Scattered tors, towers and edges, often hidden in deep wooded dales, the limestone cliffs have both trad and sport climbing on cliffs that are taller than is the norm for gritstone. The fine grained rock tends to polish relatively easy so the most popular climbs have become harder over the years. High Tor is doubtless the areas premier crag though Wildcat, Stoney Middleton, the Manifold valley and Cheedale have plenty to delight the climber. Limestone has been quarried for centuries and the whole area is peppered with abandoned holes in the ground. In recent years many of these have been developed to provide sport climbs across the grade spectrum, Horseshoe and Harpur Hill are well established and recently other venues such as Intake and Hall Dale quarries in the Matlock area have been added to the list
Crag | Routes |
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Horseshoe Quarry
South Bay, Main Wall, Upper Tier, Heart To Heart Wall, Chocolate Blancmange Wall, Androids Area, Top Quarry, Left Wall, The Toilet
|
270 |
Horse-Thief Quarry
Roadside Quarry, Golden Wall
|
26 |
Stoney West
Twang Buttress, Northerners Buttress, Main Area
|
64 |
Stoney
Garage Buttress, Windy Buttress, Bitterfingers, Medusa Bay, Pearly Gates Area, Minus Ten Wall, Prayer Wheel Wall, Carl's Wark, The Triglyph, The Electric Quarry, Mortuary Steps, The Slurper, Tower of Babel
|
252 |
Goddards Quarry
Crustacean Wall, Sunshine Wall, 15 Steps Wall, Stoat Wall, Upper Tier, The Plantation
|
89 |
Darlton Quarry
The Balcony, Sunny Wall, Shady Wall
|
47 |
Hidden Quarry
Main Wall, Sit-down Buttress, Taylor's Missing Rib, Chunky Buttress, Lower Tier
|
60 |
Deep Rake
Deep Rake Routes
|
12 |
Pin Dale
Left-hand Wall, Main Wall, Upper Tier
|
27 |
Bradwell Dale
Ivy League, Open-book Corner, Upper Tier, Lower Tier
|
39 |
Moss Rake
Upper Tier, The Library, The Wall
|
36 |
Smalldale
Main Wall, Crystal Wall, Going Straight Wall
|
59 |
Harpur Hill
Papacy Buttress, Prophecy Area, Cairn Area, The Dark Side - Upper Tier, The Lower Tier, The Sanctuary, The Playground, The Dark Side - Long Wall, College Buttress, Perched Block Buttress, The Dark Side - The Racetrack Playa Area, The Retreat
|
419 |
Ashwood Dale
Lover's Leap
|
10 |
Beerhouse Buttress
Beerhouse Buttress Routes
|
20 |
Staden Quarry
Craig-y-Biceps, A Game of Chess, Box Recess Wall, Bicycle Repair Man, Joint Effort Wall, Towers Area, Lower Quarry
|
110 |
Deep Dale
The Secret Garden, Bear Wall, Thirst House Cave, The Cove
|
23 |
Chee Dale Upper
Blatant Buttress, Blackwell Halt, Plum Buttress, Moving Buttress, Runyon's Corner, Pink Wall, The Sidings, The Embankment, Max Wall, The Lifts, The Nook, Long Wall, Two Tier - Main, Two Tier - Upper, Nettle Buttress, Two Tier - Secteur Nadin, Two Tier - Vista Wall, Ugly Buttress
|
436 |
Chee Dale Lower
Cornice, Chee Tor, Rhubarb Buttress, Dog's Dinner Buttress
|
191 |
Blackwell Dale
Beginners' Wall
|
10 |
Raven Tor
Raven Tor Routes, Link-ups, Culloden Buttress
|
94 |
Ravens Foot Buttress | 0 |
Water-cum-Jolly
Vision Buttress, Jackdaw Point, Central Buttress, Upper Circle, The Cornice, Witchcraft Wall, Lammergeyer Buttress, Rubicon, Moat Buttress, Majorca Crunch Buttress, Ping Pong Area, Swamp Wall, Two Tier Buttress
|
291 |
Ravensdale
Flying Buttress, Raven's Buttress, Ash Crack Bay, Malpossessed, Bifurous Corner
|
46 |
Taddington
Taddington Routes
|
22 |
Aldery Cliff
Aldery Cliff Routes
|
30 |
Rheinstor
Rheinstor Routes
|
14 |
Wolfscote Dale
Pike Crag, Drabber Tor, Left Celestial Twin
|
58 |
Manifold Valley
West Window, Ossam's Crag, Thor's Cave, The Chimney
|
36 |
Beeston Tor
Beeston Tor Routes
|
46 |
Dovedale
Ten Craters of Wisdom, Baley Buttress, Ravens Tor, Dove Holes, Ilam Rock, Pickering Pinnacle, The Watchblock, Dovedale Church, South Gully Buttress, John Peel Wall, Silicon Wall, Campanile Pinnacle, Reynard's Arch, Thunderball
|
146 |
Turkey Dip Rocks
Turkey Dip Rocks Routes
|
11 |
Cawdor Quarry
Cawdor Quarry Routes
|
72 |
Halldale Quarry
Spectre Wall Area
|
24 |
Masson Lees
White Wall, Black Wall, Red Wall
|
77 |
Pic Tor
Pic Tor Routes
|
14 |
Bend Tor
Bend Tor Routes
|
15 |
Lorry Park Quarry
Lorry Park Quarry Routes
|
28 |
High Tor
The Left Wing, Main Face, Right Wing
|
98 |
Long Tor Quarry
Main Face, Upper Wall
|
35 |
Wildcat
Coyote Buttress, High Crag, Upper Tor, New Bridge Buttress
|
62 |
Willersley
Lime Street Area, Pothole Wall Area, Boomerang Area
|
62 |
Slayley Brook
Monster Wall, Marble Wall, Morsels Wall
|
51 |
Colehill Quarry
Colehill Quarry Routes
|
36 |
Lime Kiln Quarry
Lime Kiln Quarry Routes
|
9 |
Blue Yonder
Blue Yonder Routes
|
20 |
Dale Quarry
Dale Quarry Routes
|
12 |
Intake Quarry
Take Away Wall, Darkness Wall, Back Wall, Tortoise Wall, Father Wall, Runnel Wall Area, Pipeline Buttress
|
176 |
Harborough Rocks
Creased Wall, The Steeple, The Arete, Trident Buttress
|
58 |
Brassington
Long Climb Area, East Hill - Upper Tier, West Hill, West Hill - Lower Tier
|
36 |
Hipley Hill
Hipley Hill Routes
|
5 |
Peter Dale
Peter Dale Routes
|
0 |
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