Western Grit

This section of the databases covers the huge sweep of gritstone from the magnificent pink-hued cliffs of north Staffordshire, through the high and wild outcrops of Kinder and Bleaklow, on through the quiet gems of the Chew Valley, into the extensive quarries of south east Lancashire and finally the best of the Cheshire sandstone outcrops. The cliffs on this side of the Pennines are not the elegant and extensive outcrops of the Eastern Edges, but a set of more retiring venues. They are less accessible and take some effort to get to know but of course, being gritstone, the effort is always well worth it.


Crag Routes
Back Forest
Back Forest Routes
25
Roaches Skyline
Hard Very Far Skyline, Very Far Skyline, Far Skyline Buttress, Alpha Buttress, Skyline Buttress, Safety Net, Cave Buttress, Tower Buttress, Condor Buttress
83
The Five Clouds
The Fourth Cloud, The Third Cloud, The Second Cloud
40
The Roaches
Teck Crack, Crystal Grazer, Dorothy's Dilemma, Raven Rock Gully, Valkyrie, The Mincer and Smear Test, Elegy, Hawkwing, Death Knell, Chalkstorm, Thin Air, Simpkins' Overhang and Wombat, Damascus Crack, Black and Tans, The Sloth, Blushing and Calcutta Buttresses, Saul's Crack, Crack and Corner, Slippery Jim
183
Hen Cloud
Black Wall, Far Left, Delstree, Central Climb, Hen Cloud Eliminate, Great Chimney
102
Ramshaw Rocks
Loaf and Cheese, The Crank, Gumshoe, The Lower Tier, Dangerous Crocodile Snogging, Boomerang to Ramshaw Crack, Flaky Wall, Foord's Folly, Old Fogey
135
Newstones and Baldstones
Charlie's Overhang to Hazel Barn, Sly Buttress, The Baldstones Pinnacle, Ray's Roof
34
Windgather
Christmas Buttress, North Buttress, Middle Buttress, High Buttress, Buttress Two, Buttress One, South Buttress
61
Castle Naze
Pilgrim's Progress, The Pinnacle Area, Scoop Face, The Crack and Central Tower, Far Right
65
New Mills Tor
The Alcove and Electric Circus, The Bridge
31
Kinder South
Edale Cross Rocks, Upper Edale Rocks, The Pagoda, Crowden Towers, Crowden Clough Face, Upper Tor, Secret Buttress, Nether Tor
117
Kinder North
Chinese Wall, Misty Wall, Big Brother Buttress, Little Brother Buttress, The Black Overhang, Mustard Walls, Twisted Smile, The Quadrinacle, Dead Chimney Buttress, Eureka Buttress
105
Kinder Downfall
Upper Western Buttress, Kinder Buttress, Great Buttress, The Amphitheatre, The Downfall, The Downfall in Winter
87
Shining Clough
Phoenix Buttress, The Rainbow Flake, Pisa Buttress, The Lower Tier, The Big Wall, Right-hand Buttresses
73
Laddow
The Far South Group, Easter Ridge, Gallic Buttress, Pillar Ridge, Long Climb and Tower Face
43
Tintwistle Knarr Quarry
Main Bay, Right Bay
25
Hobson Moor Quarry
Back Wall, Main Wall, Dragon's Wall
43
Wimberry
Freddie's Finale, The Trident, Route I, Northern Ballet
78
Upper Wilderness
Rob's Rocks, Wilderness Rocks, The Charnel Stones
32
Dovestones Edge
Nasal Buttress, Mammoth Slab, Dovestones Quarries, Answer Crack, Hanging Crack, Maggie
90
Ravenstones
Far East Buttresses, The Drainpipe, Eastern Slab, True Grit, Western Buttresses, Traditional Area, Rimmon Buttress
62
Standing Stones
Smiler's Corner, Main Wall, Tranquillity, Left Twin and Ocean Wall
54
Upperwood Quarry
Renaissance, Wampum Wall
32
Alderman Rocks
Alderman Rocks Routes
13
Running Hill Pits
1st Quarry, 2nd Quarry, 5th Quarry, 6th Quarry, 8th Quarry
93
Den Lane Quarry
Long Wall, Rake Wall
25
Denham
Mohammed Buttress, Overhang Area, Concave Wall and the Pool
43
Anglezarke
Whittaker's Area, Terror Cotta, Falkland Walls, The Golden Tower, Coal Measures Crag, Grey Wall
47
Wilton 1
Chimney Buttress, The Prow, White Slab, The Grey Wall, Red Wall, 999
65
Wilton 2
Scout Buttress, The Bee, Wilton Wall
37
Wilton 3
Waterfall Wall, Orange Wall, Constable's Overhang, Rappel Wall
51
Brownstones
Ash Pit Slab, Pool Area
47
Egerton Quarry
Red Prow, Cherry Bomb, Wood Buttress
18
Cadshaw Castle Rocks
Cadshaw Castle Rocks Routes
27
Summit Quarry
Summit Quarry Routes
15
Blackstone Edge
Blackstone Edge Routes
25
Cow's Mouth Quarry
Cow's Mouth Quarry Routes
33
Helsby
Upper Central Buttress, Lower Central Buttress, The Broadwalk, Golden Pillar, Grooved Slab, Flake Crack, Eliminate 1 Area
105
Frodsham
Great Wall Area, Cinema Screen Wall, Cave Buttress, Long Buttress, Neb Buttress, Hoop-La Buttress
67
Pex Hill
The Rack, Lady Jane Wall, The Web, Memorial Wall, Dateline Wall, Pisa Wall
122
Frogsmouth Quarry
Cosmo Wall, Viz Wall, A1 Wall, Eye Wall, Bay Two, Beano Wall, Cosmo Wall Right, Bay One, Green Slab
57

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