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Rockfax Eastern Grit
The prettiest and most useable selected guide to the eastern grit crags. Areas included are: Wharncliffe, Rivelin, Dovestone Tor, Bamford, Stanage, Burbage North & South, Higgar Tor, Millstone, Lawrencefield, Yarncliffe, Froggatt, Curbar, Baslow, Gardoms, Birchen, Chatsworth, Cratcliffe, Black Rocks. Almost three-thousand routes from Moderate to E10.
384 pages
2950 routes
£21.00
Rockfax Western Grit
Selected guide to the Western grit crags in the familiar Rockfax format. Great photo-topos make finding routes on quiet crags nice and easy. Areas included are: The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw, Chew Valley, Laddow, Shining Clough, Helsby and many more.
304 pages
£20.00
BMC Stanage
Definitive guide to the routes and bouldering on 'Queen of Grit' Stanage Edge.
£15.00
BMC Burbage, Millstone and Beyond
Definitive guide to the routes and bouldering on the Eastern gritstone edges around the city of Sheffield. Areas included are: Burbage, Millstone, Rivelin, Bamford, Derwent, Agden Rocher, Wharncliffe and many smaller areas.
380 pages
£19.00
BMC The Roaches: Staffordshire Grit
Definitive guide to routes and bouldering on the Staffordshire gritstone crags. Areas included are: The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw, Baldstones, Newstones, the Churnet Valley, Castle Naze and Windgather.
315 pages
1600 routes and 800 boulder problems
£17.50
Rockfax Northern Limestone
By Alan James, Chris Craggs & Mark Glaister Published 2004
The most comprehensive and useable guide to the limestone crags of northern england. Covers the area between Dove Dale in the south and Chapel Head Scar in the north.
2500 routes
YMC Yorkshire Gritstone
Published 1998
Definitive guide to the climbs on Yorkshire gritstone. Includes classic gritstone crags like Almscliff, Caley Crags, Bridestones, Widdop, Earl Crag, Brimham and many less well-known venues.
200 pages
YMC Yorkshire Limestone
Published 2005
Definitive guide to the limestone climbs on Yorkshire limestone. Contains both sport and traditional routes.
594 pages
Rockfax Yorkshire Gritstone Bouldering
By Alan Cameron-Duff Published 1998
Comprehensive guide to one of the UK's major bouldering areas. Covers the great gritstone crags of Almscliff, Caley and Ilkley as well as a selection of lesser-known but equally good bouldering areas.
£18.00
FRCC Lake District Rock
By F&RCC Published 2003
Selected guide to the very best Lake District climbs.
512 pages
FRCC Dow Duddon & Slate
By F&RCC Published 1993
The traditional climbing bastion of Dow crag along with many quarries in the area. Also many small traditional crags in the Duddon valley. Major crags include Dow and Hodge Close.
368 pages
FRCC Langdale
By F&RCC Published 1999
Great guide to one of the most important traditional rock climbing areas in the UK. Some of the crags included are Gimmer, Raven Crag and Bowfell. Plenty of routes at VS and below and also plenty of harder routes. There's probably a lifetime's good climbing between these pages alone.
FRCC Scafell, Wasdale & Eskdale
By F&RCC Published 1996
Another major Lake District area containing crags like Scafell and Buckbarrow. Just what you need to get the lowdown on classic routes like Moss Ghyll Grooves (MVS) and Botterills Slab (VS)
400 pages
FRCC Borrowdale
Covers one of the finest areas of the Lake District with famous routes like Little Chamonix (VDiff), Troutdale Pinnacle (S) and Gillercombe Buttress (S).
448 pages
Rockfax Lakes Bouldering
Published 2006
The first guidebook to cover the extensive bouldering to be found in the Lake District and Cumbria. Includes coastal venues like St Bees Head and boulders in mountain settings.
220 pages
North East England
A definitive guide to the climbing in the north east of England. Includes the rocks on the North Yorkshire Moors and the more remote gritstone edges of the East Pennines.
