Dinas Rock

Climbs 127 – Rocktype Limestone – Altitude 60m a.s.l – Faces SW

Crag features
A brilliant crag with some of the best climbing in SE Wales: mostly single-pitch routes upto 30m. Often steep, smooth face climbing; harder routes may need dusting off. Most of the routes are now sports routes.

Weather forecast

Today	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Dry Sunny periods 5 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Sunny/ clear 5 °C	Dry Broken cloud 3 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Sunny periods 4 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Mainly cloudy 4 °C
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Guidebooks
Gower & South-East Wales (2004)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

1	Slickenside	E2 5c	3
2	Frizzy Bits	E2 5c *	3
3	Jeepers Creepers	HVS 5a	10
4	Sense of Humour	E2 5c	1
5	Fromage Frais	F5+	31
6	Rob Roy	F7a	12
7	Cheesy Rider	F6b *	18
8	Creme de Rockfall	F6b+	11
9	Scraping The Barrel	F5+	18
10	Tapping The Keg	F6a+	10
11	Pinheads	F6b+	1
12	Skin Ed	F7c *	6
13	The Inflated Roundhead	F7a+ *	13
14	Charlie's Rusks	F6c	14
15	Pot Head	F5 **	16
16	The Dented Cavalier	E1 5a	1
17	The Deflated Dick-Head	F6b *	24
18	The Dumbfounded Dunderhead	F6b	13
19	Smeg Head	F4+ **	14
20	Bone Head	F5 *	8
21	The People's Democratic Republic Of Maesteg	F6a	6
22	Connect One	F6a	18
23	South West Guru	F6b	16
24	Deadly Nightshade	F6c	3
25	Screaming Lampshades	F6c+	6
26	Big Ears Takes Flight	F6c	3
27	The Wake	F6b	2
28	Bob's Birthday Party	F6b	4
29	Cujo	F6c *	1
30	Thinner	F6c+ *	3
31	The Running Man	F7a *	4
32	Miss Alto	F6a+ *	7
33	For The Love Of Ivy	HVS 5a	1
34	The Regulators	F7c *	3
35	The De-Regulators	F7b *	8
36	Beware Of Poachers Direct	F6c *	18
37	Open Roads	F6b+	15
38	Squash The Squaddie	F6b	14
39	Thousand Yard Stare	F6c+ *	10
40	Pugsley	F7a *	8
41	Munsterosity	F7a *	10
42	Morticia	F7a *	12
	KENNELGARTH WALL
44	Technitis	F6c	2
45	By Proxy	F7a	2
46	Out Come The Freaks	F7a+	4
47	Fings Ain't What They Used To Be	F7b **	1
48	Kennelgarth	F7b *	1
49	Sangreal	F7b+ **	1
50	Rose-Line	F7b+ ***	3
51	Smashed Rat	F7c ***	2
52	Rat On A Hot Tin Roof	F7b ***	8
53	Basilica	F7b+ **	3
	THE MAIN CRAG
55	Pis En Lit	F6b	10
56	Illegal Congress	F6b	2
57	Family Values	F6a+	3
58	Stray Cats	F7a *	3
59	Puss Off	F7a *	2
60	Each Way Nudger	F6b+	5
61	When Push Comes To Shove	F7a+	2
62	When Push Comes To Shove (Direct Finish)	F7a+ *	1
63	Call a Spade a Spade	F6c	16
64	Totally Radish	F6b+ *	15
65	Finger Pinch	E3 5c	1

	Climb name	Grade	x

66	Durbin Two, Watson Nil	F7c **	2
67	Giant Killer	E6 6a **	1
68	The Road To Eldorado	F5 *	13
69	Gorilliant	F7a *	1
70	Sport Wars	F7b+ *	2
71	Spore Wars	F7b+ **	2
72	Bloody Sport Climbers!	F8a **	3
73	Captain Barbarossa	F8a	1
74	H1N1	F8a *	3
75	Subversive Body Pumping	F7b+ *	3
76	Dinasty	F8a **	1
77	Powers That Be	F7c+ **	4
78	Hayabusa	F7c **	4
79	Berlin	F7a+ ***	24
80	Berlin Extension	F7b ***	10
81	Still Life	F7b+ ***	6
82	Just In Time	F7c **	2
83	Outta Time	F7c+ **	4
84	Chives Of Freedom	F7c **	5
85	Crock Of Gold	F7c+ *	2
86	Salem's Lot	F7b+ **	1
87	The Sharp Cereal Professor	F7b ***	10
88	Muchas Maracas	F7c **	4
89	Harlem	F7b+ ***	5
90	Hawaiian Chance	F7c *	1
91	Spain	E4 6a **	3
92	Groovy Tube Day	E1 5b *	9
93	Dr. Van Steiner	F7b	1
94	Academy Awards	F6c **	5
95	Dream Academy Right Hand	F6b+ **	3
96	Dream Academy	F6b+ *	8
97	El Camino Del Roy	F6c+ ***	9
98	Danny La Rue	F7b	8
99	Incidentally X	F7b+ **	6
100	Tortilla Flats	F7b *	1
101	Pour Marcel	F7b *	1
102	Brazilian Blend	F6c+ **	2
103	Sverige	F7a	1
104	Ma's Strict	F7a+ *	1
105	Breakout	F6c **	1
	BOULDERING
107	Rocknrolla	V2 *	1
108	Achilles	V4 *	6
109	Byte Size	V1 *	9
110	Monkey Magic	V5 *	3
111	Monkey Boy	V4 *	3
112	Banana Boy	V6	1
113	Paper Boy	V6	3
114	Puppy Love	V3 *	6
115	Gentle Jess Crouch Start	V5 ***	3
116	Gentle Jess Sit Down Start	V6 ***	3
117	The Groove	V7	2
118	Infidel	V6	3
119	The Mongrel Mob	V7	3
120	Great White Stark	V3 6a **	8
121	Stark Attack	V3 *	4
122	Riding Hannah	V6	9
123	Fat Cat Roof	V9	1
124	The Honey Pot	V5	4
125	Launch Pad	V5 6a *	6
126	Dogtown	V5 **	3
127	The Blessing	V6	2
128	Poodle Traverse	V2 *	9
129	The Riot	V10

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Access notes
Take the A465 and Glyn Neath Rd (via B4242) to Pont Nedd Fechan. An unclassed road then follows the Afon Sychryd river upstream to a sharp R at a bridge, to car park.

Take the track to the L from the car park for the main face, and continue up this track, over the hill and fork right, then right at the river to get to the main cliff.

For the roadside crags and Kennelgarth, take the right fork. It is also possible to reach the upper crags by scrambling up from the river at this point.

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For the Main Face, you can belay through your sunroof ! Watch out for friable rock at the top; scary when you are leading, annoying when competing centre groups are abseiling down the face and dislodging boulders.
Uncle Nick - 06/Jul/04

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Liz Collyer, The Road To Eldorado F4+, Dinas Rock

Steffan Doerr, Rose-Line 7B+ , Dinas Rock

Dinas Rock 7c+. If I remember right it was a "Powers that be" / "Dinasty" link up or something similar

Dinas Rock 7c+. Another shot of "Powers that be" / "Dinasty" link up (I think)

jack slack climbing also with top rope as very slippy even when slightly damp. dinas rock (crag) jeepers creepers (hvs,5a).