Esoteric Bouldering In The Bristol Region

Author Mark Davies
Published Great Western Rock (2021)
ISBN 978-1-80049-831-0

Website greatwesternrock.co.uk

Review

GWR 05 - this time for the local Bouldering. Featuring all manner of local venues:

Bristol, Costa del Severn, The Mendips, Wye Valley & Forest of Dean, The Cotswolds.

Crags covered by this Guide

Avon crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Avon Gorge (Sea Walls Area)	409	Limestone	SW
Avon Valley Sandstone	32	Sandstone (hard)	S
Blaise Castle Gorge	163	Limestone	W
Bourton Combe	47	Limestone	?
Brown's Folly	20	Limestone	W
Castle Park	17	Artificial	?
Conham Vale	12	Sandstone (hard)	S
Gollums Cave	100	Limestone	SW
Hanham Woods	75	Sandstone (hard)	?
Huckford Quarry	38	Sandstone (hard)	?
Ladye Bay (Clevedon)	90	Limestone	W
Leigh Woods	287	Limestone	all
Long Ashton Woods	44	-	S
Merchant Venturers Compost Corner	21	Limestone	SW
Oldbury Court	64	Sandstone (hard)	N
Sally in the Woods	171	Limestone	W
Snuff Mills Park	212	Sandstone (hard)	SE

Gloucestershire crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces

Ellwood	58	Sandstone (hard)	?
Gandalf's Crag	34	Limestone	?
Hambrook	127	Sandstone (hard)	?
Haresfield Beacon	38	Limestone	?
Hope Mansel	72	Sandstone (soft)	NW
Madgett Hill Quarry	20	Limestone	?
Nailbridge	32	Artificial	?
Rodge Wood	34	Sandstone (soft)	NW

Herefordshire crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Biblins Cave	71	Limestone	SW
Huntsham Crags	363	Sandstone (hard)	E
The Wyastone	110	Conglomerate	SW

Somerset crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Croscombe Valley Cliffs	51	Limestone	W
Draycott Sleights	20	Limestone	S
Meds Cave	19	Limestone	SE
Sand Point	244	Limestone	N
Shipham Wall	7	Limestone	W
Toll Road Crags	137	Limestone	NW
Ubley Warren Rocks	91	Limestone	all