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 |
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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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