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Every day we choose a new 'Crag of the day' from the database of all the crags in the UK.
We don't choose the best or most popular crags, or even crags where it will be dry today! The main point it to get people talking about each crag - what there is to climb there, good points, bad points, any access problems, etc. If you spot any mistakes, or if you have any comments about the crag or photos of climbing there, please send them in!
We don't choose the best or most popular crags, or even crags where it will be dry today! The main point it to get people talking about each crag - what there is to climb there, good points, bad points, any access problems, etc. If you spot any mistakes, or if you have any comments about the crag or photos of climbing there, please send them in!
| Crag name | Ratho Quarry | ![[At Ratho Quarry, 1 kb]](http://img.ukclimbing.com/t/54120.jpg "[At Ratho Quarry, 1 kb]") At Ratho Quarry © dan cowley | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Midlothian, Southern Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Grid Ref | NT 128709 (Landranger map 65) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rocktype | Dolerite | ||||||||||||||||
| Altitude | 100m a.s.l | ||||||||||||||||
| Routes | 50, trad (? - ?) | ||||||||||||||||
| Logbooks | Route descriptions, grades & voting | ||||||||||||||||
| Aspect | S-facing | ||||||||||||||||
| Guidebooks | SMC Lowland Outcrops | ||||||||||||||||
| Map | Clickable 1:50,000 OS map (open in new window) | ||||||||||||||||
| Aerial Photo | Clickable 1:50,000 aerial photo (open in new window) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Indoor walls | List climbing walls within 25 miles | ||||||||||||||||
| Features | Close to the City of Edinburgh, and offering some superb, steep climbing, Ratho is very popular with local Edinburgh Climbers. The rock dries quickly, but has a reputation of being loose and scary in places. The best routes are the hardest - with not a lot to offer the lower-mid grade climber.
Best routes : Sheer Fear E2 5c, Godzilla E2 5c, This Septic Hell E5 6b.
Extensive work is being undertaken at the moment [02/00] to create the Scottish National Rock Climbing Centre at Ratho Quarry. However, this should not affect existing rock climbing.
Full of vegetables at the moment, very overgrown. Pretty loose too. | ||||||||||||||||
| Access | Consult www.nrcc.co.uk if concerned about access to the quarry. Earlier in the construction, access to the quarry was very difficult.
Park at the Bridge Inn (Ratho), cross the bridge and follow the canal tow path until you reach the construction work. About 10 minutes walk. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Moderator | Details for this crag are managed by climberuk  | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments | Access to this quarry will be exceedingly difficult until September 2003 due to the completed roof of the NRCC of Scotland.
Of course from September it isn't going to be easy either if you don't want to part with some money.
I would suggest to anyone who has not heard about the NRCC to visit <a href="http://www.adventurescotland.com/homeset.htm">www.nrcc.co.uk</a>. It does look rather impressive. Tony - 21/08/2003 May'04 - Ratho quarry is open for climbing! Access is free via the Adventure Centre but you need to sign-in.
Extra care should be taken since many of the routes are dirty with loose rock. Guide book descriptions & grades may also be unreliable. The top of the crag is very unstable in places. Click to Submit a comment about this crag. | ||||||||||||||||
| Photos | Click to view all 3 photos of Ratho Quarry, or you can submit a new photo of this crag. | ||||||||||||||||
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