South West Climbs Volume 2

Author Pat Littlejohn with sections by Martin Crocker
Published The Climbers' Club (2014)
ISBN 978-0-901601-98-8

Website climbers-club.co.uk

Review

Volume 2, covers the Granite of West Penwith, Dartmoor, the Channel Islands and Lundy – the guide also covers the North Cornish and North Devon coasts. Written by Pat Littlejohn with ‘a little help from his friends’ this new guide describes some of the most adventurous climbing to be found in the British Isles and together with its counterpart, South West Climbs: Volume 1 provides the visiting climber to the area a wealth of top-quality routes to go at.


Crags covered by this Guide
Cornwall crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Bass Point 86 Mica schist W
Bosigran 170 Granite W
Bosigran Ridge Area 29 Granite W
Carn Barra 152 Granite SW
Carn Gloose 26 Granite W
Carn Gowla 167 Greenstone W
Carn Lês Boel Area 54 Granite S
Chair Ladder 170 Granite S
Cheesewring Quarry 189 Granite S
Compass Point (Bude) 67 Culm S
Cornakey Cliff 23 Culm SW
Doyden Point 14 Pillow lava W
Fox Promontory 45 Granite SW
Gull Rock - Marsland 52 Culm W
Gurnard's Head 39 Greenstone W
Helman Tor 156 Granite S
Kellan Head 30 Pillow lava N
Kenidjack Cliffs 47 Killas slate SE
Kilmar Tor 195 Granite all
Lands End 183 Granite W
Lower Sharpnose Point 103 Culm ?
Lye Rock 3 - ?
Pen Olver 80 Amphibiolite & S SW
Pentire Head, Newquay 1 - ?
Pordenack Point Area 83 Granite SW
Sennen 181 Granite W
Tater-du 114 Greenstone S
Tintagel Head 25 Volcanic tuff W
Tintagel North 79 Welded Tuff NW
Trewortha Tor 321 Granite ?
Vicarage Cliff 66 Culm W
Zennor Cliff 40 Killas slate W
Devon crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Anstey's Cove 232 Limestone S
Baggy Point 187 Culm SW
Beesands 33 Schist all
Berry Head - Coastguard Cliffs 184 Limestone S
Berry Head - The Old Redoubt 132 Limestone E
Blackchurch 45 Culm NW
Chudleigh Rocks - North Face 68 Limestone N
Chudleigh Rocks - South Face 221 Limestone S
Daddyhole Main Cliff 54 Limestone E
Haytor 77 Granite all
Ladram Bay Stacks 9 Sandstone (soft) all
Long Quarry Point 102 Limestone E
Lundy 1294 Granite W
Meadfoot Quarry 26 Limestone SE
Sanctuary Wall 33 Limestone S
Sir Roberts Chair 7 Sandstone (hard) N
Southern Buttress Valley of the Rocks 0 - ?
The Dewerstone 164 Granite S
The Valley of the Rocks (The Yellow Stone) 6 - ?
Valley of Rocks 34 Culm S
Jersey crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
La Cotte de St Brelade 45 Granite S
La Nethe Falaise 57 Granite NW
Le Vyi 42 Granite NW
Somerset crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Hurlstone Point 122 Sandstone (hard) N

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