls tend to blend into the hillside. In reality there is a lot of good climbing here, so next time you are zipping by, call in for an hour, enjoy the fine outward views and do Grooved Slab, Flake Crack and Eliminate 1; the chances are you will be back at Helsby sooner rather than later.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Blue Light | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | HVS 5b |
2 |
In the Pie | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | E2 6a |
3 |
Pigeonhole Wall | Lower Central Buttress | 2 | HVS 5a |
4 |
Pigeonhole Arete | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | E1 5c |
5 |
Crack of Doom | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | S 3c |
6 |
Whimper | Lower Central Buttress | E2 5c | |
7 |
Wafer Wall | Lower Central Buttress | 2 | E2 5b |
8 |
Z Route | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | VD |
9 |
Z Route Direct | Lower Central Buttress | S 4a | |
10 |
Oblique Crack | Lower Central Buttress | VD | |
11 |
Muffin Crack | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | HVS 5b |
12 |
Crumpet Crack | Lower Central Buttress | 3 | E4 6b |
13 |
Hades Crack | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | HS 4b |
14 |
Wild Oat Wall | Lower Central Buttress | HVS 5b | |
15 |
Two Step Crack | Lower Central Buttress | VD | |
16 |
Honeycomb Wall | Lower Central Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
17 |
Nameless Wall | Lower Central Buttress | VS 5a | |
18 |
Nameless Crack | Lower Central Buttress | S 4a | |
1 |
The Beetler | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | E2 5b |
2 |
The Beetler Arete | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | E7 6c |
3 |
Chimney and Traverse | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | HS 4b |
4 |
Direct Route | Upper Central Buttress | S 4a | |
5 |
Central Climb | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | VD |
6 |
Easy Buttress | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | Diff |
7 |
The Illegitimate | Upper Central Buttress | 2 | E3 5c |
8 |
Carsten's Variant | Upper Central Buttress | E2 5b | |
9 |
Brown's Bastard | Upper Central Buttress | E2 5b | |
10 |
Carsten's Abortion | Upper Central Buttress | 2 | E2 5b |
11 |
Clockwork Orange | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | E4 5c |
12 |
Downes' Doddle | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | E2 5b |
13 |
Technicolour Yawn | Upper Central Buttress | 2 | E5 6a |
14 |
The Cornice | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | VD |
15 |
The Cornice Indirect | Upper Central Buttress | S 3c | |
16 |
Deception | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | HVS 5b |
17 |
Mossy Slab | Upper Central Buttress | 1 | VD |
18 |
Gather No Moss | Upper Central Buttress | E3 6b | |
1 |
Hemingway's Wall | The Broadwalk | 2 | E3 5c |
2 |
Late-nite Greenhaigh | The Broadwalk | 2 | E3 6a |
3 |
Senile Saunter | The Broadwalk | 1 | E1 5b |
4 |
West Wall Chimney | The Broadwalk | 1 | VD |
5 |
Windy Corner Nose Finish | The Broadwalk | 1 | HS 4b |
6 |
Windy Corner | The Broadwalk | 1 | VD |
7 |
Diopera | The Broadwalk | 1 | HVS 5a |
8 |
Eroica | The Broadwalk | HVS 5a | |
9 |
Coward of the County | The Broadwalk | 1 | E4 6a |
10 |
Spooky | The Broadwalk | 1 | E5 6b |
11 |
Brandenburg Gate | The Broadwalk | 1 | E5 6c |
12 |
Brandenburg Wall | The Broadwalk | 3 | E4 5c |
13 |
Stingray | The Broadwalk | 3 | E4 6a |
14 |
The Mangler | The Broadwalk | 3 | E3 6a |
15 |
Gorilla Wall | The Broadwalk | 1 | E3 5c |
16 |
Gorilla Wall Direct | The Broadwalk | 1 | E4 5c |
1 |
Cloister Traverse | Golden Pillar | S 4a | |
2 |
Chromium Crack | Golden Pillar | 2 | E1 5b |
3 |
Golden Pillar | Golden Pillar | 2 | HVS 5b |
4 |
The Overhanging Crack | Golden Pillar | 1 | VS 4c |
5 |
Agag | Golden Pillar | 2 | VS 4c |
6 |
Cadaver Eyes | Golden Pillar | 1 | none 6b |
7 |
Magical Charm | Golden Pillar | 1 | E5 6a |
8 |
CFK | Golden Pillar | 2 | E4 6a |
9 |
Morgue Slab | Golden Pillar | 3 | E2 5b |
10 |
Mogadon's Good for You | Golden Pillar | 1 | E3 5c |
1 |
Necrophiliac | Grooved Slab | 1 | E5 6a |
2 |
Time Regained | Grooved Slab | 1 | E8 6c |
3 |
Beatnik | Grooved Slab | 3 | E6 6b |
4 |
240 Volt Shocker | Grooved Slab | 1 | E5 6c |
5 |
Twin Scoops | Grooved Slab | 2 | E1 5c |
6 |
Grooved Slab | Grooved Slab | 3 | VS 4a |
7 |
The Gangway | Grooved Slab | 1 | VS 4b |
8 |
The Brush Off Direct | Grooved Slab | 1 | E4 6b |
9 |
The Brush Off | Grooved Slab | 3 | E4 5c |
10 |
The Brush Off Direct Finish | Grooved Slab | 1 | E6 6a |
11 |
Jim's Chimney | Grooved Slab | 1 | E2 5c |
12 |
Little by Little | Grooved Slab | 2 | VS 4b |
13 |
Oyster Slab Super Direct | Grooved Slab | 1 | VS 5a |
14 |
Oyster Slab | Grooved Slab | S 4a | |
15 |
Oyster Slab Direct | Grooved Slab | 1 | VS 4b |
16 |
Oyster Slab Route III | Grooved Slab | 1 | VS 5b |
17 |
Trojan Crack | Grooved Slab | S 4a | |
18 |
Trojan Nose | Grooved Slab | 1 | S 4a |
19 |
The Notch | Grooved Slab | 1 | Diff |
20 |
Waterloo Wall | Grooved Slab | E2 5c | |
21 |
Fragile Wall | Grooved Slab | 2 | E3 5c |
22 |
Jugged Forest | Grooved Slab | E2 5c | |
23 |
Wood's Climb | Grooved Slab | 3 | HVS 5a |
24 |
The Unknown Quantity | Grooved Slab | E4 6b | |
1 |
Lipalongago | Flake Crack | 1 | E4 6b |
2 |
Liverpool Lady Boyz | Flake Crack | 2 | E5 6b |
3 |
Greenteeth Gully | Flake Crack | 1 | M |
4 |
Greenteeth Crack | Flake Crack | 1 | HS 4b |
5 |
Dinnerplate Crack | Flake Crack | 2 | VS 4c |
6 |
Ho Ho Ho | Flake Crack | E3 6a | |
7 |
Twin Caves Crack | Flake Crack | 2 | HS 4b |
8 |
Pathfinder | Flake Crack | 1 | E3 6a |
9 |
Flake Crack | Flake Crack | 3 | VS 4c |
10 |
Flake Innominate | Flake Crack | 1 | E2 5c |
11 |
Foolish Finish | Flake Crack | 1 | E4 5c |
12 |
Flake Wall | Flake Crack | 2 | E5 6a |
13 |
Licentious Jug | Flake Crack | 2 | E5 6a |
14 |
Black Hole Arete | Flake Crack | 2 | E5 6b |
15 |
Calcutta Wall | Flake Crack | 1 | E4 5c |
16 |
Eliminate 1 | Flake Crack | 3 | E1 5b |
17 |
Pratabout | Flake Crack | 3 | E5 6b |
18 |
Easy Chimney | Flake Crack | M | |
19 |
The Wendigo | Flake Crack | 2 | E3 5c |
20 |
End Crack | Flake Crack | S 4b | |
21 |
The Umbrella | Flake Crack | 1 | E2 5c |
22 |
Parapluie | Flake Crack | 1 | E1 5b |
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