Northern Limestone

The core of the Dales is a high limestone plateau cut by a series of steep-sided valleys that drain southwards towards industrial Yorkshire. The whole landscape is criss-crossed with hundreds of miles of drystone walling and dotted with many timeless hamlets and villages. Scattered throughout the area are some impressive chunks of limestone; pre-eminent amongst these are Yorkshire’s “big three” - namely Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and Kilnsey Crag. Scattered around this mighty trio lie many other memorable venues that, if located elsewhere, would manage to steal the limelight themselves.

Crag	Routes
Twistleton Scar Main Area, The Candle Area	80
Trow Gill South Wall, North Wall	85
Robin Proctor's Scar Main Face, The Far Right Buttress	40
Crummackdale Venus Wall, Brothers Wall	16
Panorama Crag Panorama Crag Routes	31
Moughton Nab Quarry Sector, Sporadic Walls, The Soft Centre, Overhanging Buttress	73
Hull Pot Hull Pot Routes	20
Pot Scar Pot Scar Routes	36
Giggleswick North Hollywood Bowl, Main Crag, Sewell's Cave, Ivy Buttress, Woodcutter's Buttress, Hollywood Cup, Parking Wall	93
Giggleswick South Sector Swans, Upper Crag, Stone Cold Buttress, Dressage Buttress, Sector Limelight, Anchor Buttress, The Wilderness Walls, Sector Bonhomie, The Garden Wall, Sector Laughter, Sector Golf, Sector Swallow's Nest, The G-Spot	222
Langcliffe Area Skyline Buttress, The Quarry - Left Wall, The Quarry - Main Wall, The Quarry - Central Wall	39
Castleberg Crag Castleberg Crag Routes	25
Attermire Scar Legover Area, Main Area, Moonshine Buttress, Victoria Cave, Alcove Buttress	100
Malham Cove The Catwalk, Upper Wall, The Terrace, The Right Wing - Carnage Wall, The Right Wing - Wombat Wall	205
Comb Hill Crag Comb Hill Crag Routes	15
Langscar Langscar Routes	9
Gordale Face Route Area, Karst and Backwater Buttress, The Grotto, Deliverance Buttress, Cave Route Area, Waterfall Buttress, Rebel Area, Solstice Wall	103
Stony Bank High Stony Bank - Left, High Stony Bank - Right, Platypus Buttress, Low Stony Bank	68
Yew Cogar Yew Cogar Routes	29
Blue Scar Left Wing, Central Wall, Pig Sheep Buttress, Upper Tier, The Grey Wall, The Arched Buttress, Far Right Wall	112
Knipe Scar Knipe Scar Routes	8
Kilnsey Directissima Area, The Bulge Area, Dihedral Wall Area, Biological Need Area, Central Wall, The North Buttress, Subculture Area, South Buttress, Optional Extra Area	170
Dib Scar Main Bay, Right Wing	43
Loup Scar Loup Scar Routes	13
Troller's Gill Main Wall, Dog's Breakfast Wall, The Right Wall	48
Scout Scar Born Again Buttress, First Blood Buttress, Ivy League Buttress, Barrowfield Buttress	28
Chapel Head Scar Gully Wall, Moonchild Buttress, The Great Wall, The Great Buttress	71
Mill Side Scar Mill Side Scar Routes	11
Humphrey Head Main Area, Upper Buttress, The Arch	20
Trowbarrow Quarry Assagai Wall, Main Wall, Red Wall	29
Barrow Scout Cove Barrow Scout Cove Routes	11
Witches' Quarry Main Wall, Witchcraft Buttress, Downham Walls	44

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