NORTHERN ENGLAND CLIMBING GUIDE BOOKS

Only the best route on the best crag in the world! Climbers on Great Western (HVS),
Almscliffe, North Yorkshire, England.

Northumbria climbing guides are produced by the Northumbrian Mountaineering Club and new routes can be submitted at their Northumbria Climbing Guide website.

Yorkshire is largely covered by the Yorkshire Mountaineering Club. New routes and comments should be recorded on the Leeds Wall Website.

Routes in Durham and less visted parts of Yorkshire, including the North Yorkshire Moors, are covered by Smart Boys Publishing and a new routes database is maintained at ClimbOnLine.

Lancashire guides are now published by the BMC in conjunction with local volunteers. New route information should be posted to info@lancashirerock.co.uk.

Essays, descriptions and detailed diagrams.

This popular book (which actually covers 350 routes) has long been out of print. but Steve Ashton has released an updated CD version. You can buy this direct from him at:

Steve Ashton, 43 Green Lane, Lancaster, LA1 2ES, or email steve@sacopy.co.uk.

The price in 2005 was £7.95 including post and packing. 

Essays and topo diagrams.

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A selected guide to the best of gritstone and sandstone climbing in Yorkshire and Northumberland. The usual excellent Rockfax style with lots of colour photos, topos and maps (please click the image for a sample page)

Crags covered include:

Yorkshire Grit: Pule Hill, Shooter's Nab, Heptonstall, Widdop, Earl Crag, Ilkley, The Chevin, Caley, Almscliff, Eastby, Crookrise, Rylstone, Simon's Seat, Brimham, Slipstones, Goldsborough Carr, Crag Willas.

North York Moors: Scugdale, Wainstones, Raven's Scar, Highcliffe Nab, Park Nab.

Northumberland: Causey Quarry, Crag Lough, Peel Crag, Callerhues, East Woodburn, Great Wanny, Sandy Crag, Ravensheugh, Simonside, Corby's, The Drake Stone, Bowden Doors, Back Bowden, Kyloe in the Wood, Kyloe out the Wood, Berryhill.

By Chris Craggs. Card cover, 360 pages.

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Beautifully presented selection of routes from the major gritstone edges of the Western Peak District. Includes, the Roaches, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw, Windgather, Castle Naze, Kinder, Shining Clough, Laddow, Hobson Moor, Wimberry, Dovestones, Ravenstones, Standing Stones, Running Hill Pits, Wilton, Brownstones, Anglezarke, Helsby and Pex Hill. By Chris Craggs & Alan James. Card cover, 304 pages.

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A new selected guide to the best of limestone climbing in the Peak, Yorkshire and South Lakes/North Lancs areas. The usual excellent Rockfax style with lots of colour photos, topos and maps. Crags covered include:
Peak Limestone - Stoney Middleton, Horseshoe Quarry, Harpur Hill, Staden Quarry, Chee Dale Upper, Chee Dale Lower, Raven Tor, Water-cum-Jolly, Ravensdale, Taddington, Rhienstor, Aldery Cliff, Wolfscote Dale, Thor's Cave, Beeston Tor, Dove Dale, Harborough Rocks, Intake Quarry, Halldale Quarry, Pic Tor, High Tor, Wild Cat, Willersley.

Yorkshire Limestone - Trollers Gill, Loup Scar, Dib Scar, Kilnsey, Blue Scar, Yew Cogar, Malham, Gordale, Attermire, Giggleswick South, Giggleswick North, Robin Proctor's Scar, Trow Gill.

South Lakes Limestone - Scout Scar, Chapel Head Scar, Millside Scar, Humphrey Head, Trowbarrow.

By Alan James, Mark Glaister & Chris Craggs. Card cover, 384 pages.
Rockfax has a New Routes Database for Northern Limestone.

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Superbly produced new guide to the major crags, bouldering spots, climbing walls, gear shops, clubs, cafes, pubs and campsites of England and Wales (NB This is not a climbing guide as such in that routes are not described). By David Atchison-Jones. Colourful Jingo-Wobbly style, brilliant photos, soft cover, 384 pages.

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Sandstone sandbags in the land of the E3/VS. Major crags include, Bowden Doors, Kyloe and Crag Lough. Excellent looking new definitive guide with loads of colour photos and colour photo topos. Edited by John Earl, with layout by Steve Crowe. Card cover, 336 pages.

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This is the old guide - there will be a much improved new edition in May.

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Covers the East Pennines, Tyne and Wear, the North York Moors and many of the other bits of Yorkshire that the YMC don't bother with. Definitive to most areas, however crags not covered, or partly covered, will get definitive coverage on Climb on Line. By Steve Crowe, Bob Bennet & Mark Turner. Card cover, 496 pages.

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The good, the bad and the ugly from the Lakes' borders, through Durham, including some of the North York Moors. Includes the Eden Valley in Cumbria. By Stewart Wilson. Hardback, 381 pages.

Long out of print - the next FRCC Eastern Crags guide (2009?) will cover all the Cumbrian crags in this guide (including Armathwaite, Kings Meaburn etc). Meanwhile descriptions can be found on the FRCC Website 

Fantastic new bouldering guide to the best bouldering area in the UK.

Covering all of the main central areas including Almscliff, Brimham (including the outlying areas), Caley Roadside and Crag, Clattering Stones, Chevin East, Chevin West, Dove Stones, Earl Crag, Gorple, Ilkley, Ilkley Rocky Valley, Ilkley Pub Quarry, Swastika Stones, Mytholm Steeps, Scout Crag, Scout Hut, Shipley Glen, Slipstones, Whitehouses, Widdop, and Woodhouse Scar, it is sure to be a fantastic seller!

Printed in a full colour A5 landscape format and with clear photo topos and hundreds of action shots, it is best described as inspirational! Click the image for a sample topo.

By Steve Dunning and Ryan Plews, Card cover, 218 pages.

Volume 2 covering outlying areas will be out in March 2008.

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God's own! Almscliffe, Brimham, Caley etc etc. Talk about "Desert Island Crags". Edited by Dave Musgrove. Lots of black and white diagrams and colour action shots. Hardback, 688 pages.

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The name says it all!

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Nicely timed to take in the bolting revolution of Yorkshire trad crags. Covers Malham, Goredale, Kilnsey and other modern forcing grounds plus some excellent lower grade venues such as Robin Proctor (Norber) Scar and Trowgill. Mixture of bolted and trad routes. Stacks of colour photos, and colour crag diagrams and maps. Fantastic guide for some world class crags. Edited by Dave Musgrove. Hardback, 587 pages.

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Essentially an interim reprint of the famous 1999 "Lancashire Brick", but in a much more packable size and with a friendly flexible cover. The only parts missing are Standedge which is now in Moorland Gritsone, and Whitbarrow (ie Chapel Head and White Scar) which will be in the next FRCC Eastern Crags guide (due 2008?).

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Covers the whole of Lancashire including the areas around Rochdale, Todmorden, Rossendale, Bolton, Blackburn, Pendle, Bowland, and Carnforth (the latter stretching north over the county boundary to include Farleton and Hutton Roof).

By a cast of thousands, edited by Les Ainsworth and Dave Cronshaw. Hand drawn topos, colour photos, card cover, 544 pages, and under 600g!

The entire Lancashire guidebook, and new routes descriptions for Lancashire, are also now on line (free!) at Guidebook Online. 

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The 251 2000 feet plus summits in England (Lake District, Cheviots, Pennines, Dales, Peak, and Dartmoor), and 58 walks that encompass all of them. By John and Anne Nutall. Black and white drawings and maps, plastic cover, 316 pages.

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Volume 1 of this series describes the mountains in Wales and can be found in the Welsh section of this website. 

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Thi is the famous Coast to Coast - from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire. 128 miles on footpaths which should be easily accomplishable in a fortnight. A good clear guide with lots of OS map sections and colour photos. By Terry Marsh. Plastic cover, 238 pages.

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250 runs and playspots on 170 rivers in England. Well illustrated. Published by British Canoe Union. Card cover, 334 pages.

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