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Climbs 100
Rocktype Grit (quarried)
Altitude 267m a.s.l
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Crag features

This is the large quarry behind Clint Crags. The rock is good quality Gritstone but care should be taken as most of the problems are highball in nature. Seems to dry fairly quickly after rain. Many walls face west but some also face north. The quarry can easily be combined with Clint Crags, Arnagill Crags and Roundhill Boulders to the west. 

Approach notes

Can be approached from the parking as for Clint Crags and Roundhill on the opposite side of Leighton Reservoir but can also be approached parking at The Druid's Temple, walking through the forest and taking a public footpath west to drop onto the eastern end of the quarry.

No Access Issues

There are some excellent highball offerings on good quality Gritstone including several good arêtes, some thin slabs and bold technical walls so plenty of mats and some spotters are in order if you would like to get the best out of the bouldering.  The routes are located at the western end with some boulders in the vicinity where just one mat would suffice.  Unfortunately much of the rock around the middle part of the quarry has clay and shale running off from the moor above and dirty top outs which probably wouldn't benefit from being cleaned.  One is likely to find dry rock even if it has been wet the day before as most faces get sun from early afternoon and the moor is exposed to any winds.  There are belay stakes above the western end of the quarry for doing the majority of the routes.

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