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

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