The Promenade

The first of the sport climbing crags passed on the approach from Durlston Country Park, The Promenade is one of the best roof climbing crags in the south of England. The long stretch of tiered overhangs yield a host of powerful pitches that are well-equipped and on solid rock. Whilst not particularly high the climbing is sustained and often both powerful and technical. The paucity of lines in the mid and lower grades is noticeable but most of those described are worthwhile and it is easy to combine a visit with the nearby Unknown Ledge or Cattle Troughs. The big flat belay ledges at the base of the crag are another of The Promenade\'s enticing features, although they are prone to being wave-washed even in moderate seas - watch out for that seventh wave and where you leave your rucksacks and kit!

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Order	Climb	Buttress	Stars	Grade
1	Benny	Benny Area	3	A1
2	Clever Dick	Benny Area	2	E1 5c
3	Atonement	Benny Area	2	7c
4	Air of Detachment	Benny Area	2	7b
5	Crimes Against the Soul	Benny Area	1	7a
6	Hot Flush Down Under	Benny Area		7b
7	Hot to Trot	Benny Area	1	7b+
8	Gangster Lean	Benny Area	2	6c
9	Seppukku	Benny Area	2	6c
10	Chicago Peace	Benny Area	2	6b+
11	Clamp Down	Benny Area	2	6c+
12	J.J.Burnell, King of the Bass	Benny Area	1	6b
13	Just Another Victim	Benny Area	2	7b+
14	Godfodder	Benny Area	3	E7 6c
15	A Bosch Boy, a Trad, and a Funky Dredd	Benny Area		E4 6b
16	Show of Hands	Benny Area	1	7a
17	Empowerless	Benny Area	1	7a
18	Community Service	Benny Area	1	7a
19	Revelation Chimney	Benny Area	2	VS 4c
20	Waves Become Wings	Benny Area	3	7b+
21	Birth Pains of New Nations	Benny Area	3	7b
22	Death Throes of Old Nations	Benny Area	2	7b
23	Tessenations	Benny Area	2	7b
24	Tessellations	Benny Area	3	7b
25	Carpe Diem	Benny Area	2	7b+
26	Total Seizure	Benny Area	3	7c
27	State of Play	Benny Area	2	7c+
28	Solid State Logic	Benny Area	2	8a
29	Defining Moment	Benny Area	1	7c+
1	The Flail Trail	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	6a
2	My New Top	Tensile Groove Test Area		6b+
3	Violent Breed	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b+
4	Down in the Sewer	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b
5	Elements of Abstraction	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7c
6	Tensile Groove Test	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	E4 6a
7	Crest of a Wave	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b
8	Crystal Voyager 2	Tensile Groove Test Area	3	E4 6a
9	Star of Africa	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	7b+
10	Len's Rule of the Sea	Tensile Groove Test Area
11	Yorkshire Talk	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b+
12	Shock to the System	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7c+
13	The Resistor	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	7c
14	Electric Circus	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b+
15	Volts Discharge	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	7a
16	Mr. Gymnasia	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	7a
17	Gym'n'Tonic	Tensile Groove Test Area		7b+
18	Load it for Me	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b
19	Load it for Me Direct	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	7b+
20	Crystal Voyager	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	E3 5c
21	Deep Puddle Dynamics	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	7c+
22	The Garage Mechanic	Tensile Groove Test Area	1	7c
23	Coming in a Rush	Tensile Groove Test Area		7b+
24	Chasm Groove	Tensile Groove Test Area	2	E1 5b
1	Traci Lords	Becalmed Area	2	8a
2	Baby-faced Assassin	Becalmed Area	1	7a+
3	Boongary	Becalmed Area	1	HVS 4c
4	Hip Hop	Becalmed Area	1	HVS 5a
5	New Order	Becalmed Area	1	7b+
6	New Wave Slab	Becalmed Area		HS 4a
7	Blitzkrieg	Becalmed Area		7b+
8	Big Brother Is Watching	Becalmed Area	1	7a
9	Ju An Si Wei	Becalmed Area	1	VS 5a
10	Kangaroo	Becalmed Area	1	HS 4b
11	Spray Fever	Becalmed Area		E1 5a
12	Distant Early Warning	Becalmed Area		E1 5c
13	Original Route	Becalmed Area		S 4b
14	Kool and the Gang	Becalmed Area	1	E1 5b
15	Up the Catwalk	Becalmed Area		HVS 5a
16	Playing With Fire	Becalmed Area	1	6c
17	Genetix	Becalmed Area	1	6b+
18	Seratonin	Becalmed Area	1	7a+
19	Boiling Point	Becalmed Area	1	7a
20	To Fever Pitch	Becalmed Area	1	7a+
21	Becalmed	Becalmed Area	1	7a+
22	Stakk Attakk	Becalmed Area	1	E2 5c
23	Geordie Pride	Becalmed Area	1	7a
24	DWM	Becalmed Area	1	E2 5c
25	Peggy's Cove	Becalmed Area		6c+
26	Zeitgeist	Becalmed Area	1	7a+
1	Spirits Rising	The Futurist Area		7b
2	A Quantum Jump for Apekind	The Futurist Area	1	6c
3	Dafinko	The Futurist Area	1	7c
4	The Calling	The Futurist Area	1	7b
5	Guided by Voices	The Futurist Area	1	7b+
6	Ocean of Violence	The Futurist Area		E3 6a
7	Absolute Dissent	The Futurist Area	2	7a+
8	Grossville	The Futurist Area	3	7a+
9	Gross Out	The Futurist Area	2	7b
10	Spacewalk	The Futurist Area	3	7b
11	Sea Ride	The Futurist Area	1	HVS 5a
12	Hackney's Hammer	The Futurist Area	1	HVS 5a
13	Sexaphone	The Futurist Area	2	E6 6b
14	Space Threshold	The Futurist Area	1	E3 6a
15	Edward's Effort	The Futurist Area		E1 5b
16	All Apologies	The Futurist Area	2	7a+
17	Strangled in Black	The Futurist Area	1	7a
18	Titter Ye Not Mrs!	The Futurist Area	2	6c
19	Two Tickets to the Gun Show	The Futurist Area	1	7a+
20	Fat Necrosis	The Futurist Area	1	E4 6b
21	Rise of the Robots	The Futurist Area	3	7b+
22	Liquid Steel	The Futurist Area	3	7c
23	The Futurist 2002	The Futurist Area	2	7b+
24	Event Horizon	The Futurist Area	2	8a+
25	Berserka	The Futurist Area		E4 6b
26	The Shape of Roofs to Come	The Futurist Area	1	7b
27	War of Attrition	The Futurist Area	1	7c+
28	The Incredible Hulk	The Futurist Area	3	7c
29	Howling Stone	The Futurist Area	2	E4 6a
30	Grockles Passage	The Futurist Area	1	VS 4c

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