Birchen

Birchen remains one of the most popular venues in the Peak due to its friendly atmosphere and good collection of low-grade routes. The place has always been a favourite with groups and this long-standing popularity has led to the wearing of many of the already rounded holds. Quite a number of the routes have slippery and awkward starts but get yourself going and things often ease rapidly. Summer weekends can be very busy, but if you leave the main section and head rightwards to the more secluded buttresses, you will probably find some solitude. The majority of routes at Birchen have names of a nautical nature linked to the monument, erected to celebrate Nelson\'s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.


Order Climb Buttress Stars Grade
1
Bosun's Nose Far Left S 4c
2
Bosun's Crack Far Left VD
3
Bosun's Wall Far Left HVD 4a
4
The Gangplank Far Left 1 M
5
Poop Crack Far Left VD 4a
6
Handy Crack Far Left Diff
7
Visitors Only Far Left 1 HS 4a
8
All Aboard Far Left Diff
9
Saltheart Foamfollower Far Left 1 HVS 5c
10
Poop Deck Crack Far Left S 4a
11
The Pirate Far Left E2 6b
1
Land Ho! Emma's Slab 1 HS 4c
2
The Crow's Nest Emma's Slab 2 VS 4c
3
Look-out Arete Emma's Slab 1 S 4a
4
The Funnel Emma's Slab 1 Diff
5
The Dancer Emma's Slab E1 5c
6
Kiss Me Hardy Emma's Slab 1 HVD 4a
7
Victory Crack Emma's Slab 1 HS 4b
8
Victory Gully Emma's Slab 1 S 4a
9
Emma's Slab Emma's Slab 1 VS 4b
10
Emma's Dilemma Emma's Slab 1 S 4a
11
Emma Royd Emma's Slab 1 VS 4c
12
Emma's Temptation Emma's Slab 1 HVD 4c
13
Emma's Delight Emma's Slab 1 HS 4b
14
Deluded Emma's Slab 1 VS 4c
15
Emma's Delusion Emma's Slab 1 S 4a
16
The Prow Emma's Slab 1 VS 4c
17
Artificial Emma's Slab VD
18
Oak Gully Emma's Slab M
19
Oak Tower Emma's Slab VD
20
Heather Corner Emma's Slab M
21
Heather Corner Slab Emma's Slab M
1
The Bunk Ladder Nelson's Slab S 4a
2
Captain's Prerogative Nelson's Slab 1 HS 4b
3
Captain's Bunk Nelson's Slab 1 HS 4b
4
Telescope Tunnel Nelson's Slab 2 M
5
Porthole Buttress Nelson's Slab 1 S 4a
6
Porthole Direct Nelson's Slab 2 VS 4c
7
Captain Birdseye Nelson's Slab VS 4c
8
Blind Eye Nelson's Slab 1 S 4b
9
Dead Eye Nelson's Slab HVS 6a
10
Nelson's Slab Nelson's Slab 1 HS 5a
11
Half Nelson Nelson's Slab 1 VS 5a
12
Left Ladder Chimney Nelson's Slab VD
13
Right Ladder Chimney Nelson's Slab HVD 4a
14
Midshipman Nelson's Slab 3 E2 6a
15
Cold Compass Nelson's Slab 1 E2 6b
1
Sail Buttress Sail Buttress 2 HS 4b
2
Roger the Cabin Boy I Sail Buttress 1 VS 4c
3
Ratline Sail Buttress 2 HVS 5b
4
Amazing Grace Sail Buttress E2 6a
5
Sail Chimney Sail Buttress 2 S 4a
6
Topsail Sail Buttress 2 VS 4c
7
Marie's Gone to Canada Sail Buttress E1 5c
8
Monument Chimney Crack Sail Buttress 1 VD
9
Monument Chimney Sail Buttress 1 Diff
10
Pillar Wall Sail Buttress S 4a
11
The Bow Sail Buttress 1 S 4a
12
Orpheus Wall Sail Buttress 2 HVS 5c
13
Peaches Sail Buttress 3 E4 6b
14
Monument Gully Sail Buttress 1 VD
15
Book Sniffer Sail Buttress E6 6b
16
Monument Gully Buttress Sail Buttress 1 HVS 5b
17
The Keel Sail Buttress 1 HVS 5b
18
Naughty Nauticals Sail Buttress E2 6b
1
Cutting Corners The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall S 4a
2
The Promenade The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 2 Diff
3
Promenade Direct The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 HVD 4a
4
The Chain The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 S 4a
5
Mayday The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall E2 6b
6
Hollybush Gully The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 VD 4b
7
Anchor Traverse The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 HS 4b
8
Floating Anarchy The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall HVS 5a
9
Powder Monkey Parade The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 2 S 4b
10
Hangover The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall HVS 5b
11
Admiral's Progress The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 Diff
12
Polaris Exit The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 Diff
13
Hammock The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 VS 5b
14
Camperdown Crawl The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 2 HS 4c
15
Barnacle Bulge The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 HS 4c
16
Trafalgar Crack The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 VD 4a
17
Trafalgar Wall The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 2 S 4b
18
The Long Promenade The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall 1 HS 4b
1
Bell Bottom Arete Stoker's Wall S 4a
2
Sailor's Crack Stoker's Wall 1 S 4b
3
Sailor's Problem Stoker's Wall VD
4
Whatknot? Stoker's Wall 1 S 4b
5
Reef Knot Stoker's Wall 1 S 4b
6
Sheetbend Stoker's Wall S 4b
7
Nautical Crack Stoker's Wall 1 VD
8
Heave Ho Stoker's Wall S 4a
9
Yo-Ho Crack Stoker's Wall 1 VD
10
Rum Wall Stoker's Wall VD
11
Stoker's Break Stoker's Wall VD
12
Stoker's Hole Stoker's Wall 1 HS 4a
13
Stoked Stoker's Wall 1 S 4a
14
Stoker's Wall Stoker's Wall 1 Diff
1
Scandiwall Copenhagen Wall S 4b
2
Copenhagen Corner Copenhagen Wall S 4b
3
Scandiarete Copenhagen Wall 1 VS 5a
4
Dane's Delight Copenhagen Wall 1 HS 5b
5
Dane's Disgust Copenhagen Wall 1 HS 5b
6
Copenhagen Wall Copenhagen Wall 1 VS 5a
7
Wonderful Copenhagen Copenhagen Wall 1 VS 5a
8
Mast Gully Ridge Copenhagen Wall 1 VD
9
Mast Gully Copenhagen Wall M
10
Mast Gully Wall Copenhagen Wall VD 4b
11
Mast Gully Crack Copenhagen Wall 1 HS 4b
12
Mast Gully Buttress Copenhagen Wall 1 VS 5a
13
Fo'c'sle Wall Copenhagen Wall 1 VS 4c
14
Fo'c'sle Crack Copenhagen Wall 1 S 4b
15
Fo'c'sle Chimney Copenhagen Wall 1 VD
16
Fo'c'sle Arete Copenhagen Wall 1 VS 5b
1
Cave Gully Tar's Wall 1 VD
2
Ta Very Much Tar's Wall HS 4c
3
Tar's Arete Tar's Wall 1 VD 4a
4
Ta Ta For Now Tar's Wall HS 5a
5
Tar's Crack Tar's Wall 1 VD
6
Tar's Wall Tar's Wall HVD 4b
7
Tar's Traverse Tar's Wall Diff
8
Tar's Climb Tar's Wall M
9
Tar's Gully Tar's Wall Diff
10
Pig Head Tar's Wall S 4c
11
Pigtail Tar's Wall S 4a
12
Prow Wall Tar's Wall M
13
Prow Gully Tar's Wall M
14
Barbette Arete Tar's Wall S 4b
15
Barbette Crack Tar's Wall 1 HS 4b
16
Barbette Wall Tar's Wall S 4a
1
Barbette Buttress Seasick Slab 1 S 4b
2
Cannonball Crack Seasick Slab S 3c
3
Cannonball Wall Seasick Slab 1 VD
4
Gunner's Gangway Seasick Slab Diff
5
Lieutenant's Ladder Seasick Slab Diff
6
Midge's Manoeuvre Seasick Slab E2 6a
7
Middy's Manoeuvre Seasick Slab 1 HS 4c
8
Midway Seasick Slab E1 6b
9
Torpedo Tube Seasick Slab 1 HVD 4a
10
Flataback Seasick Slab E1 6a
11
Das Boot Seasick Slab VS 5a
12
Gunner's Groove Seasick Slab Diff
1
Cabin Fever Wooden Leg Wall HVD 4a
2
Moby Dick Wooden Leg Wall S 4a
3
Old Codger Wooden Leg Wall 1 VS 4c
4
Bold Codger Wooden Leg Wall E2 6a
5
Wooden Leg Wall Wooden Leg Wall 1 HVS 5c
6
Owd Gadgee Wooden Leg Wall E2 6a
7
Stoker's Crack Wooden Leg Wall S 4b
8
Knick Knack Wooden Leg Wall E1 5b
9
Stoker's Saunter Wooden Leg Wall VD
10
Matelot's Meander Wooden Leg Wall S 4a
1
Implosion Kismet Buttress HVS 5c
2
Explosion Kismet Buttress 1 VS 5a
3
Blast Hole Wall Kismet Buttress 1 VS 5b
4
Cor Limey Kismet Buttress VD
5
Powder Keg Kismet Buttress S 4a
6
Fuse Kismet Buttress 1 VS 5a
7
Gun-cotton Groove Kismet Buttress 1 VD
8
Cook's Rib Kismet Buttress 1 E1 5c
9
Horatio's Direct Kismet Buttress 1 VS 4c
10
Horatio's Horror Kismet Buttress 2 HS 4a
11
Heavy Cruiser Kismet Buttress E1 6a
12
Nelson's Nemesis Kismet Buttress 3 VS 4b
13
Tom's Arete Kismet Buttress E5 6b
14
Victory Vice Kismet Buttress 1 VD
15
For Queen and Country Kismet Buttress HVS 4c
16
Device Kismet Buttress HVS 4c
17
Gunpowder Gully Arete Kismet Buttress S 3c
18
Gunpowder Gully Kismet Buttress Diff
19
Sea Dog Slab Kismet Buttress VD
20
Sailor's Chute Kismet Buttress HVD 4a

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