WELSH CLIMBING GUIDE BOOKS

Wales is well covered by climbing guides, thanks mainly to the work of the Climbers' Club and new routes can be reported at http://www.climbers-club.co.uk/newroutes.html.

Photo: Ron Kenyon on the upper pitch of Big Groove (E3), Gorgarth, North Wales.

NB Postage!: Due to the low mark up on books, maps, videos and DVDs we have had to charge a contribution towards UK postage on most of these items. This charge is 50p on very light books, £1 on most club style guides and DVDs, £2 on Rockfax and similar size guides and £3 for bigger books. These charges are waived for orders totalling over £60 and for Priority Orders. Overseas orders will be charged at cost.

Great new full colour selected climbs guide to North Wales. The main climbing areas of Llanberis, Slate, Ogwen, Tremadog, Gogarth, Lleyn and Llandudno are all covered in good detail with loads of excellent photo topos and action photos - only the maps leave a little to be desired. By Simon Panton and team. Card cover, 541 pages.

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Excellent, if slightly dated, selected rock climbing guide to North Wales. Includes all the major areas such as Llanberis, Cloggy, Ogwen and Tremadog. Also Gogarth and North Wales Limestone (however, please note that although Craig y Forwen is included in this guide, it has been out of bounds to climbers for many years). By Paul Williams. Card cover, 460 pages.
This guide was originally produced by Constable.

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Simon Panton's long awaited block-buster - 300 pages of fantastic looking problems. Clear, easy to follow topos and descriptions for all of north Wales's best bouldering areas - Llanberis Pass, Ogwen Valey, Porth Ysgo and Llandudno. Obscure outlying areas are also covered in detail. Good quality b&w photographs throughout the guide. Card cover.

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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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Rather out of date guide to this fast developing coastal area.

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More up to date than, and virtually as comprehensive as the definitive guide. The only crags not included are those such as Craig y Forwen where climbing is currently banned.

Rockfax have a PDF file of New Route Info for North Wales Limestone .

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The most atmospheric sea-cliff climbing in the UK. This volume is a reprint with no photographs hence the cheap price.

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Idwal Slabs & Tryfan plus loads of stuff to the north of the A5, including Craig Yr Ysfa. Two slim volumes in a tough plastic outer case. Lots of clear black and white photo topos and plenty of action shots, many in colour. By Iwan Arfon Jones and team. 418 pages.

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Sorry - out of print. New edition due November 2008. 

New Llanberis guide by Iwan Arfon Jones - a complete reassessment of the valley, with new routes right up to summer 2003. A nice mix of colour and black and white photographs plus photo topos of the crag locations. 336 pages, plastic cover.

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Now includes the Llanberis Photodiagrams supplement (see below), so please don't order one separately.
 

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A small stick-in insert of coloured photodiagrams to supplement the deficiencies of the 2004 Llanberis guidebook. 20 pages.

Issued free of charge by the CC for anyone who has already bought the 2004 guide, it is now included in the current Llanberis guide so there is no need to order one separately. The 25p is just a handling charge - they are free if you call into the shop and collect one.

Beware: Care is needed in peeling back the backing paper from the adhesive strip. With a finger nail, pick at one corner until the adhesive strip can be seen underneath before pulling off the backing paper. 

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Everything you need to know about North Wales Slate.... except.... stars! Means you have to go back to reading the descriptions folks!!

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Sorry - Out of print. New version in preparation. 

A great place to climb for those who like to get away from it all.

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Fantastic new Cloggy guide by Nick Dixon. Just under 200 pages of awesome routes, anecdotes, photos and an extended and fascinating historical section that takes up almost half the book. Plastic cover, 192 pages.

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A slim volume, but beautifully produced, with colour photo-diagrams in place of crag drawings. It covers the area south of Llanberis and North of Tremadog and includes such crags as Castell Cidwm and Craig yr Ogof. By Paul Jenkinson and Bob Wightman. Plastic Cover, Marker Ribbon, 128 pages.

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Tremadog, Aberglaslyn, Clogwyn y Wenallt, Craig y Llyn, Clogwyn y Bustach but no stars! By Dave Ferguson, Iwan Arfon Jones & Pat Littlejohn. Plastic cover, marker ribbon, 286 pages.

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Excellent small guide to this little known but magnificent climbing area. Nicely produced with some inspiring photos. By Dave Ferguson, Iwan Arfon Jones & Pat Littlejohn. 176 pages, card cover.

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Yr Aran (Craig Cywarch), Arennig Fawr, Y Berwynion, Y Moelwynion, (Cwm Lledr a Betws-y-coed) Y Rhinogau & Cadair Idris. Replaces the old Mid-Wales guide. By Martin Crocker, Elfyn Jones, Mike Rosser, John Sumner, Terry Taylor & David Wrennall. Plastic cover, 512 pages.

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Limestone climbing in the Eglwyseg Valley on the northern Welsh border. The usual colourful informative Rockfax coverage with loads of photo-topos - a shame it is not definitive though. By Lee Proctor and Mark Glaister. Card cover, 160 pages.

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Magnificent all-year-round, limestone seacliff climbing. Includes the 2002 update supplement. Contains enough to last you the rest of your life.

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An new update with all the new routes since 1996. 

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This is a selected routes guide. Magnificent all-year-round, limestone seacliff climbing. Contains enough to last you the rest of your holidays.

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Sorry out of print. Rockfax will be producing a PDF version soon and then a new edition ca 2006/7. 

Make a splash with this inspiring guide to the world of deep water soloing by Mike Robertson. The guide covers the UK, Europe and a few selected venues around the world. The first 200 pages cover the UK (Swanage, Lulworth, Portland, Devon!!, Cornwall, Pembroke, Scotland and other parts of the UK), and then Portugal, Costa Blanca and Mallorca get 80 pages of detailed coverage. Full colour photo topos and route descriptions. French grades and deep water "S" grades are included. Card cover, 320 pages - not one to tuck down your T-shirt!

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A guide to the beautiful Gower Peninsular and SE Wales is finally here, and it's a whopper (nearly 3500 routes). Covers the Gower, Bridgend, and most of the Inland Limestone and Sandstone in the area north of Cardiff. Humourously edited by Goi Ashmore & Roy Thomas. Plastic cover, 503 large pages.

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Do the conditions ever match the photos? 2005 reprint of the 1988 edition. By Malcolm Campbell and Andy Newton. Card cover, black and white diagrams and a few colour photos, 248 pages.

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Fifty-one routes from scrambling Grade 1 to rock climbing V Diff from all over the Snowdon National Park in North Wales nicely described with guidance on climbing techniques. By John Sparks, Tom Hutton & Jerry Rawson. Black and white photos and diagrams. 219 pages, card cover.

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See also the companion volume, Scrambles & Easy Climbs in the Lake District. 

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A useful guide to the area. By Steve Ashton.

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The 188 2000 feet plus summits in Wales, and 49 walks that encompass all of them. By John and Anne Nutall. Black and white drawings and maps, plastic cover, 245 pages.

Volume 2 of this series describes the mountains in England and can be found in the Lake District section of this website.

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An excellent pocket guide to hill walking in North Wales by Steve Ashton who lived in the area for many years. Well illustrated with some great photos and excerpts from OS maps. Card cover, 153 pages.

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An fine pocket guide to the major ridges of the mountains of North Wales by Steve Ashton who lived in the area for many years. Well illustrated with some great photos and excerpts from OS maps. Card cover, 183 pages.

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Almost every river in Wales, nearly 200 in all, described with black and white maps and some colour photos. By Chris Sladden. Card cover, 351 pages.

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