50 Best HS Routes in the UK. ticklist

contributed by The Ivanator Apr/12 - This public ticklist has been seen 15,500 times

According to the logbook graphs of all users HS is the average grade climbed in the UK. But average climbers deserve fantastic climbs too, so here are 50 of the very best...
List compiled from a host of Forum suggestions, a few routes not graded HS in UKC logbooks, but all appear as HS in recent guidebooks, except the sprinkling of Lakeland MVS routes which are included to ensure the birthplace of British rock climbing has representation in line with its importance.

	User	Percentage	Latest Log
1	Rog Wilko	74%	16 Apr, 2017
2	alan moore	70%	11 Jul, 2018
3	Hidden	70%	4 Jun
4	Simon Caldwell	66%	19 Sep
5	steve prior	64%	28 May, 2020
6	Bob M	62%	27 Jul
7	Dunthemall	60%	28 May, 2016
8	Nigel Bond	57%	26 Aug, 2017
9	colin milton	57%	20 Jun
10	lithos	57%	16 Sep

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Add	Climb name	Grade	Ticks?	Height		Crag name
	SOUTH WEST
1	Doorpost	HS 4b ***	3504	67m	• 3	Bosigran
2	Right Angle	HS 4b ***	931	73m	• 3	Gurnard's Head
3	Flannel Avenue	HS 4b ***	356	52m	• 3	Chair Ladder
4	Demo Route	HS 4b ***	3381	19m	• 2	Sennen
5	Central Groove	HS 4b ***	3252	?	• 2	The Dewerstone
6	Wall Street	HS 4b ***	506	32m	• 2	Cormorant Ledge
7	The Devil's Slide	HS 4a ***	1350	117m	• 5	Lundy
8	Zelda	HS 4b ***	1755	55m	• 2	Wintour's Leap
	SOUTH WALES
9	Sea Mist	HS 4a **	2374	30m		Saddle Head
10	Bow-Shaped Slab	HS 4b ***	968	42m		Flimston Bay
11	Diedre Sud	HS 4a ***	780	42m		Mowing Word
	NORTH WALES
12	Main Wall	HS 4b ***	1536	140m	• 6	Cyrn Las (Gyrn Las)
13	Dives/Better Things	VS 4b ***	1416	60m	• 2	Dinas Cromlech
14	Direct Route	VS 4c ***	760	88m	• 7	Glyder Fach
15	Manx Wall	HS 4b ***	96	55m	• 2	Clogwyn Du Ymhen Y...
16	Christmas Curry / Micah Eliminate	HS 4b ***	3118	75m	• 3	Craig Bwlch y Moch...
17	Creagh Dhu Wall	HS 4b ***	1745	65m	• 2	Craig y Castell...
18	White Streak/Honeysuckle Corner	HS 4b **	239	?	• 2	Craig Yr Wrysgan
19	The Cracks	HS 4c ***	2185	90m	• 5	Dinas Mot
20	Pinnacle Wall	S 4a ***	332	?		Craig Yr Ysfa
	PEAK DISTRICT
21	Brown's Crack	HS 4b ***	2740	12m		Bamford Edge
22	Route I	HS 4b ***	490	18m		Wimberry Rocks
23	Upper Tor Wall	HS 4b ***	284	18m		Kinder Southern...
24	Christmas Crack	HS 4a ***	7305	16m		Stanage Popular
25	Nasal Buttress	HS 4b ***	425	16m		Dovestones Edge
	LAKE DISTRICT
26	Tophet Wall	HS 4b ***	1204	75m	• 4	The Napes
27	Hopkinson's Crack	HS 4b ***	117	?		Dow Crag
28	Rib and Slab Climb	HS 4b ***	293	?		Pillar
29	Revelation	HS 4b ***	2133	43m	• 2	Raven Crag...
30	Ardus	VS 4b ***	2433	40m	• 3	Shepherd’s Crag
31	Moss Ghyll Grooves	VS 4c ***	592	79m	• 4	Scafell Crag
32	The Fang	VS 4b ***	689	40m	• 2	Gouther Crags
	NORTHERN ENGLAND
33	Parson's Chimney	HS 4b ***	659	17m		Almscliff
34	Moonshine	HS 4b ***	163	25m		Attermire Scar
35	Main Wall	HS 4b ***	456	?		Crag Lough
36	College Grooves	HS 4b ***	77	30m		Henhole Crags
	SCOTLAND
37	Cave Route	HS 4b ***	640	25m		Huntly's Cave
38	Ardverikie Wall	HS 4b ***	1384	185m	• 6	Binnein Shuas
39	Shark Crack	HS 4b ***	104	?		Sheigra Sea Cliffs
40	The Weight	HS ***	158	?		Fulmar Wall
41	Central Crack	HS ***	557	45m		Red Craig (Glen...
42	Open Secret	HS 4b ***	363	35m		Stone Valley Crags
43	Nirvana Wall	HS 4b ***	167	?		Aonach Dubh
44	Leac Glas	HS 4b ***	67	?		Meall Meadhoin
45	The Talisman (Summer)	HS 4a ***	315	100m		Ben Macdui -...
46	Commando Crack	HS ***	79	105m	• 6	Sgùrr Alasdair
47	Butterknife	HS 4b ***	191	?		Garbh Bheinn
	CHANNEL ISLANDS
48	Hailstone Crack	HS 4b ***	95	15m		Beauport
	NORTHERN IRELAND
49	Falcon	HS 4b ***	165	?		Pigeon Rock
50	Crooked Chimney (Summer)	HS 4b ***	117	69m		Slieve Bearnagh
		148 stars	55,046	2,110m	105
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50 Best HS Routes in the UK. ticklist

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