Tintwistle Knarr Quarry

Climbs 50 – Rocktype Grit (quarried) – Altitude 420m a.s.l – Faces S

Crag features
A splendid quarry, like an unspoilt (unpegged) mini Millstone Edge. Strong features; square cut aretes, grooves and clean cut jamming cracks. Nice clutch of routes between HVS and E3. Best HVSs are Poteen (5b), The Old Triangle (5a), Kershaw's Krackers (5c). The Arete (E2 5b), Sinn Fein (E3 5c) and Guns and Drums (E5 6a) being particularly fine hard routes. Only problems are seppage from the cracks after rain and a bit of veg. at the start of some climbs.

Weather forecast

Today	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Light rain/ drizzle Sunny periods 4 °C	Dry Sunny periods 3 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Mainly cloudy 3 °C	Dry Sunny periods 4 °C	Dry Sunny/ clear 3 °C
Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
Western Grit (2009), On Peak Rock (2003), Peak Climbs - Kinder and Bleaklow (1990),
Out of print: Western Grit (2003)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

1	Levi	E1 5b *
2	Leprechaun	VS 4c	2
3	Scimitar	HVS 5b *	3
4	Poteen	HVS 5b **	7
5	Sinn Fein	E3 5c **	2
6	The Old Triangle	HVS 5a **	11
7	Nil Carborundum Illigitimum	E3 5c *	1
8	The Arete	E2 5c ***	13
9	O'Gradey's Incurable Ich	E5 6c **
10	The Little Spillikin	E3 6a *
11	Kershaw's Krackers	HVS 5c **	6
12	Stiff Little Fingers	E1 5b *	2

	Climb name	Grade	x

13	Cornflake	VS 4c **	14
14	Soapflake	VS 4c *	2
15	Knobblekerry Corner	VS 4c *	4
16	Nosey Parker	E4 6a **
17	Black Michael	VS 4c
18	Good Things Come to Those Who Wait	E3 5c *
19	Guns and Drums	E4 6a **
20	Wall and Groove	HVS 5a *	1
21	The Peace Process	E5 6b *
22	Fenian Wall	E4 6a *
23	Republic Groove	HVS 5a
24	Sligo *	HS	1

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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Access notes
From Tintwistle (WSK 023974) head east on the Woodhead Pass Rd (A628) for about 1 mile. On the right is a reservoir access road and opposite the old quarry track. Once located head back 300 yards to a layby (DO NOT block the reservoir access track). Follow the old track as it winds up the hill to reah the quarry in 20 min.
Read more... Regional Access notes are available from the BMC.

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USER FEEDBACK

A pleasant 15 min walk up to the quarry and great views are possibly the only reason (besides the layback classics and The Arete) to take time out of one�s busy climbing schedule to sample Tints delights. The old triangle was a seeping snot fest despite previous sustained great weather, as for its 2 stars and 5a tech grade ill have to agree to disagree. Knobblekerry corner a 4c??!! Lack of gear for the last 15m while climbing from one shrubbery to the next is eerie. In short:- you�re in the peaks with the best climbing substance known to mankind beneath you, do the grit and yourself a favour and go someplace else.
tommakin

- 21/Apr/09

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offshore andy on the final delicate moves.

Duncan, The Arete, Tintwistle Knarr E2 5c