South West Climbs - Volume 1

Author Edited by Paul Robertson
Published The Climbers Club (2012)
ISBN 978-0-901601-94-0

Review

SELECTED CLIMBS SOUTH WEST

VOLUME I - Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset

• Martin Crocker, Mark Davies, Gordon Jenkin, Brian Mullan, James Parrott, Guy Percival, Paul Robertson, Rick Sewards, Steve Taylor, Scott Titt, John Willson

• Artwork by Mark Davies and Don Sargeant

• 464 pages of text, maps and photodiagrams (double-volume guide)

• £25.00

South West Climbs Volume 1 is intended to showcase the area of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset and act as an introduction to the area covered by several Climbers' Club definitive guides of the area. It covers areas close to the centres of population such as the Avon Gorge, Wye Valley and Dorset. It has been written by a talented team of local activists.


Crags covered by this Guide
Avon crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Avon Gorge (Main Area) 295 Limestone W
Avon Gorge (Sea Walls Area) 448 Limestone SW
Blaise Castle Gorge 165 Limestone W
Goblin Combe 204 Limestone S
Portishead Quarry 93 Limestone SE
Dorset crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Battleship Edge 82 Limestone W
Blacknor North 131 Limestone W
Blacknor South 83 Limestone W
Boulder Ruckle 291 Limestone S
Cattle Troughs 108 Limestone S
Cheyne Cliff 332 Limestone E
Coastguard North 60 Limestone W
Coastguard South 101 Limestone W
Cormorant Ledge 45 Limestone S
Fisherman's Ledge 134 Limestone S
Guillemot Ledge 72 Limestone S
Subluminal and Lighthouse Cliff 136 Limestone S
The Promenade 150 Limestone S
Wallsend North 147 Limestone W
Wallsend South 136 Limestone W
Winspit 199 Limestone S
Gloucestershire crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Ban-y-gor 268 Limestone NW
Cleeve Hill 62 Limestone all
Shakemantle Quarry (Ruspidge Slab Quarry) 44 Limestone all
Shorn Cliff 176 Limestone W
Staple Edge Quarry (Ruspidge West Quarry) 49 Sandstone (hard) E
Symonds Yat 544 Limestone NW
Tintern Quarry 153 Limestone W
Wintour's Leap 502 Limestone W
Herefordshire crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Huntsham Crags 411 Sandstone (hard) E
Isle of Wight crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
The Needles 11 Chalk all
Monmouthshire crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Wynd Cliff 75 Limestone S
Wyndcliff Quarry 206 Limestone SW
Somerset crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Brean Down 106 Limestone S
Brean Down (Fort Crags) 153 Limestone S
Cheddar Gorge North 401 Limestone S
Cheddar Gorge South 615 Limestone N
Fairy Cave Quarry 185 Limestone all
Split Rock (Milton Hill Quarry) 45 Limestone NW
Uphill Quarry 63 Limestone W

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