The BMC Have Bought Craig Y Longridge For Us

Climbers will be delighted to learn that the long-awaited purchase of Craig Y Longridge by the BMC has been completed today.

Craig Y Longridge is situated near Longridge in Lancashire and is a short, overhanging gritstone wall that was discovered by Andrew Gridley in 1983. It is a very popular bouldering crag with over 100 problems ranging from V0 to V11.

The landowner who owns the adjacent caravan park was worried about Occupier's Liability – to climbers and the general public, and access had been restricted. However a dialogue was established with the landowner by the BMC, especially BMC Access Officer, Guy Keating. Local climbers such as Pete Black and Bill Renshaw all worked hard on the acquisition.

Keep your eye on the BMC website for more details and always check the Regional Access Database before climbing anywhere. Here is the entry for Craig Y Longridge which now of course needs updating. Craig Y Longridge is included in the BMC guidebook, Lancashire Rock.

VIDEO: If you aren't familiar with this popular crag here is a video of Adam Lincoln climbing at Craig Y Longridge: click just here.


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16 Oct, 2007
woo hoo! Finally after what must be 3 yrs ish since i first heard about this!
16 Oct, 2007
A big thank you to all involved in securing this important crag for future climbers. I can't think of a more important and worthwhile way for the BMC to spend their money. Well done.
16 Oct, 2007
Wilton next? Then Cloggy!
16 Oct, 2007
Superb effort and worth the wait ( i guess - it was a bloody long wait )just a shame that i now no longer work in Preston and won't get to go there again :0(
16 Oct, 2007
topo here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/southlancsbouldering/craigylongridge.pdf That's out of date (as is the topo). V12 is the current top grade, with a harder link apparently still to be done. Video of Super Submarine here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yQS7wEEHKYk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egazparry%2Eco%2Euk%2Fvideo%5Fsubmarine%2Ehtml
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