The harsh gritstone cliffs that form the rim of the Derwent Valley in north Derbyshire are a superb climbers playground. The magnificent quality of the rock, dramatic settings and an august history combine to provide a climbing experience that is unique in the World. Although the climbs are rarely more than 20m high the routes are action-packed and classic climbs are jammed shoulder to shoulder on these thin ribbons of gritstone.
| Crag | Routes |
|---|---|
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Wharncliffe
Prow Rock Area, Tensile Test, Cheese Block Area, Great Buttress, Puttrell's Progress, Himmelswillen, Hell Gate Area, Long John's Stride, Scarlett's Wall, Photo Finish, Pete's Sake, Twin Pillars, The Blue Defile, Mantelshelf Pillar, Cascade Buttress, The Bass Rock, Lodge and Ewden Buttresses
|
193 |
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Agden Rocher
Great Wall, The Whittler, Campsite Crack, Right-hand Walls
|
50 |
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Rivelin
Kremlin Krack, Blizzard Ridge, Rivelin Needle, Plague and Auto da Fe, Altar Crack, Birch Buttress, White House Buttress, Face Climb, The Brush Off, Roof Route, Wilkinson's Wall
|
128 |
|
Dovestone Tor
Titania Area, The Great Buttress, Gargoyle Buttress Area, Upper Buttresses, Back Tor
|
112 |
|
Bamford
Great Tor - Lower Tier, Great Tor - Upper Tier, Wrinkled Wall Area, Neb Buttress, Gun Buttress, Christmas Buttresses, Porthole Buttress
|
178 |
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Stanage North
Stanage End, Surgeon's Saunter, The Wobbler Area, Marble Wall, Twin Buttress, Cosmic Crack Area, Crow Chin, Exodus, Travesties, The Blurter, High Neb, Enclosure Buttress, Fate and Youth, Titanic and Blockhead, Start Area, Big Pebble Walls, Lonely Crag, Cleft Buttress, Meson, Puss, Anniversary Arete, Fun in the Sun, Creepy and Crawly, Broken Buttress, Meninblack
|
429 |
|
Stanage Plantation
Count's Buttress, D.I.Y. Area, Outlook Buttress, Wall End Slab, Goliath's Groove, Satin, Tower Face, Hathersage Trip, Pegasus Wall Area, Paradise Wall, Millsom's Minion, Namenlos, Calvary, The Unconquerables, Fern Crack, The Strangler Area, Straight Ahead, Away from it All, Surprise, Fina
|
373 |
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Stanage Popular
Dover's Wall, BAW's Crawl, Verandah Buttress, Martello Buttress, Heaven Crack, Mississippi Buttress, Balcony Buttress, Twin Chimneys Buttress, Robin Hood's Cave, Desperation Area, Inverted V, Black Slab, Rusty Wall, Hollybush Crack, Flying Buttress, Tippler Buttress, Black Hawk Area, Manchester Buttress, Grotto Slab, Mantelpiece Buttress, Apparent North, The Cowper Stone, Suzanne
|
449 |
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Burbage North
Overhanging Buttress, The Chant, Triangle Buttress, Banana Finger, Remergence Buttress, Ash Tree Wall, Knight's Move, Twin Chimneys to Tharf Cake, Long Tall Sally, All Quiet Area, The Sentinel, Brooks' Layback, End Slab
|
207 |
|
Higgar Tor
Higgar East, The Riffler, The Leaning Block, The Right Walls
|
85 |
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Carl Wark
Left-hand Buttress, Right-hand Buttress
|
26 |
|
Burbage South
Split Nose, Roof Route, Earl Area, The Boggart and Byne's Crack, Dowel Crack, Nosferatu Area, Pebble Mill, David and Goliath, North Quarry, South Quarry
|
140 |
|
Over Owler Tor
Over Owler Tor Routes
|
17 |
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Millstone
North Bay, Cioch Bay, Great Slab, Twikker Area, Green Death, The Embankment, London Wall, Keyhole Cave, Hells Bells, Great North Road
|
147 |
|
Lawrencefield
The Pool Wall, Gingerbread Slab, Red Wall, Roadside Bay, Great Harry, Stonemason's Buttress
|
67 |
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Yarncliffe Quarry
Ant's Slab, Cardinal's Slab, Zapple Area
|
32 |
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Froggatt
Brookside Buttress, Strapiombo Buttress, Sunset Slab, Hawk's Nest Crack, Terrace Crack, Tody's Wall, Three Pebble Slab, The Pinnacle, Downhill Racer, Great Slab, Brown's Eliminate, Chequers Buttress, Tegness Pinnacle, Downes' Buttress, Renegade Buttress, Sickle Buttress, Turd Burglar Block
|
162 |
|
Curbar
Beech Buttress Area, Moon Buttress, Apollo Buttress, Overtaker's Buttress and Potter's Wall, Baron's Wall and Calver Wall, Kayak Slab, Avalanche Wall, Elder Crack, L'Horla, The Toy Wall, The Eliminates Wall, Green Acres, Beech Layback Area, The Deadbay, The Cioch and Tree Wall, The Brain, Pillar Slab, Diddledum Wall to Lamebrain, Flying Buttress and Quarry Wall, Bel Ami, Little Rocker
|
260 |
|
Baslow
Roadside Buttresses, Gullies Wall, Flying Crag Area, Central Walls, In the Woods, Quarry Wall Area, Index Climb
|
95 |
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Gardom\'s
Black Wall, Moyer's Climb, Garden Face, Moyer's Buttress, Elliott's Buttress, Oread Buttress, Undertaker's Buttress, Gardom's Unconquerable, Grooved Wall Area, Apple Buttress, Moorside Rocks, Pillar Wall, Tree Buttress and Crocodile, Overhang Buttress, Och Aye Wall, Marble Wall
|
144 |
|
Birchen
Emma's Slab, Nelson's Slab, Sail Buttress, The Promenade to Trafalgar Wall, Stoker's Wall, Copenhagen Wall, Tar's Wall to Barbette Buttress, Seasick Slab, Wooden Leg Wall, Kismet Buttress, Far Left
|
165 |
|
Chatsworth
Mort Wall, High Step to Spiral Route, Oak Tree Climb, Sentinel Buttress, Emerald Crack, Vibrio Area, Emperor Buttress
|
69 |
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Robin Hood's Stride
Kaluza Klein, The Weasel Pinnacle, Inaccessible Pinnacle
|
15 |
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Cratcliffe
The Grimoire, Hermit's Cave and The Amphitheatre, Owl Gully, Suicide Wall
|
52 |
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Black Rocks
Fat Man's Area, Queen's Parlour, Central Buttress, The Block, The Promontory, Stonnis Buttress to Lean Man's Climb, Birch Tree Wall, Finale Wall
|
97 |
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Turningstone Edge
Cocking Tor, Happy Landings to Amber Buttress, Plum Groove to Overton Arete
|
41 |
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Duke's Quarry
Duke's Quarry Routes
|
2 |
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Shining Cliff
Lazy Day, The Hostel
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23 |
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