Peak Limestone

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
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	254
Blackwell Dale Beginners' Wall	10
Peter Dale Peter Dale Routes	0
Goddards Quarry Crustacean Wall, Sunshine Wall, 15 Steps Wall, Stoat Wall, Upper Tier, The Plantation, John's Wall	104
Darlton Quarry The Balcony, Sunny Wall, Shady Wall	47
Hidden Quarry Main Wall, Sit-down Buttress, Taylor's Missing Rib, Chunky Buttress, Lower Tier	63
Deep Rake Deep Rake Routes	13
Bradwell Dale Ivy League, Open-book Corner, Upper Tier, Lower Tier	39
Pin Dale Left-hand Wall, Main Wall, Upper Tier	27
Moss Rake Upper Tier, The Library, The Wall	38
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	429
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	194
Raven Tor Raven Tor Routes, Link-ups, Playstation Buttress	95
Tideswell Dale Culloden Buttress, Slow Water Tor	6
Raven\'s Foot Buttress Raven's Foot Buttress Routes	13
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	293
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	37
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	147
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	16
Lorry Park Quarry Lorry Park Quarry Routes	28
High Tor The Left Wing, Main Face, Right Wing	99
Long Tor Quarry Main Face, Upper Wall	35
Wildcat Coyote Buttress, High Crag, Upper Tor, New Bridge Buttress	63
Willersley Lime Street Area, Pothole Wall Area, Boomerang Area	62
Slayley Brook Monster Wall, Marble Wall, Morsels Wall	52
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	17
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

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